Cream/White Hose or NOT

[Nick the DSM]

Tube Socks; Black or white 10-13 six pairs for $5.00!

great idea, thats what i might do!

[Chef]

One of the merchants at Stone Mountain games last weekend had quite a few of these wool dress hose made by Hawick Sock Co. There were none in colors that go with my kilts, but they look sturdy, thick and the colors were nice. They were selling for US $ 50.

Even $50 is a really good price on those.

[gilmore]

I like cream but I really like Black, especially witha kilt with some red in it, if you check out pipers socks they tend to be elabouratly knitted socks and quite different than normal kilt hose, when Im in Edinburgh I normally get a couple of pairs of "ex hire" cream socks from the bargain bucket outside Geoffreys at £2.00 a pair. at the end of the day use a mirror and take it from there.

<sigh> the bargain bin outside Geoffrey's? almost worth a trip to Edinburgh from the US.

[Sionnachdubh]

Most pipe bands wear white and I have never been sure why. does anyone else notice that the tradiotional bands and the military bands wear red and white hose not plain white? A few pipe majors need to wise up when it comes to uniforms.

[Carolina Kiltman]

The above discussion reminds me of the "official" reaction of the art critics when S. Dali first exhited his "Sacrament of the Last Supper." They went ape over it. When in a few years it sold over a million prints, they suddenly found it "trite". Nuff said. Snobs come in all sizes, colours, and nationalities. The only question is, does it look good? (A lot of differences in taste here, of course). I have white, off white, green and diced red and green hose (my dress kilt has red, green yellow and azure). So what is the problem? Unbleached wool is a creamy white to gray-black in colour. So where is the problem?

[Bugbear]

Still just have off white hose... Still planning on getting brown Lewis hose...

I've read this thread several times now, and I feel different about it each time.

[JakobT]

I wear cream hose now and then, it depends on the total look of the outfit I'm wearing. I don't buy into the notion that something is always wrong or always right (at least when it comes to dress). If you think it works, wear it.

[vmac3205]

My husband gets what I knit for him, so he has a heather green, a grey and nice dark blue all done in the John Anderson pattern. His new pair will be cream, but I haven't decided on the pattern yet. He has very thick calves, and I shudder to think of them in an argyle or any other two color combination. Good grief, that's too much for they eye to take in, so I'm voting for what looks best on the individual.

[Bugbear]

My husband gets what I knit for him, so he has a heather green, a grey and nice dark blue all done in the John Anderson pattern. His new pair will be cream, but I haven't decided on the pattern yet. He has very thick calves, and I shudder to think of them in an argyle or any other two color combination. Good grief, that's too much for they eye to take in, so I'm voting for what looks best on the individual.

Those sound very nice. I agree, not that I have to look at anyone, but wearing something that stands out too much spoils the look. My point is always, there are colors that look great on one person, but horrible on another. Best to figure out which is which and go with those... When I was growing up, I had to wear lots of bright orange or bright yellow because... well parents. When I wear those colors, that is all people see! I learned that pastel colors or summer colors work much better for me. Other people might look bland in those colors.

[beloitpiper]

Why wear white when there's so many other colors to choose from? Also, keep your eyes open at Highland Games. GlenC, Breboy, and I all got full argyle hose for $35.