Fedora with the kilt?

[McElmurry]

It's fiction, but in the Katherine Kurtz novel, Lodge of the Lynx, on page 496
A few Free Masons at an event in Scotland are described as wearing kilts and "top hats." This is after six PM. Ximena thinks it looks odd.

It also stuck out in my mind back when I read the novels, but I had to look it up to make sure I remembered correctly.

[Jordan]

That's looks quite smart but I think the beard helps alot there. I think I would look silly in the exact same outfit just my tuppence

[McElmurry]

That's looks quite smart but I think the beard helps alot there. I think I would look silly in the exact same outfit just my tuppence

I agree some looks can only be pulled off by certain people.

[KiltShot]

This certainly MUST be the correct way to wear the kilt.

I personally think some people look good wearing one thing and others something else. If we all looked the same in a hat then we would only need one kind of hat in the world. So if a certain style hat fits your style and personality why not wear it?

This is not quite the way we do things around here. We need a committee to determine which hat will become the Official XMTS hat so we all can have one. THEN we will only need one type of hat.

I think Steve said it concisely when he stated that this forum was for those who appreciate the kilt.
It seems to me that seeing how others wear the kilt, and with what, makes this forum more interesting. At it's best, this forum is a very positive support group but sometimes it's like watching seagulls squabble in McDonald's parking lot over a french fry.
The problem with an online war between the Traditionalists and the Non-Trads is that this is a virtual battlefield where the war can go on pointlessly forever. Soon boredom sets in and members drop out. Why can't we have a photo war where opponents post photos of what they think is appropriate kilt wear? No room for boredom there!
BTW Steve: Everything you were wearing looked fine except the sporran; a bit too traditional if you ask me.

Note: Hopefully I have provided something here that everyone can be offended by.
When in doubt, I don't agree with your opinion because it's wrong.

[theborderer]

I once wrote that I thought that the only headwear that should be worn with a kilt are Balmorals or Glengarries. . Having seen the Photos, I take this back. Bring on the Photos, what we have seen fits.

[MacBean]

-- yet it seems to me that the traditionalist viewpoint really isn't welcome here. If I'm wrong and assumed that, then my sincere apologies, but that's what I can't help but feel.

The trick is in getting to know one another, don't you think?

Please don't wear a fedora with the kilt. Please.

or

A panama hat, yes. A fedora, no. It's that simple.

Both our friends have different styles. MOR is more absolute, bear-bating...and I've come to love the style of his posts. Behind them is a keen sense of humor, just as with JSFMACLJR. They are very far from curmudgeons ("a bad-tempered, difficult, cantankerous person"); it was simply a misuse of the word.

Name-calling for good or badattempts to sum up someone in a single word. It is that which diminishes rather than the actual meaning of the epithet. So of course, the traidtionalist view is welcome and vital here, among all the other vital voices. Of course, tradition is not commandment.

[Jordan]

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Why can't we have a photo war where opponents post photos of what they think is appropriate kilt wear? No room for boredom there!

I know this post is mostly in jest but the idea of a photo thread I think is a bad one. We he had one like that before and It didn't end well, search do's and dont's thread.

Just my tuppence Jordan

[morrison]

woof
Fedora = hat = yes.


& kilt

arfith:

[McElmurry]

I know this post is mostly in jest but the idea of a photo thread I think is a bad one. We he had one like that before and It didn't end well, search do's and dont's thread.

Just my tuppence Jordan

Here is a thread that seemed to stay on track.

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...allenge-51120/

Also, I started one here that I am hoping will stay positive.

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...ey-work-65511/

[Jordan]

Both of those are hopefully good threads I was talking about one paticular thread the do and don't thread from a few years ago.

I'll try to find a link for it.

Jordan