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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I am new to Steampunk, and am starting to rework my wedding dress into a Steampunk Ensemble.

I attended the Steampunk World's Fair last weekend, and was excited and overwhelmed by the possibilities!  
I wore my dress to SPWF so I could try things on with it and figure out what I want to do, and I have a pretty good idea, but would like some advice.

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Godey's Lady's Book was the Oprah/Ladies' Home Journal/Cosmopolitan magazine of the 1800's ( Read more... )

Shameless plug for promoting a good deed and money saving help. Tomorrow we will send out an email that has the only coupon of the year we give for clockworkcouture.com and right now with any jacket purchase, you can give a homeless or needy person a warm coat for just $10. If you have a clean and gently used coat to donate, you can find locations ( Read more... )

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For Dragon*Con this year I made the ever so popular Simplicity 2172 outfit. The wine color of the dress on the package happens to be my favorite color to wear so my first dress off this pattern (because I plan on making more one day) looks very, very similar to it.

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Hello steampunks around the world!

I have some very exciting images to share with you. A few weeks ago a friend sent me a link about Houston Community College holding a steampunk fashion exhibition. The school's fashion department was the recipient of a huge gift of period costumes from the 18th century to the 1980s, with a lot of Victorian ( Read more... )