Hose Color for Scottish National Tartan /w Day Charcoal Jacket

**pbutts** · 5th October 15, 04:03 PM

Originally Posted by Nylo

I just acquired a charcoal grey tweed jacket /w same color waist coat. My kilt is Scottish National. My quandary is what color hose to choose or how does one go about choosing a color. Im pretty traditional/conservative nothing too flashy.

The jacket and vest sound like they could be a bit formal. If that's what you are going for, charcoal grey with red flashes would be sharp. Green would definitely be more casual. If you have a contrasting vest, you could get that trad highland country look going on....claret is a good suggestion, too.

**Nylo** · 5th October 15, 10:07 PM

Thanks for all of the great suggestions. Just wasn't sure if there was a proper place to pull the color from regarding hose. Charcoal for a more formal look and green or blue for a day look. Though the Claret has peeked my interest.

**MacGumerait** · 5th October 15, 11:50 PM

I think claret hose would work very well with the Scottish National tartan and a charcoal jacket and waistcoat .

It would add a bit of color and a nice contrast without being too bold ... a classic look .

**Nathan** · 6th October 15, 05:24 AM

Originally Posted by pbutts

The jacket and vest sound like they could be a bit formal. If that's what you are going for, charcoal grey with red flashes would be sharp. Green would definitely be more casual. If you have a contrasting vest, you could get that trad highland country look going on....claret is a good suggestion, too.

I don't mind the suggestion of charcoal hose but I'd be careful about saying that charcoal hose or tweeds are in any way more formal than green. A tweed is a tweed regardless of colour and is never formal. Bottle green hose and charcoal are both on the same sartorial level of relative informality.

Monochromatic does not equal formality and dark colours do not equal formality. We must be careful not to bring Saxon conventions into our analysis of Highland style.

**pbutts** · 6th October 15, 10:32 AM

Originally Posted by Nathan

I don't mind the suggestion of charcoal hose but I'd be careful about saying that charcoal hose or tweeds are in any way more formal than green. A tweed is a tweed regardless of colour and is never formal. Bottle green hose and charcoal are both on the same sartorial level of relative informality.

Monochromatic does not equal formality and dark colours do not equal formality. We must be careful not to bring Saxon conventions into our analysis of Highland style.

That is basically what I was doing. In contrast, what I termed "less formal" seemed more in the Highland style to me.