I am wondering if anyone else (besides me) would be open to wearing a ghillie style shoe that doesn't have all the fancy broguing on it? With maybe a squarish (Jacobite?) toe.

So, it would have the open instep and the tabs for lacing of a Ghillie but otherwise it would be plain. Sort of a harkening back to an era before the piper shoe became so popular but not a ren-faire type shoe...a real shoe, made with methods traditionally used for making high end oxfords, in other words.

Would such a shoe work with a kilt? Would it appeal to kilt-wearers?