Kilt as part of Steampunk costume

[Steve Ashton]

Yes, Richard we know what Victorian kilt wear was like.
But historical re-creation is not the point of Steampunk.

The concept is - What if Steam was still the predominate power source and the manufacturing and design were still rooted in the trappings of the early industrial revolution.

Its fun and fanciful. The dream and myth of the promise of the gilded age without the reality of child labor and economic depression and super-rich vs super poor.