What's With Happi Coats?

 

Hashers occasionally wear specialized clothing on trail or to the closing circles. Common items include thick, knee-high socks (commonly referred to as "Shiggy" socks), kilts, or "happi" coats, while some chapters (aka "kennels" in hare-and-hound chapters) offer "earned" clothing such as bibs or sashes. Shiggy socks are worn to protect the shins and knees of the wearer from thorns, mud, branches, or whatever else they run through. The Hash has its own tartan for members' kilts.

Custom happi coats such as the one I have from A Kilted Hash, originated out of Japan, are also commonly seen and made to reflect the local kennel. Often, they are often adorned with patches of hashes and events you have participated in as well as hashers personal patches that you have met and or run with or even completed a challenge for. So get you happi coat on and share some pictures.