Headwear

[gairloch]

Hallo together,

I whould like to know, which kind of headwear do you wear with your kilt outfits?
Glengarry? Balmoral? Tammy hats, Flat caps or Quarter caps? Or none of them?

Which one looks best for the different occasions? Any pics of them?


TC

Dirk

[Phil]

The usual headwear was a balmoral - like this



and would be daywear. Pipe bands often wear a glengarry and it is a more "military" cap but there is no reason not to wear it. No headwear is worn at evening formal events nowadays although there is no reason not to wear it outdoors when coming and going. The only proviso is not to have a chequered band around either - it is supposed to be for the military and to show allegiance to the Crown (unless that is your thing of course).

[macwilkin]

The only proviso is not to have a chequered band around either - it is supposed to be for the military and to show allegiance to the Crown (unless that is your thing of course).

Respectfully, Phil, I have yet to find any concrete documentation for this oft-repeated story. You see it everywhere on the Internet, but never with any source.

Some Scottish regiments have worn diced bonnets/headgear, while others haven't. And in terms of allegiance to the crown, one Stewart of Garth stated that the dicing originated with the fesse-chequey of the Stewart arms, which would make dicing a Jacobite symbol -- historian Stuart Reid discounts this & believes the dicing mirrored the diced hose worn by Highlanders and is purely decoration.

Regards,

Todd

[Riverkilt]

Yes

All of the above...

Anything...traditional head gear, military head gear (including steel pot for Veteran's Day Parade), baseball caps, "cowboy" hats, "Viking" helmet et.al. Too many pics to post but they're in my galleries....well, okay...here's two....





Pretty much comes down to whatever I wanna wear for the occasion....

FREEDOM! Doesn't just apply to the bits...the rest of your body gets to dress as it pleases too...

Ron

P.S. Please be kind and do not use these photographs to document any psychiatric commitment proceedings.

[Riverkilt]

And one more....



Ain't no "Hat Police"....least I hope there ain't...I'm a hat junkie too, though I seldom wear them (go figure??), but they're fun to play around with when kilted. No point in wasting time looking for rules when you could be experimenting instead.

Ron

[PiobBear]

Either a glen or caubeen

[McMurdo]

I often wear a tam in winter to keep my head nice and warm, I have two tams now here is a picture of my latest, I was quite warm wearing it, I would like to get a Balmoral one day, I'm not so sure about a Glengarry, however to each their own

[A Hay]

Personally, I like the look and feel of the Balmoral. I have Lovat Green, Brown, Dark Green, and Blue. Next will be a Black one.

I also have a Navy Glengarry, but seldom wear it. I'm more inclined to wear the Glengarry with a military or Law Enforcement white shirt (the kind with the sharp crease vertically through the front pockets) I had Khaki shirts like that long ago in the Army.

Here is a pic:

Tom

[Livingston]

Most of the time I don't wear a hat but have been known to wear a clan baseball cap, Balmoral or one that just has a big floppy brim to protect ears and neck from the sun too.

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P.S. Please be kind and do not use these photographs to document any psychiatric commitment proceedings.

Too late Ron. We've had those papers in process for a while now.

[fluter]

Tilley (broad-brimmed sun hat), soft wool fedora, Stetson, beret, stocking cap. My complexion dictates hats with brims during daylight hours, but I'll add a balmoral, caubeen, and blue bonnet to the mix as we go along.


... Oh yes, and a purple baseball cap to go with this outfit: