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I've run out of steam a few times, if that counts.
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It's so odd, they run a Steampunk festival thingy in a little local town not far from me - I have seen it done twice this year already and it's just bizarre - if not for the strangeness of the people filling the streets, than for the selection of this one horse town as their venue.
That being said, I like Airship Pirate by Abney Park.
That being said, I like Airship Pirate by Abney Park.
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Yes, it depends on the event and the conditions. I have a wardrobe, so if it's afternoon outdoor outing an afternoon dress, beach party a swimming costume, and so on. When doing a mystery I go as whatever character I am playing.
Things that I almost never wear are corsets and guns, and rarely goggles unless I am being an adventurer. My next steampunk wearing possibility is a memorial service, but I might just wear a victorian mourning dress in dark purple and some jet jewelry.
I start a few steampunk related threads every year or two.
A few questions:
What kind of event are you attending?
Are you going as a male or female?
Can you sew?
How much money are you will to spend?
Do you want to go all out or just enough to be steampunk?
How much time do you have to prepared
Noor
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Actually, probably something more historically accurate from the age of steam like
cocaine or heroin
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Noor
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No, not yet, might do sometime with me not in them though.
Unless you were Byron, I am very camera shy.
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We like small towns with Victorian Architecture, small is nice because they are less expensive and seem very accepting of us when we invade
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I'd love to see them sometime. Whatever you're comfortable with.
Where do you find most of your pieces? What's the best way to find them cheaply?
I hit several thrift shops in our area, but just couldn't find anything. Or overlooked things.
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I sew, build or repurpose things.
For a woman the easiest thing to do starting out would be a full skirt, corset, ankle boots, cut up man's shirt, goggles, pith helmet, bowler or top hat.
Corset is not cheap unless you make your own. You could fake the look with a tight form fitting buttoned up vest. You can make goggles out of many things plus they are fairly cheap to buy. I thing threadbangers has some videos on goggles and cutting up men's shirts. http://youtu.be/lbxRdDjp67g
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Some nice stuff but not inexpensive, easy or quick to make. Also, depending on how long you will be wearing the outfits some of them look extremely uncomfortable.
I really like the corset with gears out of leather though I doubt you could get through more than a few hours in it.
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The one extremely gorgeous Asian model who is in a lot of the pictures, I forget her name, did a cosplay series on cable. She is known for really putting all into her costumes. She makes all of her own. But I remember seeing an episode where she was doing a calendar shoot and her corset was so tight that she couldn't wait until they undid it, she had her boyfriend cut the laces.
I don't do steampunk but do corsets. I prefer stretch material with good shaping boning. I can wear them for hours, no problem, synthetics breathe better, nowadays. It's a compromise with materials but they're just as pretty and less expensive.
That is a pretty one.
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I guess that is another question: what do you want to do in your steampunk outfit and for how long?
A few years ago I was commissioned to design and make a Steampunk skirt for a wedding guest, someone else made the corset. She wanted to use the skirt long after the wedding, be able to sleep in it (because at cons you need to sleep whenever you can in whatever you are wearing), have sex in it and generally whatever normal activities one does . It had to be able to go from formal gown to Lolita look, if needed, with room for multiple petticoats or just one.
It was an interesting project, and cost quite a bit of money in materials and labor, but it worked and is still in use.
My background is in tailoring* so everything is literally built and structured in that light. There is nothing wrong with dressmaking, it's just not how I think.
*real tailoring, not alterations which people seem to be referring to when they say tailoring these days.
A few years ago I was commissioned to design and make a Steampunk skirt for a wedding guest, someone else made the corset. She wanted to use the skirt long after the wedding, be able to sleep in it (because at cons you need to sleep whenever you can in whatever you are wearing), have sex in it and generally whatever normal activities one does . It had to be able to go from formal gown to Lolita look, if needed, with room for multiple petticoats or just one.
It was an interesting project, and cost quite a bit of money in materials and labor, but it worked and is still in use.
My background is in tailoring* so everything is literally built and structured in that light. There is nothing wrong with dressmaking, it's just not how I think.
*real tailoring, not alterations which people seem to be referring to when they say tailoring these days.
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Most people can't sew these days, I knew what you were saying. That sounds elaborate, do you have any pictures of it? I admire people who are good at design, it's a talent.
That sounds elaborate, do you have any pictures of it? I admire people who are good at design, it's a talent.
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Unfortunately, I live in a world of steampunk/diesel punk that pretty much uses period fabrics and such, nothing after than 1909 at the latest, probably because there are a bunch of re-enactors in it.
Though we do use steel boning in the corset and there might be hidden elastic in the back of a skirt under the corset but nothing anyone can see. Some go as far as open wearing drawers underneath it all. Which is actually a lot easier than getting out of your corset to use the facilities.
I used to sleep in a camisole and bloomers in the hot summer months, but I wore them out so I need to make some new ones, along with some Victorian nightgowns and robes. Batiste and lawn are so comfortable when it's really warm.
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Amazing and beautiful! And completely beyond my skill set.
Hey, I am banned from glue guns.
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I find it interesting. I'd not dress up like that, because I'm not an idiot, but I can admire the intrigue factor of those who would.
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You are a steam-less punk!
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