Highland games attire

[Jock Scot]

Yes, lectures from my dermatologist have caused me to switch from baseball caps to brimmed hats. I cringe now when I think of all the years I wore baseball caps and exposed by neck and ears to the blazing sun.

I have a Tilley style hat, but also a tweed Elgin/Trilby hat which fits better with my overall traditional look.

Very sensible thinking there. Interestingly, I can’t recall seeing anyone wearing a tweed trilby with the kilt over here, so I am not at all sure that it would be called traditional. Does it matter? Not one bit in your circumstances.

What I do see over here with the kilt when the sun is out, like we have seen recently, are the standard Panama’s, tweed fore and afts,tweed deer stalkers( both with wide brims front and back but with narrow side brims), and the Tilly hat quickly gaining favour. Having said that, I have to say bareheaded is still the usual option, with the younger generation. How wise that is, time will tell.