Quote Originally Posted by The Thirsty Viking View Post
The man in this picture is actually wearing a moccasin similar to the ones seen at Renn Faire, that are colored like spats over shoes. They are not, in fact, spats. If you look closely, you can see they are made of leather, have antler buttons, and that the seams match up, and the lowest lace actually attaches to the black heel.

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Right you are! They tricked me because the photo was labeled as "spats" although I see now that some people seem to think that means "two tone shoes."

Also, thanks Thirsty Viking for posting the pic of your gaiters


Here is a closeup of the boots in question, which at a distance fooled me into thinking there was a cloth accessory covering them: