is it ever to hot to wear a kilt especially the heavy

[Angela Kaye Bodine]

Thank you again Father Bill I appreciate your help and the others, but now I need to go into my ABOUT ME PAGE and change the HOW many kilts to still 7 wool tartans and 4 PV sport kilts... lol...Thank u again..

[azwildcat96]

Check out this thread (posts 47, 48, and 49). Yes, that is me in the pictures, and as stated it was 110F the day they were taken. I'm wearing a 5 yard box pleat kilt in 16oz wool tartan. Let me tell you, it is much cooler than my 8 yard, 16oz, knife pleated kilt in temperatures like that.

[TheOfficialBren]

I own a Casual Kilt from USAK which is Marton Mills 12oz PV (just shy of 5 yards). It does get warm in 100* F weather (but so are shorts).

I also have a 16oz Wool kilt (5 yards).

Both are knife-pleated.

Weight of the fabric, the properties of the material, pleating style, and the yardage used seem to be the deciding factors.

Some weather is entirely too hot for a kilt...any kilt. It gets over 100* F here during the height of summer.
Some weather is too cold for a kilt as well. Last night it was 29* F in my neck of the woods. Tonight it may give us a light dusting of snow (fingers crossed).

Just my tuppence.

As for USA Kilts quality, customer service, and prices you will be hard-pressed to find a better kilt for the money here in the US. I wholly endorse Rocky and his products. You won't find a better kilt for the money unless you go fully-bespoke (which I'm sure Rocky will eventually add to his inventory, seeing as he's started offering box-pleated kilts recently).

[neloon]

The kilt wasn't really designed for US weather! Y'all should come and live where the temperature usually ranges from about -10C(14F) in winter to 26C(79F) or so in summer.
Alan

[Angela Kaye Bodine]

Thank u TheOfficialBren, I appreciate your help as well. Im a lil confused on the knife pleated kilt, what does that mean ? Sorry about not knowing, my pleats are like 1 inch pleats there are alot of them..I have heard great things about Rocky, and his store isn't to far from me. So I will def check him out, for the different material for the kilt..Bonnie G. has me as a loyal customer,but I don't have a problem doing business with Rocky too.. ..Thank u.. I would like to wear my kilts both wool one is a light the other one is a heavy often and will b getting more.. l like my kilts alot, I wish I would of worn kilts before..thank u again....Is wearing a light wool is no difference then the other material ? Thank u

[Angela Kaye Bodine]

Thank u azwildcat96, well thank u ...so u say ur wool tartan is just as cool as your knife pleated kilt ( excuse my ignorance, but what is a knife pleated kilt ? ) does that mean wider pleats, also is it a different material ?.. the 2 -I have are wool, one light one heavy... I appreciate your help....

[neloon]

I am allergic to wool, so I def need biker shorts on under my kilt.. To me it's no different then wearing shorts..But I don't know if there are a fashion protocol with kilts being I am new at wearing them, I just don't want to insult the tradition.

Absolutely no problem, Angie. The "tradition" of wearing nothing is just a myth.
(Incidentally, in the UK, all "bike shorts" have a padded seat! - UK-speak would be "athletic shorts".)
Alan

[Angela Kaye Bodine]

Thank u Alan I appreciate it, I have heard that it was a myth, I just meant a form of under garments, other than the norm.. Athletic shorts over under garments..Thank you .. I think some biker shorts have padding too here or some have a odd looking butt lol.. Thank u

[Father Bill]

No ifs, no ands, no b..... ???

[Angela Kaye Bodine]

Thank Father Bill, :-)