Steampunk it!
I first came upon the steampunk aesthetic when one of our friends had his iPhone steampunked in 2008. I was immediately smitten with the idea of combining the past and the future, where Steam/Industrial Science meets romance/Marie Antoinette (more coming on her….next blog!)…the juxtaposition of goggles and pearls, leather and lace, all meeting in smoky 19th century London, where Victorian English aristocrat meets the wench in corsets and bustles.
Steampunk has oozed into all cultural areas. Music, film (remember Wild Wild West?), home decor, and fashion have experienced this imagined future while bringing along fantasies of the past (think Jules Verne, H.G. Wells, Mark Twain).
Examples of steampunk street fashion …
Photo by Jesslee Cuizon.
Photo by iriseyes.
…and haute couture:
Bruce and Melanie Rosenbaum exemplify the movement with their name ModVic (Modern Victorian Home Restoration). Check out their site for ideas.
We have done our own interpretation with our new/old black cotton lace window dressing, so Steamy Victorian !
