A Lasses Wear Thread

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There is no reason, that I am aware of, that says that you ladies cannot wear a balmoral or glengarry and most certainly glengarries are seen being worn by lady members of pipe bands.However, I am sorry to say that,like the kilt etc.these two forms of bonnet are regarded as male attire for no other reason that I can think of than, "its just not done", for a lady to wear them.

This is one element of male attire which I think looks fine on a woman. I wear a Balmoral bonnet every day in the winter, and I promise you it does not look a bit masculine on me! My everyday bonnet is black with a black/red/white diced band and a silver clan crest badge (I wear a cashmere scarf in Royal Stewart tartan with that, and a black coat), and my dressier one is all black with a miniature gold clan crest badge suspended from a gold bow brooch (the way ladies' miniature medals are) on the grosgrain cockade, which looks quite dainty! I have hats I've made from tartan, in the Balmoral style -- diced band woven and stitched from narrow grosgrain ribbon in colours to complement the tartan, bow in the back, cockade, badge, and all -- to go with home-sewn tartan garments, and I like them a lot. Glengarries look good on most ladies, too. Lady pipers wear the Glengarry, of course, but some other sorts of outfits might carry it off, too. I remember an Easter outfit I had as a small child, a sailor-collar dress in navy trimmed with red and white, and a little navy Glengarry bonnet to go with it. Very cute, if I do say so myself!

Tip o' the hat tae ye,

Cyndi