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The name Brogue originates from the Gaelic ‘bróg’. Irish and Scottish highlanders wore an early version of these shoes. The now decorative perforations were once used to allow water drainage after foraging through a stream. The modern design is also a lot sleeker- original brogues were made of untanned deer hide. Fur was left intact.

Facts from Dressing The Man, Alan Flusher, p. 194