Oxfords with kilt

[Steve Ashton]

Oh what a perfect moment for me to get pendantic.

The words "Oxford" and "Brogue" have been used in this thread quite a lot. I wonder how many of our members know what those words mean?

The term "Oxford" has to do how the shoe is made. If you look at the bottom of where the shoe laces are on different shoes you may notice that some laces are open at the bottom and some are closed.
There are two open styles called "Blucher" and "Derby". The closed style called "Oxford".



The term "Brogue" refers to the decorative pattern of holes you see on some shoes.

One shoe has the "Broguing"of holes on a distinctive toe cap called a "Wing Tip". The term "Wing Tip" has become confused in N. America with the hole pattern much like the term plaid is confused with Tartan. In the UK this shoe is often called a "Half Brogue".



A "Full Brogue"has a different pattern down the side.

Many people would not be able to make the distinction to call this a "Full Brogued Blucher" and would think they are seeing a wingtip.



There can also be the "Broguing"on just the toe cap to create a "Quarter Brogue".



And sometimes this hole pattering can be the absolute minimum. This is a toe cap oxford which is also brogued.



So technically this shoe is called "A Ghillied Half Brogue Oxford"



Oh gee, that was fun.