Fedora with the kilt?

[macwilkin]

Truthfully, I agree Todd, these threads eventually never serve to bring people together on style. Just looking at the responses so far, one view is flatly "No"and the other "sure, nothing stopping you". One of those seems more confrontational than the other, at least outside of the "Traditional" forum section. Please don't mistake that I'm implying the traditional section is the only place traditionalists should post, I'm not.

We don't really know which side of the pond the OP is on. In some regions maybe Scots practices are more the "norm" but if he is somewhere else the older traditions may not be as strictly held to. Are they any less proper. That goes to intent of the wearer, really the only true determiner.

I'm very conservative in my dress but I am not looking to portray a "traditional"style, though I hold to some functional practices. I'm an American of Scots descent and will choose to incorporate the Kilt into my lifestyle as I see fit. As much as it may pain some, their efforts to restrain the Kilt to only be worn a certain way by a certain brand of "gentleman" on certain occasions is futile and really only serves to drive a wedge further between the two schools of thought.

Bottom line, the Kilt is not simply a national costume. It's a garment with modern, practical, and functional significance to today's men. My choice in what and how I wear anything is based primarily on is it functional and practical.

Well said, and point taken. While I tend to be firmly in the traditional camp, I do respect those who may not -- however, as you noted, part of the issue with this thread is that it is not in the "traditional" section of the forum, so when an "auld crabbit" says that a fedora "should not" be worn as headgear with a kilt, some folks tend to get on their ear.

It reminds me of the conundrum we faced as genealogical librarians: do we give patrons want they want (family legend) or the truth? Many times they were not one in the same.

T.