Steampunk is a subgenre of science fiction and sometimes fantasy that incorporates technology and aesthetic designs inspired by 19th-century industrial steam-powered machinery. Steampunk[cm_simple_footnote id=1] fashion is a subgenre of the steampunk movement in science fiction. It is a mixture of the Victorian era’s romantic view of science in literature and elements from the Industrial Revolution in Europe during the 1800s. The fashion is designed with a post-apocalyptic era in mind. Steampunk fashion[cm_simple_footnote id=2] consists of clothing, hairstyling, jewellery, body modification and make-up.
Initially, the clothes such as bustiers, bodices, jackets and other items were mostly handmade and customized, but as the steampunk movement grew, entrepreneurs and companies became interested and started to mass-produce steampunk clothing to be sold both online and in stores. Steampunk clothing adds the looks of characters from the 19th century, explorers, soldiers, lords, countesses and harlots, to the punk, contemporary street fashion, burlesque, goth, fetishism, vampire and frills among others.
The aesthetics of the fashion[cm_simple_footnote id=2] are designed with a post-apocalyptic era in mind. Steampunk[cm_simple_footnote id=1] outfits often include accessories such as goggles, top hats, and pocket watches. Steampunk fashion is a mixture of fashion trends from different historical periods. More modern ideals of steampunk can include t-shirts with a variety of designs or the humble jeans being accessorised with belts and gun holsters.
Steampunk fashion has later gone on to include gadgets and contrasting accoutrements. The genre[cm_simple_footnote id=3] did not become widely known until the late 20th century, but steampunk and its fashion is said to have existed earlier. During the 1980s and 1990s, steampunk fashion grew along with the goth and punk movements in fashion. Cyberpunk and dieselpunk fashion are variants of the steampunk fashion of the 1980s.
The inspiration for steampunk fashion[cm_simple_footnote id=2] comes from works of writers from the end of the 19th century, such as those of Robert Louis Stevenson, G. K. Chesterton and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Those works attempted to domesticate Charles Dickens’s London (from his industrial age novels). Steampunk writers from that period are credited with creating fantasy tales set in cultures with style borrowed from the Victorian, with stories that includes giddy action scenes and elaborate baroque expeditions.
In conclusion, steampunk[cm_simple_footnote id=1] fashion is a unique and fascinating subgenre[cm_simple_footnote id=3] of fashion that has its roots in science fiction and fantasy literature. It is a mixture of the Victorian era’s romantic view of science in literature and elements from the Industrial Revolution in Europe during the 1800s. Steampunk fashion consists of clothing, hairstyling, jewellery, body modification and make-up. The aesthetics of the fashion are designed with a post-apocalyptic era in mind. Steampunk outfits often include accessories such as goggles, top hats, and pocket watches. Steampunk fashion has later gone on to include gadgets and contrasting accoutrements. The inspiration for steampunk fashion comes from works of writers from the end of the 19th century, such as those of Robert Louis Stevenson, G. K. Chesterton and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
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