I have only a single pair of "kilt hose", labelled as such. They're off-white polyester without elastic and they came with the cheapo kilt. I don't like them and I've been wearing either black wool cable-knit knee-socks with the top turned over or thinner charcoal nylon high-rise dress socks with a fake cable-knit pattern, also with the top turned over. These look okay (not out of place with other kilt wearers) but not great.

I do intend to make some kilt hose purchases eventually, but given the high-maintenance nature of kilt hose and their price relative to the cheaper wool knee-socks that I can just toss in the washer on cold, is wearing not-really-kilt-hose socks that much a faux-pas? Am I really better off accelerating my acquisition of "official" kilt hose? Thanks!