Man wears steampunk hat creation @ ComiCon
World, meet my new obsession: steampunk. Do I own anything steampunk? No. Do I wish I owned anything steampunk? YES. Like these amazing thigh-high tights. Or perhaps this super cool cake (see below).
Seriously, though; I love this cake. It’s from Mike’s Creations, which has some of the most amazing wedding cakes I’ve ever seen (even though I loved my own — thanks Christina! You’re a master artist!):
Incredible steampunk cake
My wedding cake - Alice in Wonderland style
And last but not least, I love steampunk fashion — not the candy-stripe pink kind that looks like Victorian wallpaper, but the dark suits, tophats, striped stockings and corsets with tulle hiding under brocade dresses.
From Abney Park on LiveJournal
One of the reasons I wanted to buy a sewing machine was to start making some of my own designs, particularly steampunk designs which are typically hand-made or made from upcycled vintage clothing. I don’t imagine myself walking down the street in a tophat (although I adore hats, and wish good hats were easier to find), but I can be queen of dress-up… or something.
I’m not terribly into fashion, but I do gripe that we just keep recycling the same old fashions over and over. After all, the 1950′s wasn’t “retro,” it was itself; same for the 1960′s and 1970′s, but I see flower children in the park these days listening to iPods. Steampunk, it’s true, is a copy of Victorian style, but with quite a bit of twist. I think punk is one of the funnest styles we had the last century, and to combine that effect with Victorian corsets, tophats, goggles and lace-up boots…we’ll, it’s like visual ska, putting together disparate elements for an amazing whole.
