Wool Flat Cap... a no-no with a kilt?

[auld argonian]

Interesting that you should mention the proliferation of the tweed flat caps at the pub on Friday nights....going downtown for the Chicago St, Patrick's Day Parade, I was on the train with thousands (no exaggeration) of teen agers who must be, at this point, at least fifth or sixth generations removed from The Auld Sod and just about every one of them was wearing a flat cap. This must be the "uniform" that certifies that you're Irish...or at least as Irish as these young dudes are. I suppose that the assumption is that ALL tweed MUST come from Ireland so it's the mark of a True Irishman (really...this is the way these folks think, I am not, as Dave Barry says, making this up). Never mind that if you looked at the labels in these hats, you'd find that 99% of them were Made In China.

Weird...but it beats seeing them in the green plastic derbies...so it's an improvement...if a dubious one...

Best

AA

[Blackrose87]

Interesting that you should mention the proliferation of the tweed flat caps at the pub on Friday nights....going downtown for the Chicago St, Patrick's Day Parade, I was on the train with thousands (no exaggeration) of teen agers who must be, at this point, at least fifth or sixth generations removed from The Auld Sod and just about every one of them was wearing a flat cap. This must be the "uniform" that certifies that you're Irish...or at least as Irish as these young dudes are. I suppose that the assumption is that ALL tweed MUST come from Ireland so it's the mark of a True Irishman (really...this is the way these folks think, I am not, as Dave Barry says, making this up). Never mind that if you looked at the labels in these hats, you'd find that 99% of them were Made In China.

Weird...but it beats seeing them in the green plastic derbies...so it's an improvement...if a dubious one...

Best

AA

Well, they sound a lot better dressed than the typical Weegie teenger

[ForresterModern]

Well, they sound a lot better dressed than the typical Weegie teenger

Is that the Burberry plaid? If so this is one expensively outfitted "Ned".

[Blackrose87]

Is that the Burberry plaid? If so this is one expensively outfitted "Ned".

Burberry is worn quite a lot by neds here (or chavs in England). I'm no expert, but I'd say 99% of the products are fake.

[O'Callaghan]

Burberry is worn quite a lot by neds here (or chavs in England). I'm no expect, but I'd say 99% of the products are fake.

You can get kilts in Thomson Camel tartan, which is one stripe different than Burberry and not considered counterfeit. Probably you can get a lot of other garments in that tartan, oddly not most frequently sold to actual members of the Thomson clan!