The Steampunk Fashionista?

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Permalink Reply by Ramona's Clutter on January 29, 2009 at 11:10am

I love the steampunk style.

But what is it? The idea of steampunk started a long time ago and was popular in the 60's.

Think - Jules Verne, H.G. Wells, the TV show The Wild, Wild West. They put together science and the steam engine with victorian and romance.

I visited a totally modern minimalist home with all the art antique. A beautiful combination! In one room, a few molded plastic chairs and a beautiful wood spinning wheel. It was used as scuplture.

Check out The Steampunk Home - http://thesteampunkhome.blogspot.com/.

I agree, it's a bit confusing but maybe this will help a bit.

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Permalink Reply by girleddy on January 31, 2009 at 7:09am

That is my dream house!! It's the porches and all of the gingerbread that does it for me, all the different components, bay windows and cupolas... Kinda rough on parts of the inside but if only I had a few million laying around I'd be living in PA!!

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Permalink Reply by Miss Victoria's Vintage on January 31, 2009 at 11:05am

I did a blog post on this last month:

http://dbvictoria.blogspot.com/2008/12/attempt-to-explain-unexplain...

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Permalink Reply by Another Time Antiques on February 9, 2009 at 12:47pm

ok..........gettin' it. Thanks for all the good links!

another revived revival period! LOL When I think of The Wild Wild West - I really start to get it! They had great fun thingiemajigs.

Think I'll go redesign a 40s angular hat and stick some key pads on it!! JUST KIDDING!

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Permalink Reply by ann at greenoak on February 11, 2009 at 6:59pm

i put steampunk supplies in lot sof my etsy tags...to me its a cross between victorian, science fiction and mechanical stuff.... and maybe kindof gothic and scary..... i think a lotof my metal offerings are in the steampunk category....
one example i saw awas a guy who did hours of work to make his computer look like an antique typewriter...
i had to look it up on wikipedia...
in my real store i sell lots of industrial stuff, when i can find it.......metal furniture would sell, gears, neat wierd metal archetectural stuff..metal gurneys,,..i think even the big time anthropologea is using that style......
thanks for the links..
ann

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Permalink Reply by Ramona's Clutter on February 11, 2009 at 7:50pm

Let's see if I can get this link to work of the keyboard/typewriter , I love this keyboard and the whole look of the desk.

Here's the link - http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Steamtop.j...

If only I had all the time in the world! What I could do with time and some guts . When you think about it , a keyboard and computer are considered throw away items these days.

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Permalink Reply by ann at greenoak on February 11, 2009 at 10:46pm

thats neat...i thnk theonei saw was on utube..a tutorial....lol....ann

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Permalink Reply by Another Time Antiques on February 13, 2009 at 10:57pm

When you think about it , a keyboard and computer are considered throw away items these days

Oh Lord I hope my monitor didn't read that!!!!!!!!! LOL

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Permalink Reply by The Empty Envelope on February 16, 2009 at 4:09pm

I love steampunk. My very simple definition is Victorian Merged with Industrial.

Like Upper and Lower Class meeting together. I like to find things from the 50's or 60's that would work in a steampunk style.

One of my favorite movies, Sleepy Hollow, with Johnny Depp, is very Steampunk, I think.
I love this photo from it: http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2254674176/tt0162661.

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