Right or Wrong

[Zardoz]

Well, I don't care for them, and there are so many other color choices, that I'll usually advise against white hose. At the end of the day, white, or ecru/off-white as it were, are just colors! If you like the way they look with your outfit, fine, but I would still politely suggest trying some other color choices too.

On the "jacobite" shirts... This is a sort of a confusing topic! Many "traditional" kilt wearers here would likely take issue with you calling yourself "very much the "traditional" kilt wearer" and them saying you wear those shirts!

Most folks here think of the jacobite shirts as a costume look, that should not be worn outside the Renaissance faire. I tend to agree, I have some, but they only come out at faire. But I often see photos of that style being worn at games, weddings, and various 'Highland' events in Scotland.

Anyway , welcome to the forum!

[piperdbh]

For what it's worth,
My biggest objection to some things that get said here is the pressure it puts on the newly kilted to "wear this, but not that" or "look like me, but not like him". Ultimately, if you're wearing what YOU want to wear, and not what someone else has TOLD you to wear, then go for it. Yes, I like some clothing combinations better than others, but I don't get very worked up over what someone else chooses to wear.
About white hose: I have no experience with kilt rentals, so I don't see white hose as looking like they come from a rental shop. Others here who have the experience of renting a kilt do see them as "rental-looking".
Wear what you want.

And welcome aboard, by the way, from western North Carolina, the greatest place on Earth!

[Nighthawk]

For what it's worth,
My biggest objection to some things that get said here is the pressure it puts on the newly kilted to "wear this, but not that" or "look like me, but not like him". Ultimately, if you're wearing what YOU want to wear, and not what someone else has TOLD you to wear, then go for it.

My one and only issue with this is that the OP referred to himself a "traditional" kilt wearer. If you want to dress the way he does, cool. I couldn't care less. I just don't want people dressing that way under the delusion that it's traditional. It's simple ignorance easily corrected.