Help me please Graham or Hamish!

[KiltedCodeWarrior]

... kilted just close your eyes and imagine a giant claymore strapped to your back. (just to stop the soldier boys, I mean the sharp kind, the other kind are not relaxing to have on your back.) Most people will see you with that image too.

Archangel, I heartily endorse that approach. I have found that if I keep in mind that I am doing something that most people are too timid to do, even though we are only talking about wearing an article of clothing, that my confidence never wavers. Will post a thread later about this weekend's "harrowing" (not!) everyday activities wearing the kilt.

RJI

[Mike n NC]

Just a question. Are you using hose or soccer type socks, or are you using long boot socks. I find that the rib pattern inside the hose is almost identical to that outside especially from 5-6 feet away.
I usually roll or fold the top down once or twice, depends on the length of the hose, then push the rest down to my boot top.

Mike

[Kiltedfirepiper]

I wear many different types of shoes so I wear my hose many different ways

Gillies? well ....self explanitory

12" high wildland firefighting boots ( look up "whites boots" and you'll see what I mean ) I wear regular calf high socks just peeking over the top of the boot

regular shoes, ( ankle high) .....depends on the mood.... usually hose up , or down ..... if down, folded like you would if wearing them up , and just pushed off the calves to fall where they may

[davedove]

I look like a bad 80's flashback, complete with leg warmers. It's like Mr. Clean meets Olivia Newton-John... wearing a kilt and steel-toes.

I don't know. Olivia looked pretty hot around then. Although I'm having a hard time combining that image with Mr. Clean ... Yikes!!!

[Bil]

I don't know. Olivia looked pretty hot around then. Although I'm having a hard time combining that image with Mr. Clean ... Yikes!!!

Exactly my point. Yikes!! pretty much sums it up.

Mike, I wear kilt hose. I find that they are just too thick to pull it off. They truely look like leg warmers when I push them down. I think I am going to go with short black socks rolled to the cuff of my back boots. That ought to kill the Olivia Newton-John look for me.

[Bob C]

If I'm wearing proper kilt hose, I wear them over the calf.

If I want the "shorter socks and hiking boots" look, I wear shorter socks. I bought some Dr. Scholl's diabetic socks at Walmart that are perfect. They come in a couple of colors, including oatmeal, they're longer than crew socks but shorter than kilt hose, and they're as comfortable as can be.

I push, not roll, them down. They look great.