Dress Kilt Hose

[Jock Scot]

Be carefull, it is very easy to turn Kilt day "dress" (morning suit equivalent)attire into a costume. Diced, or argyll hose are not necessarilly required, nor are shoes any fancier than well polished black lace up shoes, or if you really insist, a pair of ghillie brogues.

Just saying.

[Pipersson]

Thanks Jock Scot,

as I read dress kilt hose are an essential part of morning dress highland attire (Tartans and Highland Dress by MacKinnon f.g.). He also recommends buckle dress shoes for morning dress which I find a bit too much but I am not a big friend of ghillie brogue because they are too folkloristic to me so the brogued monks seemed to be a more moderate alternative...but that is, as we often read, a question of personal preference...
What kind of hose would you wear for such an occasion?

Tom

[Spartan Tartan]

If you like the argyle hose, then there ya have it. Althoufh, I would go with a plain and simple black shoe and put a nice shine on them.

[WillowEstate]

Given your choice of two, I'd be inclined to go with he tartan, a little more subdued for the formal occasion. Though personally, I'd probably go with plain hose, maybe a subdued Lovatt green? Or Black with the black shoes? Whatever you feel more comfortable with.

[Jock Scot]

I am not cleaver enough to connect the link, but if you go to my(Jock Scot) old threads section and find my "Jock goes to Normandy" thread there is a picture there that might give you a clue about Highland day dress. Alright it is my version and usually I don't wear the bonnet-----it was raining---but that is how we dress in formal day attire in Scotland. Indeed the sporran is often with a silver cantle and a few will wear argyll hose, but to the traditionalists and WITHOUT the extremely unhelpful influence of hire companies thats more or less how we do it. It is a very rare wedding(think hen's teeth and rocking horse pooh) here, where all the "bells and whistles" are brought out from the vaults for a wedding. Hope this helps.

Oh and it is perfectly acceptable for a guest at a day wedding to continue to wear their day attire, if the happy event moves on to evening festivities.

I have been searching for a picture of Sir Jackie Stewart in formal day kilt attire taken at Prince William's recent wedding where if my memory serves, he is wearing a Stewart tie, Stewart tartan kilt and some extremely loud matching hose. Sadly I cannot find it, but should anyone do so, they may need to consider if the outfit works. Few(none) that I have met, thinks the effect of this particular style actually works and personally, I think the example really ought not to be used as an example of, how to do it! Although, each to their own choice, does apply.

[artificer]

I am not cleaver enough to connect the link, but if you go to my(Jock Scot) old threads section and find my "Jock goes to Normandy" thread there is a picture there that might give you a clue about Highland day dress. Alright it is my version and usually I dont wear the bonnet-----it was raining---but that is how we dress in formal day attire in Scotland. Indeed the sporran is often with a silver cantle and a few will wear argyll hose, but to the traditionalists and WITHOUT the extremely unhelpful influence of hire companies thats more or less how we do it. It is a very rare wedding(think hen's teeth and rocking horse pooh) here, where all the "bells and whistles" are brought out from the vaults for a wedding. Hope this helps.

Oh and it is perfectly acceptable for a guest at a day wedding to continue to wear their day attire, if the happy event moves on to evening festivities.

Here you go.

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[Jock Scot]

Thank you.