Monochrome sett pictures here please

[AKScott]

The wife and youngest child are out of town for New Years, helping the eldest child move into a college dorm. I am home with the cat, but I usually dress up for NYE, so what the hay. I do need to get more light into my shooting corner and my hair is frightful. The last time it was warmer than -15dF here was a couple weeks ago, everyone in town has hair very much like mine just now.

I think the contrast between the ancient Dagliesh palette and the stark white/black of my shirt and jacket show pretty well in a couple of these.
here are my current options:

Claret and charcoal hose (one of each):



Medium grey and lovat blue hose, one of each:



Bottle green and ancient blue hose, one of each:



So the grey hose is especially "iffy", but really none of these are as horrible as I had feared.

The best thing I have that is supposed to work, clan green with claret hose for black tie evening wear:




So whaddya think? I will pay US$20 and reasonable round trip shipping if someone will loan me a pair of black/white diced hose to fit my US size 9-9.5-10 feet. I just want to try them on and get a picture up here, I promise to ship them back out within one week of receipt. Open to trying other diced color combos as well.

I am working with Artificer towards a suitable formal sporran with some hair on it.

If I can make the monochrome kilt work with black tie that will likely be about the only times I wear it. I can't imagine spilling barbecue sauce on this thing.

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

All of these looks work. I personally think the claret hose look the best of the bunch, with my least favorite being the charcoal hose. There is absolutely nothing wrong with a black leather sporran for evening wear and it looks fine with your outfit.

I would suggest that you do need to show a bit more cuff-- about 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch. It also seems as if your jacket and waistcoat are a bit long in the body. You might want to have a local tailor trim about 4 inches off the skirt of the jacket, and raise your waistcoat by a like amount. In other words, starting at the hem of the kilt I think you'd achieve a more balanced look if the points of the jacket and waistcoat were just touching the seventh heavy horizontal stripe in the sett (they currently touch the fifth stripe). This will not only make you look taller, but will also show off more tartan and highlight your sporran.