What hat do you wear with a kilt?

[KiltRevival]

I have been thinking about wearing a hat with the kilt but was not sure what would complement the kilt. So I thought I would ask here and see what hat people are sporting when kilted.

[LANCER1562]

More often than not, I wear a flat cap (my apologies to Jock for the sacrelage).

[Mither Tap]

The classic hat that goes with a kilt is the Balmoral (the beret looking thing with a toorie bobble on top).

Chris S

[tekdiver500ft]

I wear a Balmoral without dicing (I do not accept England as my Queen), with clan crest for informal occasions. For more formal affairs, I go bareheaded.

[Jock Scot]

I wear a Balmoral without dicing (I do not accept England as my Queen), with clan crest for informal occasions. For more formal affairs, I go bareheaded.

England is a country, making up part of the United Kingdom of which Queen Elizabeth the Second is the Monarch.

But I do understand what you are trying to say. However, I would not attach too much significance to this dicing thing as there is no evidence that in civilian wear it has any connection to anything. It is yet another of those "wink, wink, nudge, nudge" things that has taken root over time that in reality has no foundation and is totally meaningless. If you like diced bonnets then wear one, if you don't,then don't, anything more is shear nonsense.

[English Bloke]

I'm with you Jock !

If I wear a Balmoral, I wear it without dicing. No offence intended or taken but I DO accept Elizabeth as my Queen but prefer my Balmoral plain... with ties a-flyin'... And I'm married too. There's no politics in that either.

To answer the OP. I also wear a canvas or rooskin bush hat if it's hot (I burn easy... It's the Ginger Celt in me), but more often than not, I'm bare-headed. I have a plain black glengarry too. Although I think it's one of the coolest hats I've ever owned, I've only worn it once meeself, it emphasises a "pipe-band" look I'm not really after although I think they are fine on other folks.

I am a man of many hats, from pith helmets to Roman Centurion's helmet, from Russian Red Army to Davy Crockett. I've not found one that I'd routinely wear while Kilted though.

I must create a photo-thread of my drinking hat collection sometime... While kilted of course. That would be fun to put together. int:

[David Thorpe]

I must create a photo-thread of my drinking hat collection sometime... While kilted of course.

I'd like to see that, John.

I usually wear a Balmoral when kilted. I have two -- one black and one "fawn" by Robert Mackie from Chris at Dunnad Trading Co. Both have matching toories, bands and cockades; both have the ribbons neatly tied and neither is diced. I wear my clan's cap badge in antiqued pewter on the black one and have an embroidered badge on order for the fawn.
Many of my clan prefer a plain Glengarry with a white rosette cockade and loose ribbons. I may add one to my arsenal just so I can be "in uniform" for clan tent duty at games.
I also very much like Jock's straw Fedora(?), Panama(?), Crusher(?). It looks like it would be nice for warmer weather and casual wear.
I have several ball caps and two Resistol "cowboy" hats, one straw and one felt, but don't wear them when kilted, for the same reason I don't wear short socks with the kilt (shudder). OK for some, but not for me.
My dad has worn flat caps for as long as I can remember. They work for him, but not for me.

[Tobus]

If I wear a Balmoral, I wear it without dicing. No offence intended or taken but I DO accept Elizabeth as my Queen but prefer my Balmoral plain... with ties a-flyin'... And I'm married too. There's no politics in that either.

I accept no sovereign, but my tastes in wearing the Balmoral are similar to yours. I like the tails a-flyin', even though I'm married, and I do not like the looks of dicing. It reminds me of big-city police hats (New York, Chicago, etc.). And Glengarries just look too military for my tastes. But actually, I go bare-headed most of the time when I'm kilted.

On the rare occasion that I decide to wear a hat with a traditional kilt, it's usually the Balmoral. If it's really hot and I'm feeling humorous, maybe a sun helmet (I'd love a real pith helmet):




When wearing a non-traditional kilt, though, I'll wear any hat. Usually I'm wearing non-traditional kilts for rough outdoor stuff like backpacking or working around my homestead. So a comfortable ballcap works just fine, or even a boonie hat (sorry, I don't have any pics of me wearing that with a kilt):

[dea3369]

I am a man of many hats, from pith helmets to Roman Centurion's helmet, from Russian Red Army to Davy Crockett. I've not found one that I'd routinely wear while Kilted though.

I must create a photo-thread of my drinking hat collection sometime... While kilted of course. That would be fun to put together. int:

Please do. And I request you start with the rooskin bush hat. (More curious about the hat than how it looks with a kilt.) Did you get that down under?

[SlackerDrummer]

I must create a photo-thread of my drinking hat collection sometime... While kilted of course. That would be fun to put together. int:

Add me to the chorus.... YES!