Kilts and brown sporrans/shoes.

[scotswelshrunner]

I see a lot of black with kilt wearers and the occasional brown as well. I LOVE brown shoes and sporrans and finally have received my first sporran in said colour. As a collector and wearer of Allen Edmonds shoes, I wanted to wear brown wing tips with my kilt and did so today for the first time. Wish more brown was sported with kilts.



Hope to eventually get more brown sporrans. This is getting to be expensive!!!! (hence using my Allen Edmonds instead of buying more shoes! )

[Downunder Kilt]

I wear brown leather belts (brass buckles) & sporrans (brass functioning cantles) for daywear 90% of the time. I do however always wear black brogues (not the ghillie kind)

[unixken]

I know just what you mean. I've been a slave to black myself, for too long, and since January I've been rounding out my accessories with some brown shoes, kilt belt, and a sporran. I just received a pair of kilts last week that will look great with some brown leather accessories, and will likely wear the brown leather with my new Buchanan Hunting Ancient next weekend, when I attend a herding dog demonstration at a friend's sheep farm.

[EDIT] To take brown a step further, I also ordered a brown full-mask muskrat sporran from the Scottish Tartans Museum gift shop, that should arrive in about a month.

[Singlemalt]

One of the nice things about Traditional Highland Dress is that you do not have to be a slave to the modern dogma that your shoes and belt ( sporran) must match. In fact the traditional approach is shiney black shoes and then whatever you like at waist level. I admit that I stuggle with this a bit as I am both a product of traditional Scottish culture and modern N. American culture. My solution is when dressed casually I simply wear what I like. When going more formal I have belts and sporrans in black so I can wear well polished black shoes without concern.

[unixken]

One of the nice things about Traditional Highland Dress is that you do not have to be a slave to the modern dogma...

My getting over this "dogma" will be a tough nut to crack, for me. :/ With wearing brown in mind, I *almost* asked for brown leather straps and brass buckles, on my hunting ancient kilt. Almost.

[gordontaos]

I personally usually wear brown belt and sporran with a more casual sgian dubh prior to 6pm along with my brown work boots or brown wingtips.

[Dale Seago]

Looking good, scotswelshrunner!

For my part, I have a variety of both brown and black kilt belts, sporrans, and shoes. I most commonly use a brown belt & sporran for day/casual wear while going either way on the shoes.

[scotswelshrunner]

Thanks Dale! I'm finally getting the hang of wearing the kilt and accessorizing!!!

[rondo]

My day wear sporran from Donnie at Wyvern [ad at bottom of page] was done in black and brown so I could feel good about going either way.
Rondo

[Riverkilt]

Love the brown too. Its good enough for Prince Charles' dressers.