It all depends on the colors in the kilt also. Some kilts will bring black and brown together and some will not. As I am not too great at color matching I just go all black (including my rugby jersey, bad pun) or all brown. That's why I went ahead and got some tan Ghilllie Brogues to wear with my brown kit. I've put my brown accessories on before and had to change the shoes just to not look goofy. When wearing boots it's not such a big deal w/ me. O'Neille