Oddity of the Week: Detachable chemical warfare skirts

4.25.2004 @ 1:00 am UTC by lilah wild

CyberOptix detachable chemical warfare skirtCyberoptix is the brainchild of Bethany Shorb, who blends an MFA with a love of tinkering with electronics to create some original cyber designs. This week’s Oddity goes to a wonderfully intricate piece of clubwear, the “Detachable Chemical Warfare Skirt,” made from U.S. military quilted liner fabric. Not only does it have reflective silver accents and a stash pocket to keep your wallet and ID on you while you dance, but the bottom half can be unclipped to make it into a miniskirt, or moved up to the top hooks like glorified bumflaps. And if that’s not enough to play with, there are even more detachable bits with those three reflective swing straps at the sides. Now if there were only a corset with that much versatility…