interesting Victorian hose

[creagdhubh]

You are correct, Kyle. Thomas Mackenzie is the chap with the 'windowpane' and stag's head hose.

It's interesting how little turn over their is on the cuff of his hose. On his right (our LSF) leg it appears that he maybe has 1" or so of turn over.
I wonder if that was intentional in the design, or if this was a pair of hose was borrowed, handed down, or he outgrew them?

It is interesting isn't it? Hmmm...good question. My guess would be that the hose were simply made to have a minimal turnover seeing the overall length/height about right - then again if you look at other old photos of a similar nature and of MacLeay's Highlanders, you tend to see hose worn very high up on the leg, or well below the knee. Perhaps just enough turnover to hide the garters underneath? As you stated Scott, they could also be hose that were either borrowed or handed down. I'm not so sure he outgrew them, since the height looks pretty good - quite a traditional height for kilt hose.

Cheers,