overcoat?

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

Coats, or capes, worn with kilts should reach to just about mid-calf, and if worn in the evening they should be black. Capes are usually more appropriate with white tie/black tie, but most folks these days wear a black coat instead. When you think about it, aside from kilt nights, one is rarely out and about in kilts in the evening. Even if you are, it is unlikely that the walk from motorcar to doorway would be such that a coat/cape would be required.

During the day lighter colours are usually worn, and Jamie, McMurdo and Fluter all cut quite a dash. Unless it is exceptionally cold, and I'm going to be out of doors for a prolonged period of time, I usually wear one of those waxed Austrlian-style drover's coats. If the weather's beastly, and I mean really, really, horrid, I wear a velvet smoking jacket and stay indoors. Just seems the sensible thing to do.