Kilts and Humidity / Heat

**Bugbear** · 17th August 09, 08:12 PM

Originally Posted by vipermcgee

Get back here ya overgrown sporran!

Don't know why that line just popped in my head!

**jeremy j starche** · 17th August 09, 08:16 PM

We can get fairly humid here in NE Ohio, thanks to Lake Erie.

I don't have any problems from the kilt, but the hose -- those can get me. Luckily, m'Lady managed to find me some fairly high grey athletic socks that don't look too bad with the kilted look. I find they wick enough moisture away to be really comfy and I can fold them down when traveling.

Since I tend to break out in rashes from pretty much any green plant touching me, going hose/sockless isn't an option.

**gilmore** · 17th August 09, 09:13 PM

Originally Posted by KFCarter

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Don't know if business dress is a concern for you, but it is for me and wearing my tweeds is out of the question during the summer. I'm currently working with my local men's clothiers to create a kilt-cut jacket in tropical weight. The prototype will be in a light cotton poplin, which is a common material for summer business wear in Savannah. We're going to eventually do one in linen, another popular choice. Not so sure about the other common summer fabric for Savannah, seersucker.

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Seersucker rocks. When I was practicing law in Atlanta, I was probably one of the last men to still wear it, certainly one of only a handful of guys my age who wore it. But it's so incredibly comfortable on a hot day. The only thing better would be wearing nothing at all.

I have kept my eye out for seersucker jackets at thrift stores that could be converted to kilt jackets, but they are rare, and have found none in my size.

**KFCarter** · 18th August 09, 04:38 AM

Originally Posted by gilmore

Seersucker rocks. When I was practicing law in Atlanta, I was probably one of the last men to still wear it, certainly one of only a handful of guys my age who wore it. But it's so incredibly comfortable on a hot day. The only thing better would be wearing nothing at all.

I have kept my eye out for seersucker jackets at thrift stores that could be converted to kilt jackets, but they are rare, and have found none in my size.

Come to Savannah. There's not a men's store worth its salt that doesn't carry seersucker. In fact, it's such a common item here, that I bet it wouldn't be too hard to find in the local thrift stores. PM me your size and I'll keep an eye out for a jacket if you like.

**Swampthing** · 18th August 09, 02:29 PM

I'm surprised at myself, I've never heard of seersucker before.
Although after checking online, it looks a little familiar.

**gilmore** · 18th August 09, 09:46 PM

Originally Posted by KFCarter

Come to Savannah. There's not a men's store worth its salt that doesn't carry seersucker. In fact, it's such a common item here, that I bet it wouldn't be too hard to find in the local thrift stores. PM me your size and I'll keep an eye out for a jacket if you like.

Thanks for your kind offer, but in just three weeks I will be leaving the country for two years, and where I am going will be wearing the same thing as everyone else there, and it's not seersucker. Perhaps when I return, a trip to Savannah would be in order.

**Jimmy** · 19th August 09, 03:23 AM

Sorry guys, much as I love wearing the kilt, in hot weather even although we do not get too much of it in Scotland, there is nothing to beat wearing shorts,
How do you guys survive in hot weather with even a lightweight kilt

**fluter** · 19th August 09, 08:13 AM

Originally Posted by Jimmy

Sorry guys, much as I love wearing the kilt, in hot weather even although we do not get too much of it in Scotland, there is nothing to beat wearing shorts,
How do you guys survive in hot weather with even a lightweight kilt

Sorry, Jimmy

but in real heat, shorts are too hot. I like the extra air circulation. Today our forecast is for 94 (35C) with a heat index of 101, indicating that the relative humidity is pretty oppressive!

If it were really hot day, a well made kilt in Marton Mills poly-viscose is the ticket! Add a big hat, delete the kilt belt which keeps my belly damp, and I'm ready to go. Slowly.

**KFCarter** · 19th August 09, 11:08 AM

Originally Posted by gilmore

Thanks for your kind offer, but in just three weeks I will be leaving the country for two years, and where I am going will be wearing the same thing as everyone else there, and it's not seersucker. Perhaps when I return, a trip to Savannah would be in order.

Best of luck, stay safe on that two-year trip and do come through Savannah if you get the chance!

**McNulty** · 19th August 09, 11:28 AM

To me, as mentioned before, it's the belt. Any weight kilt w/ a belt is killer in heat and especially humidity. Out here in Western Colorado when the temps reach 95F+and the humidity is high (25% tongue in cheek) I'll put on one of my 13ozers or my PV and leave the belt at home. Add a Polo shirt and light weight hose plus my Birks and I'm out the door. I do not miss the Midwestern/Southern humidity at all as it usually plays heck with my hair LOL.
Nulty