Brogues
armani t-shirtBrogueing refers to the holes which form the wingtip pattern in the shoes. They originated when Scottish Highlanders had to step in and out of bogs all day and needed a shoe that would allow good drainage. Today brogueing is used to emphasise the seams that define the design of a shoe. This punching occurs in various patterns: full brogues, or wingtips (the term applies strictly only to full brogues), have a toe cap in the W shape, with punched patterns on various sections of the shoe; half brogues have a normal straight edged toe cap and less punching; finally, other terms such as quarter-brogue etc. may be used to describe progressively less brogueing.Ghillie Brogues, or Ghillies, are a type of shoe with laces along the instep and no tongue, especially used for Scottish country dancing. Although now primarily worn for dancing and social events, ghillies originated as a shoe that would drain water and dry quickly due to the lack of a tongue, and not get stuck in the mud because the laces were above the ankle.
The word brogue is derived from the Scottish and Irish Gaelic word brg, meaning shoe; the plural is brgan (Scots Gaelic) or "brga" (Irish). The term brogue survived in American English as the term Brogans in Appalachian and southern United States dialects.[2] The word ghillie means comes from gille (Ir. giolla) meaning a "lad" or a "servant".