Prince Charles Duke of Rothesay in kilt photos

[ThistleDown]

I can't say that I have ever noticed, much, about matching shoes and sporran, I wear black brogues with a black sporran simply because that is what I have and I see no real reason to change.The convention probably says they ought to match, but I doubt that anyone pays too much heed to that.

I think the matching "convention" is not a Highland one. The school I attended insisted on black brogues with a kilt, short pants and long, a black belt with pants, but a brown belt and brown sporran with a kilt. I can't think of any Highland regiment in which brown shoes are worn, but all, I think, wear the standard sporran in brown leather.

Perhaps we could look to such as Prince Charles for visible guidance in this as in other "traditional" areas. For example, Jock, "himself" has a fine old brown sporran you have no doubt often seen, Cluny Macpherson has a brass and brown sporran, Invercauld has an ancient moth-eaten cat, Dochgarroch has a fine doeskin and brass sporran, the Prince has a brown sporran with a silver cantle -- and all wear black shoes.

Perhaps the convention is the shoes and not the match with belt and sporran.

[Ancienne Alliance]

I think the matching "convention" is not a Highland one. .

It's certainly not a French one !




Best,

Robert