Trendy Question

[bubba]

Since I rarely have any reason to dress up I wear my kilts with a T-shirt or button up shirt, short or long sleeves depending on weather. I either wear combat boots or black atheletic shoes, hose up with the shoes, down with the boots.

[Archangel]

to me, one of the beauties of a kilt is that I can go from formal to informal by a few changes and still have the kilt. I like the Doc Marten's look a la Tartan Army. My wife wants the full thick socks, right now the humidex is pushing 36C so that's not going to happen.
Haven't got a reason to do the formal kilt thing yet but I wouldn't wear the DM at the point. Have with formal pants, though. Don't like those lace-up-the-socks shoes myself unless one is the piper or dancer, that's my own rule, I guess. Just wear sensible walking shoes, probably my nike walkers.

Traditionalists: pick a period, be happy.

As an interesting side note, I read an article about the clothes designer for Rob Roy and the trouble she had with socks. They were not contemporary to RR but she felt that no socks would be unacceptable to modern viewers tastes. Can't find the link.