custom sneakers and boots??!!

[Caradoc]

Personally I wouldn't be caught dead in timberlands or chucks with a kilt.

So, what footwear would you choose for casual wear?

[Bob C]

What a neat site! How do you think these would look with the tartan in my avatar?

[Chef]

So, what footwear would you choose for casual wear?

Fair question. I wear a pair similar to these from Orvis:



I actually like boots for casual wear with a kilt, i just don't like the "Pimped" work boots from Timberland. Although I have several pairs of other Timberland styles. And no matter how they dress up sneakers I wouldn't wear them with a kilt. Granted I don't wear sneakers much except for working out.

[Caradoc]

I actually like boots for casual wear with a kilt, i just don't like the "Pimped" work boots from Timberland. Although I have several pairs of other Timberland styles.

I see. I have a pair of Timberlands that I *do* wear with the kilt, but they're not the style seen on their "custom" page - they're a brown hiker/urban hiker style, similar to the "Euro Hiker" but discontinued a few years ago.

The black boots that I generally wear are Bates Enforcer Ultra-Lites.

[Iolaus]

Fair question. I wear a pair similar to these from Orvis:



I actually like boots for casual wear with a kilt, i just don't like the "Pimped" work boots from Timberland. Although I have several pairs of other Timberland styles. And no matter how they dress up sneakers I wouldn't wear them with a kilt. Granted I don't wear sneakers much except for working out.

:confused:
I kinda' hate to do this, but those are chucks; they're a type of boot.

Hand-sewn Upland Chukka



Search for Chuckas

[Caradoc]

:confused:
I kinda' hate to do this, but those are chucks; they're a type of boot.

Around here (Phoenix Metro Area, Arizona), "Chucks," or "Chuck Taylors" are Converse high-top sneakers.

"Chukkas" are boots.

[Iolaus]

Around here (Phoenix Metro Area, Arizona), "Chucks," or "Chuck Taylors" are Converse high-top sneakers.

"Chukkas" are boots.

OK, I'll take your word for it; I've never heard that, and have used the terms interchangeably for low-cut boots.

[Iolaus]

...and if you look at how the CT boots are advertised, you can see why there's some confusion in my mind... I'm looking at what approximates a low top boot.



Anyway, back to the topic... I like to wear chukkas with thick socks scrunched down, and hiking boots with normal sock pushed down to the top of the boot. I'd like to get some of those Converse boots; I've been looking at them for over a year now, but I can't justify the purchase with all the boots I already own.

...and I prefer scrunched over folded; folded just looks too put together for me. I'm a more casual kind of guy; the few times I've tried to dress up the kilt, I've felt uncomfortable.

[Caradoc]

OK, I'll take your word for it; I've never heard that, and have used the terms interchangeably for low-cut boots.

Oh, you don't have to take my word for it.

Urban Dictionary has a few entries on "Chucks."

[Chef]

:confused:
I kinda' hate to do this, but those are chucks; they're a type of boot.

Hand-sewn Upland Chukka



Search for Chuckas

I understand the confusion, but I think of "Chucks" as Chuck Taylors, a style of sneaker, as opposed to "chukkas" which is how I refer to my boots. By the way the chukka picture you found are the ones I wear. I couldn't find them when I was searching for a pic to post.