Quote Originally Posted by mcnice
@breecher: i ve worn my duffle coat with kilt in winter but i would say a shorter and even for me warmer jacket would look better. even with my hairy legs...
but in our hot austrian summers i were really lightweight kilts anout 10 oz, but in winter i mind if even a 16 oz is warm enough. is it usual to wear heavier kilts or are they hard to find, considered that i couldnßt afford at the moment a new tailormade kilt.
I've worn both a Utilikilt (heavy cotton fabric) and a 4-yard poly/viscose kilt in the -26C temperatures I mentioned. I wore them with wool kilt hose pulled up to just below my knees, and the kilts fell to just above my knees. Like I said, sure I was chilly, but no more than anyone else. Even four yards of relatively light poly/viscose is more material around my thighs than any trousers. The only part of my I found colder than when I wore trousers were my hands, because I was wearing a sweater on my torso and not my usual coat (which is too long for a kilt) so I had nowhere to put my gloved hands (I wore gloves, but they were still cold). My nose got cold. My ears got cold. But not my legs.

Andrew.