I am very new to this topic but I always thought David Letterman’s white socks looked weird. Of course we wore white tube socks with cutoffs in the 70’s but we also wore leisure suits, so there ya go.

I assume white hose are ubiquitous with rented kilts because the outlets only have to stock one color and white doesn’t actually clash. The white also enhances the “authentic” look of the outfit if you are wearing ghillie brogues because you can clearly see the laces, which is an advantage in the outlets website photos. It also appears that many pipe bands wear white hose in lieu of white spats.

We may have to accept this as a web driven cultural shift in fashion. But then again it just makes it easier to look different. As I begin to develop my personal style I have been studying photos of HRH Duke of Rothesay. I have never seen a photo of him in white hose.