Under the kilt in freezing weather

[GG]

I never wore tights and have always considered them out of question. I also agree with many here that you normally feel less cold in a kilt than when in pants.

However, with this cold that we experience right now and the chill factor due to the wind I feel tempted to reconsider.
Like Jimmy said: ”…but in Scotland we are not used to extremes in temperature”.

Isn’t it, after all, not to believe that if the temperatures earlier and for longer periods of time had been that extreme and had tights in some form been invented then Scotsmen had sometimes used them under their kilts?

I shouldn’t wear transparent tights, however. To me they should look too feminine, but why not thick solid colored ones, like black or dark grey?

Wearing tights (men's tights are available) should also spare me for a lot of questions whether I’m not feeling cold.

What is worse in the mind of “normal” people not knowing about kilt wearing “rules”: A man with bare knees on a bitterly cold and windy day, or a man in black tights, mostly covered by a kilt?

Just thinking.

Greg

[CDNSushi]

Greg, personally it wouldn't make a lick of difference to me if someone chose to wear tights with their kilt, and clearly it seems that you would be of the same mind. But I do think that's a very European mindset, where men (especially in Germany) have been able to wear tights (even with shorts) for some years now without anyone raising an eyebrow. It's also a very utilitarian mindset, for what it's worth -- just do whatever allows you do be comfortable... Fashion police be damned.

In Japan, this fad is now making an appearance too... Tokyo has all sorts of men wearing footless tights with shorts -- seems to be de rigueur for this fall/winter season.

But that's all getting into territory that this particular forum does not get into -- so to avoid any backlash, I return to my original point....

Tights with kilts will seem/look wrong to many who live in N. America, not to mention all the traditionalists we have here, who won't abide anything other than kilt hose. As such, I think it's probably a good idea to steer clear from such a look.

[BroosterB1]

Lets see, bulky kilt hose with Hose toppers, a kilt that goes to mid knee, a set of long underwear or "tights", most likey will not be noticed.

Of course that is MHO and my experience; New Mexico can get right nasty.

Everybody said "aren't you cold?"; with that much wool I was more than toasty. ith:

[Jimmy]

Wasn't King George IV supposed to have done exactly this on his famous visit to Edinburgh?

you are correct but it was pink tights, most portraits of his Majesty at that time had the tights removed in their portraits (ok what are you thinking?)

anyway the weather forecast for the Glasgow area for Hogmanay is for rain and an end to the freeze so I think I can forget about the tights especially pink ones