I live in Arizona where it gets HOT...remember one year in Phoenix it never got below 90 degrees for ninty days straight..numbers like 118F are real.

Madras is kind of a plaid, sort of...why not a madras kilt. Did a google search and found they exist for little girls.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...44045?v=glance

They don't look bad. I could see a man's kilt in a madras pattern...very fashionable.

The regular madras cloth would be way too light for most wear, but maybe okay in the desert heat...don't know if madras patterns come in other cloths like the popular PV...?

Did Scots on duty in India ever fashion madras kilts?
Ron,

All of the pictures & documentation I have ever seen about Scottish Regiments in tropical climes (India, South Africa, Celyon, etc.) shows them in standard army issue wool kilts -- the British Army did eventually adopt a cotton uniform tunic in Kahki (dust) colour, and of course, Scottish regiments were wearing the kahki-coloured kilt aprons in the South African (Boer) War & WWI, but I've never seen any evidence of the British Army issuing anything but wool kilts.

Remember that wool was standard issue for most military uniforms for years -- wool is durable, and it does breathe.

In fact, some Scottish regiments serving in India at the turn of the 18th century turned in their kilts for white cotton or duck trousers, and the 93rd Highlanders (Argyll & Sutherland) during the New Orleans campaign of the War of 1812 had their kilts turned into trews.

I was in PHX back in 1989 when it 122 degrees F (3% humidity though)! :mrgreen:

Cheers,

Todd