When are colored hose appropriate?

[JS Sanders]

Actually I've heard this from more than one Scotsman.

Supposedly white hose wasn't even considered normal not too many years ago.

As I understand it, kilt hire (rental) firms began to offer white hose to save on maintaining large expensive inventories of variously colored woolen socks. White ordinarily goes with everything, therefore one hose type covered all kilts.

Didn't take long 'til it became the 'standard' with all its latter day associated myths.

As for me, I have a large drawer stuffed with nothing but non-white hosiery.

Slainte yall,
steve