Originally Posted by
Tobus
Specific to Highland wear, I know that brown shoes are not that popular. But amongst the brown shoes that I see with kilts, it seems very rare that people polish them. It's almost as if they expect black shoes with a kilt to be shiny, but brown ones not to be shiny. Has anyone else noticed this, or am I in left field here?
Tobus,
Brown leather develops a wonderful patina with age. I have noticed with shoes, jackets, and a lot of sporrans in the SF branch of the RSCDS! Aged black leather just looks....uncared for. However, worn brown leather seems to radiate a history. The sporran wearers in particular are really proud that their sporran was given /inherited to them by a father or grandfather. They are even prouder when they declare they bought it new "back in the day".
I'm not sure why, but black should be shiny and perfect, and brown should reflect history.
Cheers
Jamie
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