I never wore tights and have always considered them out of question. I also agree with many here that you normally feel less cold in a kilt than when in pants.

However, with this cold that we experience right now and the chill factor due to the wind I feel tempted to reconsider.
Like Jimmy said: ”…but in Scotland we are not used to extremes in temperature”.

Isn’t it, after all, not to believe that if the temperatures earlier and for longer periods of time had been that extreme and had tights in some form been invented then Scotsmen had sometimes used them under their kilts?

I shouldn’t wear transparent tights, however. To me they should look too feminine, but why not thick solid colored ones, like black or dark grey?

Wearing tights (men's tights are available) should also spare me for a lot of questions whether I’m not feeling cold.

What is worse in the mind of “normal” people not knowing about kilt wearing “rules”: A man with bare knees on a bitterly cold and windy day, or a man in black tights, mostly covered by a kilt?

Just thinking.

Greg