I've voted that I don't like them. This whole costume/traditional discussion seems a bit pointless. If they were made in a traditional way they would just be a foot shaped leather bag with rawhide laces and not these evolved wingtip-brogue things with soles and heels. I guess that my personal perspective is that I prefer to look like a kilt wearing guy who's living right now and not trying to look like it's the Nineteenth Century and I'm hangin' with Queen Victoria.

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