Quote Originally Posted by cajunscot
There is some evidence that Highlanders stationed in North America during the French & Indian War wore Native American wool leggings under their kilts (these leggings are knee-high with braided "flashes" to hold them up); there is a picture of such an outfit in Stuart Reid's "18th Century Highlanders" by Osprey Publishing.

And then of course, George VI on his visit to Scotland in 1822 reportedly wore pink or flesh-coloured tight under his kilt! ;)

I've worn my kilts through many winters with just traditional kilt hose, and really, I've never been that cold -- the knees are all bone anyway. :mrgreen:

Cheers,

Todd
Oh, I've seen the illustrations, I wouldn't be using GR VI as a fashion reference for anything. It's only because he was king that he got away with that, and barely.
Seriously, yes, I've seen pictures of the "leggings", and I am separating them from tights in my taxonomy. I think the Liverpool Scottish website has pictures from the trenches in winter, with leggings. (I think I can remember rolling my own socks over my knees to stay warm.)

Go with Robert's experience, he lives down the road but he's braver than me, and we've just gone through one of the coldest winters, (this summer's breaking records too).