Argyle hose and day wear?

[mookien]

I was thinking the same thing

And Sir Malcolm MacGregor is even wearing one of Rocky's Coyote Sporrans! Now that's class.

[Tobus]

Oi, Colin! Since that's me in your first photo of XMarkers, I feel compelled to point out that the photo of me wearing a hair sporran and Argyle hose was taken at my house on the day that I received them, just to see how they looked, and NOT "out and about". I've never worn Argyle hose (or the hair sporran, for that matter) in public except for evening events like my stepdaughter's wedding. I have experimented with wearing diced military hose tops for casual daywear with canvas leggings/spats, but other than that, I pretty much stick with the modern tradition of reserving patterned hose for evening wear at black tie or higher levels of dress.

And for that matter, I should point out that of all the photos you posted of XMarkers, only one was out in public. The rest were posed shots in peoples' homes, likely for the purpose of trying out a look or providing examples. It would be quite the stretch to infer that these folks all wear patterned hose for daywear as a matter of course (although I do know that some of them do). I guess my point is that a Google search of photos doesn't quite tell the complete story...

[Kilted Cole]

I will agree with that.....Google search tends to give you what you want to see......without any.......background info, unless you search for that specifically. I did however find...an article talking about cath dath (War Pattern) its the Red and White dicing....and you can get those fairly cheap....even more so as just hose tops. http://www.tartansauthority.com/highland-dress/ancient/ Its under hose. ;) But, that is just historical data...and not quite all the way modern day wear. But what I'm getting out of his is its becoming rarer because of the cost. Personally I love the look, Mr. Newsome in the pic at what I'm guessing is the Grandfather games, looks amazing in them. But also.....look at his profession. So what it boils down to for me is this. Situation Dictates, as does personal taste and funding.

[CMcG]

Oi, Colin! Since that's me in your first photo of XMarkers, I feel compelled to point out that the photo of me wearing a hair sporran and Argyle hose was taken at my house on the day that I received them, just to see how they looked, and NOT "out and about". I've never worn Argyle hose (or the hair sporran, for that matter) in public except for evening events like my stepdaughter's wedding. I have experimented with wearing diced military hose tops for casual daywear with canvas leggings/spats, but other than that, I pretty much stick with the modern tradition of reserving patterned hose for evening wear at black tie or higher levels of dress.

And for that matter, I should point out that of all the photos you posted of XMarkers, only one was out in public. The rest were posed shots in peoples' homes, likely for the purpose of trying out a look or providing examples. It would be quite the stretch to infer that these folks all wear patterned hose for daywear as a matter of course (although I do know that some of them do). I guess my point is that a Google search of photos doesn't quite tell the complete story...

Good points, Tobus. Even if few of those examples made it beyond the experimentation stage, I find it interesting that most -- if not all -- of the images a quick Google search turned up for "daywear Argyle hose" happened to be Xmarkers

[ShaunMaxwell]

I must admit, that though I know it's not generally considered the "thing to do", I've done it before...

[Kilted Cole]

I must admit, that though I know it's not generally considered the "thing to do", I've done it before...

And ye look good doing it as well! May I ask....who made the sporran?

[ShaunMaxwell]

And ye look good doing it as well! May I ask....who made the sporran?

Thanks for the kind words, and the sporran was made by Artificer Custom Sporrans. It was one of his early sporrans (#11), and to my knowledge, perhaps his first fur sporran. Needles to say, it is a prized possession! (http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...sporran-61422/)

[Kilted Cole]

Needles to say, it is a prized possession!

I can't fault you one bit for that!

[creagdhubh]

I must disagree with my Palmetto neighbor. I think Argyll hose are best reserved for dressy evening functions. To my eye, solid-color hose, or maybe some sort of colorwork hose look better with day wear than do Argyll hose. However, they're your socks on your feet, so if you decide to wear them during the day, go right ahead and I hope you enjoy the day.

Agreed.

[OC Richard]

As always I take the long view of things, that is, looking at what is as only the most recent representative of a long continuum.

We can well be aware that self-coloured/solid hose are a somewhat recent innovation, in other words, it seems that ALL hose were patterned originally.

True that when Highland Dress became systematised/compartmentalised/categorised in the early decades of the 20th century, the rigid categories of Evening Dress and Outdoor Dress each having specialised shoes, hose, sporran, and jacket, that patterned hose (tartan and diced) were reserved for Evening Dress.

You see things like this over and over









and so forth. It's this system which has come down to us as "traditional Highland Dress".

But throughout the 19th century these categories weren't strictly observed and you will see numerous examples of patterned hose being worn with grey or brown tweed jackets, jackets which by the 1920s would be considered Outdoor/Day jackets.













So nowadays it would look a bit odd, but heck, why not wear what you want?