Black shoes with brown sporran?

[Oatmeal Savage]

Please forgive my silly question. Is it considered bad form to wear black shoes with a brown sporran and belt? Is it sort of a Lady's purse - shoes thing, black with black etc?

Kevin

[porrick]

Welcome to the kilted rabble.

No, there are no silly questions. But it may at times be silly not to ask

There will undoubtedly soon be people chiming in to say that leathers ought to be the same colour...

On the other hand, it will depend a little on what nuances of e.g brown we are talking about. I generallt go for leathers of the same colours, but I do have a pair of hiking boots (used casually) that are so dark brown that it is difficult to notice a discreppancy in colour.

There is also something I like to think of the "feel-good-factor", meaning if you feel good about something it is right for you.

[McClef]

I would say that anything that contrasts rather than clashes is fine.

For example I can wear my black leather sporran with my dark brown leather kilt and they go fine together

[Cawdorian]

Look at the photos of Prince Charles in a kilt, he mixes black and brown quite frequently. He always looks good in a kilt.

If you will search the site, you'll find some pictures of him.

[Colin]

Generally I would say stick with the same colour of leather. If you already have a brown sporran and belt, check out some shops and get a pair of brown shoes. Just not loafers, those are just wrong no matter what you wear them with

It just completes everything better. The same rule has always applied for suits (never wear brown shoes with a black suit) and casual (belt and shoes sould match), but most men didn't care.

[Panache]

I think that all the leathers should match. Unless it is a black AND brown sporran or black AND brown shoes. I wear a brown belt, black sporran strap, black and brown sporran, and brown boots and I think it looks good.

Cheers

[switchblade5984]

i try for all the same colors which is no problem for me because i only buy black!

[O'Neille]

It all depends on the colors in the kilt also. Some kilts will bring black and brown together and some will not. As I am not too great at color matching I just go all black (including my rugby jersey, bad pun) or all brown. That's why I went ahead and got some tan Ghilllie Brogues to wear with my brown kit. I've put my brown accessories on before and had to change the shoes just to not look goofy. When wearing boots it's not such a big deal w/ me. O'Neille

[Galloglaich]

I recently experienced this quandry in my own life. Last Sat. I was getting ready for the Ligonier Highland Games and couldn't find the brown belt I was intending to wear (thank you, Mr. Murphy). I was wearing my MacDonald of the Isles Hunting weathered pattern and was planning to wear brown sporran & shoes. As we were running late (my daughter had to register to dance), I just decided to substitute a black belt that has a nice knotwork pattern & go. I was surprised at how well the overall outfit worked. I think the tartan helped to compliment rather than clash the colors. I even got a few compliments at the games. Next time i'd like to be better prepared ahead of time, but everything still worked out.

[Blu (Ontario)]

Generally I would say stick with the same colour of leather... It just completes everything better...

Agreed... and this is something that, until I started to wear a kilt with some regularity, I never paid much attention to. With so much wild colored footwear and clashing clothing worn by guys these days, the concept for matching up colors seems to have gotten lost. A shame perhaps.

However, In this brave new world, I don't miss the necktie though.