Kilt hose for Charcoal Grey jacket?

[Deil the Yin]

It "works"... but the green looks better, would you not agree?

FYI: that's definitely NOT to imply that it looks bad, cause a man in a kilt is a man indeed!

Here is a photo me wearing navy hose with a charcoal jacket. I think it works.

[OC Richard]

That photo, I think, bears out what I was attempting to put into words.

Note that that piper's bottle green hose are a stronger, more saturated green than the green in his tartan, and your navy blue hose are a more saturated blue than the blue in your tartan, so that the hose do not take away from the beauty of the tartans.

Mid-grey hose might have a noticable dulling effect on either tartan, likewise dull green hose for the piper or dull blue hose for you.

It's dark strong colours like navy blue, and dark neutral tones like charcoal grey and black, which are becoming so popular just now for hose.

My only "fashion police" advice would be to have less of those bright red flashes showing from under the turnovers: note that your eye is drawn right to the flashes... just a touch of red there would balance with the red line in the kilt better I think.

[Jock Scot]

With the greatest respect to all, I really cannot believe that anyone really takes all this time about the colour of a pair of socks! If you like the colour, then damn well wear them! Alright, I quite accept that kilt hose can be expensive and not every one wants,needs, or can afford a drawer full. I also fully accept that we all have personal preferences, but really, far too much is made of all this matching up, colour coding nonsense.

[Bugbear]

With the greatest respect to all, I really cannot believe that anyone really takes all this time about the colour of a pair of socks! If you like the colour, then damn well wear them! Alright, I quite accept that kilt hose can be expensive and not not every one wants,needs, or can afford a drawer full. I also fully accept that we all have personal preferences, but really, far too much is made of all this matching up, colour coding nonsense.

I agree. A while back, I realized that I was stating my preferences and way of picking colors in a way that could seem as if I were telling people they should do the same.

I think you know, Jock, what colors someone else is wearing has no effect on me what so ever.

[Redshank]

With the greatest respect to all, I really cannot believe that anyone really takes all this time about the colour of a pair of socks! If you like the colour, then damn well wear them! Alright, I quite accept that kilt hose can be expensive and not not every one wants,needs, or can afford a drawer full. I also fully accept that we all have personal preferences, but really, far too much is made of all this matching up, colour coding nonsense.

That's the difference Jock, you and I, we like the lived in look, others prefer the colour co-ordinated pretence as specified elsewhere in this forum, to you and I, it's what we wear, to others it's a custome, plain and simple, each to his own, life and let live, at least we can have a laugh at their expense.

By the way, did I tell you I am now stocking and selling house of cheviot hose at less than rrp ? pm me for details

[Deil the Yin]

With the greatest respect to all, I really cannot believe that anyone really takes all this time about the colour of a pair of socks! If you like the colour, then damn well wear them! Alright, I quite accept that kilt hose can be expensive and not every one wants,needs, or can afford a drawer full. I also fully accept that we all have personal preferences, but really, far too much is made of all this matching up, colour coding nonsense.

Some of us could just be better at procrastinating than others? I know I am!

[Jock Scot]

Some of us could just be better at procrastinating than others? I know I am!

Surely not!

[JSFMACLJR]

With the greatest respect to all, I really cannot believe that anyone really takes all this time about the colour of a pair of socks! If you like the colour, then damn well wear them! Alright, I quite accept that kilt hose can be expensive and not every one wants,needs, or can afford a drawer full. I also fully accept that we all have personal preferences, but really, far too much is made of all this matching up, colour coding nonsense.

Seems we beat our heads on the wall on this one, Jock!

[MacLowlife]

Then white it is?
Glad we settled that.

I think it is a good thing to just get dressed and not worry, but "not worry" might leave me looking like a refugee from somebody's Santa display, or worse, the DON'T illustration in someone's kiltwear article. That is what I am trying to avoid- Perfection is not even an issue for me. And I think for special occasions, it is nice to look as good as possible. But thanks for the reminder that it is just clothes after all. It's just that it is much easier to worry about the color of one's hose than to do something truly useful like exercise away 10 pounds off one's middle.

[raibeart_dubh]

If you want to match the jacket, the Scottish Tartans Museuem offers charcoal and grey hose in the Lewis line.

http://giftshop.scottishtartans.org/hose_lewis.htm

Personally, I wear Lovat green hose to match the green in my kilt when wearing a charcoal grey jacket. Also, in agreement with Jock, if it looks good wear it. I'll cite the Duke of Argyll, who wears red hose with his Ancient Campbell tartan kilt. Quite dashing in my opinion.