[Closed] question for the scots in the know...

Well you could just wear a pair of regular brogues, although it sounds to me like you've got a pair of ill fitting shoes to be honest. Mine are perfectly comfortable. Have you broken them in?

Boots kilt and a scotland rugby shirt. Modern scots national dress. all that velvet and frills stuff is a victorian invention.

Well i have worn them several times so they should be but they really hurt - i can only imagine what i'll be like after a day in them.

Living in Switzerland, makes getting to the shops tricky for Ghillies!

Thanks TJ, as useful as ever! no velvet or frills mentioned..

Depending on shoe issue - you can stuff with a teniis ball, I've also used a padded G clamp

Insoles?

I've never found a pair of ghillie brogues I can get on with, when politeness allows I wear boots with the kilt, but I don't suppose I'd do that if it was me getting married. But, I've worn my low-heel DM classics (shoes, not boots) with the kilt several times and it works perfectly. YMMV of course but for my wedding, I'd want something I'm completely comfortable in, there's a lot of dancing, standing and walking about at a wedding after all.

Brog just means shoe, incidentally, so if you ever get told off for not wearing brogues with the kilt you know what to say 😉

Just wear them for the official bit / photos and then change into some regular shoes when all that's done. And it's your wedding. Wear what you want.

Swap them for a standard pair of brogues which have been well worn in prior to the day? In my opinion they look better for day wear anyway 🙂

Thats more like it.. will now try to look at standard brogues..anyone who is good at making them?

Just wear trousers with shoes? 😉

FFS MTFU LOL! ETC...

Your wife will be wearing a ridiculous outfit with, no doubt, stupidly high heels and (if you're lucky) the wedding lingerie. The least you can do is put up with a bit of mild discomfort.

Actually - I reckon you need to do the two-pairs thing. You'll look the odd-man-out in the wedding photos if all the other male guests are wearing proper brogues. Keep a comfy pair with you for after the photos.

thanks BD.

druidh. Thanks but i dont want to be uncomfortable, i want to enjoy the day.

The others wearing kilts..we'll only be a few as i live in Switzerland, only my family (relatively small) will be in kilts.

But thanks for the comments.

I have had a pair of Loake brogues for ****in years bought in Austin Reed - expensive shoes but they've lasted 10 years so far with only one set of new soles for £35 odd quid. Some here [url] http://www.jamesandjames.com/htmlfiles/shoefiles/loake/lk202.htm [/url] for £85.

Oh yeah dark socks (grey,black, blue or green for day wear as well) will look better as well.

Second the comments about getting a decent pair of brogues, polish them loads and wear them round the house for a while. Loake or Grenson are probably the most suitable. Don't forget to scuff the soles before the big day, they tend to be helluva slippery at first.

Wear them with dark socks and no one will ever know you're not wearing those daft ghillie brogues that the Victorians affected as a passing fancy to traditional highland dress. Plus you'll not feel like you've cut off the bloody supply to everything south of your calves.

I paid about £120 quid for a pair a few years back and have worn them more times than I care to remember. If you get them well polished up, small amounts of polish and water regularly they'll look better than anything. Plus it stops you looking like all the other guys in hired outfits.

All IMHO of course

G

Sounds to me like they either dont fit or haven't been broken in. If it is the latter give them a good pasting with a hammer.

Have to agree with Smee sounds like they need broken in! Used to play with a pipe band and wore ghillie brogues and they were excellent. The hand knitted socks on the other hand were terrible and had to put insoles inside them!

Ask Spaceman(plays with Stow PB)how he breaks his in!

[url= http://www.kiltsdirect.com/kilt_accessories/shoes/ST-B007 ]Go for these[/url] and get a pair of matching tartan hose knitted.

A good sensible, well built and expensive pair of brogues.

As someone mentioned make sure they are well worn in or it will end in tears...

Try superfeet inside em?

I wear Keens with my kilt most the time - but I can't be doing with the full dress look anyway! Actually, wore something like Ugg boots with my kilt at my wedding, but it was winter... and north of the Arctic Circle!

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Nice red wedding dress (traditional Scots colour)

My Ghillies are so comfy, but if yours are broken in and still uncomfortable then you are probably better off getting some dark brown decent brogues as that will be easier to find than Ghillies in Switzerland.

Best option is to try several pairs on and see, cannae really buy shoes off tinternet.

What/where is uncomfortable about them and are you tying them right? (5 twists front, 3 back works for me)

I got new brogues for my wedding and they were perfectly comfortable.

The leather at the front of the shoe is super stiff, and this will not change even if i wear them a hundred times. I have spent the last 3 months wearing them solidly, and also pumelling the whatsits out of the top - its still like plate steel..
when i walk, this hard leather digs right into my foot..hence the uncomfortable feeling..

My ghillies are well comfy but they are 15 years old! Are the laces done up properly? Could you have them too tight and the blood is being restricted and causing discomfort?

Is that a sporran you're wearing or a slaughtered lamb?

No, if the laces are even undone, it hurts so for me its the leather which doesnt 'give' when my foot move.