The Jonas Brothers Steampunk or just Neo-Victorian?

[guruburu]

My question is somewhat prompted by the recent attempts at defining Steampunk. Specifically, I speak of the band's appearance at Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve party. I don't really know much about Jonas Brothers others than they're pop (and really need to be a lot older than they are XD) so my question is about their outfits for this

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[guruburu]

My question was regarding their outfits (not the band concept as a whole) for this particular night, as I said in the first paragraph.

[guruburu]

My original clarification seems to have been lost on posters thus far. I was asking specifically about their outfits for the new year's eve program, as I said I do not know much about the band otherwise. With that said, intention does seem to be a prerequisite for many to earn the illustrious label :)

[pandoras_closet]

Without meaning to sound like a whiny rant, I'm going with too liberal.

One of the things I've noticed at Brass Goggles, is people posting about some bit of qausi-victorian hoo-ha and asking "is it Steampunk? Huh? Huh? Is it?" It annoys the hell out of me.

Steampunk is quite simply, DIY modern or near modern tech using Steam and Electricity. All the trappings, the hats, pocketwatches, that sort of thing, are simply window dressing, something designed to reinforce the tech, but unessacary to the genre.

It is fun, though. *loves his pocketwatch*

Anyways, my point is, if its a gear, it's just a gear. You want steampunk, use that gear to build something and then we'll talk. If you don't know what to build, ask for ideas. But a single bit doesn't make something Steampunk OR neo-victorian.

[fridgemagnet]

Well, this is the steamfashion community.

It's too late to have this sort of argument anyway to be honest; I rememember it from "cyberpunk", which was a silly word in the first place. "Steampunk" is a silly word derived from a silly word and thus its time-to-meaninglessness was quite a bit shorter. I'd not use the term at all except that it is useful as an abbreviation for a vague cluster of stylistic and philosophical concepts, and even that is becoming less useful every day.

[m1ss_ann_thropy]

It looked like a good way to not freeze to death on an open stage in winter for sure. The shirt hanging out of the pants are so not neo-victorian, the white tie without a white vest *shudders* you either go white tie or black tie. There are so many bands using the stylish men look, but it shouldn't be as hard for a man, for not much changed during fashion for him (from 1840-1910 pretty much stayed the same). I'm sure not everyone who is into steampunk is able to create gear and the wonderful creations I see passing by, I'd love to have proper equipment to try but one can only spread one self so thin ;) I direct my creativity focussed on dressmaking, hatmaking, corsetry, soon also parasol recovering, sometimes drawing, decorating, painting, refurbishing. Does that make me more of a neo-victorian then a steampunk? It is the victorian history I love, it is the steampunk in literature which makes my creative sinew tingle and the gear and wonderous things created by others that make me swoon. Such as the wonderful AlexCF

[smu]

Whether or not he's steampunk, I want that olive coat. I said that last night too.

[guruburu]

Yeah, I really want to know where it came from!