White, Black or colored hose

**KFCarter** · 22nd April 09, 08:17 PM

Originally Posted by skauwt

ive got cream hose ,they actually belonged to my other halfs grandfather who has since passed away, i plan to wear them with my kilt regardless of other folks opinion mainly due to the respect i have for the old irishman,they are about 50 years or more old and where handmade as far as im aware

I would think a personal connection like that would certainly trump other considerations. Wear them with pride.

:ootd:

**fluter** · 22nd April 09, 08:20 PM

Originally Posted by KFCarter

I would think a personal connection like that would certainly trump other considerations. Wear them with pride.

:ootd:

Indeed! and hand-knit hose are a category apart!

**Dan R Porter** · 24th April 09, 05:02 AM

I think it depends on the tartan and/or kilt. ANd it also depends on the shirt/tie. Some people wear no hose at all!

**McMurdo** · 24th April 09, 05:57 AM

I think it really depends on the outfit, I find generally for formal wear diced or tartan hose are the right ticket. For casual day wear I generally wear a colour that matches the main colour or a secondary colour from the tartan however you can also match your shirt colour. There really are no rules here, I too find that white hose are not the best. If I was lucky enough to have a pair that were hand knit some 50 years ago for my Grandfather in law I would wear them proudly. Hand knit hose ca come in any colour at all and set you above the crowd.

You may want to look at the 1 kilt 10 looks thread here for a few ideas.

**Jock Scot** · 24th April 09, 09:16 AM

Let's not beat about the bush here, if you like whatever colour hose, for whatever reason, then damn well wear them.

**skauwt** · 24th April 09, 10:06 AM

Originally Posted by Jock Scot

Let's not beat about the bush here, if you like whatever colour hose, for whatever reason, then damn well wear them.

couldn`t have put it better jock

**puffer** · 24th April 09, 10:33 AM

Originally Posted by skauwt

couldn`t have put it better jock

Puffer

**Bugbear** · 24th April 09, 12:53 PM

I'm still considering boiling my cream hose in coffee... It's not like I'll ever wear them again as they are.

**KFCarter** · 25th April 09, 06:40 PM

Originally Posted by Ted Crocker

I'm still considering boiling my cream hose in coffee... It's not like I'll ever wear them again as they are.

Just seems like a waste of a perfectly good pot of coffee... how about using that "tea" stuff they brew in the UK.

**Bugbear** · 25th April 09, 07:29 PM

Originally Posted by KFCarter

Just seems like a waste of a perfectly good pot of coffee... how about using that "tea" stuff they brew in the UK.

I think I have some bags of tea around here somewhere... Although, the coffee wouldn't completely be wasted, because I could dump it on the compost heep.