Me Hat

[auld argonian]

Hey...a very nice, tweed ivy cap is one of my staples. Bear in mind that I also wear a couple of fedoras and a nice, cheap ebay panama (good so long as they don't look cheap...which this 'un don't).

Just went to Chicago Celtic Fest wearing the kilt and sweater with the black M65 field jacket and the ivy cap...I thought that it looked okay.

Like some other articles of clothing, the hat looks good when it looks like you are wearing the hat and not when it looks like the hat is wearing you. I have a brother in law who manages the latter on a permanent basis.

Someone might want to let some of my fellow Chicagoans in on the fact that the difference between a man in a hat and a kid in a baseball cap is that the man with the hat removes it when he enters a building. One of the great "looks" around town is the business-man-in-a-trenchcoat-with-a-baseball-cap-on...I guess that's "business casual" taken to an extreme.

I'm siding with the flat-cappers officially...I'm thinking that you can wear one with a kilt.

Best

AA

ps: I do not wear the fedoras or panamas with the kilt...just thought that I'd clarify that.

[Brian K]

ps: I do not wear the fedoras or panamas with the kilt...just thought that I'd clarify that.

You might want to re-think that position, AA. We have it on no less an authority than our own dear Jock Scott, who in another thread says it's a fine idea to wear a Panama hat with a kilt in the hot sun. He admits it's not traditional, but he apparently feels that there are times when the traditional must yield to the practical.

Regards,

Brian

[Jock Scot]

You might want to re-think that position, AA. We have it on no less an authority than our own dear Jock Scott, who in another thread says it's a fine idea to wear a Panama hat with a kilt in the hot sun. He admits it's not traditional, but he apparently feels that there are times when the traditional must yield to the practical.

Regards,

Brian

Yes I did say that, as I fully believe that the traditional balmoral, glengarry and awful(with the kilt) flat cap does not provide adequate protection from the sort of sun that some of you chaps endure.

You are too kind Brian. Me being an "authority" on anything, is exaggerating just a wee tad.

[toadinakilt]

Wait, wearing a baseball cap with a kilt is wrong? What's a good old boy like me to do...