I'm not a massive fan of white hose and have several pairs of coloured hose which I wear according to the tartan of the kilt I have on.

For example today I wore a sage colour hose with my Brithwe Dewi Sant (St David's Tartan) at the Cardiff parade and it went fine with a pc and ghillie brogues. Pictures will follow in due course as I know Derek took some!

If we wear white because it's expected we simply perpetuate the myth that it's the correct hose for formal wear. You could make the argument that black and white hose will go with just about anything and of course it does, but do try a little more imagination and adventure too!