Hose Color for Scottish National Tartan /w Day Charcoal Jacket

[Nylo]

I just acquired a charcoal grey tweed jacket /w same color waist coat. My kilt is Scottish National. My quandary is what color hose to choose or how does one go about choosing a color. Im pretty traditional/conservative nothing too flashy.

[KenB]

I think charcoal grey hose would be fine.

[davidlpope]

Lovat green, lovat blue, dark red/claret.

[davidlpope]

Plus red flashes.

[JohntheBiker]

My go to with Scottish National is a tartan green (dark green, bottle green, etc.) - with red flashes, although you can wear it with black, or sundry other colours:



I also have a pair of National Scot Argyle Top Kilt Hose, which dress the tartan up a bit. You can find an image at this link:

http://www.scottishlion.com/products...kilt-hose.html

[JohntheBiker]

By the way, all of the above worn with a charcoal grey jacket and waistcoat, when the occasion warrants.

[pbutts]

I just acquired a charcoal grey tweed jacket /w same color waist coat. My kilt is Scottish National. My quandary is what color hose to choose or how does one go about choosing a color. Im pretty traditional/conservative nothing too flashy.

The jacket and vest sound like they could be a bit formal. If that's what you are going for, charcoal grey with red flashes would be sharp. Green would definitely be more casual. If you have a contrasting vest, you could get that trad highland country look going on....claret is a good suggestion, too.

[Nylo]

Thanks for all of the great suggestions. Just wasn't sure if there was a proper place to pull the color from regarding hose. Charcoal for a more formal look and green or blue for a day look. Though the Claret has peeked my interest.

[MacGumerait]

I think claret hose would work very well with the Scottish National tartan and a charcoal jacket and waistcoat .

It would add a bit of color and a nice contrast without being too bold ... a classic look .

[Nathan]

The jacket and vest sound like they could be a bit formal. If that's what you are going for, charcoal grey with red flashes would be sharp. Green would definitely be more casual. If you have a contrasting vest, you could get that trad highland country look going on....claret is a good suggestion, too.

I don't mind the suggestion of charcoal hose but I'd be careful about saying that charcoal hose or tweeds are in any way more formal than green. A tweed is a tweed regardless of colour and is never formal. Bottle green hose and charcoal are both on the same sartorial level of relative informality.

Monochromatic does not equal formality and dark colours do not equal formality. We must be careful not to bring Saxon conventions into our analysis of Highland style.