I wanted to share my latest steampunk outfit with all of you. It's something I've been planning for a long time. Shortly after getting into steampunk a couple of years ago I got the idea to take a corset and add a bunch of steamy patches to it. Since then I've become a corsetmaker, and have been collecting patches for this purpose for a year and a half. I've finally made my patch corset, and an outfit to go with it.
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From
Aetherfest 2012 ![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-cCHd56EETBg/T6l1FjkpoMI/AAAAAAAABi8/UtFKkC526Xk/s400/DSC05431.JPG)
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Overall I'm fairly pleased with how it came out. The idea was to incorporate the punk attitude of the patches with a touch of elegance, and I think I achieved that. More more details on the construction of the corset, check out
my blog. Also, since I like to show off the Texas steampunk community, check out this
great gallery of photos from Aetherfest. Thanks,
Baroness Violet von Mickelsburg
Airship Octavia