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[GG]

White or colored kilt hose is mainly a question of personal likes and dislikes combined with a band wagon effect derived from fashion and the opinion of others.

Like it is already said, wear your cream kilt hose. I myself have socks in several colors and I’m aware of all the negative connotations but this won’t keep me from wearing my cream hose, whenever I feel like it.

Your ghillie shirt is just one of many options. For casual everyday wear – that’s what kilts are for in my case - I will use polo shirts, turtle neck shirts and regular shirts, all of them solid colored (of course).

Basically I will just replace my trousers by a kilt. As it comes without pockets, I will use a plain day sporran and a belt & buckle, because wide enough belts are otherwise difficult to get. And that’s it.

Keep it simple, that’s my best advice to you.

Happy kilting

Greg

[Chas]

White hose have 2 advantages:

1 In general they are cheaper (I bought half a dozen that worked out at no more than £2 each)

2 They can be dyed any colour you want. I am currently learning about natural plant dyes. I am looking to make a chocolate brown colour.

Ghillie shirts (especially if they are white or cream) can look a bit 'folksy', a bit 'dressing up as a Scotsman'. Again, it's cotton, why not dye it? You are wearing the Black Watch, so a nice bottle green would match nicely.

A lot of kilt wearing is 'make do and mend' and 'adapt and modify'. It won't be long before you are looking at a jacket and find yourself saying "If I change the buttons..."

Personally, I would loose the backsword - that is a bit too 'Braveheart' and will cheapen your look. Sell it and invest the money is a really good sporran or an expensive sgian dubh.

You have made a good start - keep going!

Regards

Chas

[fluter]

Welcome to the kilted rabble, Scotcop!

Personally, I would loose the backsword - that is a bit too 'Braveheart' and will cheapen your look.

I must beg to differ---assuming that we really mean a backsword, rather than a "sword in a back scabbard"---then that's a much later period than 'Braveheart' with or without Hollywood anachronisms.

[Scotcop]

Welcome to the kilted rabble, Scotcop!



I must beg to differ---assuming that we really mean a backsword, rather than a "sword in a back scabbard"---then that's a much later period than 'Braveheart' with or without Hollywood anachronisms.

I mean a basket-hilted backsword, it only has on edge instead of two......and no, I don't plan on "losing" it, it's going in my collection......