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3rd March 06, 05:32 PM
#1
Interesting Offering on Ebay
An article from a 1954 magazine showing men in formal kilt attire:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...e=STRK:MEWA:IT
What stands out to me is the total lack of white hose. 
Sherry
I might look like I'm doing nothing, but at the cellular level I'm really quite busy.
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3rd March 06, 05:41 PM
#2
 Originally Posted by Sherry
Yes, Sherry, I was wearing tartan hose (at huge expense!) when dressed formally right up until the early 1990s. The really rather ghastly white hose is a modern innovation! 
No. of Kilts: 102. "Title": Lord Hamish Bicknell, Laird of Lochaber / Life Member: The Scottish Tartans Authority / Life Member: The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society / Member: The Ardbeg Committee / My NEW Photo Album: Sadly, and with great regret, it seems my extensive and comprehensive album may now have been lost forever!/
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3rd March 06, 06:42 PM
#3
White hose are most likely for economic reasons in the rental business. They can just stock one color rather than several diced or tartan hose to match the various tartans. Since the rental places were pushing white people got the notion that was the way to do it.
Everything in excess! To enjoy the flavor of life take big bites. Moderation is for monks.
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4th March 06, 03:44 AM
#4
I think tartanhoses look great when dressed formally...I'll get myself at least 1 pair....some day :rolleyes:
They're filthy expensive, but that's understandable...handknitted, made to measure.
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4th March 06, 09:00 AM
#5
Just shows that the Kilt is timeless, even with tartan hose.
Glen
A Life Lived in Fear, Is a Life Half Lived.
Kilted With Pride!!!
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4th March 06, 09:51 AM
#6
Originally Posted by GMan
Just shows that the Kilt is timeless, even with tartan hose.
I really think the off white hoses look terrible and out of place when I'm wearing my Prince Charlie jacket....fashion or not. They don't match with anything and they look odd.
The tartan hoses are not outdated...just expensive.
Okey...I convinced myself 
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4th March 06, 10:39 AM
#7
Originally Posted by bubba
White hose are most likely for economic reasons in the rental business. They can just stock one color rather than several diced or tartan hose to match the various tartans. Since the rental places were pushing white people got the notion that was the way to do it.
That is absolutely what happened, Bubba.
No. of Kilts: 102. "Title": Lord Hamish Bicknell, Laird of Lochaber / Life Member: The Scottish Tartans Authority / Life Member: The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society / Member: The Ardbeg Committee / My NEW Photo Album: Sadly, and with great regret, it seems my extensive and comprehensive album may now have been lost forever!/
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4th March 06, 10:57 AM
#8
So the correct traditional style, for formal wear, would be to have hose in the same tartan as your kilt? ...and then have solid color flashes?
Jeff Free people are not equal, and equal people are not free.An unarmed man can only flee from evil, and evil is not overcome by fleeing from it. An armed society is a polite society.
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5th March 06, 07:04 AM
#9
Originally Posted by Iolaus
So the correct traditional style, for formal wear, would be to have hose in the same tartan as your kilt? ...and then have solid color flashes?
Oh man....this entire thread is goign to make me question myself every time I get ready to wear a kilt...
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5th March 06, 10:08 AM
#10
Originally Posted by 646guy
Oh man....this entire thread is goign to make me question myself every time I get ready to wear a kilt...
Naw... just when you wear it formally!
Jeff Free people are not equal, and equal people are not free.An unarmed man can only flee from evil, and evil is not overcome by fleeing from it. An armed society is a polite society.
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