New hose and winter jacket.

[rtc872]

G'day,

I received these hose a while back now and finally have some time to my self to get this up.

I bought two pair of hose from Chris at Dunadd Trading Company. To start with I would like to compliment him on his amazing service and help throughout the purchasing process.

First I would like to talk about the pair I am wearing in the following picture. and do excuse the washing


These are the bowmore in Loden with red garter ties. They are great and the length, although perplexing at first, is amazing. I can triple fold them perfectly and they look superb. I hope you agree.



These second pair are the ancient scott hose. They are shorter than the bowmore hose and took a little bit of trial and error to get the fold to look right and take a little more time to get looking good. Despite this, they too are an amazing pair of hose and money well spent.



Lastly, I picked this Jacket up the other week. I have always wanted a jacket in this style but have either been too poor or not liked the cut. I found this and liked the length instantly thinking of the kilt. Unfortunately my suit jackets peek out the bottom so it wont be good for that but as a kilt and casual jacket I think I have picked a winner.

What are your thoughts? And one last shout out to Chris for his help and great quality hose.

Rob

[Jock Scot]

Well done laddie.

[Oddern]

Very nice hoses.
How tall are you? You see, I also thinking of buying hoses from Chris, but have long legs so I'm dependent on long enough hoses so I can fold them properly. I've actually thought of a similar jacket like yours to go along with the kilt. Now I see that it fits you very well, I have no excuse not to buy one, pay day coming up and all.
Well done!

[rtc872]

Thanks for the compliments.

Oddern, I am 5' 8" (174cm) and wearing the M size hose. I can say confidently that these would stretch to fit somebody at least 180cm or 5' 11". Then there is still the larger sizes. I would suggest emailing Chris for his advice. I think that he told me that he was on the taller side so could probably tell you better. Best of luck.

[Rollo]

Very nice !

[Chas]

Hi Rob,

The hose are excellent - they can really make a difference to an outfit, lifting it from ordinary to spectacular.

I was wondering about the jacket. I think it will be a good winter jacket and balances the kilt well. My only question - are the bottom two buttons too tight? It might just be the vagaries of the photograph, but it does seem to be pulling at the middle button.

I might very well be wrong and only you will know, but I think that if the lower buttons were moved over an inch the jacket might sit better.

But either way, a really good alternative to the ubiquitous 'puffer' jackets.

Regards

Chas

[denmcdough]

Great look! And you are correct about the great service from Chris at Dunadd!

[nloken]

Looking sharp!

[rtc872]

Thanks everyone.

Chas,
Yeah, I was thinking about that too. I normally only have the middle button done up and it isn't as noticeable. The shoulders are perfect so from there anything can be changed pretty much... unless I put on a few stone.

[biblemonkey]

So where did you get the jacket?