A shoe of any other name - still a brouge?

[Dall_Piobaire]

Er... I thought a jabot was a lacy neck tie...

It is, and you were right! I don't know why I typed that, I meant Regulation Doublet. I did the same darn thing on another thread and know feel like a total eejit!

[DWFII]

Actually, the word "brogue"...aside from its ancient etymology...does refer to the ornamental perforations.

In the shoemaker's lexicon, an Oxford is a shoe that generally has the vamp (foot) over the quarters and the "facings" are "closed." An Oxford can be very plain or brogued extensively--full brogue. or not so much--semi-brogue.

A "Derby" is just the other way around...quarters over vamp and facings open. Derbys can be plain, full brogued or semi-brogued.

The Glenfinnian is actually just a glorified penny loafer trying to look like the standard, commonplace man's shoe of the 18th and 19th century. IMO, it can be worn with an Argyll or any time the kilt is worn especially for dressy or formal events. In the 18th and 19th century it would have been worn every day.