[Rubber Soul]

I always run into trouble with the laces on my ghillie brogues falling down my legs. Do you guys have any tricks that help keep them tied up?

[Bob C.]

I used to have that trouble, and I decided I was trying to tie them too high on my leg. I tie them lower, now, and they seem to stay better.

I wore mine on Saturday. Here's a picture.

[Blu (Ontario)]

I've never had that problem when wearing hand knit kilt hose. There is enough bulk in the sox that the laces stay put. I have experienced occasional problems with the machine made socks though.

[Deolain]

One piece of advice that I found from some of my more experienced friends was that when you are tying the final bow/knot, instead of running the lace behind itself once and then tying the bow, try running behind itself twice. It seems to keep the bow/knot in place a little better.

I hope it helps.

[Niblox]

.... tying the knot twice is a good idea, it stops the knot from unravelling.

However, I do not particularly like ghillie brogues and instead I generally wear very well polished plain black shoes even with formal dress. Nobody seems to mind!

Another possibility is plain shoe with a rectangular buckle - but then it depends on individual taste.

Regards

Niblox

[Mike n NC]

Remembering from another post, one of our pipers mentioned using hair spray to hold the laces in place.

Mike

[lrpddrummie]

OK here we go again...You all are going to think I am crazy again, but as I have posted when others have posed this question and the answer is simple, hair spray. Now that the laughing has stopped...seriously it works, good old fashioned aqua net works fine just don't go crazy spraying it on, just a little squirt on the laces before you tie them will work miracles. I have marched too many miles to count in ghilles but once I learned the hair spray trick fallen laces have become a thing of the past.

[Barb T.]

Reminds me of a Highland dance competition where I watched a mother and her very young dancer daughter putting on the hose to go with her kilt. Mom picked up a big glue stick, ran it once around the top of her daughter's calves, pulled up the socks, pressed smartly, and sent the little tyke up onto the stage....!

Barb

[Hamish]

Originally Posted by Barb T.

Reminds me of a Highland dance competition where I watched a mother and her very young dancer daughter putting on the hose to go with her kilt. Mom picked up a big glue stick, ran it once around the top of her daughter's calves, pulled up the socks, pressed smartly, and sent the little tyke up onto the stage....!

Barb

Barb, that is the best yet! It brought back memories from my years of dancing in the demonstration team of the London branch of the RSCDS. Sticky paste, double-sided sticky tape; you name it and I daresay it has been used at the last minute before stepping into the limelight!

As I have stated before, I will not wear those Ghillie brogues. They look dreadful; few guys seem to be able to do them up so that they look neat and tidy, and, in any case, they are not traditional at all. [Oooops! Having said that, I suppose I should stop wearing my kilt pins!]

All my kilted life, I have worn only ordinary, highly-polished, black brogues with my formal dress outfits BUT, I have just ordered a pair of the Glenfinnan buckled shoes from Mackenzie Frain. They will make a difference, I'm sure.

[CameronTaylor]

I've never liked the looks of those "things", I have a pair of CAT boots that look similar to the ones Hamish has on in his leather kilt pics. Polished up nice and shiny they look good but they're hell to dance in ...

CT -