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A bonnet from Matt
Just arrived, a bonnet from Matt Newsome's shop of goodies.
It've very different to what I usually wear and my initial reaction was...'not that keen on it'. My wife, naturally, thinks it looks silly, so...open to all,say what you like, you can't do any worse than the wife 
What do you think of this style of headwear?
(Matt thinks it looks good, I guess he should know)
Graham
8 years full time kilted.
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Is it blue? It looks really dark. I was looking at Matt's traditional Jacobite blue bonnets and they look great. Do you have any other photos?
-Greg Long
Whisky Buyer, Vom Fass USA
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I think it looks great, very traditional.
"If the Party could thrust its hand into the past and say this or that even, it never happened—that, surely, was more terrifying than mere torture and death."
- George Orwell, 1984, Book 1, Chapter 3
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I don't think it looks silly at all. I think it looks rather dashing.
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It'll be a lot more versatile than a typical balmoral or glengarry. Plenty of brim for shading the eyes, for one.
Convener, Georgia Chapter, House of Gordon (Boss H.O.G.)
Where 4 Scotsmen gather there'll usually be a fifth.
7/5 of the world's population have a difficult time with fractions.
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Its different, But it looks OK.
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Graham, makes you look positively debonaire....or French...or artistic...
Doesn't seem "Scottish" to me but that just highlights my ignorance of Scottish history.
Ron
Ol' Macdonald himself, a proud son of Skye and Cape Breton Island
Lifetime Member Scottish Tartans Authority, Owner Freelanders #4 & 5
PhotoBucket Album
"I'll have a kilt please, a nice hand sewn tartan, 16 ounce Strome. Oh, and a sporran on the side, with a strap please."
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The bonnet Graham got was a navy blue. It's one of the Highland bonnets we sell for $24 way down on the bottom of this page:
http://giftshop.scottishtartans.org/bonnets.htm
They are more of an eighteenth century style bonnet (though if you want a real eighteenth century style bonnet, get the hand knit version right below it). So you may be more used to seeing them worn with reenactment gear. However, there is no reason at all why you couldn't wear one with a modern kilt, and I know several folks who do.
Graham, I think you look great it in, but that's just me! (I will defer to your wife in all matters Graham, of course!)
~M
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I like the bonnet! Very jacobite. I wonder what the sky blue looks like, though.
-Greg Long
Whisky Buyer, Vom Fass USA
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31st May 07, 08:21 AM
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Gray, as I started to scroll down I thought that the bonnet had a RenFaire 'look' to it and this was accented by your layered top. As others have said, it certainly is different. It's not my style I must admit (very few hats are!) but it suits you, and you suit it, very well. A good choice.
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