Quote Originally Posted by Nick View Post
The military gaiters used by the US military covered the opening of the shoe, but they did not cover the top of the shoe like spats do.

Nervous Jock, care to elaborate?
Having been in a highland Battalion i've spent many hours blancoing and starching spats, having buttons pinging off them 5 minutes before a parade or having to scrub them clean.

nothing quite matches having to clean them in a bus coming back to Scotland after you've been on parade at the lords mayors show in London behind the Life Guards when you have to go on Rememberance parade the following day.

Let alone the insanity that is white spats & black buttons

how we managed to paint half the globe pink wearing footwear like this i'll never know