The taboo of White hose comes from the rental companies. They buy inexpensive White-White hose to sell cheap with their rental Kilts.
So, if you see someone with thin, White-White hose at a wedding it is a good bet that they rented their Kilt.

I don't happen to own any White Hose. But I wear Cream or Ecru hose if I am wearing a White Shirt.

In fact my "rule of thumb" is to match my Hose to my Shirt. I seldom match anything in my outfit to the colors of my Kilt. I let the Kilt stand alone.

So, if I am wearing a Brown shirt I'll wear Tan or Coffee Brown Hose. With a Blue shirt I wear Blue Hose and so forth.

I then wear flashes that match my Jacket pocket square.

I then use as another "rule of thumb" to wear Browns together with Greens, Reds, and Yellows. I wear Black with Grays, Blues, and Whites.

It is sort of like the rule of "all your leather should match" All Black Leather or all Brown Leather. Which goes along with your Metal. All brass or Yellow Gold or all Silver & Pewter.




This public service message brought to you by "Mister Manners" the guru of fashion coordination.