Personal Rules when Wearing Hose

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I only wear cream colored hose when I march in parades.

All of my pairs of hose match my tartan (Davidson) and I wear black hose with my Prince Charlie coat with tails and vest during Hogmanay.

I also only wear traditional flashes (garters). The flashes that most wear look cheap - and they are cheap.

[Deil the Yin]

Well, it would seem that my hose wearing protocol is a bit opposite most folks here.

I've always felt that cream hose are a safe bet with any tartan or outfit, and whether day or evening wear, especially if it's more formal. I feel they especially compliment my MacGregor tartan with its white stripes (qv). This may simply be from the literature I first read on the wearing of the kilt, or just how my sensibilities developed (I've been wearing the kilt near on twelve or more years now).

That being said, I do find coloured hose to be a lot of fun to wear, and always prefer coloured hose if wearing a white shirt. My personal protocol for choosing hose is either to highlight the secondary colour in my tartan (green for MacGregor), or wear a neutral coloured hose, ie oatmeal, cream, kahki etc. My favourite flashes to wear are those made of the tartan of my kilt, or if solid then of a colour to match, again, the secondary colour in my tartan.

A few photos to illustrate:









So there ya go...

[highlander999]

I must Age Diel, I like the cream hose with the MacGregor Tartan... My new (now to find out NOT) MacGregor Hunting Tartan....

And one from the rear... Is the kilt too long???