Steampunk kilts

**Stratherrick** · 9th October 09, 04:52 AM

Quantum mechanics have brought us what? Just asking.

What do you make of the kilt in the opening post?

Slainte

Bruce

**Foosinho** · 9th October 09, 07:44 AM

I should mention that my wife - who's attitude towards the kilt is lukewarm at best, and comes from a bit of a "goth" history in high school (her fav band is still "The Cure") - reacted pretty positively to the "steampunk kilt".

May have to make myself one. Need a sewing machine first...

BTW, I'll try embedding a few images for anyone who hasn't gone to visit the page yet...

There are a lot more on that page.

**The Guy in the Kilt at UC** · 9th October 09, 12:15 PM

Originally Posted by Stratherrick

Quantum mechanics have brought us what? Just asking.

What do you make of the kilt in the opening post?

Slainte

Bruce

Lot's of things really. Most everything invented since 1930. Modern computers are possible due to the advances made in quantum physics. Heck, digital cameras can be traced back to an Einstein paper in 1905.

I like the kilt, but it doesn't seem like steampunk. At least not from what I saw today. I'd think it would be more like the Victorian kilts. Or some advancement on them, like 21st century kilts.

**string** · 9th October 09, 12:47 PM

I think kilts could be easily worked in, after all bomber hats aren't so victorian either. To me steampunk is a creative melding of DIY, natural, mechanical and historical.

**Sir Robert** · 9th October 09, 03:23 PM

Sorry that I have been off X-Marks for so long, I actually had a life there for a few months, it went away, I'm back now. I also am pushing 50 now and over the say, last two years, discovered the joy that is Steampunk.

The Steamy kilt on the first page: perfect! I really dislike the modern utilikilts because without a sporran it does not look like a kilt to me, but if you add the Steampunk bells and whistles it looks like a "Steampunk Kilt."

As to the gears added to the apron, that tells anyone that it is Steampunk not just punk. Just as safety pins tell you that the person in rags and a kilt is a Punk Rocker not a fashion victim.

The whole kilt is so 19th Century you could just wear it straight as Steampunk wear.