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11th April 09, 08:32 PM
#1
Casual shoe / ghillie alternative
Some time ago, I posted this photo of me in a kilt, which I no longer wear...
A lot of people commented on my shoes, which are a discontinued line of Skechers - a favorite pair that I've had re-soled once.
I'm always on the lookout for something like them, and noticed the other day when I was buying a new pair of shoes for work from Johnson & Murphy (brogues, actually, for use with kilts, too), I saw that they had these I think would be pretty good for summer casual wear with the kilt.
My one hesitation is that I think their profile may be just a little bit too slim for my taste. If I get the chance, I may go back for a second look.
Regards,
Rex.
At any moment you must be prepared to give up who you are today for who you could become tomorrow.
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11th April 09, 09:08 PM
#2
I think I may well have a first look. As the Big Yin would say "smart, but casual".
"O, why the deuce should I repine, and be an ill foreboder?
I'm twenty-three, and five feet nine, I'll go and be a sodger!
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11th April 09, 09:32 PM
#3
I have looked at other Skechers for a casual kilt shoe, but I do like your original ones too. With my feet being wide sometimes it's hard to find a good looking shoe that's comfortable. My Ecco's are comfy but brown and I think black is a better choice, for my taste.
“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.”
– Robert Louis Stevenson
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12th April 09, 04:40 AM
#4
I too like both of your choices for the casual look while kilted.
Black is my choice of color.
I don't believe the idea is to arrive in heaven in a well preserved body! But to slide in side ways,Kilt A' Fly'n! Scream'en "Mon Wha A Ride" Kilted Santas
4th Laird of Lochaber, Knights of St Andrew,Knight of The Double Eagle
Clan Seton,House of Gordon,Clan Claus,Semper Fedilas
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12th April 09, 01:16 PM
#5
I think that would pass the Hamish test for casual wear, they are not sandals but a bit more sophisticated.
C.P.Rogerson
Kwajalein Atoll, Republic Marshall Islands
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12th April 09, 02:12 PM
#6
A Traditionalist Speaks Out...
I think they'd look fine with dark coloured hose in a casual setting, or in beastly hot weather during the day.
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12th April 09, 04:11 PM
#7
They look good to me, but ANYTHING other than a ghillie is better looking than a ghillie (IMHO, of course).
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12th April 09, 06:03 PM
#8
 Originally Posted by MacMillan of Rathdown
I think they'd look fine with dark coloured hose in a casual setting, or in beastly hot weather during the day.
Rest assured, Rathdown, I rarely wear the hose either, unless its with boots, scrunched down.
Regards,
Rex.
At any moment you must be prepared to give up who you are today for who you could become tomorrow.
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13th April 09, 12:15 PM
#9
They look sort of like a modernized ghillie brogue - I like 'em.
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13th April 09, 01:15 PM
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 Originally Posted by Rex_Tremende
Rest assured, Rathdown, I rarely wear the hose either, unless its with boots, scrunched down.
Regards,
Rex.
That, Rex, is why you are one of my sartorial heroes.

Scott
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