Brimmed hats?

[frank_a]

I'm a fedora kinda guy meself. Pics soon, as I may wear one to the upcoming Burns Supper.

Frank

[imrichmond]

I know at least a couple of Australian pipe bands and one pipe band here on the west coast of British Columbia wear Tilley-style hats as part of their uniform. The BC pipe band wears blue ones to go with their blue tartan kilts. (I forget which specific tartan they wear.) At highland games here in Canada, it is not at all unusual to see kilted participants and spectators wearing brimmed hats to shield their faces from the sun. Bands in competition and solo competitors generally swap them for the more standard glengarry while actually competing.

[opositive]

i bought this hat:
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from here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...ms_ohs_product

the good guys wear white hats.

[Pleater]

For cloudy weather I have berets/balmorals, for windy weather, an Australian leather hat, for wet and windy weather an American leather hat - could be a Stetson, and for sunny days a wide brimmed Tilley - Canadian, I think. When the wind is from the South and brings dust all the way from the Sahara, I use a shamargh - however it is spelt, a headcloth worn in the traditional manner, so I can breathe - I have a military one in khakhi and black and one in crimson silk.

This year we had a hot dry Summer in Spring and then record breaking rainfall from Easter to New Year.

There is no sense in being uncomfortable, and sunburn is painful, eyes full of dust very unpleasant, but a traditional cap is fine in traditional weather, whenever we get any.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

[gordontaos]

This is the Santa Fe Scottish Rite Pipe band.


Here I am with Kiltmaker Kathy Lare and her Husband.

In the New Mexico sun a brimmed hat certainly beats skin cancer!

[Kerdy]

As I am follicly challenged, I tend to enjoy every opportunity to wear a hat. I agree with the advice that safety is more important than looks; however, I don’t ever remember thinking someone in a kilt should not be wearing a brimmed hat. Go for it!

[English Bloke]

You'd be foolish not to wear one.

[MNlad]

Add another to the list. I wear a couple of Tilleys during the summer months and think they're perfect for less formal events. Come to think of it, I've got a Stetson I may have to sport while kilted this year. Anything to protect my eyes and bald pate.

[Highlander31]

....When the wind is from the South and brings dust all the way from the Sahara, I use a shamargh - however it is spelt, a headcloth worn in the traditional manner, so I can breathe - I have a military one in khakhi and black and one in crimson silk.

This year we had a hot dry Summer in Spring and then record breaking rainfall from Easter to New Year.

There is no sense in being uncomfortable, and sunburn is painful, eyes full of dust very unpleasant, but a traditional cap is fine in traditional weather, whenever we get any.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

Shemaghs work well in the snow, as well. They help to prevent snow-blindness, and sunburn from the rays reflecting off the snow.

[Pleater]

Ah yes - snow - I had forgotten that.

The recent winter when, from space, the UK looked liked iced biscuits, right at the lower edge there was a brown bit where we were watching it on TV and PC but never got to make a snowman. I think that the Purbeck hills and the large harbour gives us a micro climate a bit too warm for snow most years.

Anne the Pleater :ootd: