Buckle brogues yes, Ghillie no: Come & have a go if you think you are 'ard enough

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

I have a pair of these that are about 30 years old, which I wear with white tie (formal balls, not dinners). They look quite smart with diced hose, providing the dicing goes all the way to the toe. Otherwise a bit of the solid colour foot shows between the vamp (? terminology) and the dicing and looks every bit as bad as a white shirt showing between the top of the kilt and the bottom of the waistcoat.

With cut steel buckles they look alright with highland attire. That said it should be pointed out that cut steel buckles are technically only worn to court; at all other times silk grosgrain bows (as in the photograph) are worn.