Warm weather wardrobe

[DyerStraits]

I go with my lighter weight synthetic material tartan kilts (some of which actually feel more like a sturdy cotton twill than anything woolen and are lighter-colored tartans like Weathered MacKenzie), short-sleeve polo and pilot/officer shirts and, for really cool and casual, sleeveless "muscle" shirts--all of which also work well with my cotton utility/cargo pocket kilts. I also have a few pairs of cotton-blend, lighter weight, thinner and more loosely woven kilt hose for warm weather. Keeping Kool Kilted can be done--you're certainly more "ventilated" than you would be in shorts!

[MNlad]

I'm now a big 5.11 Tactical Kilt fan after wearing one for several days in humid, mid-high 80 degree weather. Teamed with a Colombia mesh-vented fishing shirt, I was as comfortable as I have ever been while kilted under those conditions. It may not be traditional, but it sure beat the other kilts hanging in my closet.

[Mel1721L]

Miserable kilt no-quite-wearing experience failure here in the pestilential swamp covered in concrete which is metro Chicago.

Was going to wear a perfect, lovely bespoke 4+ yard heavy wool kilt for an outdoor event in, "too bleeping hot and too bleeping humid" local weather and chickened out after getting kitted out and immediately achieving, "uncomfortable maximum perspiration level."

Oh, well.

Kudos to those of you who can do it in this sort of wretched clime.

It was 50C the other day, I were a pv kilt in this heat. It's 8 yards though, so I'm looking forward to my USAK casual, though summer will be over I can probably use it until January.

[Couper]

I was on the beach earlier today shooting some photographs. It was 89 (f) and very humid - but I was comfortable in a USAKilts Casual (worn at jeans waist), white polo shirt and flip flops for footwear. My wife told me I "looked cool" in that outfit and she really liked the "look." Works for me.

I'll be putting on another of Rocky's creations when we go out to dinner this evening. I'll "dress it up" a bit by wearing new leather flip flop sandals instead of my old rubber ones. Thankfully, there are no kilt police here at the beach. LOL

[DyerStraits]

I hope to pick up a bespoke light wool waistcoat later this week that was made to wear alone (wool all around the back). I have 5 yards of lightweight blue worsted wool I will be delivering to my seamstress for a lightweight matching kilt jacket and waistcoat. Even where we live, I get too hot in my more formal kilt jackets, so am looking forward to some lighter stuff I can wear when it's warm. We'll see how it looks.

Frank

Tropical weight worsted wool is quite breathable and a very good choice for warm weather suits, coats and pants. Even better is hopsack. When I was a university student I had a navy blue hopsack blazer that I regularly wore to a summer legal internship job in brutally hot southern Mid-West US weather, and remember how comfortable I was. I wouldn't mind at all having a kilt jacket in hopsack--it's also durable, especially wrinkle-resistant, drapes well and is ideal for travel.

[MNlad]

Even better is hopsack.

Funny you should mention that. I just acquired a double-vent, half-lined hopsack sport coat from a local thrift store that's next on my schedule for conversion. It should be done about the time the first snowflakes appear. Well, next year.

[DyerStraits]

Funny you should mention that. I just acquired a double-vent, half-lined hopsack sport coat from a local thrift store that's next on my schedule for conversion. It should be done about the time the first snowflakes appear. Well, next year.

Mine came from a thrift store also. The weave and texture of hopsack actually resembles very closely that of Arrochar Tweed, but the fabric itself is considerably lighter. I'm sure you'll be very pleased with your converted coat.

"It is not money that makes you well-dressed, it is understanding."--Christian Dior

[frank_a]

Tropical weight worsted wool is quite breathable and a very good choice for warm weather suits, coats and pants. Even better is hopsack. When I was a university student I had a navy blue hopsack blazer that I regularly wore to a summer legal internship job in brutally hot southern Mid-West US weather, and remember how comfortable I was. I wouldn't mind at all having a kilt jacket in hopsack--it's also durable, especially wrinkle-resistant, drapes well and is ideal for travel.

My new vest just needs to be steamed pressed and will be ready. The wee lass will have that done before the kirkin of the tartan next Sunday, as I hope to wear it then.

Cheers!

Frank