Dress Kilt Hose

[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

[creagdhubh]

I like both the red and white diced hose and the Argyll style tartan hose with the Gow hunting tartan. However, I lean more towards the Argyll style. Such a smart tartan in all if its colour schemes. I have often thought about getting kilts made up in the ancient, modern and weathered hues, but my Macpherson tartan is enough.

Cheers,

[Pipersson]

Maybe this would be a compromise....


@ Kyle: Thanks! What do you think about shoes for a day dress situation?
Yes, I like the Smith tartan very much, but my next will be a Macpherson and also the Gow is fine...in modern colours.
(By the way if I may ask...are you giving up kiltwearing, I saw you sell some of your splendid kilts...?)

[creagdhubh]

I think the hose featured above would work rather well too. I do like the shoes you featured earlier in the thread too, very smart. Yes, I have moved the Macpherson kilts that I had on sale here to eBay. I am not giving up wearing Highland dress, never! I'm simply reorganising my Highland wardrobe and will eventually be replacing some of this kilts with Macpherson tartans from a different mill and made by a different kilt maker. My tastes and preferences have simply changed, that's all.

[Pipersson]

Ay, thanks, Kyle...we are brothers in spirit...

Oh, I am happy to hear this...So I am keen to see your new kilts if they arrive.
By the way your pics in the add gave me a good idea of how to pleat Macpherson hunting...
There is a variation with white instead of grey I am thinking of (today often called Macpherson of Pitmain but originally the Macpherson clan tartan).

Do you know the MacKinnon book? Many of the things he suggests seem uncommon today but maybe worth to reintroduce...

Thanks Tom