John D. Burgess

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And what a piper he was!

I am curious about the buckles on the ghillie brogues though. I've never seen that done before. Does anybody have any close-up pictures of this, perhaps from somewhere else?

I have had a set of buckles on flaps for years that I used to use with a standard set of wingtips/brogues to dress them up. I'm just curious exactly where they are affixed on the ghillies. It appears to be at the front of the lacing, but it would be nice to see a better visual of this. Might have to play around with this when I get the chance and see if I could do this with the buckles I have.

I'm afraid I don't have any close-ups of the shoes. Suffice it to say, though, that laced evening shoes with buckles were/are quite common. I doubt you would have any problem figuring out where to attach a buckle. You don't have too many choices!