How important are flashes ?

[OC Richard]

I have one of those Shooting Sock Garter sets, nice colours (the set at upper left, with ancient blue, claret, brick red, and bottle green) and it's handy because I can coordinate whatever hose I'm wearing that day.

I'll put claret flashes with blue hose, blue or green flashes with claret hose, and so forth. When I stopped to think about it, I realised that I'm putting a cool colour and a warm colour together. Doesn't matter which kilt. I do the same with shirt & tie: red tie with blue shirt.

Those knit yarn Shooting Sock Garters are nice because you can throw them in your kit bag and not worry about them. Flat kilt flashes, I have to make sure that they're stored flat or they might have nasty creases when I go to wear them.

Score card:
kilts: 5
socks: several plain pair, one tartan, one castellated 'thriced', plus a couple pair of diced hosetops
flashes: around a dozen, plus a full-length pair of wool garters for the castellated hose
belts, jackets, shoes, hats: way too many