yet another request for help with hose color

[puddlemuddle]

Ok,

SO I won this auction last week:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=120359910749

and I am having a hard time deciding on the color of hose. Here are my thoughts...

Pipers hose (I love then) either stone, or charcoal.

Lewis hose in either Bison, Brown or maybe even claret. I am not a fan of the primary colored hose such as blue and red...or am I a fan of blask (sorry just a thing I have). I like the look of the brown, but all of my accessories are black including a jacket. Would that be ok? Or ahould I go with something like the bison or charcoal?
Cheers,
Chad

[Bugbear]

What ever you decide or advice you take, it will be wrong. Good luck.

[McMurdo]

Charcoal could work very well with that tartan, I'd also say the Brown or even a Lovat Blue pair could work well depending on the outfit.

[Carolina Kiltman]

Once again it is a matter of taste (and the pocketbook). From your description, I would opt for the charcoal, or even a somewhat lighter gray.

As has been said before, no matter what you do, some one will find fault with it! Just don't let it get you down. The most important thing is the ensemble. If it all goes well together, the go for it.

[davidlpope]

Try matching/ toning with the upper half of your torso- i.e. match your shirt or your jacket.

Cordially,

David

[ccga3359]

Consider your other tartan also. Brown and bison would work but on my monitor I would go ancient blue hose and claret garter ties from Scottish Tartan Museum. Second would be claret hose w/ brown garters.

[M. A. C. Newsome]

Woodsheal has a kilt in that tartan that I made for him.

I'd recommend brown hose, or lovat blue, or even a mid-grey. Charcoal would look ok, but I think it might be a bit dark.

[puddlemuddle]

Thanks all.
Would brown hose look ok with black shoes, jacket, and accessories?
Cheers,
Chad

[Thunderbolt]

Call me a renagade, but I'm finding more and more that matching everything precisely isn't needed. Well, for me anyway.

For example; I have a few pair of the WPG khaki hose. I really don't have much khaki-colored accessories. So I often will go with shades of the color. I often will accent my kilt with a totally different color.

Such as, if I am wearing my Gordon kilt, I have worn my medium brown belt and brass buckle, khaki hose, darker brown sporran and strap, and of course my riot inducing, puristically incorrect, BROWN ghillie brogues, (yes, even with the long laces and tassles!).

My first kilt was a VERY red one, Maclaine of Lochbuie. However, after wearing darker kilts, I found that I can get away with wearing things that I just couldn't with the red kilt. The khaki hose just dosen't really go with it, but I admit to wearing them together on occasion.

I say to have fun with it. If it looks ok to you (ok, you might want to get a womans opinion before venturing into public first), then wear it!

T.

[ccga3359]

Thanks all.
Would brown hose look ok with black shoes, jacket, and accessories?
Cheers,
Chad

I would think so.