Fedora with the kilt?

[Graham]

Coincidence! we are off shortly for a coastal hike and I was wondering what hat to wear today for sun protection. I picked up a hat which you folk describe as a fedora, I have never heard it called that.

Picking an appropriate hat to wear with a kilt has been a discussion here for years and I'm still not settled in my own mind on it.
I like a Balmoral, but they are poor sun protection, especially Down Under.
I sometimes wear an Akubra.

I wear a kilt because it's practical and comfortable, I see no reason why that should not apply to other articles of clothing, including shoes and hats.

[chrisupyonder]

We will be goin away with our touring caravan soon and I will just substitute kilt+black leather day sporran instead of shorts. No one cares what you wear on a camp site. So that will be baseball cap, polo shirt and trainers or boots during the day. If we go out for dinner then it will be more formal. Kilt+semi-dress sporran, Black brogues (not gillie, hate them), full hose+flashes and my lovat blue tweed kilt jacket with tie and If I had a fedora I would wear it if that was my style.

Time and place is important as well as your personal style. We don't all want to look like the model style put out by the retailers.

[English Bloke]

Go for it. Maybe even coordinate with your tartan kilts?

Aaaaaagh my eyes!! Ferora? yes! Those fedori? Nooooooo!

[Danaidh]

Hi Graham! The fedora, as we Yanks call them, were most popular back in the 40's, but have made a comeback redesigned with a much smaller crown (top) and brim. The Indiana Jones movies brought them back to life, but the interesting thing is, his hat was Australian! I myself, prefer the wider brim hat for hiking/camping and you may view me wearing one of them in my gallery.

[Cherub]

Hi Graham! The fedora, as we Yanks call them, were most popular back in the 40's, but have made a comeback redesigned with a much smaller crown (top) and brim. The Indiana Jones movies brought them back to life, but the interesting thing is, his hat was Australian! I myself, prefer the wider brim hat for hiking/camping and you may view me wearing one of them in my gallery.

I have to agree my avatar is me wearing an aussie hat. I also have an older style fedora with a wide brim. I've worn the aussie hat with my utilikilt and got complements on the look.

[Rob, ClanMacMillan, NM]

FWIW: I wore a fedora with my (new to me) SWK Leatherneck Kilt and the only comments I received were of the "Smart looking outfit!" variety

Rob

[Brian K]

Hi Graham! The fedora, as we Yanks call them, were most popular back in the 40's, but have made a comeback redesigned with a much smaller crown (top) and brim. The Indiana Jones movies brought them back to life, but the interesting thing is, his hat was Australian! I myself, prefer the wider brim hat for hiking/camping and you may view me wearing one of them in my gallery.

I think you'll find that the hat with a similar shape but smaller brim is actually called a Trilby. A fine point, to be sure, but it is a separate variety of hat from the fedora.

[Grae]

Now this photo is not of a fedora or a tribly but it illustrates the point about headgear neatly I think, John Brown, Queen Victoria's Man, in Balmoral tartan and cap.

[mookien]

Grae: I like the movie "Mrs. Brown" and now I know what the real Mr. Brown looked like. Thanks.

If you look hard, you can just see the letters JEEP under the ribbon. ;-)