Hose color with MacKenzie modern

[416 Rigby]

Thanks, gents, excellent points. Steve, your philosophy makes a lot of sense.

[MacMillans son]

Personally, I am not a fan of the Tartan Sandwich look wherein the shirt and hose essentially match and the kilt is sandwiched between them. I prefer to wear hose and shirt that compliment the kilt without necessarily matching it, and never match each other. For instance, if the kilt is a predominantly blue and green kilt, a yellow shirt would work quite nice (blue and yellow make green) if there is a red minor stripe in the kilt perhaps some claret hose would fit in. With the same blue and green kilt, hose in a shade of green or blue completely different from those shades in the kilt would also work well (eg. light sage green hose with a dark green base in the kilt).

Play around with it, and try and not get stuck in rules, or comparison to what may be right in non-kilt attire. You will be surprised how things that, when only thought about, seem totally out of the question but once paired together look great.

[Micric]

I'd say pull a pair of socks out, and as long as they are both the same colour, you are good to go.
No worries about matching anything.
This isn't everyone' s way of doing it though!

Best,
Richard.

[kiltedtom]

Tim Little, thanks for the link to the hose company. I believe that I will be ordering some new ones from there. As far as matching and all that, I tend to go with various shades of the same color. I am not an artist, so I am never sure what goes with what. Just the way I survive the world of fashion.

Tom

[Liam]

I like the look of Lovatt green with red flashes with the MacKenzie tartan.
Slainte

[Arnot]

I like the look of Lovatt green with red flashes with the MacKenzie tartan.
Slainte

I like it as well and wear it quite often.

[Jock Scot]

Good advice has been given above and I would add yellow hose to the list. I think many here are tending to over-think this colour matching/co-ordinating caper. Steve is quite right to suggest that the tartan of the kilt is the centre piece, but this idea of matching/co-ordinating any other part of ones clothing (apart from both hose should match) just strikes me as making hard work of it all. Plain SOFT coloured, or modest striped, or modest tattersall patterned shirts will do their job whilst not taking the observer's eye away from the tartan kilt.

[GrainReaper]

I'd say pull a pair of socks out, and as long as they are both the same colour, you are good to go.
No worries about matching anything.
This isn't everyone' s way of doing it though!

Best,
Richard.

I'm color blind so I just grab a pair and roll with em as well, many people ask endless questions about what it's like to be color blind, a perfect example is isle of skye tartan, I had no idea there was purple in it... My wife told me a few weeks ago. Who knew????

[Liam]

I'm color blind so I just grab a pair and roll with em as well, many people ask endless questions about what it's like to be color blind, a perfect example is isle of skye tartan, I had no idea there was purple in it... My wife told me a few weeks ago. Who knew????

I'm sure you come up with some interesting combinations, however!

[416 Rigby]

I've been wearing Lovat green and I like the look. I recently bought a pair in charcoal that go quite well, too. I have yet to find any in claret for less than 50 bucks, though. I find that a bit strange. I really would like that color but the cheapskate in me can't bear the thought of that kind of coin for a pair of socks.