White, Black or colored hose

[The Tartan Oyster Club]

Hi Puffer, just about every occasion you mentioned.
What would you recomend.

[puffer]

Hi Puffer, just about every occasion you mentioned.
What would you recomend.

Here, IMHO, is my take on hose.

1. I prefer whie only for casual ( if white is in my Kilt ), or "Formal"

2. Casual to casual Business = Colored ( matching a color on my kilt )

3. Business Dress & Eve wear = Subdued colors, matching my kilt ( Grey, Black, Navy etc.)

For some ideas go here. http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/album.php?u=4412

Puffer

[The Tartan Oyster Club]

Thanks for that Puffer,

[PiobBear]

I prefer dark blue hose with kilts then maybe black.
Does anyone have a preferance...

I much prefer colors, usually that compliment the primary color of my tartan. I wear rifle green with my saffron, and although I got a pair of black hose to wear with my only black tartan (New World Celts), I've only worn them a couple of times; I found that I much prefer the rifle green hose (with my Tricolor flashes). On the whole, I find tartans quite beautiful, in no small measure due to the interplay of color, which for my tastes isn't at all enhanced by accessorizing like Darth Vader.

[The Wizard of BC]

The taboo of White hose comes from the rental companies. They buy inexpensive White-White hose to sell cheap with their rental Kilts.
So, if you see someone with thin, White-White hose at a wedding it is a good bet that they rented their Kilt.

I don't happen to own any White Hose. But I wear Cream or Ecru hose if I am wearing a White Shirt.

In fact my "rule of thumb" is to match my Hose to my Shirt. I seldom match anything in my outfit to the colors of my Kilt. I let the Kilt stand alone.

So, if I am wearing a Brown shirt I'll wear Tan or Coffee Brown Hose. With a Blue shirt I wear Blue Hose and so forth.

I then wear flashes that match my Jacket pocket square.

I then use as another "rule of thumb" to wear Browns together with Greens, Reds, and Yellows. I wear Black with Grays, Blues, and Whites.

It is sort of like the rule of "all your leather should match" All Black Leather or all Brown Leather. Which goes along with your Metal. All brass or Yellow Gold or all Silver & Pewter.




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[The Tartan Oyster Club]

Hi The Wizard of BC,
thanks for the advice