Hello,

Call me a purist, but I do not wear diced hose with my Highland day attire. I believe these style of hose are too formal for traditional/contemporary Highland day wear. With a plethora of so many other styles of beautiful and quite smart hose suitable for day wear, one could quickly set aside diced hose solely for evening wear. Hose styles such as solid coloured hose from The House of Cheviot, hose with different designs on the turnover from Almost Unwearoutable, and your basic, "run of the mill" hose from Gaelic Themes or Lochcarron. I believe all of the preceding types of hose are absolutely perfect for day attire. However, with that being said, I do like Matt Newsome's day attire - to include the diced hose colours he chooses to wear, but you will never see me wearing diced hose during the day, and that's just my personal preference.

The only time I would wear diced hose is if I am attending a formal event and I am in Highland evening dress. I believe the same goes for fully-fashioned tartan hose. An obvious exception would be a piper in full military dress, or possibly a reenactor at an appropriate event. For your Mackenzie kilt in the modern colours, I agree with Todd, I would definitely go with red and white diced hose, or tartan hose made in the modern Mackenzie colours - both would look very sharp for evening wear. Good luck mate and thanks for your post.

Kind regards,