Flashes for your hose

**KEArnold** · 25th October 10, 08:28 AM

Are hose necessary to wear with a kilt?

I wear my sandals on occasion when I'm golfing is that okay?

What about flashes? I know the historical reason for them but are they still a "must have" when wearing socks/hose?

**Spc. Scott** · 25th October 10, 08:47 AM

I wouldn't say they are necessary. I may wear hose or hiking/boot socks depending on what I'm doing.

Sandals are pretty nice during the summer.

I usually use garter ties for comfort if I wear anything at all. Some of my hose stays up really well without help so I'll skip it for them.

YMMV

**piperdbh** · 25th October 10, 08:54 AM

Sandals with golf? Does that work?

**davidlpope** · 25th October 10, 09:20 AM

Garters/Flashes were necessary back when kilt hose wouldn't stay up on their own. Now, for the most part, they're decorative. Wear them if you like they way they look. I think they add a nice touch to THCD.

Cordially,

David

**KEArnold** · 25th October 10, 10:08 AM

Originally Posted by piperdbh

Sandals with golf? Does that work?

I guess I should have mentioned they are golf sandals.

http://www.golfshoesplus.com/shopdis...Adidas&page=mf

I wear my regular sandals during the summer and they don't look any different from my golf ones.

**azwildcat96** · 25th October 10, 09:32 AM

I like flashes. To be more specific, I like matching tartan flashes. To some around here that is as bad as wearing white hose (which I do not/would not wear). Do as you please, and don't worry about what others think.

**KEArnold** · 25th October 10, 10:06 AM

Originally Posted by azwildcat96

I like flashes. To be more specific, I like matching tartan flashes. To some around here that is as bad as wearing white hose (which I do not/would not wear). Do as you please, and don't worry about what others think.

All I have are matching flashes. Black for my black kilt, Blackwatch for my Blackwatch kilts. Oh, I only own cream colored hose, not quit white but close.

**azwildcat96** · 25th October 10, 10:20 AM

Originally Posted by KEArnold

Oh, I only own cream colored hose, not quit white but close.

I personally don't have any issue with white hose. I don't own a pair, and probably will never own a pair, but see nothing wrong with them. It just seems to be a running joke here against them.