Puffer,

I like your look...you always cut a rakish figure.

So...I need to ask a question and in order to do that, I want to stipulate that (a) I am not an historian and (b) the question is asked in a sincere spirit of inquiry.

That said, I have good friends who are historians and it has been drummed into my head until my ears bled that "without evidence that it happened, it didn't happen."

I have never seen any paintings or or illustrations or contemporaneous accounts that document white hose accompanying Highland Attire in the time period you specify.

Can you point me to some sources?