Tartan hose vs plain hose

[fluter]

See now, Pleater, that's the other thing. Out here in the sizzling desert, it probably would work out better to have some kind of footless hose being worn with short cotton-ish socks; that was kind of talked about earlier.

I don't know about your sizzling climate, but I'll just observe that my feet think that wool is orders of magnitude cooler than cotton. Wool wicks, it breathes, it rules in the heat & humidity.

Your feet's mileage, as they say, may vary.