Classic kilt style - as seen at large this summer in Scotland

[User]

Meanwhile, on the Eastcoast USA in the Old Dominion, my southern expression of adopted Highland Dress does include the Panama style wide-brim straw hat and seersucker jacket tailored to kilt wearing.

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This is exciting information! I NEED an airy, wide brim, light colored hat, because it's so hot, and I burn so quickly. If that style panama hat is considered appropriate, I'll start looking for one. The fore and aft looks nice, but the brim is narrow, and the material is too thick. Maybe it would work in the winter, when the sun isn't so severe, and the temperatures aren't so high. Even then, I'm not convinced, but I'd like to give it a try. I assume they don't come with wider brims?

[Jock Scot]

This is exciting information! I NEED an airy, wide brim, light colored hat, because it's so hot, and I burn so quickly. If that style panama hat is considered appropriate, I'll start looking for one. The fore and aft looks nice, but the brim is narrow, and the material is too thick. Maybe it would work in the winter, when the sun isn't so severe, and the temperatures aren't so high. Even then, I'm not convinced, but I'd like to give it a try. I assume they don't come with wider brims?

Whilst we don’t have the extreme heat that you have in parts of the USA and other parts of the world, the sun can and does cause problems here in Scotland and is not to be under-estimated.How? I hear you ask.

Well it’s all to do with the lack of air pollution in Scotland and whilst the temperatures are nowhere near as high as you chaps endure, the sun can and does burn often to serious effect in Scotland and its worth repeating, it is not to be underestimated. So we do have some knowledge about the sun’ s dangerous effects.

As a country man I spend much of my time out of doors and can say with some authority that the fore and aft hat rim does give ample protection to the ears , although for smarter summer occasions I do choose to wear a panama , should it not be raining!

Sadly I can’t post pictures these days, but there are posts on this website with pictures of the kilted “ Jock” wearing a panama or a fore and aft. Perhaps they still exist?

[Arnot]

... pictures of the kilted “ Jock” wearing a panama or a fore and aft. Perhaps they still exist?

Here's one with a Panama.

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