how does this look?

**McClef** · 3rd March 09, 02:54 AM

Nothing really to add to the other suggestions re the belt and how to scrunch the socks.

**Nervous Jock** · 3rd March 09, 02:14 PM

Originally Posted by English Bloke

Looks OK to me but the Kilt belt looks a little too formal. Try the same look with a "58 pattern belt" or similar. Type it into ebay search, there's a few and they are not too expensive.

Or 37 or 44 with brasses

**Jack Daw** · 3rd March 09, 02:24 PM

I like the boots with the turned-down hose!

**thescot** · 3rd March 09, 02:52 PM

Not bad at all for a young guy. If I tried it at my age, well . . .

Here's a casual, rolled sock look for me. Look closely and you can see the rolled down pair for hiking.

**Panache** · 3rd March 09, 04:47 PM

I think your outfit works just fine.

If you need more long socks I would suggest getting a few different colored pairs of solid color soccer socks. They don't work very well at all as kilt hose, but for hiking or scrunching down with a pair of hiking boots they work great (and they tend to be very good for actually hiking)

Cheers

Jamie

**Tartan Hiker** · 3rd March 09, 07:51 PM

And don't worry about the white socks with that outfit. They look fine. I find that if I scrunch down black or navy or other dark socks, it leaves a lot of pasty white calf exposed. Not a happy situation. The white socks at least give the impression that I'm alive and cutaneous blood flow is taking place.

**Standard** · 3rd March 09, 08:09 PM

I think the boots and scrunched socks go very well with the UtiliKilt. Have you been able to locate an alternate belt? Perhapse a workmans belt would work like what you hold a tool belt up with??

**Tartan Hiker** · 3rd March 09, 08:34 PM

Originally Posted by Standard

I think the boots and scrunched socks go very well with the UtiliKilt. Have you been able to locate an alternate belt? Perhapse a workmans belt would work like what you hold a tool belt up with??

Good tip. If you're on a budget you can pick one of these up at the hardware store for less than $10. They usually have a double-prong buckle in nickle plated steel, and often have a basket-weave pattern on the belt. A bit of black leather dye and a good polishing and you're good to go.

**Nighthawk** · 3rd March 09, 08:37 PM

Man, screw the belt. I wear my standard kilt belt with my stag buckle from USA Kilts every single day. I love the look. I wear it with my Amerikilt, my Sport Kilt (on the rare occasions I wear my SK) and my more formal kilts. I think a trad belt looks great. Ignore these nay sayers.

The boots/hose look fine, too. The only time I condone the wearing of white hose is when the kilt is black. I think that looks killer.

**Nighthawk** · 3rd March 09, 08:38 PM

Originally Posted by Tartan Hiker

And don't worry about the white socks with that outfit. They look fine. I find that if I scrunch down black or navy or other dark socks, it leaves a lot of pasty white calf exposed. Not a happy situation. The white socks at least give the impression that I'm alive and cutaneous blood flow is taking place.

I was teased about that very same thing earlier today!