| Bals generally should have a small gap at the top of the lacing, while bluchers often have a larger one through the length of the lacing. |
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| Since balmorals are more formal than bluchers and broguing makes shoes less formal, where does this leave those shoes that are both brogued and balmorals? |
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| In a pinch, i.e., when travelling I might wear a pair of my dressier bluchers with a suit, but I'd feel a little guilty about the slightly subpar pairing. |
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| A repository of the empire, the town bears a suitably idiotic, unwieldy name, and even in 1950s Armidale it was possible to hear such terms as bluchers, port and goolies. |
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| Bluchers are more appropriate than balmorals with jeans and business-casual, but balmorals are more appropriate with suits. |
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