Hose with Heritage of Scotland

[bdkilted]

OK rabble, I need some help. I just bought a Heritage of Scotland kilt and now I can't find any hose to wear with it other than white, and I know what the rabble think of white hose. Where can I get some purple hose, perferably in acrylic since I have large calves. I have checked all the supporting merchants websites and no one has purple.

[davidlpope]

If you're dead set on wearing purple, then go with the "Fully Fashioned" variety of Lewis hose from the STM:

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

That being said, you don't have to wear purple hose just because your tartan is purple. Lovat blue or green would look fine...and perhaps better.

[piperdbh]

You could have them made by a non-pro, too.

[Pleater]

Purple is certainly one colour that you can have too much of.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

[auld argonian]

Lovat Blue or a mid to dark grey should do...at least till you manage to locate purple.

Best

AA

[English Bloke]

If you are looking on't tinterweb, Search using "Shooting Socks" instead of "Kilt Hose"

[fluter]

Purple is certainly one colour that you can have too much of.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

Surely not! (said the man in the purple cassock)


USAK casual by arcturus1997, on Flickr

[davidlpope]

Thanks Rabble. I checked the suggestions give and didn't find any that were purple. I will keep looking though. If worse comes to worse, I can always wear the white (and hope I am not banded from this site).

If you follow the link in my post, copied below, the purple hose are on the far right of the fourth row of photos. Here's a direct link to the picture of them:

http://giftshop.scottishtartans.org/P1050665.JPG

They are available in the fully-fashioned variety, just use the drop-down menu to select "purple".

If you're dead set on wearing purple, then go with the "Fully Fashioned" variety of Lewis hose from the STM:

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

That being said, you don't have to wear purple hose just because your tartan is purple. Lovat blue or green would look fine...and perhaps better.

[Riverkilt]

Another vote for purple Lewis kilt hose from STM. They have acrylic in them and stretch well for my massive thighs.



I love them!

[ChattanCat]

or you could dye some (dare I say it?) white hose.