Kilts in a hot climate

[dea3369]

... but I can definitely feel more air movement below.

LOL! But I agree with the conclusion. Also, if sweating ... I mean, perspiring, is going to be an issue, then I usually wear a kilt liner (just like a slip for skirts). See this discussion thread http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=73593

[Zardoz]

Well, In the Houston area I frequently wear a kilt in 95 - 100 degree (F) 90% humidity weather. I pass on the wool kilts on those days and sport one of my USA Kilts PV Semi-trads, they are much cooler and lighter, and if I sweat one up I can throw it in the washer.

[Macman]

LOL! But I agree with the conclusion. Also, if sweating ... I mean, perspiring, is going to be an issue, then I usually wear a kilt liner (just like a slip for skirts). See this discussion thread http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=73593

Long ago I was told that men sweat, and officers perspire.
To the OP: I think that where I live has a climate not dissimilar to the south of England, and I've had no problem wearing traditional wool kilts all year round.

[JonathanB]

I wasn't particularly worried about wearing a kilt in hot weather, rather I was interested to know what experienced kilt wearers thought.

One thing that occurs to me is keeping the kilt clean if it gets sweaty on the inside. I have seen it recommended here that a kilt doesn't need cleaning, just regular airing. If it gets sweaty round the waist (which I can imagine) it surely needs some sort of cleaning?

Not that there may be any need to know what to do in really hot (by southern UK standards) weather. The only way last year we could get a fortnight's decent weather was through putting on the Olympics, and we're not going to be able to do so again for at least another fifty years.

[Nathan]

One thing that occurs to me is keeping the kilt clean if it gets sweaty on the inside. I have seen it recommended here that a kilt doesn't need cleaning, just regular airing. If it gets sweaty round the waist (which I can imagine) it surely needs some sort of cleaning?

You'd think so, but honestly, aired out properly, mine has always been fine. If not aired out properly, you risk having a kilt that smells like a sweaty bag of hockey gear, which I'm sure is no help as an analagy for you Brits, but the Canadians and Northern Americans may know what I mean...

[JonathanB]

Horses sweat, men perspire and ladies glow.

[Pleater]

I 'glow' quite easily down here on the South coast, as I retain my thick Northern blood even after some decades living here.

In the Summer and early Autumn I wear cotton and poly cotton kilts with a kilt liner, because they are so easy to wash.

This area is often very dusty in hot weather, so I keep the woollens for cold weather simply because they will survive longer not getting damp and dusty.

When out on the heath I am most often in Tilley hat, tee shirt, cotton kilt and sandals with a light woollen plaid in my pack in case there is a sudden change in the weather or I get tired.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

[cck]

Another comment from a south central Texan who deals with 100 F. In the winter I wear heavier clothes and in the summer I wear lighter attire. An 8yd. 16 oz. kilt is heavy and a lot of fabric to wear around your waist. When I am dealing with summer temperatures, I wear a lighter weight kilt. Maybe my swoosh is not as impressive, but I am more comfortable.

[be da veva]

kilt that smells like a sweaty bag of hockey gear,

A sweaty bag of rugby gear....

[guardsman]

Wore a kilt to a wedding in Cyprus, end of June, coolest man there. Kilts work a bit like stone walls, you seem to be at an ambient temp.not the extremes trousers get. Anyway , if hot give a swish. Only time I notice temperature is the little boys room!