Traditional Rain Clothing

[MacLowlife]

Barbour is also a good source for tattersall shirts, as is Beretta, another great outdoors supplier.

[Bugbear]

Barbour is also a good source for tattersall shirts, as is Beretta, another great outdoors supplier.

I recall the discussion of tattersall shirts with a kilt, MacLowlife, so it is not off track.
I included a link to the Barbour Men's Wear because there were several interesting categories listed, including tweed and wool outerwear; shirts are also listed.

[Bugbear]

All right, as per MacLowlife's suggestion, Tattersall shirts:
Beretta Tattersall Shirt
And there are several Barbour's tattersall shirts in their shirt section.
To supplement the other links I posted.

[Tobus]

For cold weather, I like surplus wool greatcoats. This one is from the British Army I believe.

I have one very similar to that, but it's a USGI WWII greatcoat. I love that coat, but it just doesn't get cold enough down here to wear it very often. Plus, people tend to give me sidelong looks when I wear it. But I agree, it's a fantastic coat for cold and/or wet weather, especially with a kilt, since it's long enough to cover the kilt completely and protect it.

No one has yet mentioned spats. While they seem to be mostly relegated to military and pipe band uniforms, surely they would be useful for protecting your lower legs in rainy weather, especially if worn under a long coat like the greatcoat shown above? I would think they'd be very good at keeping the driving rain from soaking your ankles and running down into your shoes. Granted, you wouldn't want to be sloshing through deep puddles in them, since they offer no protection against seepage from underneath.

Are spats ever worn by civilians for protection against weather?

[Piper]

I made myself a cloak/cape out of oilcloth that has a very muted Black Watch pattern to it. I cobbled it up to use at the Rendezvous and reenactments, but I've worn it on other occasions when I've had to pipe in the rain. Comes to about mid calf, and has a shoulder cape and collar, but no hood. Keeps most of me dry. Of course, being a reenactor, I've learned to resign myself to the fact that when it rains, you get wet.

[artificer]

Are spats ever worn by civilians for protection against weather?

I've worn puttees and gaiters to keep mud and ice out of my ankle boots before, but don't generally wear them. At this point, if the weather is THAT bad, I need a d@mn good reason to be out and about in it, instead of by the fire with a dram.

[JerseyLawyer]

No one has yet mentioned spats. While they seem to be mostly relegated to military and pipe band uniforms, surely they would be useful for protecting your lower legs in rainy weather, especially if worn under a long coat like the greatcoat shown above? I would think they'd be very good at keeping the driving rain from soaking your ankles and running down into your shoes. Granted, you wouldn't want to be sloshing through deep puddles in them, since they offer no protection against seepage from underneath.

The modern ones are useless for anything other than getting dirty and looking kinda funny. They won't keep you dry at all, and you're far better off with a good pair of boots, unless you happen to be wearing full No. 1 dress for some reason.

[Lallans]

The modern ones are useless for anything other than getting dirty and looking kinda funny. They won't keep you dry at all, and you're far better off with a good pair of boots, unless you happen to be wearing full No. 1 dress for some reason.

I confess that I cannot hear the word "spats" without seeing a mental image of Uncle Scrooge McDuck, who wore them over his bare duck feet. Secondary, followup image is of the Jiggs character in the comic strip Bringing Up Father, whose likeness was once used, no doubt illegally, on the dunnies of a portapotty type company in Montreal. Spats are ruined for me forever.