Argyle kilt hose - success!

[James MacMillan]

I wear formal highland attire frequently. A few weeks ago I decided to find out if I could spiff up my appearance by adding diced hose or tartan hose to my wardrobe. I went in search of low cost knee sox. - - - No luck ! Sure there are diced hose and tartan hose available, but for nothing cheaper than $60 and some for as much as $200.

Then I thought of the argyle socks that are commonly worn with golf plus fours or knickers. There were several suppliers on the web. I narrowed my search down to four places, and ordered two pair of socks from each.

The three below were disappointing. The socks were poor quality, one size fits all, (which means they don’t fit me!) and just didn’t work for wear with the kilt.

http://www.golfknickers.com/ - - - No good
http://tbarryknickers.com/ - - - No good
http://www.onlygolfapparel.com/ - - - No good

Then today came the last order and I finally found a place that sells a pretty good product. The socks are soft, come in sizes for real people and look nice. They have a bunch of color choices that should fit the color scheme of almost any tartan. For formal wear I chose one pair in black and red argyle and another in red and black argyle. I think either will look nice with the PC and fly plaid. -- Make that red&white and black&red....... duh!

http://www.golfknickersusa.com/ - - - - Servicable!

I’ll have the Battle Axe take a flic of me in my finery and see what you guys think.

[gilmore]

Thanks for checking these out, and sharing your findings with us. It's very much appreciated.

[beloitpiper]

Very nice! Excellent find!

[emolas]

Nice socks and an excellent price. Are they long enough to fold over at the top?

[Alan H]

Did you ever post these pictures?

[M. A. C. Newsome]

So for about $150 plus shipping (I'm estimating based on the cost of the socks listed on those pages) you got six plairs of poor quality socks that are of no use, and two pairs of "servicable" socks.

When for about the same amount of money you could have gotten a high quality pair of real Scottish-made full Argyle hose.
http://giftshop.scottishtartans.org/hose_argyle.htm

I notice sometimes that in search of a less expensive alternative we sometimes end up spending as much, if not more, money over time than we would have if we had just saved up and bought the real thing to begin with.

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

So for about $150 plus shipping (I'm estimating based on the cost of the socks listed on those pages) you got six plairs of poor quality socks that are of no use, and two pairs of "servicable" socks.

When for about the same amount of money you could have gotten a high quality pair of real Scottish-made full Argyle hose.
http://giftshop.scottishtartans.org/hose_argyle.htm

I notice sometimes that in search of a less expensive alternative we sometimes end up spending as much, if not more, money over time than we would have if we had just saved up and bought the real thing to begin with.

Spot on, Mr. Newsome. Spot on.

[cloves]

though he may have saved the rabble a bundle by posting the link!!

[James MacMillan]

Actually, since I returned the socks that didn't work, and recieved a full refund, I ended up with two pair of servicable hose for less than $40.

I still cannot bring myself to the point where I will spend close to the price of a casual kilt for a pair of socks.

[gilmore]

though he may have saved the rabble a bundle by posting the link!!

Hear, hear! And many thanks to him for researching the market and sharing what he found.