^ I know I'm being a bit stuffy or stubborn but I just don't care for that style of shoe. People have said that it looks too feminine. And while I am not really sure I would go that far, it is just too similar to shoes made and worn by little ladies.

And as a shoemaker the larger buckle is one too many especially as it is just ornamentation and only adds to a sense of the gaudy or perhaps even primping.

For me, anyway, the shoe worn by the DOW below is as good as it gets. And again it sort of speaks to the centuries old dream of Scottish independence.