Originally Posted by
Lyle1
I personally don't find anything objectionable about the shoes with the buckle on the side. I really like the Glennfinnan Shoe by MacKenzie Frain, and I am quite tempted to place an order for myself. I wonder if the buckle is removable. I don't like the squared toe shoes that you showed, primarily because the soles thicker than I like (again a personal issue). I agree that a cap toe oxford would work better than an oxford for black tie, but my personal preference for black tie would be for a shoe that does not lace.
I think we all have preferences, some based on personal comfort, some based on what is traditional for us, but any well polished, black dress shoe will work fine. If you are in the midst of a bunch of people who are obsessed with your shoes, you are with the wrong group of people, anyway!
The buckle on the Glennfinnan Shoe is removable. I can recommend the shoe without reservation. One of the best kilt-related purchases I have ever made.
"Before two notes of the theme were played, Colin knew it was Patrick Mor MacCrimmon's 'Lament for the Children'...Sad seven times--ah, Patrick MacCrimmon of the seven dead sons....'It's a hard tune, that', said old Angus. Hard on the piper; hard on them all; hard on the world." Butcher's Broom, by Neil Gunn, 1994 Walker & Co, NY, p. 397-8.
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