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I've become very interested in trying something like The Stuck In Prom Contest

It is a contest where a couple will make their prom outfits completely out of duct tape. The winners will be granted a three-thousand dollar scholarship.

I was thinking of doing something similar. Not for prom, but costumes and everyday wear, in a steampunk style, and I was wondering...
Is it still considered steampunk if it's made out of duct tape?

Ah.
I don't know. I guessI just thought it might not be considered as such. Just musing, I suppose.

But I suppose you're right. ^-^

Yes! A waistcoat would be amazing in say, black duct tape.
Personally, I'm looking forward to a corset and a bustle skirt.

I think that would look awesome and be really interesting.

I tend to shy away from modern materials. That is, from materials which were only invented so recently. Duct tape is right on the line, though. WWII is fair game for a lot of the steampunk community, and Duct tape was invented during WWII. So it's not out of the question.

To me, I don't think it's a material I would choose. But I don't think it's necessarily wrong. Steampunks would be yearning for a material like duct tape. The duct tape ethic is very similar to an ethic of a post-apocalyptic interpretation of steampunk. Heck, so many of us have outfits and props held together with duct tape even if we don't show it that it can't be that objectionable.