Dress Kilt Hose

[WillowEstate]

Given your choice of two, I'd be inclined to go with he tartan, a little more subdued for the formal occasion. Though personally, I'd probably go with plain hose, maybe a subdued Lovatt green? Or Black with the black shoes? Whatever you feel more comfortable with.

[Jock Scot]

I am not cleaver enough to connect the link, but if you go to my(Jock Scot) old threads section and find my "Jock goes to Normandy" thread there is a picture there that might give you a clue about Highland day dress. Alright it is my version and usually I don't wear the bonnet-----it was raining---but that is how we dress in formal day attire in Scotland. Indeed the sporran is often with a silver cantle and a few will wear argyll hose, but to the traditionalists and WITHOUT the extremely unhelpful influence of hire companies thats more or less how we do it. It is a very rare wedding(think hen's teeth and rocking horse pooh) here, where all the "bells and whistles" are brought out from the vaults for a wedding. Hope this helps.

Oh and it is perfectly acceptable for a guest at a day wedding to continue to wear their day attire, if the happy event moves on to evening festivities.

I have been searching for a picture of Sir Jackie Stewart in formal day kilt attire taken at Prince William's recent wedding where if my memory serves, he is wearing a Stewart tie, Stewart tartan kilt and some extremely loud matching hose. Sadly I cannot find it, but should anyone do so, they may need to consider if the outfit works. Few(none) that I have met, thinks the effect of this particular style actually works and personally, I think the example really ought not to be used as an example of, how to do it! Although, each to their own choice, does apply.

[artificer]

I am not cleaver enough to connect the link, but if you go to my(Jock Scot) old threads section and find my "Jock goes to Normandy" thread there is a picture there that might give you a clue about Highland day dress. Alright it is my version and usually I dont wear the bonnet-----it was raining---but that is how we dress in formal day attire in Scotland. Indeed the sporran is often with a silver cantle and a few will wear argyll hose, but to the traditionalists and WITHOUT the extremely unhelpful influence of hire companies thats more or less how we do it. It is a very rare wedding(think hen's teeth and rocking horse pooh) here, where all the "bells and whistles" are brought out from the vaults for a wedding. Hope this helps.

Oh and it is perfectly acceptable for a guest at a day wedding to continue to wear their day attire, if the happy event moves on to evening festivities.

Here you go.

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[Jock Scot]

Thank you.

[MacCathmhaoil]

And a link to Sir Jackie Stewart's "too much of a good thing".

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...e-kelly-184011

[artificer]

And a link to Sir Jackie Stewart's "too much of a good thing".

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...e-kelly-184011

Oh, My!

Here's the image



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[Pipersson]

Thank you all...
I guess Sir Jackie wants to be a work of art...
That's not my motivation.

I bought "Tartan and Highland Dress" by MacKinnon some time ago. It's from 1960 and shows what was "traditional" about 50 years ago. A very interesting book.
He makes a difference between "Day Attire" and "Day Dress Attire" and suggests tartan hose with day dress. The only difference to evening dress might be the silver silk tie instead of a black bowtie but he understands day dress as very formal.
He has some other interesting suggestions, f.g. a Jabot with Argyll jacket, what he calls a "Dress Kilt Jacket". And he manifests that in traditional highland attire not "less is more" but "more is more".... That might seem like a costume to us today. But traditional 50 years ago...
So it seems to me that tradition follows fashion...

Here's a picture of my dressier day wear usually worn with light blue shirt.
I would like to increase it a little....


@ Jock Scot: I would never dare to contradict a man of your kilt wearing experience IN Scotland...thanks for explaining. But I never heard of a hire company recommending tartan hose...usually all is white or black...
By the way, the nice ancient tartan you are wearing, is it MacEwan?

Tom