new shoes

I've got new shoes.

I know, it's not the highlight of the day for the newsmedia, but it's important to me.

I'm a bagpiper and I wanted to have an outfit that wasn't one of the standard men's uniforms.

So I took the time to read through the history of female formal scottish dress, did a lot of research and ended up with a diary of a lady who was making a new formal dress at the end of 1894.

Like many things in life "coincidences" strated to happen.

I found a tartan I could use ... and pay, and a lot of other things, and after a full week of hard work I had an outfit, worthy to be used.

And I got some leather to make original shoes.

They are not suitable to wear in our climate, so I started looking for others.

Untill then I used a pair of black shoes... not very ladylike.

Now I have shoes with the same tartan as my dress.... and they're from my favorite shoefactory. So they fit me well and they won't hurt my feet when I wear them for days on end.

The next step to perfect my outfit will be to find some nice jewellery.....
I love celtic items.. so who knows what I find on my path....