Cream/White Hose or NOT

[Mael Coluim]

Thanks to JimB who posted, yesterday this article on kilts in The Scotsman, I read the following;

“Both Howie and Nick advise against white socks, which are popular with the kilt hire trade. Howie can't abide them, though Nick is a little more forgiving. "Cream or white hose still offend some traditionalists. But it is possibly time to accept that white is now more orthodox," he concedes.”

That was new to me. So what do you think are cream or ‘white’ socks tacky or acceptable? To the traditionalists who are offended by cream or white socks, why?