Ghillies w/ Ghillie Flaps?

[Chef]

I have an old pair of golf shoes with flaps like that - and I seem to remember one of the golf catalogs selling skirts or flaps or what-ever they are called to put on regular shoes.

They still sell them for pipers:

[James MacMillan]

They still sell them for pipers:

Yea - That would work! You could easily dress up an otherwise scruffy pair of shoes for formal wear.............

[Retro Red]

They still sell them for pipers:

I saw these once on a website & thought it was very interesting, but without seeing them in use, I was wondering - are these buckled flaps used on ghillie brogues? If so, how are they attached? And of greatest interest to me, if you had these flaps on the ghillies, could you wear your ghillies without those lo-o-o-ng ghillie laces?
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