Question about rain jackets.

[kilted2000]

During my non-kilted life I will often wear a Barbour Beaufort jacket in the “relatively” colder months where I live. Would it be considered traditional to wear such a jacket with a kilt if the weather required it?

[Father Bill]

The requirements of the day always take precedence. You don’t want to be frozen, soaked or baked.

[figheadair]

During my non-kilted life I will often wear a Barbour Beaufort jacket in the “relatively” colder months where I live. Would it be considered traditional to wear such a jacket with a kilt if the weather required it?

It's certainly been a tradition since the second half of the 20th century amongst some in rural Scotland.

[McMurdo]

Nothing wrong with a Barbour jacket. Carry on.

[figheadair]

Or if you want more protection, something longer.

[Tomo]

Or if you want more protection, something longer.

Indeed - I wear a Driza-Bone Stockman jacket when it's wet (and a vintage Crombie overcoat when it's cold).

[Jock Scot]

During my non-kilted life I will often wear a Barbour Beaufort jacket in the “relatively” colder months where I live. Would it be considered traditional to wear such a jacket with a kilt if the weather required it?

Barbour and "Barbour style" jackets and fleeces are commonly worn with the kilt in Scotland when necessary.There is no merit in being wet and/or cold and sartorial elegance takes second place to common sense.

[DCampbell16B]

There is no merit in being wet and/or cold and sartorial elegance take second place to common sense.

I am making this my signature.

[McMurdo]

I use an Inverness Cape for those days when there is rain or snow.

[Troglodyte]

Or there's the pipers' rain-cape, if you want something lighter-weight -

https://clan.com/inverness-cape