Familiarity Breeds Contempt

[Spartan Tartan]

McElmurry,

And he's wearing those dreadful ghillies too!

[Teufel Hunden]

McElmurry,

And he's wearing those dreadful ghillies too!

Serious question, I've been unable to get a grasp of this just reading the forum:

What's the deal with ghillies?

[Spartan Tartan]

Serious question, I've been unable to get a grasp of this just reading the forum:

What's the deal with ghillies?

My comment was a joke. I own a pair myself... There are those that don't care for them. Others have coined that phrase. Maybe I need to improve my typing sarcasm or improve my use of smiles

But I don't really know what the real problem is with Gillies. I think they look just fine. I don't much bother with what people wear for hose and footwear. I appreciate their styles and how they wear their outfit.

[longhuntr74]

Serious question, I've been unable to get a grasp of this just reading the forum:

What's the deal with ghillies?

There are several member who dislike Ghillie Brogues...one among them being our esteemed "Jock Scot." Not to speak for Jock or the others, but I think the general feeling by those that don't like them is that the common footwear of your average Scot is the standard brogue...and many people improperly wear ghillies to functions where they are inappropriate...such as black tie and white tie events where they should be wearing buckle brogues or some other form of formal flat.

I personally have nothing against ghillies...I think they look swell around the highland games and whatnot...but from a practical standpoint, I prefer to buy standard brogues so that I can use them with pants OR my kilt.

[Teufel Hunden]

My comment was a joke. I own a pair myself... There are those that don't care for them. Others have coined that phrase. Maybe I need to improve my typing sarcasm or improve my use of smiles

But I don't really know what the real problem is with Gillies. I think they look just fine. I don't much bother with what people wear for hose and footwear. I appreciate their styles and how they wear their outfit.

I knew it was a joke, so no worries there. I've just seen people being seriously critical about them in the past and was curious what fer.

There are several member who dislike Ghillie Brogues...one among them being our esteemed "Jock Scot." Not to speak for Jock or the others, but I think the general feeling by those that don't like them is that the common footwear of your average Scot is the standard brogue...and many people improperly wear ghillies to functions where they are inappropriate...such as black tie and white tie events where they should be wearing buckle brogues or some other form of formal flat.

I personally have nothing against ghillies...I think they look swell around the highland games and whatnot...but from a practical standpoint, I prefer to buy standard brogues so that I can use them with pants OR my kilt.

Ah, it makes sense if it's a formality issue then.


Sorry to throw your thread off track a bit Xman, but as it turns out, the ghillies might fall into the same category as white socks.