Traditional Rain Clothing

[figheadair]

Driza-Bone full length wax jacket and Hunter wellies do the business for me. I'm not a fan of hats, I've got hair, but if I have to my old TOS gets an outing.

[ThistleDown]

I already have a cactus fence with large, movable prickly pear planters at the gates, that's usually where I drain the washing machine and ceramics water during the warmer seasons. I'm playing with the idea of adding medjool date palms to my property, if I can come up with a water plan. I'm adding pomegranates this winter to replace the peaches, apricots, and almonds I used to have.
* Correction: I have planted jojoba bushes to replace the almond trees I once had out front.



I have a very sturdy, tan London Fog overcoat with zip out fur-like lining and cotton outer shell with roll up hood, MacLowlife. I bought it at a Good Will last year. I also have a shorter raincoat that is made of something waterproof that has a roll out hood too. I suppose I should have a poncho, but the London Fog is probably all I need.

Wear them both Ted, keep the fur-like lining in the Fog and wear the shorter raincoat with its hood over top. All you will need to keep the rain and cold at bay because you don't wear a kilt anyway.

[Bugbear]

Wear them both Ted, keep the fur-like lining in the Fog and wear the shorter raincoat with its hood over top. All you will need to keep the rain and cold at bay because you don't wear a kilt anyway.

Good point. Just wondering what is considered traditional if one were wearing the kilt.

Up until a couple of days ago, it was still getting up around 106 F, so keeping the cold at bay will have to wait until December and January.

[Cygnus]

For cold weather, I like surplus wool greatcoats. This one is from the British Army I believe.
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Ah, Ron, you've made me miss my old greatcoat (my wife donated it to charity when I was at work one day). 16.5 lbs. of wool and I've never worn anything warmer.

With autumn here and winter on the way, I know I'm going to miss it even more in the coming months!

[starbkjrus]

Try a "fore 'n aft" or "deer stalker" as a better option for hats. Oh and an umbrella is always handy.

Village Hat Shop has now discontinued the deerstalker. Any idea where I can find one please PM me.

I WILL have one this year.....

And, someday maybe - a wool Inverness Cape from Mr. Antony.....some day....maybe....

Me too Ron...me too.

[Lallans]

Thanks to their somewhat-annoying website, I can't tell if Barbour stil makes my recommendation, but in addition to the jackets already mentioned you could look for a very long equestrian waxed cotton model they at least used to sell, "the Mark Phillips" or its replacement (got mine at least 20 years ago). Worn off a horse, it comes off as a sort of floppy trench coat and works very well when kilted. But for rainy warmish weather, of which we Eastern Canucks had a plethora two years back, I had to invest in a 'Band Spec' model nylon Inverness cape- there's warm and then there's Barbour warm.

The 'band spec' has the silent endorsement of every pipe band I've ever seen in the rain....

[Bugbear]

So far, it looks like the traditional Highland rain outfit is:

A Barbour wax jacket, suggested by Cajunscot and seconded by JerseyLawyer and possibly Figheadair or Canuck of NI,

Alternatively, a tweed or wool inverness cape, suggested by JerseyLawyer and seconded by Riverkilt and Starbkjrus (Mr. Antony Inverness Cape ),

A fore 'n aft or deer stalker, suggested by Jock Scot and seconded by Starbkjrus (seeking a deer stalker source),

A TOS, suggested by Figheadair,

Wellies, suggested by JerseyLawyer and Figheadair,

A heavy duty umbrella from Swaine Adeney & Brigg, suggested by Jock Scot, umbrellas seconded by JerseyLawyer.

One item that seems to be absent in the discussion is gloves.

There are other suggestions, however, it is unclear that they are traditional Highland attire.

[Lallans]

Stop the presses! The Barbour I was referring to is in fact called the "Burghley", not the Mark Phillips. It's also an equestrian coat, but longer. Great leg straps you can step into that keep it under control in hurricanes or similar weather. But at least in British weight, it IS warm for most places in the USA (Barbour sometimes uses lower weight cloth for the US market though).

[artificer]

Village Hat Shop has now discontinued the deerstalker. Any idea where I can find one please PM me.

I WILL have one this year.....

It appears that Scotweb still carries a deerstalker that looks identical to one fo the offerings from Village Hat.

http://www.scotweb.co.uk/buy/all-woo...er-hat/options

They also have it in Harris Tweed
http://www.scotweb.co.uk/products/ha...erstalker-hat/

HERE is one in Harris Tweed for 40GBP INCLUDING international delivery!

[Bugbear]

Tracking down some of these items...

J Barbour and Sons Ltd links:
Men's Wear
Wax Cotton Jackets


Here are Scotweb's Inverness and other Capes:
http://www.scotweb.co.uk/mens-wear/c...nd-capes/capes
And artificer provided a link to the "All Wool Deerstalker Hat" at Scotweb.

Here are the MISTER ANTONY Inverness Rain capes.

Jock Scot suggested an umbrella from Swaine Adeney & Brigg, so here are their umbrellas:
http://www.swaineadeney.co.uk/umbrel...ex.html?page=1

There are many sources on the web for wellies, so I won't post any links.

Hope that helps someone.