Colored Hose

[Skweres]

well i unfortunately only have one pair of hose, and they're an off white color, i love them and that is that :P

[Skweres]

[neo71665]

I only have one pair , navy blue, I wear them with both my kilts caus ethey both have dark blue in them.

[PiobBear]

I only wear off-white hose with my band uniform. I prefer green, either rifle or lovat, depending upon the tartan I'm wearing, with red flashes. All of my kilts are predominately green with prominent red stripes except for the saffron, which gets rifle green with saffron flashes (Army style), and diced or Argyll hose with my formal wear or parade dress (spats).

[Robin]

When it looks good...it is good

Formal wear...off white is always good (because it's generally accepted )

When I saw a picture of Todd wearing black hose with his formal outfit...it looked perfect to me. Also seen a piper with a saffron kilt wearing black hose...looked great.

Black hose look well balanced...they match with formal jackets.

I'm a big fan of tartan hose...expensive? yes...but so is the rest of the formal outfit (jacket, dress sporran) and they'll last a lifetime.

[scoutniagara]

Well, well! After reading this thread, it seems it doesn't matter what hose one wears, when.

I usually wear cream-coloured hose for day time or informal occasions and sometimes, dark (black?) hose for night time, but always wear either navy or dark green hose for formal occasions. I match the dark coloured hose to either the kilt, or to my navy Argyll jacket or shirt. I can't see me ever wearing white hose, and I attend formal-dress white/black-tie functions.

For this Saturday's kilted pub night, I'll either wear off-white hose with my MacTavish SWK standard (or black, to match the shirt and tartan) with red garters (match kilt), and for our SOKS Scottish Rite night, I'll probably wear my off-white hose as to not be over-dressed while wearing a jacket. Also, as previously mentioned, the lighter-coloured hose, show off the laces with brogues.

I am in the market for colour-coordinated BALMORAL HOSE from http://giftshop.scottishtartans.org/hose.htm for my formal functions, but I think I have a sister-in-law who may surprise me with a hand-knit present next Christmas. I'd better take my measurements soon. ;)