Am I being too matchy-matchy?

**BBNC** · 18th December 12, 03:09 AM

I believe we are entirely too hung up on the dictates of fashion, rather than what suits our personal needs and tastes. Apparently what Chas wears has some personal meaning to him, and doesn't necessarily follow someone else's idea of what is proper, which is as it should be. Let's mix and match em as we wish.

**Jock Scot** · 18th December 12, 03:36 AM

I don't think that Chas is alone in wearing attire that has a personal meaning to him. To most Scots the tartan that they wear has a considerable meaning to them, as might the tie that they wear, as might the badge in their bonnet , or their kilt pin. That has absolutely everything to do with what is proper in many people's minds and has nothing whatsoever to do with what might, or might not, be fashion. However, I do wholeheartedly agree that we do have a freedom of choice.

**Laird O'the Cowcaddens** · 19th December 12, 05:15 PM

I wear brown or red(with yellow laces) DM's or black Cochran jump boots with putees for day wear with brown belt
& sporran, just to knock around in; otherwise brown brogues for a step-up occasion. I don't limit my choices at all.
If it feels and looks good to me, then it goes on that day.

**neloon** · 10th January 13, 10:29 AM

The "footwear must be black" idea was a reflection of army practice.

**pbutts** · 12th January 13, 02:51 PM

Is it possible we've just inherited rules from women's fashion, where the primary driver seems to be selling more accessories (shoes, belts, hats, etc.) than one person could possibly need?

**creagdhubh** · 12th January 13, 05:31 PM

Originally Posted by pbutts

Is it possible we've just inherited rules from women's fashion, where the primary driver seems to be selling more accessories (shoes, belts, hats, etc.) than one person could possibly need?

No.

**OC Richard** · 13th January 13, 06:45 PM

Originally Posted by neloon

The "footwear must be black" idea was a reflection of army practice.

I should perhaps point out that above I posted a portrait of Lord Duffus, c1700, a few decades before the earliest Highland regiment was raised, wearing black shoes with a brown sporran; several other portraits of civilians in Highland Dress dating before the raising of The Black Watch also show black shoes. I think it's simply a matter of black being the most popular shoe colour in the 18th century and later.