Hose color with MacKenzie modern

[davidlpope]

Lovat Green, Lovat Blue, Bottle Green, Claret/Dark Red.

[416 Rigby]

Thanks, gents, excellent points. Steve, your philosophy makes a lot of sense.

[MacMillans son]

Personally, I am not a fan of the Tartan Sandwich look wherein the shirt and hose essentially match and the kilt is sandwiched between them. I prefer to wear hose and shirt that compliment the kilt without necessarily matching it, and never match each other. For instance, if the kilt is a predominantly blue and green kilt, a yellow shirt would work quite nice (blue and yellow make green) if there is a red minor stripe in the kilt perhaps some claret hose would fit in. With the same blue and green kilt, hose in a shade of green or blue completely different from those shades in the kilt would also work well (eg. light sage green hose with a dark green base in the kilt).

Play around with it, and try and not get stuck in rules, or comparison to what may be right in non-kilt attire. You will be surprised how things that, when only thought about, seem totally out of the question but once paired together look great.

[Micric]

I'd say pull a pair of socks out, and as long as they are both the same colour, you are good to go.
No worries about matching anything.
This isn't everyone' s way of doing it though!

Best,
Richard.

[kiltedtom]

Tim Little, thanks for the link to the hose company. I believe that I will be ordering some new ones from there. As far as matching and all that, I tend to go with various shades of the same color. I am not an artist, so I am never sure what goes with what. Just the way I survive the world of fashion.

Tom

[Liam]

I like the look of Lovatt green with red flashes with the MacKenzie tartan.
Slainte

[Arnot]

I like the look of Lovatt green with red flashes with the MacKenzie tartan.
Slainte

I like it as well and wear it quite often.

[GrainReaper]

I'd say pull a pair of socks out, and as long as they are both the same colour, you are good to go.
No worries about matching anything.
This isn't everyone' s way of doing it though!

Best,
Richard.

I'm color blind so I just grab a pair and roll with em as well, many people ask endless questions about what it's like to be color blind, a perfect example is isle of skye tartan, I had no idea there was purple in it... My wife told me a few weeks ago. Who knew????

[Liam]

I'm color blind so I just grab a pair and roll with em as well, many people ask endless questions about what it's like to be color blind, a perfect example is isle of skye tartan, I had no idea there was purple in it... My wife told me a few weeks ago. Who knew????

I'm sure you come up with some interesting combinations, however!

[416 Rigby]

I've been wearing Lovat green and I like the look. I recently bought a pair in charcoal that go quite well, too. I have yet to find any in claret for less than 50 bucks, though. I find that a bit strange. I really would like that color but the cheapskate in me can't bear the thought of that kind of coin for a pair of socks.