I love the look of ghillie brogues when one is dressed appropriately. Obviously, I don't counsel them with tee shirts or bare chests. However, they add a really nice, dressy touch to an outfit when one is "dressed up," as in an argyl, PC, or doublet. (I should add that I don't own a pair due to the expense and my off size which is not available in ghillie brogues.) Let's face it, if you're in a kilt to start with, few folks will pay much attention to your shoes.

But then I am old, overly traditional in dress, and still cling to thoughts of proper dress, civility, and a sense of style that goes beyond beyond tee shirts, jeans, and ball caps. I actually follow the old maxims re "black tie" only after 5:00 PM, and the difference between that and "formal." I shreek whenever I see young boys getting married at 2:00 PM in a tux, pitying them that they just don't know any better.

But then, I am a dinosaur. I still open doors for ladies, walk on the outside of a lady when on the sidewalk, and say "Yes, sir" and "Yes, m'am" to my elders. And I wear straw hats between Easter and Labor Day and felt thereafter. I admit to prefering Brooks Brothers and Hickey Freeman to Tommy Bahama!

Personally, I like regular wing tips, too. I wear a pair of loafer wing tips for dress with kilties and tassels which work as well as ghillies. They look like this, only black:


But, to each his own.