Color Hose with Army Tartan

**cacunn** · 30th April 07, 03:43 PM

Originally Posted by Tattoobradley

I would go with the red flashes... but then I was an ADA puke.

Yeh up the artillery

**Riverkilt** · 30th April 07, 04:03 PM

I think you'll find some good pics over on the USA Kilts thread with the Army tartan. I liked one of the Lewis kilt hose greens (lovat?) and got some. Look good.

Also have some pics in my gallaries (Page 4 for British) but not sure what color hose I had for the pics.

Bottom line, some green to match the tartan in the kilt....

Ron

**Riverkilt** · 30th April 07, 04:09 PM

Never Mind...I was ALL wrong...here's the link with the pics...ignore mine...

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/s...highlight=army

And, WRONG about the color too...get the LODEN green Lewis kilt hose...Scottish Tartans Museum has them.

Ron

**KiltedCodeWarrior** · 30th April 07, 07:03 PM

Actually, oatmeal hose, with a matching shirt, pick up the muted matching line in the tartan extremely well. And I am talking about the color of thescot's shirt in his avatar.

**Joe Gondek** · 30th April 07, 07:09 PM

Infantry Blue flashes would look good

**Livingston** · 30th April 07, 07:42 PM

Infantry blue would be my choice, 11B

**cavscout** · 30th April 07, 08:37 PM

Since it's a symbolic tartan for the Army, I would use the traditional Army Uniform color schemes to outfit the kilt. Some green hose to parallel the Dress Greens, or Navy Blue or Black to go with the Dress Blues. Following the darker colors of the uniform will allow the kilt to really shine.

On a certain level, (if I had been Infantry) I could see using lovat blue hose with black flashes or even Navy flashes.

I like the idea of using the flashes to denote unit affiliation, a good set of gold flashes will do for me

**davedove** · 1st May 07, 04:36 AM

I tend to wear navy blue (although you could think of it as Army blue

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shirt and hose with mine, and I think it sets the kilt off well. Sometime in the future (when finances allow) I am going to get a navy blue jacket as well.

I like the idea of wearing flashes in your branch color. I hadn't thought of that.

**Fearnest** · 1st May 07, 07:38 AM

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There's no "thinking" of it as Army Blue... it IS Army Blue, gents! (Army Blue Shade 150, to be precise.) Navy Blue is merely a poor substitute for Army Blue.

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I agree, Army Blue hose with Branch Flashes would be very interesting. (Yellow for Armor/Cavalry - The Combat Arm of Decision - Scouts Out! - being the preferred, but alas, we can't all be mounted warriors, now can we?)

I do like the loden hose I wear with mine currently - but they'd not be quite as nice at a Dining In - or a Dining Out - as the Army Blue.