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 Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 9:21 pm
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Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 10:19 pm
Whoa... Though I'm not much of a fan of slapping ornamental gears in places where they really have no place, such as clothing, that's still pretty bad a**.
My first inspiration probably came from the Wild Wild West movie with Will Smith, and assorted video games. I've always been fascinated with gears, clocks, springs, steam power and primitive-looking machinery, but that was probably the first time it came together in a very obvious way that I could definitively put my finger on. There may have been other early influences, but I can't recall anything specific. I've seen, played, and read so much steampunk since then, it all kind of blends together.
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Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 8:08 am
those are beautiful!
For myself, I'd have to say its been there for a while...but I'd never really known. I absolutely love love love victorian clothings to the point where my aunt and I attempted making a bustled dress from a really old pattern. Then, I also...just have an love of old clocks and maps and stuff...
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Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 8:15 am
Xeigrich Whoa... Though I'm not much of a fan of slapping ornamental gears in places where they really have no place, such as clothing, that's still pretty bad a**. i agree. gears dont look correct on fabric if you dont do them right. I think that the images i posted do the gears justice though- the designer didnt make the gears the main focus of the piece. Thats what i like the most about them.
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Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 12:15 pm
Electric_Tok those are beautiful! For myself, I'd have to say its been there for a while...but I'd never really known. I absolutely love love love victorian clothings to the point where my aunt and I attempted making a bustled dress from a really old pattern. Then, I also...just have an love of old clocks and maps and stuff... That sounds like so much fun!~ Im a costume designer so victorian design is kindda the only thing that i do. I would love to get my hands of which ever patteren you were using. I bet it turned out really good. I once made a white tafita hoop skirted dress with corseted bodice. Every thought it was amazing. maybe i'll put some pictures up sometime.
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Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 12:31 pm
Like you I had always been drawn to all things victorian and steamy, without knowing it.
My favorite movie as a kid was wild wild west, and Labyrinth, which has steampunk elements to it.
I loved the victorian poetry-- the romantic gothic movement, transcendentalism, etc. I had read all of edgar allen poe by the time I was in 6th grade.
I always loved victorian fashion as well.
I think it was maybe my 8th grade for me when I got dragged full force into the victorian goth fashion and culture, as well as the steampunk fashion and culture.
What did it for me was when I was on the boardwalk with my family, and we decided to get one of those silly photographs where everyone dresses up in the clothing and we take a picture where no one smiles and it gets developed in sepia.
They had done our hair, and everything had been retrofitted so it looked like an old saloon. I loved it so much, so I set out to find Victorian recreation clothing and items, and I found steampunk that way.
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Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 8:40 pm
I found Steampunk through a couple of different things:
I loved the airships in the game Skies of Arcadia
I love dressing up, especially in old costumes
I was almost a Lolita, but it's too cute for my tastes (I would've fallen under boy-loli, because I can't stand to wear skirts for long)
I love antique and old style jewelry
What pushed it over the edge, and actually gave a name to my interests, was my older brother explaining that his friend with the goggles, bandana, combat boots, and striped socks, was a Steampunk.
It seems quite a few girls are drawn to Lolita, but then find Steampunk and realize that this is what we've been seeking.
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Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 1:33 pm
blue_lutra I found Steampunk through a couple of different things:
I loved the airships in the game Skies of Arcadia
I love dressing up, especially in old costumes
I was almost a Lolita, but it's too cute for my tastes (I would've fallen under boy-loli, because I can't stand to wear skirts for long)
I love antique and old style jewelry
What pushed it over the edge, and actually gave a name to my interests, was my older brother explaining that his friend with the goggles, bandana, combat boots, and striped socks, was a Steampunk.
It seems quite a few girls are drawn to Lolita, but then find Steampunk and realize that this is what we've been seeking. I started driving my friends crazy by calling them handkerchiefs instead of bandannas. sweatdrop
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Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 4:50 pm
Xeigrich I started driving my friends crazy by calling them handkerchiefs instead of bandannas. sweatdrop
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Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 10:32 pm
I don't know if you can say that I had any inspiration to becoming interested in the style of Steam Punk, because honestly I already was interested in aspects of it not knowing that it actually was called Steam Punk. But I guess you could say that the clothing was one big influence, because I love Victorian style clothing ( I'm rather a sucker for going to antique shops and just browsing at the antiques because I like them so much ), as well as the Sci-Fi aspects with the gears and mechanical theme of it all. I love video games like Skys of Arcadia and Final Fantasy 9, as well as Final Fantasy 6. My all time favorite RPG is Chrono Trigger, and I grew up with the anime Trigun, which definitely has some Steam Punk aspects, just a little. So I guess you could say that is a start.
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Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 9:52 am
I've always been interested n history, and the transitions during the 1800reds have always interested me. So I got into the whole Victorian style very early. That and a healthy mix of a love for imagination and fantasy helped me get into Steampunk. That there were a genre for it I didnät find out until I played Arcanum.
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Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 1:04 pm
lovely photos indeed!
i really have no idea where it all began...I guess quite alot of things combined:
I love history
antique things
gadgets
air ships/aviation in general
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Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 11:57 pm
I grew up in a household full of old world charm. Leather books were always lined up on bookshelves, antique clocks were hung on walls, and there was always a big sepia toned globe sitting on the landing of my family's stair case. I suppose that's where it started. As I grew older, I had the oddest fascination for old maps and clock faces. I'd point them out anytime we were in a shop and my parents would laugh. The earthy tones and brass was so aesthetically pleasing to me. When I saw a portrait of a young Victorian man tinkering with the insides of a pocket watch when I was 15, I began to grow curious. The term steampunk was used to describe it by one of my friends. I soon found myself searching up the word and I fell in love. ^_^
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Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 5:43 pm
I'm a history geek with a costuming obession.
What more is there to be said?
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Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 6:44 pm
NewAgeAntique I'm a history geek with a costuming obession. What more is there to be said? hmm...I'll have to second!
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