Kilt Hose: How formal with this color

[Jock Scot]

Red hose will do for any event you care to think of, including funerals. Where and when did this awful(in my humble opinion) fashion of black hose start, I wonder?

[Laird O'the Cowcaddens]

I absolutely agree with many here, you can and should wear these Hose at EVERY opportunity possible. They are pure gallus.

[Phil]

Red hose will do for any event you care to think of, including funerals. Where and when did this awful(in my humble opinion) fashion of black hose start, I wonder?

I think it must have been a reaction by the "kilt police" to that other "awful" fashion of wearing white hose. Those red hose look very suitable and I am a great fan of coloured hose, especially ones that tone in with the colours of the kilt.

[Laird O'the Cowcaddens]

I agree with Jock, I don't see the wearing of black Hose as event/circumstance specific. I wear mine based on which kilt I am wearing today.

[ForresterModern]

Wear 'em 'cause you got 'em. They look great.

Kilt is MacDonald of Clanranald weathered? The whole outfit looks good.

[Highland Logan]

I think it must have been a reaction by the "kilt police" to that other "awful" fashion of wearing white hose. Those red hose look very suitable and I am a great fan of coloured hose, especially ones that tone in with the colours of the kilt.

I think you'll find that the black/white hose issue did not start with the "kilt police" as you call them.

Frank

[Rex_Tremende]

I am a little curious about the bamboo content. I've never heard of bamboo for yarn. How does it effect the feel of the yarn, if at all? I'm used to just woolen socks so I'm incredibly curious, especially with the touch of silk you mentioned.

The bamboo is supposedly very eco-friendly and wears well.

We're starting to see a lot of textiles made with bamboo these days. Have a look at your nearest Target store and you'll probably see everything from sheets to shirts in the stuff.

Bamboo fibers are not like linen made from flax, where the stalks are beaten down into a sinewy pulp and then spun into a yarn. Rather it is a product more like rayon, where the plant material is broken down and reconstituted as a plastic, much as corn is commonly used as an alternative to petroleum in the manufacture of some common products these days. The advantage of bamboo is that it's a renewable resource that is good for the planet while it's growing, and doesn't require a lot of fertilizer or pesticides. The drawbacks are that, like any cash crop, it can displace forests, it requires transportation from field to factory, and it takes chemicals and heat to transform it into a textile. It is quite soft and silky, and is usually combined with other fibers for strength.

Anyway, that one hose looks great - and I bet it will look even better with the other one. I think you could wear them with any level of formality, just as you would your kilt.

Regards,
Rex.

[McClef]

Really beautiful hose and they will go well with both formal and informal wear.

[Phil]

I think you'll find that the black/white hose issue did not start with the "kilt police" as you call them.

Frank

I was only putting forward a suggestion so can I have my nose back please? So who did it start with then? I have both black and (off-)white hose and have no objections to either unlike some of the fairly polarised opinions I have read here.

[Bugbear]

Bottle green garter ties...