Hose to Kilt Combo

[Jock Scot]

Almost everywhere else I've read (or watched; e.g., on USA Kilts's monthly Kilts and Culture videos, the typical advice is to pair the hose with a dominant color in the kilt and/or jacket/vest/sweater/whatever.

The guys at USA Kilts are also not fond of recent trends that seem to favor white or cream colored hose for formal (Prince Charlie or doublet) occasions.

I kilt when I can, but I'm virtually always the sole person so attired at any gathering so I'm flying blind except from looking at website pictures.

Just so you know, the traditional kilt-wearer in Scotland almost never wear black, white or cream coloured hose.That is more of a kilt hire outfit look. Most don't match or, even think about it, their hose to anything and various shades of red, greens, browns, blues and yellows are the usual choices for our hose and no real thought is given to matching anything else, although by accident they might match something else that might be being worn at the time.
For example my tartan has blue, green, red, black and yellow within it so its quite difficult to find hose that doesn't match something! The answer? Don't bother worrying about it!

[FossilHunter]

Just so you know, the traditional kilt-wearer in Scotland almost never wear black, white or cream coloured hose.That is more of a kilt hire outfit look. Most don't match or, even think about it, their hose to anything and various shades of red, greens, browns, blues and yellows are the usual choices for our hose and no real thought is given to matching anything else, although by accident they might match something else that might be being worn at the time.
For example my tartan has blue, green, red, black and yellow within it so its quite difficult to find hose that doesn't match something! The answer? Don't bother worrying about it!

I believe you often wear mustard or claret hose which, perhaps unintentionally, match some of the minor colors in Macleod of Harris but in a non-matching shade. I think this often creates a nice look.

Matching without matching as it were.

That’s not to take away from your notion of not worrying too much about the hose color.

[Jock Scot]

Yes you are quite right, I do often unintentionally match my hose to one of the colours in my kilt and I suppose the shades of colour may differ a tad? It is though an entirely unconscious act. I just go to the wardrobe and grab the first pair of hose that comes to hand. Until I joined this website all those years ago, I never even gave it a thought!

I suppose I could wear white or black hose? Well alright, perhaps not! Now that I think about it, black is a non starter, as that matches a stripe in my tartan too! Various shades of Brown perhaps? Oh to the devil with it, I shall just carry on carrying on as I have always done and not bother about it. :lol