brown brogues with black sporran

[Liam]

Seems to me that it's one of the differences between Highland and "Saxon" dress: in Saxon dress mixing leather colours is a no-no, in Highland dress it doesn't matter.

About "military regulations" I've seen photos of Highland officers wearing brown shoes. The regimental leather sporrans are a very dark brown and are worn with black and brown shoes alike.

One of the many things I have learned here over the years is also that stripes can go with checks, blue can go with green, small checks go well with large ones..... Whew... destroying much of what I learned from my Mother who was Irish/English heritage....