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Steampunk misc.
May. 9th, 2008 10:00 amOne person's timeline for Steampunk (technology) -- I liked what he said about considering a technology well before dumping it for something else just because it's newer. Newer isn't always better. I like the convenience of my current sewing machine for instance, but I'm glad I know how to sew by hand too -- and some things are really better done by hand anyway. And, still have the treadle machine to fix up at some point... although even as 'new' machines go, some might consider my electric an antique, being from 1974 :D
Read an interesting article today, courtesy of![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
mrgrumpybear, a Herald Tribune article on Steampunk
Gypsy Moon isn't too bad, and has a charming idea or two. I expect I like them better than most supposed Steampunk fashion sites because they use real fabrics like cotton and silk, and what look to be decent laces, rather than PVC (?!), cheesy laces, and acrylic/polyester panne velour. Plus their models don't all look like prostitutes...
The article mentioned The Bombay Company (furnishings), but they closed their U.S. stores this past winter. They still have their Canadian stores though, and are re-organizing and will have a web presence eventually.
In my copious spare time I may make some clothing I think would suit me, in a Steampunk Victorian way (or maybe Edwardian...). Considering the collection of surviving pieces in just our little town of clothing from the 19th c., I'm more impressed by the materials and workmanship of that time period than I am by most of the clothing made today (typical off-the-rack, that is, not stuff made by quality craftspeople).
Not Victorian, but very cool anyway, is a wool jacket I got some years ago at auction -- used to be worn by a friend of mine, as part of his bagpiper's outfit. Standing collar, wider at the shoulders and tapering to the waist, what's not to like? ;) When I'm a little trimmer I can have some fun with some of my older clothing, make some shirts and stuff to go with them maybe (I do have one long black skirt with a ruffled bottom, from my Smith choir days). As some of the everyday wardrobe wears out, might as well replace some of it with things in styles I'm fond of. Although my tastes more often run toward the men's fashions than women's -- I adore vests!
Read an interesting article today, courtesy of
mrgrumpybear, a Herald Tribune article on SteampunkGypsy Moon isn't too bad, and has a charming idea or two. I expect I like them better than most supposed Steampunk fashion sites because they use real fabrics like cotton and silk, and what look to be decent laces, rather than PVC (?!), cheesy laces, and acrylic/polyester panne velour. Plus their models don't all look like prostitutes...
The article mentioned The Bombay Company (furnishings), but they closed their U.S. stores this past winter. They still have their Canadian stores though, and are re-organizing and will have a web presence eventually.
In my copious spare time I may make some clothing I think would suit me, in a Steampunk Victorian way (or maybe Edwardian...). Considering the collection of surviving pieces in just our little town of clothing from the 19th c., I'm more impressed by the materials and workmanship of that time period than I am by most of the clothing made today (typical off-the-rack, that is, not stuff made by quality craftspeople).
Not Victorian, but very cool anyway, is a wool jacket I got some years ago at auction -- used to be worn by a friend of mine, as part of his bagpiper's outfit. Standing collar, wider at the shoulders and tapering to the waist, what's not to like? ;) When I'm a little trimmer I can have some fun with some of my older clothing, make some shirts and stuff to go with them maybe (I do have one long black skirt with a ruffled bottom, from my Smith choir days). As some of the everyday wardrobe wears out, might as well replace some of it with things in styles I'm fond of. Although my tastes more often run toward the men's fashions than women's -- I adore vests!
