Kilt with boots - again

**Dan R Porter** · 29th May 09, 05:50 PM

As Jolly said do what you like! Just be sure to have fun, thats my only advice.

**Tartan Hiker** · 29th May 09, 05:58 PM

Don't worry about the white socks with boots. I don't wear white kilt hose (just my personal choice) but I regularly wear scrunched white hiking socks with my boots and kilt.

**Firetacoma** · 30th May 09, 10:33 AM

I went with the white hose scrunched down... in the future I think I'd just go with normal socks... the hose scrunched down made my calves look HUGE!

**Tartan Hiker** · 30th May 09, 05:33 PM

Originally Posted by Firetacoma

I went with the white hose scrunched down... in the future I think I'd just go with normal socks... the hose scrunched down made my calves look HUGE!

Which isn't always a bad thing, especially when you have bird-legs like me.

**Panache** · 30th May 09, 05:38 PM

I'm with Jake and wear cheap long athletic socks scrunched down with my hiking boots.

A good thing about white or light colored ones is that when you are hiking and the grass gets tall you can pull them up and easily see ticks and such if this is a problem in your area.

Cheers

Jamie :ootd:

**Kenneth** · 30th May 09, 05:46 PM

Originally Posted by ghostlight

While I only own black at the moment instead of white, I wear mine up with flashes. It might be a little too "military" for some folks, but I like it.

I have gray hiking socks from Sock Dreams that I used to wear scrunched down with my UKs if I wanted to look more casual.

I wear mine up with flashes, and 14 i Gripfast boots, I like the "military" look as well.

**george7** · 30th May 09, 06:31 PM

If I have to wear shorts with my combat boots (I don't mix my combat boots with my kilt), I just wear the socks issued with my boots. They're about an inch or two taller than my boots, so there's no need to scrunch or wear flashes. They look like a natural choice, since they're paired together by the DoD

**Regnifne** · 30th May 09, 06:43 PM

I've done the white hose scrunched, but thought it was too much material (especially with my Cadillacs) . . . white socks worked wonders (or "cheaper" hose, by which I mean thinner and more standard sock-like).

Next stop, my kilt and my Rainbows . . .

By the way, Kenneth, welcome!! and if you're heading to SoCal, you need to join us in the SCHool! http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/group.php?groupid=41

**Andy** · 1st June 09, 11:21 AM

I do the hiking boots/scrunched socks all the time. I generally only wear the kilt hose on more semi-formal/formal occasions. Then again, 80% of the time I'm kilted is at the house or in a club so the look works fine.