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My personal take on kilt hose

I think that there are white / ecru kilt hose and then there are white / ecru kilt hose.

I chose not to wear my white hose with my formal jacket this past Nor Cal Rabble's Burns' Night Supper (Todd helped me decide on charcoal grey which worked fine).

The biggest factor with me not the color but the quality.

Now Alan happens to have some absolutely wonderfully made hand knitted white / off white kilt hose.

My friend Andrew Lenz lent his brother (also a very good friend) a pair of similar hose (I believe in natural wool) for this event.

In comparrison my white hose were a thin and an acrylic wool blend.

I'm sorry but they just didn't cut it. It seemed silly to pair wear cheap hose with such a nice outfit.

If I were going to wear white / off white hose, especially with formal wear, I would want them to be nice ones like the Lewis hose that Matt Newsome sells or better.

By the by, Alan's hose and the one's John wore looked great with formal wear.

But instead of going for white Lewis hose or beautiful hand white hand knit ones I am becoming more and more intrigued by diced or argyll socks.

That doesn't make me a "staunch traditionalist" or "classic kilt attire lover" but it shows that those on XMTS who are such are an influence on my evolving sense of kilted fashion

Just my two cents

Cheers

Jamie