Quote Originally Posted by Troglodyte View Post
It is these differences that give us the clue to the appearance of Highlanders of old, and why they were remarkable. Footwear is usually mentioned, along with a description - a description which seems to have been used as the basis for the ghillie-brogue during the Revival era 200 or so years ago. If ghillies are not Scottish Highland, what are they?
Clearly you haven't looked properly or aren't widely enough informed or you would have realised the shoes which have inspired the modern ghillie brogues aren't unique to the Highlands, they were found in Scotland, Ireland, and Man.

Furthermore most portraits of highlanders contemporary with the 18th C or before show clearly those who could afford it tended to wear much the same shoe as their Lowland and English and continental contemporaries.