white coatee as a warm weather option

[auld argonian]

Whatever you might think about the appropriate color of evening dress, it does very much vary according to location….sorry to disappoint the effete among you but that "changes in latitudes, changes in attitudes" business does tend to hold true. Learned this lesson in business years ago when my Chicago fashion sense ran up against fellow employees from the the Southern, New England and Western divisions of my company and my boss, a very wise man from Missouri, told me to not be so critical and explained the situation to me.

I have wondered why, since the patterns obviously exist, some enterprising Scottish wear manufacturer hasn't taken pity on the members of the diaspora who live in climates unlike that of the Highlands and cranked out more Summer weight jackets. I could see some tan, light weight poly cotton kilt jackets being big sellers and looking *reasonably* proper even to the hide bound traditionalists IF they were made well according to the trad pattern. You do see the odd conversion jacket made of a lighter weight material but despite the best efforts of the convertor they still look like a conversion. I would hope that some manufacturer would concede that there are situations where lighter weight jackets are appropriate and it would be better if they were made "to spec" rather than improvised.

Best

AA