question on belt buckles...

[UmAnOnion]

I know this is a sensitive topic but...
what is the deal with the similarity between the buckles for KILT belts & the buckles for cowboys and also the buckles currently in fashion in the gangsta world???

If you take a look at the pic below


the buckle on the bottom left would not be too far out of place on a kilt belt but is in fact from a site called PimpIT, intended for a more 'urban' market than your average kilt wearer...

The western belts often look similar - albeit a bit gaudier than your average kilt wearer woud use but very similar in design.

I am just wondering about the commonality of the 3 apparently divergent cultures and what might have caused this. Is it imitation being the most sincere form of flattery??? Or another sign of the Scots beings the true kings of the world...

[Big Dave]

I like all of the above and would wear them. I have acouple different belt buckles, a bulldog, a maltese cross, and a werewolf (my wife and daughter bought me the werewolf). If you like them, wear them.

[Kilted KT]

they all look pretty good. I would be careful of the pointy ones, may tear into your kilt, or you. Both would be undesireable.

[Pour1Malt]

ai think the difference is....

in the world of fashion... or whits "cool"

wide belts w/ big buckles come and gae as aften as skinny belts dae....


kilts have been and will be worn wi' wide belts and big buckles....

[ozmeath]

And since when did tthe fashion world have a clue. Trompe le monde, the bastards.
The bottom left is quite "knights Templar". Maybe power symbols are eternal, and will continue to be recycled by culture.
E.

[Planopiper]

The only 'commonality' I can see is that they all fit reletively wide belts. At least 2 of them fit different width belts, though. The designs on them all are completely different. I think what's happening isn't that you're noticing that these are similar, but that you're failing to notice that the belts you wear are different. Just because you're used to narrow belts doesn't mean that's the 'standard' or 'normal' width for a belt. It's a big world. Kilt belts didn't appear out of nowhere. They were just regular belts that people were using at the time.

Btw, the upper left design is similar to the one used by the Templars. The lower left is a celtic cross. To me it seems kind of strange that it would be on a site for urban fashions, unless the person who's selling it also picked it because of it's width and has no idea what the design is.

[Caradoc]

Btw, the upper left design is similar to the one used by the Templars. The lower left is a celtic cross. To me it seems kind of strange that it would be on a site for urban fashions, unless the person who's selling it also picked it because of it's width and has no idea what the design is.

I don't find it surprising at all, given the popularity of Celtic-style and tribal tattoos these days.

The Maltese cross is being used by white supremacists and some other groups lately (I believe the West Coast Choppers logo is also a Maltese cross).

There's nothing really new here.