Here are the shoes offered in the 1930 Lawrie catalogue: dance ghillies, buckled brogues (what I might call Mary Jane style), and most interesting of all the shoe on the right, open on top like a Mary Jane but lacking the strap across the top, and laced over the large opening. This exact shoe appears in The Highlanders of Scotland (1860s)
I myself have taken to wearing my version of a very popular Highland shoe from the mid-19th century up into the 1930s, slip-on loafers with nonfunctional decorative buckles. This is what Highland officers wore in the 19th century, but were superceded by the Mary Jane style in the 20th century. Here's my version, made from ordinary loafers with Scottish buckles stuck on. I have two pairs like this, a bit different from each other as you can see
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