Kilts with short socks? How many people wear this way?

[MacMillans son]

Sometimes low socks




Sometimes no socks




Heck, sometimes no shoes or socks !!




However, only when engaged in activities where proper kilt hose would not be sensible.

[kiltimabar]

Any time I try to wear sandals I wind up with gravel under my feet.

I do wear chunky hiking shoes with a utility kilt or occasionally with a casual tartan kilt. Although not quite as tall as combat-style boots, I think the chunkiness, with thick socks, balances the look. It's almost as high as combat boots with kilt socks scrunched down, which I personally don't care for as it looks like my garters collapsed and I failed to notice.

[English Bloke]

Depends on the circumstance. I'm a socks up, always kind of Bloke but when kilting in Turkey a couple of years ago in 38°c (100°f) I bottled it and wore (not white) short socks, brown leather trainers and a T shirt. I still melted away into the gutter. but I would have done that whatever I was wearing.

I am with Chas on this in some respects though and for anyone who has any remaining doubt.

THIS! Is not a good look.

picture borrowed from: the sun online

[LitTrog]

I never thought about it until you asked, but I can't imagine an occasion that would see me wearing the ankle-length socks with a kilt. Doesn't really make sense, though: when I run in shorts, I wear them, but use regular (cheap!) hose when I run in a kilt.





I'd rather not think about it...pass the hemlock. int:

[chrisupyonder]

Depends on the circumstance. I'm a socks up, always kind of Bloke but when kilting in Turkey a couple of years ago in 38°c (100°f) I bottled it and wore (not white) short socks, brown leather trainers and a T shirt. I still melted away into the gutter. but I would have done that whatever I was wearing.

I am with Chas on this in some respects though and for anyone who has any remaining doubt.

THIS! Is not a good look.

picture borrowed from: the sun online

That's not a good look even with shorts! It never seems to get that hot in the Highlands so I always wear hose and flashes. The boots and scrunched down hose look is generally what the Tartan Army wear and I have no problem with that. Short socks and normal shoes would look too school girlish to my eyes.

Chris.

[Livingston]

I don't see the short socks in your picture Mark.....but there are a couple nice accessories there anyway.

[creagdhubh]

Scrunched down hose with boots is one thing, but short socks - like wearing socks and sandals! Not for me.

Regards

Chas

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[creagdhubh]

and then I graduated to "big" hose and have never looked back

Ha-ha! Well said, Rex.

[Off kilt-er dude]

I'm glad I asked the rabble this question! Very informative!

[Mike in Dayton]

I don't wear open sandals. For some reason they bug me. If I did never with socks of course. So summer shoes is normally boots with the kilt socks pushed down. I have started to use the shorter standard "crew" sock in one particular way. In the first picture and the smaller one just after it I have kilt socks pushed down to the top of my 10" boot as I have normally done.







The next picture pair is the same as above except the kilt socks have been replaced with crew socks. They stick up above the boot about the same as the pushed down kilt socks. The socks are black to match the boot. I do similar with brown and brown boots. This would only work with the taller 10" boot.






Not much difference in looks for casual wear. I also have more black crew socks then black kilt socks.

Mike