Since I got my first pair of House of Cheviot hose at a Highland Games last year, I've become convinced that anything else just won't do.

Since then I've acquired
  • Lewis in Navy
  • Clansman Argyll-top in Ancient
  • Rannoch in Blue Lovat
  • Rannoch in Ochre
  • Rannoch in Burgundy


I figured ochre for outdoor or informal daywear, navy and burgundy for formal daywear, and blue lovat and Argyll-top ancient (hose leg is ancient green) for evening wear.

I found that I like the patterned-top hose I've seen in some older photos here. HoC makes a line called Chequers that I really like the look of. Can anyone else suggest models / colours? I find that I like bright colours for outdoor wear (hiking, games, etc.) and darker colours for daywear in the office. Since I own neither diced evening hose nor full Argyll hose, I've been sticking to ancient/lovat self-coloured hose for evening wear since those are colours in my kilt.