Diced hose

[Calgacus]

OK is it OK then to wear dice hose with day wear as I love that look . And side note ,is it OK to wear a long hair sporran with day wear ?

Short answer, No.

There is a member here who has been known to wear both tartan hose and hair sporran with day wear and I think he makes it work fantastically, however it is in my view an exceedingly hard thing to do well and generally best avoided. Diced hose with daywear is not a combination that works as a modern combination.

[Ron Abbott]

Not unless you've got the right gear. My old friend Steve McVeigh could carry it off with this outfit. I remember him telling me that he got the jacket and vest fashioned from old photos of P/M GS McLennan :-

Steven McVeigh.jpg

[McMurdo]

Not unless you've got the right gear. My old friend Steve McVeigh could carry it off with this outfit. I remember him telling me that he got the jacket and vest fashioned from old photos of P/M GS McLennan :-

Steven McVeigh.jpg

As a piper this works as it is part of a uniform, as a civilian I don't think this is the right way to go as a civilian I will save my diced hose for formal wear.

[OC Richard]

As a piper this works as it is part of a uniform, as a civilian I don't think this is the right way to go...

I will point out that the jacket Steve is wearing is purely civilian. It's a version of the jacket nearly universally worn by civilians (pipers or not) throughout the latter half of the 19th century and well up into the early years of the 20th.

[McMurdo]

I will point out that the jacket Steve is wearing is purely civilian. It's a version of the jacket nearly universally worn by civilians (pipers or not) throughout the latter half of the 19th century and well up into the early years of the 20th.

That is all fine and good though I still stand by what I said. As a civilian I will save my diced hose for formal wear.

[Calgacus]

I have to say, I think one could conceivably get away with wearing muted (Lovat?) green/blue diced hose as daywear. It would have to be done with aplomb, and the rest of one's outfit would have to conform closely to THCD for it to work.

[Jock Scot]

Personal flair, which is an essential part of Highland attire if one wants to avoid the cooky cutter look. However, considerable time , trial and error are required to get it right and AND one must expect to get it wrong from time to time. I know full well that many of you do not have the advantage of observing one's peers to get ideas, but getting one's ideas from pictures, from wherever, does have its dangers as context and explanations are at the very least vague and the all important nuances are unnoticed and unexplained. Hurry slowly, is the best course of action if you want to succeed with pushing the boundaries.