Balmoral - sizing, style, etc.

[Lallans]

John, I took him to mean that lots of civvies wear balmorals, too, without the military connotation.
Wear I live, the balmoral wouldn't get a second glance, and lots of non-kilted gents wear them.
The Canadian Scottish Regiment wears khaki balmorals too, so we're used to seeing them around town on our reservists.

Yes you are correct and when I used the term 'connotations' that was implied- when people in my area see you wearing one sans uniform, if they think about it at all, they do not think 'military,' they think 'heritage-obsessed Scotsman'- or perhaps 'babe magnet'

However the glengarry when worn here is for some reason almost always seen as either 'military' or 'pipeband' or perhaps 'military pipeband'. I imagine this sort of thing is regional.