Flat cap feelings

[Monkey@Arms]

I have terrible search fu too...but I find it interesting that ALL those threads are closed

While some were in fact locked down, I believe that the rest are closed by operation of time.

Best regards,

Jake

[English Bloke]

There is no such thing as a daft question.

The flat cap is worn in the Highlands of Scotland as it is in most parts of the UK.

It's just it isn't traditionally worn with the Kilt. You can, they don't. If you do, they'll know immediately you're not local. It's not really that big an issue. Bit like wearing a denim jacket really.

[O'Callaghan]

I think at the peak of it's popularity the flat cap was worn with the kilt or with whatever else people wore at the time. Nowadays, the Scots and quite a few others seem to frown on the combination.

There are specific types of hats, however, that are pretty much only worn with a kilt, and the flat cap is not one of them. For example, the balmoral and the tam 'o' shanter if you are Scots, the caubeen if you are Irish, and the glengarry whatever your provenance.

The deerstalker seems to be worn only by the "huntin' and shootin'" set, which includes Scots lairds amongst others, and the latter do tend to wear kilts.

[SlackerDrummer]

My guess is that the flat cap might have been worn enough with the kilt so as not to become "wrong" were it not for the fact that the wearing of hats in general fell into decline. You may have seen it continue to be a country hat with both trousers and kilts. Proper bonnets then might have become more properly the analog of Hamburgs, Fedoras, Bowlers, and the other hats worn with the various forms and levels of formality of non-Highland attire (that are not country attire).

Of course my whole theory is flipped on its ear due to the evolution of the flat cap from purely a country hat to being a popular working-class hat in the cities. It saw such a surge in popularity among the masses that politicians began wearing it to be seen as "in touch" with their constituencies. This popularity among urban folk may have contributed to the idea of Scots that this is a more "British" hat as well. Had it remained a country hat, that may not be the case.

Don't mind me. Just thinking out loud.

[Mael Coluim]

Thread closed at OP's request.