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

**Lorna** · 2nd December 12, 08:35 AM

My apologies to the OP because this is slightly off topic but I thought I would post this as an example of flat caps worn with style!

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**unixken** · 2nd December 12, 08:52 AM

Let's see... heart attack, check.
Grey/white beard, check.
AARP mailings, and offers from The Scooter Store for "free in-home mobility assessments" coming constantly in the mail, check.
New flat cap purchased two weeks ago, check.

Yep. I must be old now.

**georgeetta** · 2nd December 12, 01:37 PM

i saw a nice museum on kilmarnock and highland bonnets .

a Kilmarnock is considered a big farming cover to overhand for the weather keeping rain off your face ..like Burns' Tam O' Shanter . There was a military entry saying highlnad bonnets were much smaller than Lowland ones I take to mean Kilmarnocks . The museum also showed highland bonnets locally made up there taken form 1700's burials ..they sort of resembled ..the Henry VIIIth period or is you see movie Elizabeth with Sir ### ..(great Exscape "X" .Attenborough ..Lord Burleigh ?? ..with a bit of a skirt and not justr like a modern Balmoral .

I think a modern flatcap is an improved bonnet to many ..I dont; knwo when it came on the scene ..Victorian sports had them 1800ish ..

my 2 sense .

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**TheOfficialBren** · 2nd December 12, 01:57 PM

I agree. The flatcap seems to have evolved from the bonnet. I would be interested in learning the history of the flatcap.

**Phil** · 2nd December 12, 04:22 PM

While it is considered decent to cover your nether regions and a kilt can fulfil that purpose, what you wear on your head is completely optional. So if you want to wear a flat cap then go ahead.

**ForresterModern** · 3rd December 12, 03:21 PM

Originally Posted by Phil

While it is considered decent to cover your nether regions and a kilt can fulfil that purpose, what you wear on your head is completely optional. So if you want to wear a flat cap then go ahead.

My "nether" regions are a bit furrier than my balding pate so if one gets a kilt the other deserves a cap or bonnet of some sort, even on warm sunny days for protection.

And by the way, nice to "hear" your voice again Phil. Been too long my friend.

jeff

**BBNC** · 25th December 12, 07:43 PM

Please don't take away my membership card to XMarks, I'm going to be wearing my Donegal Tweed walking or country hat when a hat is needed in casual outdoor settings.