Hose color choice

[OC Richard]

I've always liked the way saffron kilts look with deep green (Archer Green) jackets and hose. I've seen saffron kilts look great with deep blue hose also.

Camel Thompson is a lovely tartan. My SOP is to avoid any of the main colours present in the kilt when choosing hose; in other words have the hose coordinate rather than match (as green or blue hose coordinate with but do not match the saffron kilt). So if I had a kilt that had all brown shades I'd go with blue hose perhaps, for everyday wear. But we're talking an Episcopal wedding ceremony! So I would want to keep things subdued, going with brown hose perhaps, or bison as was suggested, in other words keeping a similar hue to the kilt but of a darker shade.

I have a personal dislike for offwhite hose. It's partly due to when I got into wearing the kilt back in the 70s, when tartan hose were still fairly common for Evening Dress but many men would show up with offwhite hose, which when paired with white shirts looked a bit dingy. Better in my opinion to go with oatmeal or bison or brown.