Why am I screaming with excitment?
Because I'll be attending a very giant and very merry New Years Eve steam extravaganza!  Now, I wait impatiently for my costume to arrive

Delicious blouse I'll be reinforcing with leather straps in the back. It's always good to have sleeveless tops when one plans on dancing one's self into a shamanistic stupor.

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This extraordinary video by Soomo Publishing dramatizes the fight for women's suffrage to the tune of "Bad Romance"; polemic filks are often painfully didactic, but the folks at Soomo manage to transpose Lady Gaga's original imagery into an Edwardian context with a laser-guided precision that would do Weird Al proud.

(A tip of the topper to kosaginolegion and dungeonwriter ( Read more... )

My friend and I are trying to brainstorm his outfit for an upcoming gig. He asked me if there was anything out there that could allow easy movement for while he spins fire and I kept looking at Rogues, Tribals, and Ragamuffins for inspiration...But, I'm really stumped now. Any sites or places in history I should look to for inspiration ( Read more... )

(Hi all - I had posted something earlier this week, but it seems to have gone MIA, so I figured I'd up the context and correlation...)The place where Steampunk & Bellydance meets is a fairly hot topic lately in both the Steampunk and Bellydance communities, with a whole wide range of opinions (not surprisingly) ranging from utter support to ( Read more... )

So I know it's late in the day, but a friend of mine just introduced me to the Commonwealth Vintage Dancers, a group that recreates dancing from the regency era to the 1920's. They appear to be pretty active, however tonight they are throwing a steampunk soiree tonight at the Masonic Hall in Cambridge from 7-1030. I'm already engaged for the ( Read more... )

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I apologize if this was deleted for inappropriateness - I hope I'm not making more work for the mods by re-posting. The reason I am doing so is that in the past, my posts have been deleted and I was all "wtf?" and somewhat defensive, then the mods kindly explained that it was just a technical glitch and not a mod deletion. So if that's the case, ( Read more... )

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The honour of your presence is requested at

Eight o'clock P.M.
Saturday, March 27th
Pratt Hall
for an evening of Terpsichorean Delights in the company of

The most Bohemian citizens of London town, including

EXPLORERS, Actors, Mesmerists, Gamblers,
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Salutations, all! The plans for the Steampunk themed events at A-kon 20 in Dallas, Texas, have been finalized at last! Here is the schedule :

12:00pm - Luncheon at the 650 North Restaurant, which is inside the Westin Hotel ( Read more... )

So, I'm trying to get my persona more developed, and, what better way than to enter a costume contest for a dance? ^^ I'm attending Forever Fantasy 4, woohoo! This is my outfit, 90% completed version under the cut. Warning! Rather pic heavy! :D

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