Very Early Steampunk

[saraquill]

I spotted an interesting post on a costuming blog I frequent. Lo and behold it had a fashion plate from the 1880s that had a telegraph themed evening dress that looked oh so steamy. Do take a look at the blog post and see the plate, I'm sure it will inspire.

festiveattyre.blogspot.com/2011/05/next-on-agenda.html