I've seen brown sporrans, and brown belts, but until today I had never seen brown brogues. The guy in question had kilt with alot of brown and purple in the tartan. He wore brown hose with matching tartan flashes and really nice brown shoes complete with the long laces.
Anyway...just how common is brown formal footwear? Or because it's brown not cosidered formal at all? All I know is that the gentleman in question looked very sharp.