Argyle hose and day wear?

[Tobus]

Oi, Colin! Since that's me in your first photo of XMarkers, I feel compelled to point out that the photo of me wearing a hair sporran and Argyle hose was taken at my house on the day that I received them, just to see how they looked, and NOT "out and about". I've never worn Argyle hose (or the hair sporran, for that matter) in public except for evening events like my stepdaughter's wedding. I have experimented with wearing diced military hose tops for casual daywear with canvas leggings/spats, but other than that, I pretty much stick with the modern tradition of reserving patterned hose for evening wear at black tie or higher levels of dress.

And for that matter, I should point out that of all the photos you posted of XMarkers, only one was out in public. The rest were posed shots in peoples' homes, likely for the purpose of trying out a look or providing examples. It would be quite the stretch to infer that these folks all wear patterned hose for daywear as a matter of course (although I do know that some of them do). I guess my point is that a Google search of photos doesn't quite tell the complete story...