Cream/White Hose or NOT

[gilmore]

I think if you're wearing a PC with a white wingtip shirt, and a white fur sporran then white hose would be your best matching option. I think black, or blue, or green or whatever matches your kilt may work, but it seems to me under some circumstances that white or cream is your nicest option. I have lots of hose, but my formal sporran is white, and while wearing a white wingtip, white hose seem to go perfect.

Remember back in the early 60's when guys used to wear socks that matched their shirts? Usually cranberry or bottle green?

[keepoffgrass]

Remember back in the early 60's when guys used to wear socks that matched their shirts? Usually cranberry or bottle green?

I wasnt alive in the 60s... sorry

[auld argonian]

I wasnt alive in the 60s... sorry

I was alive in the sixties and have seen some really unfortunate fashion statements then and since then. I was just watching reruns of Lost In Space with my sixteen year old daughter the other day and told her how we all started wearing the turtleneck (ususally a "dickie") and the v-neck acrylic sweater after we saw it on LIS...she was stunned. I also remember Bonanza shirts...eeee-yuck...they only looked good on Pernell Roberts.

Anyway, I'm finally going to come over to the "let's skip the white/cream/ecru hose" side. I just never liked white socks...sorry. There are enough shades of grey and tan and such that there ought to be a substiute for these glowing white kilt hose. They just call too much attention to themselves to be complimentary to an outfit.

Best

AA

[pipesndrumsnun]

Just say NO to white hose...unless of course, there is some white in your kilt.

[JimB]

we all started wearing the turtleneck (ususally a "dickie")

Hey! I had four or five of those things!

[Chef]

Hey! I had four or five of those things!

Me too.

[Ozman1944]

Now, now, ladies, let's pull in the claws or we'll snag our stockings-regardless of color!

BTW: Hey! I LOVED my Bonanza shirts & LIS Turtlenecks! I think they should be revived immediately and the Kilt Police enforce the wearing of them by every Kilter - with vivid white hose being the ONLY permitted sock, under penalty of instant execution. (Shot at dawn!)

[auld argonian]

Now, now, ladies, let's pull in the claws or we'll snag our stockings-regardless of color!

BTW: Hey! I LOVED my Bonanza shirts & LIS Turtlenecks! I think they should be revived immediately and the Kilt Police enforce the wearing of them by every Kilter - with vivid white hose being the ONLY permitted sock, under penalty of instant execution. (Shot at dawn!)

Now I'm going to have to dig up a Lost In Space sweater and wear it with the kilt just so I can post here and in "Kilt Do's and Don'ts". Kilted Dr. Smith? Oh, the pain, Will Robinson!

Best

AA

[Alan H]

I started writing this thread to make a point....that basic solid color kilt hose was available for normal-human-being prices while diced hose and argyl hose cost a flipping MINT. I've seen hose selling for $300, and guys I don't care about what's "proper" I am NOT spending three hundred dollars on a pair of socks.

Kilt Hose, by Woolrich at the Kilt Store that advertises on this site, currently on sale for $17.15

Very nice colored and white hose..VERY nice... from the Scottish Tartans Museum.. $40

From the Kilt Store...diced hose tops, not even the whole sock, just the tops...........$147

http://kiltstore.net/sr_strut_hosetops.html

8-ply 22 inch "diced" hose from the Almost Unwearoutable Sock company in Northumberland will be 45 pounds, plus shipping, or by the time I get them to the USA, about $120.

But then I came across this....

J.HIggins sells diced hose for $45...now we're talking

http://www.jhiggins.net/catalog/hose_diced.html

IF you can make red and green or red and white work for you. But they also will custom-make hose in any colors you want on special order for $45. Does anybody have a pair?

http://www.jhiggins.net/catalog/hose_argyle.html

OK, so that is almost sort of affordable. It's no more expensive than the hose from the Scottish Tartans Authority. I've seen those and they're very nice, Panache has a few pair.

[auld argonian]

Well, obviously, the hose tops are a good idea since they won't be affected when the foot of the sock wears out. Cold comfort at these prices, though.

I really want to get a pair of Steve's Heritage Hose after seeing Beloitpiper's pair...those are nice.

Anybody have the J Higgins?

Best

AA