Your perfect summer kilt outfit?

[Pleater]

I would say this all sounds normal for the whole of the UK, Anne.

Here in my part of the Highlands habitual kilt-wearing is rare, but it is worn frequently in different ways.

At the Games and Gatheings (particularly 'smart' Games like at Braemar) men will wear tweed coatees and waistcoat whatwever the weather (even when it's tropical in its heat) while others abandon the waistcoat for sensible reasons. But it is common to see a kilt worn in the normal way up to the waist, while above the belt is frequently seen a polo-shirt or T-shirt for the same sensible reasons. Sometimes hose and brogues get replaced with sandals of some kind. And why not..?

If too hot to be jacketed, my own preference is for a polo-shirt. No-one has ever been offended or commented either way.

The polo shirt would count as 'smart' around here in mid afternoon when the tarmac is melting.
I used to use a stool with slender feet to sit on when playing for dancing down on the quay and lost the rubber feet as the legs sank 6 inches into the road surface. The feet are still down there somewhere.

I did think about making a kilt from some silk or silk blend fabric but ended up using it for long sleeved loose fitting blouses instead.

Most years I speak to parents about children with heat stroke or serious sunburn, two or three times in each summer, as it seems the dangers of spending all day out in the sun are totally unknown to them.

Anne the pleater