Quote Originally Posted by CMcG View Post
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davidlpope's suggestion to match Argyle or diced hose to one's kilt is spot on. Am I wrong in thinking that actual tartan hose are fairly rare?
I think he was spot on about the Argyll hose (and I think he only mentioned Argyll hose as far as matching is concerned). As davidlpope implied, I think one has a bit more leeway with diced hose. I've seen the Black Watch tartan worn with red and white diced hose to good effect, and red and white don't match the Black Watch tartan at all.

I'd imagine part of the reason actual tartan hose are so rare is that they'd either have to be made from the same tartan as the kilt in the same way as a historic type of hose called cadadh, or be of a simple enough sett to be woven like modern hose.

I've actually been trying to find somebody that could replicate the actual set of my tartan in a pair of hose (the Macqueen tartan seems simple enough...), but I haven't had much luck yet. We'll see how it goes!