Hose up or down?

[Jdot84]

It's strickly you preference.
The kilt police are watching though! LOL

[tulloch]

I wear boots when the conditions warrant it. If kilted with boots then either boot socks that don't go so far up or kilt hose with flashes to hold 'em up or hose tops with flashes. In cold weather always keep the legs warm.

[Lallans]

Depends on the boots, the hose, and how they look together. The boots I generally wear with a kilt are wellingtons (in the rain I hasten to add), so they go well above it all and are a look in and of themselves. 'Mr Gumby' I've been told- but surely that should be his cousin, MacGumby.

[The Thing]

If I'm going casaul during the day time I wear mine down (I guess having thick calve muscles helps) I just think for me...being casaul during the day is better for the activities and the places I go.
Then again there's horses for courses; Doctors differ, patients die.

[creagdhubh]

To my ex army mind, scunched down hose just looks downright scruffy.

Quite!

[Lyle1]

Jock,
So would you wear hose up with boots? or just avoid boots? Being new to this (kilting) I want to do it the "right " way. I tend to lean towards traditional in most things.

Thanks,
Joe

Joe,

The awful truth is that there isn't a "right" way. One aspect of wearing clothes well is to be comfortable, both physically and emotionally, in what you are wearing. If you do not feel comfortable, you will not look comfortable. You've seen pictures of hose worn up and down; they can look good either way. Pull your socks up or push them down, then forget about them and get along with the business at hand. Don't let minor details get in the way of enjoying being kilted!

Have fun!

[lethearen]

But if you do wear them up, be sure to wear some sort of garter. Otherwise you'll have one hose scrunched down, and another halfway there, inching it's way to meet it.

[Catdad]

My answer would be dependent on the weather and the event. For a "dressy" event always up. For casual events in cold weather, they'd be up, but anything over 90 degrees, they'd be scrunched down.

[Paul]

Well if your boots are 10 inches high and your hose are 15-18 inches high pulled up, I'd say theres not a massive difference. Just go with whatever you like best.

[creagdhubh]

I am still working on posting pictures, but have question I have not been able to find the answer to. When wearing boots, (10 inch, standard black, jump boots) and a traditional plaid kilt, do you scruch the hose down or leave them up with a flash perhaps?
Thanks,
Joe

Up with flashes.