Quote Originally Posted by toadinakilt View Post
... anything involving beads, braided/embossed leather, or other cloth alternatives? ...
Ahhh, I see where you're comin' from. You might find some yardage in this... I was on Ely station a while back waiting for a change of trains. It was dark o'clock and a bit brisk out. There was a Bloke on the opposite platform in a black denim kilt (box pleats, cargo pockets, snaps et al...)

He was also wearing a black jacket-n-t shirt, a black, wide brimmed, roo hat, black chunky boots and black hose pulled up, not scrunched down. Pretty black all over really. To drop in the contrast, he also had what appeared to be 5mm (I'm guessing, it was clearly visable from across the way) red ribbon interlaced up the side of his hose in a criss-cross pattern. Looked cool as a cucumber I have to say and that wasn't entirely due to the fact it was winter time and I was also feeling pretty chilly meeself.

Probably not something I'd try with my own hose but then again I'm not in my twenties. It did look impressive though, on a young Fella.