How Hot? Too darned hot.

[Livingston]

Not a full timer but... I've worn my 12 oz in 102* + all day, outside several times and felt cool. Not sure I'd want to be outside in the heat if it was too hot for that kilt.

[jeremy j starche]

In this heat, I've been pretty much living in the Thrifty-Kilts from Stillwater. Been very lightweight, very comfortable and entirely delightful.

Teeshirt and sandles, skipped the hose but I did keep the belt and sporran.

I have a re-enactment coming up that will find me in my wool tank, long sleeves, waistcoat, tam and hose -- I'm dreading that.

[creagdhubh]

I don't wear the kilt at all in the summer, if I am in the states-to darn hot and miserable! I do wear it in Scotland-obviously-in the summer time though.

[KenB]

Here in Toronto it has been hot and humid. I find the waist area the warmest, but really wearing a kilt in these temps is really quite pleasant - much more freedom.

[Inchessi]

Days like today, I come home, slap on my Thrifty, and veg in the basement. I am not a heat person. I am far more active when temps drop below freezing. I want to live in the Antarctic for a year or more, anyone hiring down there?

[CDNSushi]

When it gets over about 28C I abandon my kilts and start wearing other unbifurcated garments, (the likes of which the forum rules will not allow me to elucidate upon). Nevertheless, they are of the South-East Asian, Middle-Eastern and African varieties -- all apparel from countries where it tends to be hot as blazes, and where bifurcation of menswear is seen as superfluous.

[Pleater]

With the luxury of being able to make my own, I have kilts which are cotton and lightweight, and a couple which are 27 inches long rather than 24 inches, which makes a difference when outside as sunburn on the back of the knee really hurts!!

I have a very lightweight poly cotton Kingussie style kilt which I always wear with a cotton liner on the hottest days as the kilt wafts and the liner absorbs and that acts as a sort of radiator. I pin the two together and in place as putting on a belt results in a band of hot, wet cloth which is very uncomfortable.

On my workroom wall I have an image of an ancient Egyptian mythical scene with hieroglyphs where the figures appear to be wearing kilt like garments - presumably of cotton or linen - with folds, so I embarked on making the first one with utter confidence that it would be suitable for the heat of an English summer, though judging by the ease with I can grow ginger these days temperatures are higher than ten years ago.

Anne the Pleater :ootd: