Ghillie brogues, yes or no?

[Tommy Hunt]

I've seen two types of Ghillie Brogues. The ones we see above and the ones which look like slippers with many more shoe-lace eyelets in them. What's the difference?

[Macman]

I've seen two types of Ghillie Brogues. The ones we see above and the ones which look like slippers with many more shoe-lace eyelets in them. What's the difference?

Tommy, I think the ones you're describing are for dancing.

[ThistleDown]

Tommy, I think the ones you're describing are for dancing.

That would be my guess, too, and maybe that's the source for the silly fashion of running the lacing for ghillie brogues around and around the ankle and cutting off all the blood supply to your toes!

[JerseyLawyer]

I think Ghillie Brogues are fine. I own two pair - black and brown. Though I'm a piper, and so for my formative kilt-wearing years, I didn't have a choice.

What I think looks silly is the Conan the Barbarian style of lacing where one wraps the laces all the way up the calf. It should just go around the ankle, as others have said in this thread. That also prevents the annoyance of the laces falling down.