tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23997868207688586572024-03-13T10:50:29.063-07:00SteampunkerieA steampunk blog of fashion, food and fun..fashionadjacenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12696414144526427261noreply@blogger.comBlogger101125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399786820768858657.post-77426487891260534292012-03-18T17:58:00.000-07:002012-03-18T17:58:07.683-07:00Ooh La La! Suffrage for all!This is nothing short of brilliant... Lady Gaga meets the Women's Suffrage movement...
It's NeoVictorian and beautiful.. just watch.. if this doesn't bring a little tear to your eye, then your heart is made of stone.
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The same group of educators did one about the declaration of independence that's worth a look, too:<br />
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<br />fashionadjacenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12696414144526427261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399786820768858657.post-40862195827342139032011-12-20T04:08:00.000-08:002011-12-20T04:08:36.367-08:00Disney goes Steampunk thanks to MecaniqueFairyDeviant Art Artist MecaniqueFairy has created these fun steamy reworkings of Disney characters:
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Well, sometimes seeing is believing. Click with trepidation, cogsters. </div>
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Oh, the horror. Of course the "steampunk" is purely in the set dressing and costumes. The music is an unimaginative rendering of a tired old carol.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Fellow Viators, let me dazzle your eyes and ears with this delightful piece of song and dance titled "Just Glue Some Gears On It (And Call It Steampunk)" by Sir Reginald Pikedevant, Esquire.</span></div>
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Bravo, bravo, bravo! </h1>Apocalypse Equippedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10428624210703216087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399786820768858657.post-86677626316319866562011-09-28T18:49:00.000-07:002011-09-28T19:07:03.761-07:00I say good day to you, Sir. Good Day!Its glory flashed before my eyes, and i hesitated. I hesitated and it was gone ....<br /><br />"what, pray tell?" you ask... <br /><br />behold:<a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/82521793/steampunk-big-daddy-gun">The Big Daddy Nerf mod</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img3.etsystatic.com/il_75x75.273509079.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 75px; height: 75px;" src="http://img3.etsystatic.com/il_75x75.273509079.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />as a passionate enthusiast of the foamed-petrochemical polymer dart throwers, so beloved of costumers and cavaliers alike, I am frequently dismayed at my lack of -real- talent at cosmetic modding, but am always happy to support those who are. (Functional modding, I feel myself capable of, however).<br /><br />When this aforementioned Etsy item was mentioned on <a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/Cwtusz2f5Go/seventy+five+year+old-chair-is-turned-into-steampunk-nerf-gun">Giz</a> i hesitated in purchasing, only because of some recent financial ... excesses ... on my part. <br /><br />Kudos to the Maker, and also, the intrepid purchaser.Apocalypse Equippedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10428624210703216087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399786820768858657.post-87513998915109347772011-07-28T05:26:00.000-07:002011-07-28T05:33:08.598-07:00Your own lifesize Steampunk Playset for 800K?<img src="http://craphound.com/images/5830100637_3dbdaa7eff_z.jpg" /><br />
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Above is a picture of the town of Scenic, in South Dakota, and it's for sale.. there's a train depot, two jails, a museum, a dancehall, saloon and a bunkhouse..<br />
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It's 46 acres in total -- 12 acres in town and 34 acres around it -- located about 50 miles east of Rapid City, South Dakota.<br />
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The property is posted on buyscenicsd.com, which offers video tours of various locations. Cow skulls adorn the sign for the Longhorn Saloon, which advertises tobacco, lunch and dancing -- in that order.<br />
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Since its heyday, Scenic has seen its population dwindle to less than 10 people. Nearly everyone in town is related to Twila Merril, Olsen said.<br />
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Since Merill was diagnosed with cancer, the upkeep on Scenic has become too much for the family, he said.<br />
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"It's really an interesting place and there's so much history," Olsen said about the town. "All it needs is a little population -- and ingenuity."<br />
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So.. what would you do if you owned Scenic, South Dakota?fashionadjacenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12696414144526427261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399786820768858657.post-31767045760695326172011-07-06T21:34:00.000-07:002011-07-06T21:34:00.394-07:00Lovely Uniform from 1918<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f7dfcb;"></span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">She's Mrs Leola N. King, who was Washington DC's first female traffic cop. Her uniform is just spectacular, right down to the boots, and I wish it was hanging in my wardrobe right now. <a href="http://www.shorpy.com/node/5864?size=_original">Click to enbiggen!</a></span></span></div><h3 style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><br />
</h3><h3 style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">From the paper of the day:</span></h3><h3 style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.5em;">First of Women Traffic Officers</h3><h4 style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 1em; line-height: 19px; margin-top: 7px;">Mrs. L.N. King Takes up Duty at Seventh and K St. N.W.</h4></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.9em; margin-top: 0.5em;">Mrs. Leola N. King, wife of Capt. E. H. King, United States medical corps, became Washington's first woman traffic officer yesterday, and assumed her duties at the corner of Seventh and K streets northwest. Washington is the first city in the United states to have a woman traffic officer. There are many policewomen in the District, but most of them are employed to look after the welfare of children and young girls.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.9em; margin-top: 0.5em;">Not only is Mrs. King the first woman traffic officer, but she is also the first woman to be assigned to a precinct. Yesterday morning she was transferred from police headquarters to Capt. Flather, of the first precinct. Maj. Pullman says that Mrs. King has been placed on the traffic squad as an experiment. The superintendent wants to determine whether it is feasible to have women to replace several male members of the force who have entered the military service.</div>fashionadjacenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12696414144526427261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399786820768858657.post-39477541591256993032011-07-05T18:14:00.000-07:002011-07-05T18:30:19.452-07:00Needs more Tesla's!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.hzdr.de/db/PicM?pOid=33776"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 230px;" src="http://www.hzdr.de/db/PicM?pOid=33776" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Ladies and Gentlemen and other Mad Scientists of alternate salutations, behold the newest and greatest of electromagnetic creations, a magnet so powerful that it requires a containment vessel lest it explode with raw etheric fury! <br /><br /><a href="http://www.hzdr.de/db/Cms?pNid=99&pOid=33768">BEHOLD!</a><br /><br />with thanks to the <a href="http://gizmodo.com/5817106/the-magnet-so-powerful-it-explodes-copper-wires">Gizmodo</a> crewApocalypse Equippedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10428624210703216087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399786820768858657.post-80299508178714879502011-06-30T21:10:00.000-07:002011-06-30T21:10:07.705-07:00The Three Musketeers goes Steampunk?This is interesting.. looks like the latest incarnation of "The Three Musketeers" has gone decidedly steamy..<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Look!! Airships!! Looks like it will be a fun romp, historical accuracy be damned! May well be worth seeing for Orlando Bloom's hairdo alone. We shall see.. </div>fashionadjacenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12696414144526427261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399786820768858657.post-60828188852188569232011-06-28T05:37:00.000-07:002011-06-28T05:37:12.853-07:00Alexander McQueen - Unintentional Steam?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The latest "resort" collection from the late great Alexander McQueen's fashion house looks decidedly steamy to me:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.fashionisingpictures.net/catwalks/alexandermcqueenresort12collection8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://www.fashionisingpictures.net/catwalks/alexandermcqueenresort12collection8.jpg" width="213" /></a><a href="http://www.fashionisingpictures.net/catwalks/alexandermcqueenresort12collection13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://www.fashionisingpictures.net/catwalks/alexandermcqueenresort12collection13.jpg" width="213" /></a><a href="http://www.fashionisingpictures.net/catwalks/alexandermcqueenresort12collection9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://www.fashionisingpictures.net/catwalks/alexandermcqueenresort12collection9.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The Edwardian lines, the brass embellishments, the thick buckle-corset-belts.. what's not to like?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">One thing I really want to know is.. what sort of resort would these outfits be suitable "resort wear" for? Gorgeous as they are I can't exactly see someone lounging by the pool in these getups.. what do you think? </div>fashionadjacenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12696414144526427261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399786820768858657.post-3036764680407717572011-05-01T01:33:00.000-07:002011-05-01T01:33:33.039-07:00Steampunk Sounds: Byronic TwistEmergent artist Sasha Cuha, aka "ByronicTwist" brings us his bohemian music and spoken word based debut album, "Past the Sparrow Flight Hour". An animated taste here:<br />
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This sumptuous and decadent soundscape is just the perfect thing for one's darker moods, the poetry is contemplative and rich in imagery and the music is a lovely accompaniment. While lounging beside your absinthe fountain or nestled up with your favourite companion and poetry volume you could scarce have a better acoustic accompaniment.<br />
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In addition to writing all the poetry, all the instruments on the album are played by the same extraordinarily talented neovictorian gentlemen. <br />
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The album is being released by the artist though reverbnation and is available here: <a href="http://www.reverbnation.com/store/view_item_album/artist_1020584?item_id=831602">http://www.reverbnation.com/store/view_item_album/artist_1020584?item_id=831602</a><br />
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/21044069">STEAMPUNKS 2011</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/andygallacher">Andy Gallacher</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.fashionadjacenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12696414144526427261noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399786820768858657.post-70150173462513083812011-03-20T21:07:00.000-07:002011-03-20T21:07:44.657-07:00Melbourne: Circus Oz - SteamPowered! Sat 2nd July<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #f1c232; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;">Circus Oz is going steampunk this June/July with their new shoe "Steam Powered"</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;">Come along in your finest Steampunk attire and step into a time where romance meets technology and everything is hand-made and steam-powered. It’s a time for restoring wonder, for reclaiming technology, re-imagining our modern world and rewiring your wit. Come dressed as the Aviator, the Mechanic, the Inventor, the Mad Musician, Victoriana’s Strongest Woman or a little of all of them mixed together. Bring along your bright shiny gadgets and get ready to let off some STEAM!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #f1c232; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;">In added goodness the night they've selected for our special night (Sat 2nd July) is also one of their Auslan shows.</span>fashionadjacenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12696414144526427261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399786820768858657.post-76871987368940884282011-03-11T17:55:00.000-08:002011-03-11T17:57:16.032-08:00The Conservatory - Friday 25th March @ Abode<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-uHIGkiPp1i4/TXrRuOK_0pI/AAAAAAAAASs/jWH0FCSM1iE/s1600/The+Conservatory+March.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-uHIGkiPp1i4/TXrRuOK_0pI/AAAAAAAAASs/jWH0FCSM1iE/s320/The+Conservatory+March.jpg" width="226" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;">Ladies, Gentlemen and Androgynies… ABODE Level One will once again open its doors to all those of Steampunk affiliation and their associates.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;">These sumptuous surrounds will continue to play host to The Conservatory where we look forward to another evening of conversation and congeniality. Lounge and converse or engage in more vigorous pursuits as enticing music flows through the room. Your ears will again delight to the Phonon</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">works of Phonographers… Omega and Josh.<br />
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Last month we were indulged with impromptu polka lessons, live sketching and an outbreak of deductive alchemy as our patrons tried to divine the principal ingredients of the mysterious and delicious "Tesla" cocktail, dicing, duelling with much frivolity... who can say what's in store this month, but one thing is certain - in order to experience such delights one must attend!<br />
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Adorn yourself in your Steampunk finery and grace our space… cross the threshold before the midnight hour and receive a complimentary $8 drink card for your personal liquefied indulgence.<br />
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Décor & Lighting by:<br />
Tracy G<br />
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BluAfterGlow & Steampunkerie<br />
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ABODE<br />
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Open:<br />
10pm – 3am (4am if we’re all still indulging)<br />
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Entry:<br />
$20 (entry before 12midnight includes a drink card up to the value of $8)<br />
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Dress:<br />
Steampunk – Period – Alternative – Eccentric etc…<br />
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We invite all invokers/creators of visual stimulation to participate.<br />
If you wish to display/perform a visual installation, feel free to contact us to discuss the mechanics… talent@BluAfterGlow.com<br />
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ABODE is a kink-friendly and queer-friendly venue, so you too should feel comfortable at this event.<br />
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ABODE Level One is a private Members Club. Please remember that we have been invited to share the space and we are primarily guests in their home.</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">For those shackled to the Tome of Visages, the event listing is here: </span></span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=195330347156045&ref=ts">http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=195330347156045&ref=ts</a></span>fashionadjacenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12696414144526427261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399786820768858657.post-51914412003725437032011-03-11T17:41:00.000-08:002011-03-11T17:41:29.688-08:00Shaun Tan's "The Lost Thing"..So it's not really, strictly speaking, steampunk... but it does have cogs. and tentacles. and steam. and it is delightful.<br />
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And it was made right here in Melbourne by the extremely talented Shaun Tan, and it won an Oscar. <br />
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<div style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span class="UIStory_Message"><br />
</span></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ffe599;">For the first time Omega is bringing some Steampunk Stylings to one of Melbourne's best alternative clubs, Sinthetic. Come along in your finery for a walk on the dark side..</span></span></span><br />
<div class="UIStoryAttachment" data-ft="{"type":"attach"}" id="" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 6px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-right: 10px;"><div class="UIStoryAttachment_Media UIStoryAttachment_MediaSingle" data-ft="{"type":"media"}" style="float: left; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-right: 10px;"><div class="UIMediaItem UIMediaItem_Photo"><a href="http://www.bluafterglow.com/happenings_full.asp?happeningsID=1169">http://www.bluafterglow.com/happenings_full.asp?happeningsID=1169</a></div></div></div>fashionadjacenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12696414144526427261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399786820768858657.post-40889927492157353032010-09-12T18:08:00.000-07:002010-09-12T18:33:04.639-07:00Take a ThirdView on the past.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.thirdview.org/3v/postcards/FrontViewSmall.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 270px; height: 190px;" src="http://www.thirdview.org/3v/postcards/FrontViewSmall.JPG" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />I came across this delightful collection of time traveling images and felt it simply must be shared with all our viewers. <br /><br />The lovely people at <a href="http://www.thirdview.org/3v/home/index.html">ThirdView</a> have taken photographs of the American "Wild West" and with meticulous research, attention to detail, and record keeping have been able to photograph the same vistas, from the same locations, same seasonal periods and conditions, in order to give us a timeline of the landscape. <br /><br />See the changes to the environment, the coming and going of the tides of humanity and the effects that each have on the other. The photos are from the 1870's, the 1970's and around 2000.<br /><br />Perhaps there is something in this for us all, retrograde photography projects, with some fancy PhotoShoppe jiggery-pokery you could blend sepia-tones with HD colour imagrey, of yourself standing beside "yourself" in regalia. <br /><br />Just don't murder your own youthful-proto-grandparents ...Apocalypse Equippedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10428624210703216087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399786820768858657.post-19446495519502630272010-09-08T18:55:00.001-07:002010-09-08T18:55:30.228-07:00Do you consider Steampunk a strict fashion/lifestyle or are you pleased to see it blended with other fashions to create something new (not in the Regretsy 'stick clock gears to baseball hats', more along the lines of steampunk lolitas etc)?<p class="formspringmeAnswer">I think one of the best things about Steampunk is the fact that is ISN'T a "strict lifestyle". I have my opinions about what is, and isn't steampunk along with everyone else - but the whole point of it is self-expression and creativity.<br /><br />Steampunk Lolita would seem a pretty obvious iteration - the EGL look has always had roots in victorianesque fashion, same as steampunk, so this hardly seems like a big leap to me.<br /><br />It's when you look at things that have now become really common tropes in steampunk fashion, you realise just how versatile the genre is. I mean really, what is "steampunk" about Star Wars? And yet "steampunk starwars" has almost become a cliche, it's seen so often....<br /><br />There's definitely a place for creativity and innovation - go too far and you'll wind up with something that none of your peers think is steampunk.... but I would always favour someone giving it a go, rather than someone trying to turn our emergent subculture into a "strict fashion or lifestyle".</p><p class="formspringmeFooter"> <a href="http://formspring.me/Steampunkerie?utm_medium=social&utm_source=blogger&utm_campaign=shareanswer">Ask me anything</a></p>fashionadjacenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12696414144526427261noreply@blogger.com0