Quote Originally Posted by prattw
Cajunscot,

The problem with wool in the summer, in truely hot climates, isn't that the wool wears hotter than other fabrics of the same weight - it doesn't. It's that the rise of your kilt is going to be sweatsoaked, regardless of fabric. Acrylic you chuck in the washer and hang dry. Wool has to be dry cleaned, and that's both a pain and a major expense at far too much per pleat. My wool kilts are reserved for indoor wear only in summer. Of course, my summer is apt to be a lot hotter than yours.

Will Pratt
True, but as we used to say in AZ, "but's it's a DRY heat!" ;)

My experience has always been that man-made stuff is far more uncomfortable than wool, but my experience is a little different than most -- and point taken about the dry-cleaning, since most CW reenactors do NOT take their uniforms into dry-clean -- much more "authentic" if you don't! :mrgreen:

T.