Personally, I think that there is such a drumbeat from the "traditionalist community" as it were, that the Glengarry and the Balmoral are only the two appropriate hats for kilt wear, and one of them is mostly for pipe bands, that guys just don't know what to wear sometimes!

The hat deal has been beat to death on this forum, and I really feel the topic causes a big quandary in many minds. A lot of guys are so worried about it they would rather go bare headed, even in the sun or cold, than chance offending the local kilt police with "inappropriate" headgear.

My bottom line is, I don't really have the desire to own a Balmoral or a Glengarry, as a person of primarily Irish heritage they don't have much cultural resonance with me. But I'm bald, and I do like to keep covered outdoors. So I mostly wear a flatcap.

Wear what you want, wear it with pride, confidence, class and style and no one can question it!