HRH Prince Charles in Highland Evening Attire - Let's Take a Look!

**OC Richard** · 7th July 13, 06:34 PM

Now about Charles' hose, his red & white diced hose would be sitting in his closet so to speak, being part of his uniform as Colonel-in-Chief of The Gordon Highlanders.

About those tartan hose, they appear to have been knit to match a kilt in "ancient" colours and I wonder if they were, and if so, if there's a photo somewhere of Charles wearing those hose with the matching kilt.

Maybe this one??

Jock I know what you mean about colour combinations which don't work: I have an Isle of Skye kilt and matching hose, and a Drummond of Perth kilt and matching hose, and I tried switching the hose to see what it looked like... not good!

**BCAC** · 8th July 13, 01:34 AM

Originally Posted by OC Richard

Here is Charles again wearing diced hose, this time green & red

Richard,

This photo well illustrates what you are saying, and has been knocking about this forum for a while now (usually illustrating the pleating of the kilt) which is why that I seem to remember that it is the photo of a Clan Chief (I don't remember which one and unfortunately don't have time to search at the moment) and NOT the Prince Charles.

**M. A. C. Newsome** · 8th July 13, 03:44 AM

Originally Posted by BCAC

Richard,

This photo well illustrates what you are saying, and has been knocking about this forum for a while now (usually illustrating the pleating of the kilt) which is why that I seem to remember that it is the photo of a Clan Chief (I don't remember which one and unfortunately don't have time to search at the moment) and NOT the Prince Charles.

Looks like the MacLean tartan, and I really like the way it is pleated. Seems to be alternating between the yellow and blue stripes.

**M. A. C. Newsome** · 8th July 13, 03:48 AM

Richard, I don't know if I would call these "tartan hose." They have more in common with diced hose in their pattern. But the color combinations are not typical of diced hose. Instead of the diamonds in between the two solid colors showing a color mixture (as if we were looking at woven cloth rather than knit hose), each diamond shows one of three solid colors. So in this respect it is actually less like a tartan than your usual diced hose.

I'm not sure if there is a name for this particular style or not, but HRH is not the only person I have seen wearing hose like this. Skye Highland Outfitters sells them and I believe calls them "triced" hose, though I think that's a term they created.

**JSFMACLJR** · 8th July 13, 05:12 AM

Originally Posted by BCAC

Richard,

This photo well illustrates what you are saying, and has been knocking about this forum for a while now (usually illustrating the pleating of the kilt) which is why that I seem to remember that it is the photo of a Clan Chief (I don't remember which one and unfortunately don't have time to search at the moment) and NOT the Prince Charles.

This is a photograph of Sir Lachlan Maclean of Duart and Morvern, Chief of the MacLeans.

**OC Richard** · 9th July 13, 08:10 PM

Originally Posted by M. A. C. Newsome

Richard, I don't know if I would call these "tartan hose." They have more in common with diced hose in their pattern. But the color combinations are not typical of diced hose. Instead of the diamonds in between the two solid colors showing a color mixture (as if we were looking at woven cloth rather than knit hose), each diamond shows one of three solid colors. So in this respect it is actually less like a tartan than your usual diced hose.

I'm not sure if there is a name for this particular style or not, but HRH is not the only person I have seen wearing hose like this. Skye Highland Outfitters sells them and I believe calls them "triced" hose, though I think that's a term they created.

I was thinking the same thing, that they're not really tartan hose, but then I thought I could make out narrow lines in the pale green diamonds. Of course so-called "tartan hose" often have the colours distributed amongst the various diamonds in ways that could never occur with woven cloth (the "split diamonds" for example).

Also, are narrow lines the sine qua non of "tartan" hose? Or is the definition of "tartan hose" hose which are attempting to recreate the colours of the kilt? (They rarely replicate the pattern.)

**Steve Ashton** · 9th July 13, 09:07 PM

Folks,

As in the "Show us your vintage kilt photos" thread, it seems that some photos posted here are under copyright to the photographer who took them, or the publication they appeared in.

I have today, received a complaint that photos were used without permission or due credit given to the copyright holder.

It seems a very simple thing to give credit where credit is due.

I'm very sorry but this thread is now closed.