Too Traditional?

[ThistleDown]

So I take it a wool brimmed hat like a nice fedora is out of the question?

Nothing is out of the question. I like fedoras but I can't say I've ever seen one worn with a kilt in the Highlands, or by kilted Scots anywhere. But I do know the owner of this forum wears one in Victoria and looks pretty good in it (polishtheapplepolishtheapplepolishtheapple).

[Nick the DSM]

Probably because fedoras aren't in fashion across the pond? I don't know. Hahaha.

I love my bonnet, but the past highland game I had to get my wide brim felted wool hat to cover my face. Ya do what ya can.

[ThistleDown]

Probably because fedoras aren't in fashion across the pond? I don't know. Hahaha.

I love my bonnet, but the past highland game I had to get my wide brim felted wool hat to cover my face. Ya do what ya can.

No, but we did develop some pretty strange headgear, you must admit. A little boat-shaped thing called a Glengarry that kept you neither dry nor warm (no worries about it as a sun-shade) and a cloth cappie thing I think we adopted from the English, just to name two.

[Peter Crowe]

What a fascinating thread, one of the best I have read on XMTS! I have not contributed a great deal to it, but I have followed everything quite closely. Jock, Thistledown, and Tobus have all made very interesting and thought-provoking posts.

As for me, I just muddle along doing things as I always have.

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[Muddy]

Yes, simply appalling headgear. What was I thinking?

[Nick the DSM]

Yes, simply appalling headgear. What was I thinking?

Dude, don't worry about it! Like it as much as you want! Didn't say it was appalling, just not practical.

[Muddy]

I'm not offended LOL. I'm just messin' wit y'all. It's all good.

[MacLowlife]

A brief hijack as we trudge to 500...

I recently watched THE WAY, which I enjoyed. It is about a man walking the Pilgrim's Way of St James of Compostela and it features the father-son team of Emilio Estevez and Martin Sheen. The Way is some 769km, or nearly 500 miles. In some ways, it might be compared to the Appalachian Trail, I guess. What bothered me was that few or none of the pilgrims / hikers seemed to be wearing protective headgear. We can debate hats all day long, but if you are going to be outside all day long- for days and weeks at a time, I think we can agree that some kind of protection is in order.

[auld argonian]

Speaking as one of those red haired/blue eyed mutants, covering the head and shading the face, ears and neck is just good sense. Ask your local dermatologist if you don't believe me. I would hope that our fellow members in more Northern latitudes will cut us a little slack when it comes to headgear because the brimmed hat is sometimes mecessary.

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AA

[Tobus]

Speaking as one of those red haired/blue eyed mutants, covering the head and shading the face, ears and neck is just good sense. Ask your local dermatologist if you don't believe me. I would hope that our fellow members in more Northern latitudes will cut us a little slack when it comes to headgear because the brimmed hat is sometimes mecessary.

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AA

Yup. I had a scare recently with a growth on my shoulder (where I've had decades of sunburns) that I had the dermatologist remove. In the process, I learned that those of us with blue eyes are at the highest risk of skin cancer. So I'm starting to take it seriously.

How about a slouch hat? These are typically associated with kilted military units in hot, sunny climates. I seem to recall that they were worn in WWII by a Highland regiment in Burma. Would a slouch hat be completely 'costumey' or odd for a civilian to wear with a kilt in a hot climate, while still trying to be as traditional as the weather allows?