Formal Buckle Shoes

[OC Richard]

during the time period of Jacobite uprisings the buckle shoe was the shoe that was worn. It was the men's fashion throughout the 18th and very early 19th century. It was buckle shoes or barefoot at Culloden.

The evidence does not support this.

In 18th century Highland portraits simple laced shoes are common.





The image below is too small, but in larger photos it can be seen that the shoes have decorative flaps rather than buckles:



And speaking of Culloden, the only painting done based on actual participants seems to show plain shoes: