Buckle brogues yes, Ghillie no: Come & have a go if you think you are 'ard enough

**Good Egg** · 2nd February 09, 08:58 AM

Originally Posted by RedBeard

Go look thru the vintage photo section. They are woren with pretty much anything.

Its now the convention that they are formal evening wear worn with diced or tartan hose but that was not necessarily the Victorian/Edwardian way.

Anybody got any views on whether I should wear buckle brogues with pink hose with a hodden grey kilt or should I lash out on a decent pair of London/Toronto Scottish diced hose?

PS I usually wear 1000 mile diced golf socks when I wear them with trews.

**macwilkin** · 3rd February 09, 10:08 AM

Originally Posted by Courtmount

Anybody got any views on whether I should wear buckle brogues with pink hose with a hodden grey kilt or should I lash out on a decent pair of London/Toronto Scottish diced hose?

The latter; INMHO, the TOR SCOT/LS diced hose are some of the most strking diced hose; when I ordered my new pair of diced hose from Skye Highland Outfitters, I based them on the TOR SCOT/LS pattern.

Regards,

Todd

**Good Egg** · 3rd February 09, 10:15 AM

Originally Posted by cajunscot

The latter; INMHO, the TOR SCOT/LS diced hose are some of the most strking diced hose; when I ordered my new pair of diced hose from Skye Highland Outfitters, I based them on the TOR SCOT/LS pattern.

Regards,

Todd

What kilt do you wear them with?

I have designed a Tartan using hodden grey, light and dark blue based on the Govt tartan. I doubt I will ever be able to afford to get it made but... maybe one day. Probably look dreadful anyway but as I grow older I can get away with greater eccentricity...

**macwilkin** · 3rd February 09, 10:46 AM

Originally Posted by Courtmount

What kilt do you wear them with?

I have designed a Tartan using hodden grey, light and dark blue based on the Govt tartan. I doubt I will ever be able to afford to get it made but... maybe one day. Probably look dreadful anyway but as I grow older I can get away with greater eccentricity...

Oooh..I'd like to see that tartan, if you please.

I wear my hose with my Iowa tartan kilt.

T.

**sputtyduke** · 3rd February 09, 03:02 PM

Originally Posted by Courtmount

What kilt do you wear them with?

I have designed a Tartan using hodden grey, light and dark blue based on the Govt tartan. I doubt I will ever be able to afford to get it made but... maybe one day. Probably look dreadful anyway but as I grow older I can get away with greater eccentricity...

I can help with this. My local kiltmaker has a guy. He weaves as a hobby more than anything. He is willing to make ANY tartan or even make color variations to an existing tartan. Say, for instance, you have a hideous family tartan and want to tone it down, but keep it recognizable (like me) just google kiltmaker's apprentice.

**svc40bt** · 3rd February 09, 10:26 AM

Originally Posted by cajunscot

The latter; INMHO, the TOR SCOT/LS diced hose are some of the most strking diced hose; when I ordered my new pair of diced hose from Skye Highland Outfitters, I based them on the TOR SCOT/LS pattern.

Regards,

Todd

Pictures? Or at least a description for those of us who are not particularly familiar with regimental uniforms?

**macwilkin** · 3rd February 09, 10:44 AM

Originally Posted by svc40bt

Pictures? Or at least a description for those of us who are not particularly familiar with regimental uniforms?

http://tsrpd.com/

T.

**Hamish** · 3rd February 09, 10:30 AM

I much prefer "Buckle Brogues" to those ghastly long-laced Ghillie Brogues which, to my mind, look absolutely terrible - especially when worn as day-wear, which many do. Dress belts with waist plates have a similar effect on me, but that's another story.

The 'Mary Jane' style of buckle shoe was popular in the Victorian era, but I am afraid it is just too 'girly' for my liking. This is what I wear as formal footwear - the Glenfinnan shoe from Mackenzie Frain in Scotland, with a higher tongue than usual and slightly higher, shaped heels:

By the way, Ghillie Brogues are no more suited to dancing in than are any solid, stiff-soled shoes with heels. They are 'clumpy' and noisy and far too heavy - alright for clog-dancing perhaps! Dance shoes should be light and flexible. Ghillie pumps being designed for the purpose!

Take care,
Ham.

**Cynthia** · 3rd February 09, 10:43 AM

Hamish, I LOVE those shoes. I'll have to send that information to my hubby for when we're ready to get him something nice like that.

**Zardoz** · 4th February 09, 11:05 AM

Originally Posted by Hamish

I much prefer "Buckle Brogues" to those ghastly long-laced Ghillie Brogues which, to my mind, look absolutely terrible - especially when worn as day-wear, which many do. Dress belts with waist plates have a similar effect on me, but that's another story.

The 'Mary Jane' style of buckle shoe was popular in the Victorian era, but I am afraid it is just too 'girly' for my liking. This is what I wear as formal footwear - the Glenfinnan shoe from Mackenzie Frain in Scotland, with a higher tongue than usual and slightly higher, shaped heels:

Take care,
Ham.

I'm with Hamish on this one. A pair of those Glenfinnan shoes have on my wish list for a while now.