Black shoes with brown sporran?

[O'Neille]

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

[Galloglaich]

I recently experienced this quandry in my own life. Last Sat. I was getting ready for the Ligonier Highland Games and couldn't find the brown belt I was intending to wear (thank you, Mr. Murphy). I was wearing my MacDonald of the Isles Hunting weathered pattern and was planning to wear brown sporran & shoes. As we were running late (my daughter had to register to dance), I just decided to substitute a black belt that has a nice knotwork pattern & go. I was surprised at how well the overall outfit worked. I think the tartan helped to compliment rather than clash the colors. I even got a few compliments at the games. Next time i'd like to be better prepared ahead of time, but everything still worked out.