Dress Kilt Hose

[Pipersson]

Hi Guys,

in September I'll be invited for a wedding an the bride asked me to appear kilted!!!

Now I need some dress kilt hose and am thinking of diced red white



or tartan hose in ancient colours (both by House of Cheviot).



My kilt is Smith ancient.



The tartan hose would only match this kilt, the red/white diced I could use also for others...

So what would you prefer?

Thanks and Tom



P.S. Ähm...and what about these shoes?

[sailortats]

Personally I would go with the tartan hose. I think the red/white diced are a little loud and may upstage the bride some.

[Pipersson]

Not this bride...!

[artificer]

If you have other kilts you'd like to wear a pair of dress hose with, red and white or red and black hose would be the more economical solution.

Sailortats is right that the tartan hose are a bit more understated, but if the bride is "going big" that's not really an issue

As for the shoes, they're okay, but if it's a formal (evening) do you might want something without the monk strap- which is a bit more casual than laces.

http://www.zappos.com/florsheim-king...patent-leather


or if you did want a touch of brogueing, perhaps the below

http://www.zappos.com/florsheim-mill...fcTest=fcl%3A0

Simple and shiny is the way to go (unless you want to go all out and get buckle brogues / mary janes for evening dress).

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[Pipersson]

Hey Artificer, thanks for the detailed reply.

I think the bride will be "very big" and so will be the groom. Not kilted but in morning suit and top hat.
It will be a wedding in Bavaria with about 200 guests, two orchestras, a choir singing, a big band for the party and so on...so I will just be a bit of colour.

Yes, I guess the diced hose would be a little more in use but I also like the argylls very much, so...

I do have some formal lace-ups, also in patent leather but it will be a morning wedding so I wanted to be a little less formal.
I could change for evening. A real formal dress kilt shoe maybe would be too much I guess, though I'll need some one day...

Thanks, Tom

[Jock Scot]

Be carefull, it is very easy to turn Kilt day "dress" (morning suit equivalent)attire into a costume. Diced, or argyll hose are not necessarilly required, nor are shoes any fancier than well polished black lace up shoes, or if you really insist, a pair of ghillie brogues.

Just saying.

[Pipersson]

Thanks Jock Scot,

as I read dress kilt hose are an essential part of morning dress highland attire (Tartans and Highland Dress by MacKinnon f.g.). He also recommends buckle dress shoes for morning dress which I find a bit too much but I am not a big friend of ghillie brogue because they are too folkloristic to me so the brogued monks seemed to be a more moderate alternative...but that is, as we often read, a question of personal preference...
What kind of hose would you wear for such an occasion?

Tom

[Spartan Tartan]

If you like the argyle hose, then there ya have it. Althoufh, I would go with a plain and simple black shoe and put a nice shine on them.

[WillowEstate]

Given your choice of two, I'd be inclined to go with he tartan, a little more subdued for the formal occasion. Though personally, I'd probably go with plain hose, maybe a subdued Lovatt green? Or Black with the black shoes? Whatever you feel more comfortable with.

[davidlpope]

I may have missed this, but what time will the wedding occur?

Although there may be some differences worldwide, the conventions surrounding evening dress vs. less formal day attire might be a helpful guide.