Flat Caps. No no and thrice no! Suitable hats when wearing your kilt. Discuss

[Alan H]

Rocky, when all said and done whether we wear a flat cap with the kilt, or not, as the case may be, is hardly an earth shatteringly important matter. Perhaps the traditionalists you come across are too polite to comment,not bothered,or, don't want a black eye! Sorry ,only joking. Outside this website most of us would never dream of openly laughing, or, commenting on any one's style of dress. However that does not mean that I and others do not have a point of view.

This great website encourages friendly discussion and allows for honestly held opinions to be aired, robustly put sometimes maybe, these points of view may also not be voiced out load in public for reasons of tact and diplomacy. Providing these firmly held views are voiced courteously, we all get an opportunity to learn of other points of view. I suppose it can be a surprise to learn that what I/we thought was a non issue suddenly becomes one.

Hear, hear!

I wear flat caps with my kilts, in fact I wore one in to work today. I also happen to thoroughly enjoy Jock Scots contributions to this board, find him to be a gentleman, and an open-minded sort whilst sticking to his upbringing and his opinions. I'd be happy to buy the man an ale should I ever have the pleasure of meeting him, and I look forward to that happy possibility..

There ya go.

But I'm still going to wear flat caps with my kilts. I will also wear baseball caps with my kilts, though I tend to wear them with the "contemporary" kilts and not so much with the tartan ones.

One other thing... At the largest Highland Games in California, last September, the day that the clan tents went up it was 104-106 degrees F in blistering sun. It was down to 100 on Saturday and 92 or so on Sunday. That translates to 40-41 degrees C on Friday, 37 on Saturday and 33 on Sunday.

I can wear sunscreen in that, and that's fine but I sweat it off about every hour. I simply can't wear my glengarrys in that, I sweat in them like it isn't funny and I sunburn my face. I don't own a balmoral, though I own two nice Army berets...they're way too hot as well and don't provide shade. And so in fact what I wear to events like that is a straw panama hat....and tradition be hanged in the heat. What I wore before I wore the Panama hat was...... a baseball cap.