Buckles or Ghillies?

[creagdhubh]

Pardon if this is re-hashing an older post, but a couple of things I've pondered:

Acceptability of ghillie brogues instead of buckle brogues with argyll hose and black tie outfit?
Acceptability of buckle brogues, period, if you're not a piper?

YProfessor Mac X,

You may certainly wear bar and buckle brogues with Highland evening attire any time you wish. You need not be a piper to do so, I am not. This is actually my preferred choice of evening footwear. Ghillie brogues instead of bar and buckle brogues with 'Argyll' style hose for black tie is perefectly acceptable too. I have combined the best of both worlds by adding a buckle to my ghillie brogues and the addition of red laces instead of the common black, so there are several options you have and there is nothing "wrong" with what you have stated above. In regards to the actual wearing of ghillies or bar and buckle brogues with Highland evening attire, see my photos below.










Cheers,