Types of Shoes

[Bugbear]

What's wrong with using a wet wash cloth or wet spunge on the inside surfaces?

[Heming]

I wear shoes such as the above as everyday wear too and so would many in Scotland with or without the kilt. In fact if the "going" is not to bad, I wear them on the moor shooting grouse, again, I am not unusual in doing so.

Eh, I thought that's what brogues are for in the first place? Maybe there's a cultural difference beween Europe and North America here, but at least to me a brogued shoe is an informal one (and usually brown or tan), something I'd wear to work or with my tweed suit for an informal morning function, garden party etc. I'd certainly never wear brogues with an evening suit or a black tie outfit (unless they're ghillie brogues with a kilt/PC ensemble, but I don't own ghillies).

I was actually very surprised when I first saw ghillie brogues up close, as I had never before seen a brogued shoe for formal wear. But then again conventions are always different for national dress compared to regular formal dress.

[Colonel MacNeal]

Hmm. I usually wear thick socks, even in summer, so that sweat is not an issue in my shoes.

I have had military corfams and boots in the past though that required the discrete addition of ventilation grommets because they were so damned hot and ill suited for the climate. (uniform of the day sort of thing) Corfams (shiny plastic shoes worn in the US military) should be banned and sent straight to hell where they belong.