Shoe Question

[Hal]

Greetings, all!
Here's my question: When dressed "casual, but on the nice side of casual" (If that makes any sense!) I was wondering about shoe color. Not heavy boots, but shoes you might wear with hose and flashes.

I've heard different opinions, varying from "shoes match belt/sporran (as in, brown with brown) to "Shoes are *always* black (And I remember from standardized testing that *always* is rarely correct! )

So thought I'd see what the group thought about this. Ham? Care to weigh in on this one? Jimmy? Anyone?

Because when it comes to fashon sense, *I* need a kilt with "Grr-animals" to get it right, sometimes! <LOL>

Thanks in advance for the input!

Hal

PS: Now that I've posted this, I realize it should have gone under "Kilt Accessories"...But I have *no* idea how to move it now! Sorry about that!

[M. A. C. Newsome]

Hal,

I take what you mean to be something like wearing yoru kilt with a nice button-down shirt with a collar, with or without a tie, maybe with a tweed jacket, correct? Nice looking, bordering on the semi-formal, but not really formal.

In that case, I'd agree with the person who said to wear shoes that match yoru sporran and belt. I, personally, would wear a brown belt and sporran in this situation, and brown shoes to match. But if I were wearing black, I'd make sure my black shoes were more of the dress-casual style -- nothing that would look like it ought to be worn with a tux, or else it would look out of place with the rest of the outfit.

Aye,
Matt

[Big Paul]

I wore something like these at my wedding (formal).


I think I can make them work for a more casual look as well.. They aren't as shinny as the ones in the picture either.

[beerbecue]

I don't feel comfortable in black shoes if I am trying to be casual - just a personal thing.

I am saving up for a brown sporran just for this reason - my most comfortable, favorite, "hundreds of miles on them" shoes are brown....

Now, if I still had some surplus combat boots, that might be a different story, ah..... those years as a punker.......

[Galant]

I always live by the creed - match shoes with your belt. Now that I've entered the world of kilts, that now includes sporran.

[Colin]

I've heard different opinions, varying from "shoes match belt/sporran (as in, brown with brown) to "Shoes are *always* black (And I remember from standardized testing that *always* is rarely correct! )

I try to use this rule too. You would use it with a suit, so why not with a kilt. I would go a bit further and match my shoes, belt, and sporran.

[Hal]

Thanks for the input, guys! Personally, I was thinking shoes/belt /sporran should match...But I figured it wouldn't hurt to check.

Hal

[KMacT]

I always live by the creed - match shoes with your belt. Now that I've entered the world of kilts, that now includes sporran.

The principal behind this, as I understand it, is that like materials should match like material. Shoes and belt both made of leather? Then they should match. Socks and pants of fabric? They should match (in other words, your socks should not match your shoes).

I take these guidelines not as arbitrary rules, but rather as a language of what patterns are pleasing to the eye. I would expect the same general principles to apply to the wearing of kilts as they do to the wearing of suit jacket and pants, and from what I have seen and heard, they seem to.

Kevin

[Riverkilt]

Hallucinogenic visions of two tone shoes...white bucks with white and brown leather, matching two tone brown and white leather sporran, matching two tone white and brown belt.

Perhaps with a solid navy blue contemporary kilt and a tan polo shirt.

For summer or course...maybe on the golf course if not prohibited by the course dress code....

Ron

[Phil Wright]

Just to pick up on the shoes matching pants... I was often told, and many fashion mags say that your socks should match your shoes so your eye is drawn down to the ground, not highlighting ankles. Obviously this doesn't apply when kilted as there's more leg, but I tend to wear off-white hose with black or brown shoes, black with black shoes or colours (usually rolled down) with boots.
Phil