My absolute, absolute favourite pair of shoes at the moment is my black brogues. I fell in love with my brogues the moment I laid my eyes on them on the shoe shelf at a local clothing store. There’s something that’s very classic about brogues, very sophisticated with an added funky edge.
They’re also very comfortable and they’re most definitely not a fad, here today and gone tomorrow, but rather they are timeless shoes that easily fit into the trend of the day.
There was a time when brogues were for men only; that is working class men who endured hard labour, and later, the shoes struck a chord with the upper class men who wore the shoes for style when playing golf or attending classy day time functions. Brogues first started out in Scotland and Ireland in the
19th century, and soon after winning the hearts of British men, their popularity soon spread out to various countries. In that era, brogues were only designed in black and brown and could only have horizontal lacing. Now the world is a fashion oyster, where brogues in different colours and shapes and lacing are available.
I love the way brogues urge you to be creative with your style through mixing classics with new, edgy trends. They don’t go well with your normal jeans and a t-shirt, but if you add in a floral long top with skinny jeans, or wear them with a patterned dress or a patterned skirt with a tank top and a fedora hat to finish off the look, you’re good to go.
I’m absolutely crazy about the way brogues make me look and feel like a real city girl with an aura of professional, funky modernity. Being a city girl is all about being creative, being an individual and using clothes to express your personality and femininity. Brogues allow for that individual style to come through because they call out that creative edge to your personal style. Now, depending on how adventurous you are, you can go for the modern bright-coloured brogues or keep it classical with the traditional brown or black ones. Either way, you’ll still look great.
I do believe that any woman, regardless of the size and shape of her foot
(this after a heated discussion with one of my girlfriends that claim that brogues are shoes for girls with slender feet), can rock a neat pair of brogues and look good in them. It’s all about your personal interpretation of the shoe which translates into your personal style. So ladies, let us all brogue out in style and leave your own personal fashion statement wherever you go.
Image: my babies!
They’re also very comfortable and they’re most definitely not a fad, here today and gone tomorrow, but rather they are timeless shoes that easily fit into the trend of the day.
There was a time when brogues were for men only; that is working class men who endured hard labour, and later, the shoes struck a chord with the upper class men who wore the shoes for style when playing golf or attending classy day time functions. Brogues first started out in Scotland and Ireland in the
19th century, and soon after winning the hearts of British men, their popularity soon spread out to various countries. In that era, brogues were only designed in black and brown and could only have horizontal lacing. Now the world is a fashion oyster, where brogues in different colours and shapes and lacing are available.
I love the way brogues urge you to be creative with your style through mixing classics with new, edgy trends. They don’t go well with your normal jeans and a t-shirt, but if you add in a floral long top with skinny jeans, or wear them with a patterned dress or a patterned skirt with a tank top and a fedora hat to finish off the look, you’re good to go.
I’m absolutely crazy about the way brogues make me look and feel like a real city girl with an aura of professional, funky modernity. Being a city girl is all about being creative, being an individual and using clothes to express your personality and femininity. Brogues allow for that individual style to come through because they call out that creative edge to your personal style. Now, depending on how adventurous you are, you can go for the modern bright-coloured brogues or keep it classical with the traditional brown or black ones. Either way, you’ll still look great.
I do believe that any woman, regardless of the size and shape of her foot
(this after a heated discussion with one of my girlfriends that claim that brogues are shoes for girls with slender feet), can rock a neat pair of brogues and look good in them. It’s all about your personal interpretation of the shoe which translates into your personal style. So ladies, let us all brogue out in style and leave your own personal fashion statement wherever you go.
Image: my babies!
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