What hat do you wear with a kilt?

[creagdhubh]

For me, I prefer to wear the Balmoral bonnet with a black or matching cockade. I keep the ribbon tails untied on the navy and black Balmorals, yet on my fawn, lovat blue, and lovat green balmorals, I keep the ribbons tied. I do own Glengarries in black and navy, yet I seldom wear them. I do not like dicing on the black and navy bonnets, nor on the Glengarries, as it tends to look to regimental, however, I do like dicing on the fawn, lovat blue, and lovat green Balmorals. I always wear a Clan Macpherson (or Chattan) badge in silver, and sometimes tuck a sprig of white heather or boxwood behind the badge, as they are the plant badges of the Clan Macpherson.

I am seriously thinking abouting investing in a nice Panama hat to wear with Highland attire at times - the look has grown on me, and in some cases, I am sure the brim could prove much more advantagous in bright sunshine than that of a Balmoral!

Black Balmoral with Macpherson badge and a bit of white heather. Photo taken in Newtonmore, Inverness-shire.


Fawn Balmoral with fawn and lovat green dicing. Macpherson badge and a rather large spray of boxwood. Photo taken in Saint Louis, Missouri.


Cheers,

[kc8ufv]

If I'm going to be in the sun for a while and I think about wearing a hat, it's usually a boonie. Same for if it's pouring and I want to keep drier. Occasionally I'll wear a baseball cap, but not often.

[Grizzly]

For someone who doesn't wear hats I seem to have a fair number of them. I have a panama, an akubra, flat caps and baseball caps although I don't think I would wear any of these when kilted. However I do have a yearning and am looking for a tweed deerstalker. Now that I would wear when kilted.

[ProudGrandsonofClanGrant]

I wear a balmoral as well, both diced and plain. I find that the bonnet is the absolute most suitable hat for kilt attire. But, that is just in my taste. Cheers!
Nick Pratt

[Nick the DSM]

Besides the bonnets, I have this felted wool wide brim hat that I wear a lot whether kilted or not. Saves face from the sun. Also fedoras.

[cruiser348]

I don't worry too much about being traditional with head gear. I tend to wear either a flat cap (yes I said it), a fedora, or I have a straw panama hat that gets a lot of use as the temps grow warmer.

[creagdhubh]

I don't worry too much about being traditional with head gear. I tend to wear either a flat cap (yes I said it), a fedora, or I have a straw panama hat that gets a lot of use as the temps grow warmer.

A flat cap, oh noooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[tekdiver500ft]

Sorry for the confusion earlier, I was bleary from lack of sleep. No, that's not an excuse, but is (I hope) an explanation.

I meant that I will no' swear fealty to the Queen, or any English monarch. Historically, the monarch is the nation, so to say that I don't accept England as my Queen means that I don't accept that the Queen of England has any rule over me.

As to dicing, I'd need to see reasonably reliable refutation, as my sources (purportedly apolitical history books as well as several websites that have proven to be accurate) indicate that dicing on one's cap indicates fealty to the Crown of England. If it turns out that the facts are otherwise, I'll still not change which cap I wear, as I prefer the plain. However, it would be nice to have accurate information at hand.

[SlackerDrummer]

As to dicing, I'd need to see reasonably reliable refutation, as my sources (purportedly apolitical history books as well as several websites that have proven to be accurate) indicate that dicing on one's cap indicates fealty to the Crown of England. If it turns out that the facts are otherwise, I'll still not change which cap I wear, as I prefer the plain. However, it would be nice to have accurate information at hand.

Given the Stewart coat of arms (as in House of Stewart/Stuart), I find it very difficult to believe that dicing of any kind could be taken as allegiance to the House of Hanover.

[creagdhubh]

Given the Stewart coat of arms (as in House of Stewart/Stuart), I find it very difficult to believe that dicing of any kind could be taken as allegiance to the House of Hanover.

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