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12th October 06, 04:21 PM
#1
 Originally Posted by Oatmeal Savage
Newbe question, What do the flashes signify? What purpose do they serve?
To the best of my knowledge, they don't "signify" anything at all.
They're representative of the ribbons/garters used to hold up the hose in an earlier time - my own garters for "historical costume" are strips of tartan left over from making the moggans (footless stockings, made from tartan cut on the bias).
Today, the garters are elastic, and the flashes are purely decorative.
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12th October 06, 05:05 PM
#2
Originally Posted by Caradoc
... the flashes are purely decorative.
I don't know about you but with my skinny legs they really help to keep the kilt hose from ending up bunched around my ankles.! I'd say that was functional.
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12th October 06, 05:53 PM
#3
Originally Posted by Blu (Ontario)
I don't know about you but with my skinny legs they really help to keep the kilt hose from ending up bunched around my ankles.! I'd say that was functional.
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Me too. My hose won't stay up without them.
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12th October 06, 06:00 PM
#4
Originally Posted by Blu (Ontario)
they really help to keep the kilt hose from ending up bunched around my ankles.! I'd say that was functional.
That'd be a function of the garter that the flashes are attached to - not the flashes themselves.
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12th October 06, 05:06 PM
#5
Originally Posted by Caradoc
To the best of my knowledge, they don't "signify" anything at all.
They're representative of the ribbons/garters used to hold up the hose in an earlier time - my own garters for "historical costume" are strips of tartan left over from making the moggans (footless stockings, made from tartan cut on the bias).
Today, the garters are elastic, and the flashes are purely decorative.
Yes, Caradoc is correct.
Clan Lamont!
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