Hose: To Contrast, Complement and Harmonize

[M. A. C. Newsome]

I piped at a wedding yesterday. All of the Bride's family in attendance had flown over from Scotland and all the men were kilted.

They were mostly in black Argylls and PCs with white or cream hose.

There were two fellows who caught my eye, perhaps Americans, whose dress was the epitome of "matchy" Highland Dress.

One was all in grey. Grey tweed Sheriffmuir, tartan kilt in all grey tones, grey hose, grey fur sporran.

The other gent was all in brown. Brown jacket, tartan kilt in all brown tones, brown hose, brown fur sporran.

I was the only one in attendance showing contrasting dress: with my Isle of Skye kilt I wore claret hose, a royal blue shirt, and charcoal Argyll, none of those three colours present in my kilt.

You mean to say someone other than me has a grey tweed Sheriffmuir?!? I'm socked! :-)

[OC Richard]

You mean to say someone other than me has a grey tweed Sheriffmuir?!? I'm socked! :-)

Yes I immediately thought of your grey tweed Sheriffmuir when I saw this gent! His was much like yours.

[Galician]

I too wear this tartan, and like the input given as regarding choices for hose.

But, Justin, isn't there the possibility that, were you to choose purple or red, people will think that you are a prelate of some higher rank than you could honestly claim?

If only our Archbishop Stan were still active here to weigh in on this. As an aside, has anyone heard anything about how he's doing?

[iustus]

Galician,

You know, that thought did cross my mind about the purple. Just add a cromach and you've got enough to think "Abbot" or "Bishop".

The red might just have people think pentecost or martyrdom...

To add to the oddities of clerical minutiae, I wondered if the orange hose would hint to some sort of Orangemen idea.
Of course if someone could make that connection they more than likely would know that Piskies history as Jacobites, until it ended in a Cardinal... then even the Vatican gave up the ghost in the cause.

As long as my shirt is black and my collar is tight I should be fine...
but beware of the kilted genuflection.

peace,
Fr.Justin

I too wear this tartan, and like the input given as regarding choices for hose.

But, Justin, isn't there the possibility that, were you to choose purple or red, people will think that you are a prelate of some higher rank than you could honestly claim?

If only our Archbishop Stan were still active here to weigh in on this. As an aside, has anyone heard anything about how he's doing?

[creagdhubh]

You mean to say someone other than me has a grey tweed Sheriffmuir?!? I'm socked! :-)

You wear it so well Matt!