Quote Originally Posted by Woodsheal View Post
Just to illustrate how pervasive the "white hose = dress up" mindset is, here's a pic from a Burns Supper I attended this past winter:



The three X-Marks members are NOT wearing white/cream: Steven (black), Seumas (back row, blue), myself (diced). The five or six additional kilties who didn't make it into the pic all had white hose on, as well.

I must say, the cream/off-white shade looks much better than the stark, blinding white...!
I agree about the blinding white! I have often wondered though why there is an expectation we wear the Kilt for a Burns Night or Burns Supper (something I do myself) when the Bard himself never wore a kilt in his life. BTW, I know he wore a shepherd's shoulder plaid in fillemot and shepherd tartan check.