Quote Originally Posted by chasem View Post
Pretty straightforward, I'm just curious as to potential alternatives to the inverness cape for an overcoat when wearing a kilt. Is that about the only option, or are there others?
An inverness cape, I think, can't be beat. I'm lucky enough to have one of the--- even rare when they were issued--- woolen army bandman's capes. One option is to just wrap yourself in a very large piece of heavy tweed cloth--- the high Lanolin content makes them quite well suited to the task. A few meters of Harris Tweed and a bit of time to fashion fringes and you have an incredibly flexible do anything "garment".
Leaving the Highlands to the Alps, a close cousin (also in a kind of green not too distant from archer green) would be something like an Alpine Loden cape (called "Kotze" which is also, interestingly enough, German vernacular for "vomit").