Quote Originally Posted by Dukeof Kircaldy View Post
Kilties may be glorified Mary-Janes, but they do the trick!
BTW, when I called the buckle brogues "glorified Mary Janes," you must understand that I have a somewhat different perspective on them than most folks here. What most folks see when looking at buckle brogues is a shoe that has probably been associated with kilts and highland regalia for decades if not centuries.

What I see is a type of construction and the nuances of design and styling. For me the Ghillie brogue is already too busy, especially when you consider that it is really an uneasy marriage of an ancient shoe with modern (unnecessary?) embellishments in the broguing and gimping. The buckle brogue goes one step further and almost seems a mish-mosh to me. But again, I am seeing the shoe and the construction points and not the tradition.

If I were a piper I might even have been offended but I meant no offense.