what kilt hose to wear?

[Galb]

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/c...384/index.html

This is a good read if you have time.

[runewolf]

I think the biggest complaint is that white or cream hose are what you get when you rent an outfit. Most do not want to be accused of renting the outfit they have several hundred dollars tied up in.

[Bugbear]

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/c...384/index.html

This is a good read if you have time.

Ha Ha!! I remember that thread.

I even posted in it and made an idiot out of myself there too.

The interesting thing about that thread is that Chef is argueing for the use of cream colored hose with formal attire and that one should follow the kilt rental biz in a way.

Ah... I miss Chef.

[Bugbear]

The funny thing is, Nanook, that I've been talking about matching skin tone and color etc since I joined; for the most part I agree with you. I finally realized, not too long ago, that almost no one here cares about that stuff. I'm sure many are laughing at me for having talked about it so much.

I've decided it's not worth worrying about except with my own colors and what will look good on me. Though, if people are going to start asking me to fill their watter glass or take their plate away at a black tie dinner because I am wearing cream colored hose, or hose with a different colored cuff, then I don't think I will wear those kind of hose to that kind of dinner.

Though, I am experimenting with putting a gray knee high sock over my cream colored hose with the cream cuff folded over the gray, but that is with my kakhi, canvas kilt. A kind of outdoorsy, hunting look maybe... I just don't feel like throwing my two pairs of cream or off white-ish hose in the trash.

[Stravaiger]

If, like me, you've inherited a surplus of white/cream hsoe over the years then they can easily be dyed to a colour of your choice. I did 2 pairs last weekend usiing Dylon hand-wash dye.

[piperdbh]

I might get bashed for this, but,
How often are any of us around people who actually know and/or care about what color our hose should/should not be? I understand all the differences of opinion about day/evening wear, white for 'pipers, etc. However, it seems there are many of us who think that we are right and everyone else is wrong, (which sometimes can be the case. Just ask my students.)
IMHO, if we are trying to pay respect and honor to our ancestors and heritage, then we should dress and conduct ourselves as best we can, including quality kilt hose that look good and wear well, whatever their color. If we're wearing a kilt because it feels good or because chicks dig it, then wear whatever works.
About the "kilt-for-hire" look: I know I don't get out much, but I've never seen a rented kit, much less rented hose, and if I did I don't believe I would recognize it. I'm sure some of you would, but I hope none of us would have a conniption because of the color of hose someone was wearing. (I still can't bring myself to call them socks. Thanks, Veronica Gainford.) And I further hope no one would point out the offense to the unsuspecting fellow who was bold enough to wear a kilt for the first time. I'm not accusing anyone here of that, but it could happen.
In short, we'll never all agree on every point, and besides, the "rules" are fairly recent inventions which no one has to follow. Remember, this is a Scottish thing, and Scots are not usually folks who abide by someone else's ideas of what they should do, much less wear.

[Highland Logan]

I might get bashed for this, but,
How often are any of us around people who actually know and/or care about what color our hose should/should not be? I understand all the differences of opinion about day/evening wear, white for 'pipers, etc. However, it seems there are many of us who think that we are right and everyone else is wrong, (which sometimes can be the case. Just ask my students.)
IMHO, if we are trying to pay respect and honor to our ancestors and heritage, then we should dress and conduct ourselves as best we can, including quality kilt hose that look good and wear well, whatever their color. If we're wearing a kilt because it feels good or because chicks dig it, then wear whatever works.
About the "kilt-for-hire" look: I know I don't get out much, but I've never seen a rented kit, much less rented hose, and if I did I don't believe I would recognize it. I'm sure some of you would, but I hope none of us would have a conniption because of the color of hose someone was wearing. (I still can't bring myself to call them socks. Thanks, Veronica Gainford.) And I further hope no one would point out the offense to the unsuspecting fellow who was bold enough to wear a kilt for the first time. I'm not accusing anyone here of that, but it could happen.
In short, we'll never all agree on every point, and besides, the "rules" are fairly recent inventions which no one has to follow. Remember, this is a Scottish thing, and Scots are not usually folks who abide by someone else's ideas of what they should do, much less wear.

The "rules" have been around for a little over a hundred years with very little change. As for Scots not abiding by the rules of others, I think like and other western people, I'm sure when it comes to basic conformity they take no issue. However as a non-scot I can not speak to their sensibilities.

Frank

[gilmore]

...In short, we'll never all agree on every point, and besides, the "rules" are fairly recent inventions which no one has to follow. Remember, this is a Scottish thing, and Scots are not usually folks who abide by someone else's ideas of what they should do, much less wear.

It never ceases to amaze me how so many non-Scots seem to get their ideas of Scots' mores and values from "Braveheart" or "Rob Roy." It would be like some one seeing "Gone with the Wind" or "Birth of a Nation," deciding that that is how US Southerners today behave and think, fetishizing it, and wearing 19th Century clothes and behaving in ways that they fantasize we do.

Reality is a far different thing.

[Bugbear]

I usually do have the wrong opinion, so I have to borrow someone else's. I also have learned to edit or leave out several things that I know would not go over well, but that would be all right to say.

One or two of those involve cream colored hose...

[Bugbear]

I would probably get the most use out of the dark gray lewis hose. While saving up for diced hose.

I am under the impression that only dark shades of colors for hose should be used with the non-casual attire; for example, bottle green rather than lovit. Am I mistaken?