Quote Originally Posted by highlander_Daz View Post
To be honest it looks good but ,

when ever I see someone with a hat thats not pipeing its always screams TOURIST, I was in a shop in edinburgh and an American (might have been Canadian I cant tell the differance) purchased a fantastic outfit PC, nice Kilt tasfully coloured socks etc looked fantastic , then proceeded to slap a Tam on his head. spoiled the effect (Archie the inventor??) but thats just my opinion I dont like hats unless Im pipeing.
Quote Originally Posted by highlander_Daz View Post
They prob think your hat goes with a horsehair sporron, like no1 dress . If you wear a hat people will ask you about bagpipes. if you dont they will ask you about your underwear status, if you wear Trousers people will ignore you
cant win

but looks sharp
I would agree that one should never wear a bonnet with formal attire, but I do not agree that wearing a balmoral makes you look like a tourist. I've seen plenty of gents wearing balmorals with day/hunting attire (our own kevinkinney, for example) who look very natty.

T.