Steampunk

darkrose20
darkrose20 Posts: 1,139 Member
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So I'm going to a steampunk event next month (hopefully, I haven't told my b/f we're going yet. lol) I thought I'd make a Steampunk Fashion thread. Post pics of you in steampunk/random steampunk outfits you REALLY like/etc.

I'll start with a steampunk kitty I found!

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  • donyellemoniquex3
    donyellemoniquex3 Posts: 2,384 Member
    Kitty so cute !
  • SnuggleSmacks
    SnuggleSmacks Posts: 3,731 Member
    I wish my beloved and I had taken better pics last month when we went to a Steampunk ball. Sorry. :-/ I basically threw together costumes with Goodwill finds and a bit of chain.

    Here's my Pinterest board on the subject. It has inspiration as well as some DIY how-tos.

    http://www.pinterest.com/snugglesmacks/steamy-spunk/
  • rm33064
    rm33064 Posts: 270 Member
    What is steampunk?
  • Fit_NYC_
    Fit_NYC_ Posts: 1,389 Member
    The kitty is awesome!
  • Achrya
    Achrya Posts: 16,913 Member
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    I had ankleboots, a satchel, and 'steam' gun not pictured.
  • dakotababy
    dakotababy Posts: 2,407 Member
    I just bought some corsets...and some of them are "steam punk"...WTF is steam punk?! Like...video game?
  • devil_in_a_blue_dress
    devil_in_a_blue_dress Posts: 5,214 Member
    I just bought some corsets...and some of them are "steam punk"...WTF is steam punk?! Like...video game?

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  • dakotababy
    dakotababy Posts: 2,407 Member
    ...well it appears many people who are into steampunk are also people I have blocked over the years on MFP lol.
  • devil_in_a_blue_dress
    devil_in_a_blue_dress Posts: 5,214 Member
    ...well it appears many people who are into steampunk are also people I have blocked over the years on MFP lol.

    You mean, people who are into video games?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steampunk
  • wheird
    wheird Posts: 7,963 Member
    I just bought some corsets...and some of them are "steam punk"...WTF is steam punk?! Like...video game?

    Oh honey, it is a good thing that you are pretty.
  • devil_in_a_blue_dress
    devil_in_a_blue_dress Posts: 5,214 Member
    I just bought some corsets...and some of them are "steam punk"...WTF is steam punk?! Like...video game?

    Oh honey, it is a good thing that you are pretty.

    Hopefully you're not blocked. I haz a feeling me iz.
  • wheird
    wheird Posts: 7,963 Member
    I just bought some corsets...and some of them are "steam punk"...WTF is steam punk?! Like...video game?

    Oh honey, it is a good thing that you are pretty.

    Hopefully you're not blocked. I haz a feeling me iz.

    Well if you would stop terrorizing the natives. :angry:
  • baba_helly
    baba_helly Posts: 810 Member
    Hey amber!
  • dakotababy
    dakotababy Posts: 2,407 Member
    ...Okay, so victorian. What do the goggles have to do with the style?
  • devil_in_a_blue_dress
    devil_in_a_blue_dress Posts: 5,214 Member
    Hey amber!

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  • devil_in_a_blue_dress
    devil_in_a_blue_dress Posts: 5,214 Member
    ...Okay, so victorian. What do the goggles have to do with the style?

    No.

    Just.

    Ugh.
  • baba_helly
    baba_helly Posts: 810 Member
    ...Okay, so victorian. What do the goggles have to do with the style?

    They only had monocles back then. Goggles are hands free.
  • ECA67
    ECA67 Posts: 802 Member
    I just bought some corsets...and some of them are "steam punk"...WTF is steam punk?! Like...video game?
    I don't know what it is either
  • dakotababy
    dakotababy Posts: 2,407 Member
    I just bought some corsets...and some of them are "steam punk"...WTF is steam punk?! Like...video game?
    I don't know what it is either

    I figure some of the costumes look very "World of Warcraft" or "Diablo" dress up.
  • devil_in_a_blue_dress
    devil_in_a_blue_dress Posts: 5,214 Member
    I just bought some corsets...and some of them are "steam punk"...WTF is steam punk?! Like...video game?
    I don't know what it is either

    From Wikipedia:

    Steampunk is a sub-genre of science fiction that typically features steam-powered machinery,[1] especially in a setting inspired by industrialized Western civilization during the 19th century. Steampunk works are often set in an alternative history of the 19th century's British Victorian era or American "Wild West", in a post-apocalyptic future during which steam power has regained mainstream use, or in a fantasy world that similarly employs steam power. Steampunk perhaps most recognisably features anachronistic technologies or retro-futuristic inventions as people in the 19th century might have envisioned them, and is likewise rooted in the era's perspective on fashion, culture, architectural style, and art. Such technology may include fictional machines like those found in the works of H. G. Wells and Jules Verne, or the modern authors Philip Pullman, Scott Westerfeld, Stephen Hunt and China Miéville. Other examples of steampunk contain alternative history-style presentations of such technology as lighter-than-air airships, analog computers, or such digital mechanical computers as Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine.

    Steampunk may also incorporate additional elements from the genres of fantasy, horror, historical fiction, alternate history, or other branches of speculative fiction, making it often a hybrid genre. The term steampunk's first known appearance was in 1987, though it now retroactively refers to many works of fiction created even as far back as the 1950s or 1960s.

    Steampunk also refers to any of the artistic styles, clothing fashions, or subcultures, that have developed from the aesthetics of steampunk fiction, Victorian-era fiction, art nouveau design, and films from the mid-20th century.[2] Various modern utilitarian objects have been modded by individual artisans into a pseudo-Victorian mechanical "steampunk" style, and a number of visual and musical artists have been described as steampunk.
  • wheird
    wheird Posts: 7,963 Member
    I just bought some corsets...and some of them are "steam punk"...WTF is steam punk?! Like...video game?
    I don't know what it is either

    You're pretty too.

    We are seeing a trend here...
  • bajoyba
    bajoyba Posts: 1,153 Member
    I just bought some corsets...and some of them are "steam punk"...WTF is steam punk?! Like...video game?
    I don't know what it is either

    I figure some of the costumes look very "World of Warcraft" or "Diablo" dress up.

    No, it's more like... industrial Victorian.
  • wheird
    wheird Posts: 7,963 Member
    They had to use steam because electricity hadn't been invented by Thomas Jefferson
  • dakotababy
    dakotababy Posts: 2,407 Member
    Well..maybe not World of Warcraft...perhaps slightly less fantasy looking? lol. I would love a straight definition of steam punk. It looks pretty unique. Almost like renaissance dress up.
  • ECA67
    ECA67 Posts: 802 Member
    I just bought some corsets...and some of them are "steam punk"...WTF is steam punk?! Like...video game?
    I don't know what it is either

    You're pretty too.

    We are seeing a trend here...
    thank you , lol , you're sweet !
  • dakotababy
    dakotababy Posts: 2,407 Member
    They had to use steam because electricity hadn't been invented by Thomas Jefferson

    Oh, right on. That makes sense!
  • devil_in_a_blue_dress
    devil_in_a_blue_dress Posts: 5,214 Member
    Well..maybe not World of Warcraft...perhaps slightly less fantasy looking? lol. I would love a straight definition of steam punk. It looks pretty unique. Almost like renaissance dress up.

    Oh my flipping dog.
  • silver_arrow3
    silver_arrow3 Posts: 1,373 Member
    They had to use steam because electricity hadn't been invented by Thomas Jefferson

    Benjamin Franklin.
  • baba_helly
    baba_helly Posts: 810 Member
    They had to use steam because electricity hadn't been invented by Thomas Jefferson

    Benjamin Franklin.


    Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh
  • wheird
    wheird Posts: 7,963 Member
    They had to use steam because electricity hadn't been invented by Thomas Jefferson

    Benjamin Franklin.

    No you're confused. Benjamin Franklin invented money, that's why he's on the $100.

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