Too Traditional?

[Tobus]

In the circumstance above the THCD has the answer. Common sense!

A panama seems to be the option, if F4T2 is anything to go by.

Panama hat? I'm disappointed. Surely a pith helmet is the right answer. I'm sure I've seen photos of Scots wearing them! It MUST be traditional!

[SlackerDrummer]

I prefer the broader brimmed straw hats to the classic Panama for a bit of extra protection from the sun, but anything is better than a wool bonnet when you're standing in the summer sun all afternoon judging pipe bands (at least in the United States).

[creagdhubh]

In fairness, I would be foolish to "defend" my way of wearing Highland dress when I'm still trying to grasp whether I'm doing it correctly. My goal is always to learn.

That said, however, there comes a point where I would knowingly break from such purity of tradition if it makes sense to do so.

Agreed.

[ThistleDown]

If a wool kilt is too warm for hot climes I would think that a wool bonnet to keep the heat in would be even worse. A straw brimmed hat such as a Panama is often worn by Scots in such places, and definitely wear a pith helmet to a memorial for the Indian Mutiny, but otherwise that's costume. To us.

[JSFMACLJR]

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.

[Nick the DSM]

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

[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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