To bonnet or not to bonnet, that is the question

[creagdhubh]

I voted for the first option. Whilst in Highland day attire, I always wear a Robert Mackie Balmoral bonnet with either a diced or plain band. The only time I do not wear a Balmoral is when I am wearing a casual jumper and/or collared shirt without a tie with the kilt. I always have my proper clan badge, in silver, affixed to the cockade and sometimes will tuck a sprig of white heather or boxwood (plant badges of the Clan Macpherson) behind the badge.

Cheers,

[Holcombe Thomas]

I am also follicly challenged and opt for the balmoral when the weather is cooler (it gets cold up there!) and a Tilley or panama in the warmer seasons.

Holcombe

[Sir Didymous]

I've been searching for a bonnet without a toorie. I like the look of balmorals, and would like to wear one, but me and toories don't see eye to eye.

[David Thorpe]

I've been searching for a bonnet without a toorie. I like the look of balmorals, and would like to wear one, but me and toories don't see eye to eye.

A toorie is quite easily removed. One of our terriers can do it in just a few seconds. However, a Balmoral is something else without one, and a toorie which matches the bonnet is not at all obtrusive.

[Jock Scot]

I've been searching for a bonnet without a toorie. I like the look of balmorals, and would like to wear one, but me and toories don't see eye to eye.

You wear the kilt outside Scotland in a country of a multitude of cultures, few of which understand the kilt -------and you worry about a toorie?

[thescot]

I've been searching for a bonnet without a toorie. I like the look of balmorals, and would like to wear one, but me and toories don't see eye to eye.

Why not just buy a beret?

[xman]

Dress for the weather I say.