First up this web site has a wonderful large list of old photo scans, great for out fits to copy or to get ideas from.
http://www.rogerco.freeserve.co.uk/

This is a handy time line of how the dress has changed over the years.
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If you are not reading this book you really should.

http://www.gailcarriger.com/
It has Steampunk and vampires, in a good way.

This event,
http://vampireballpdx.com/vendors/
Has 15 spots opened for vendors , if you are in the Portland area and sell things that rock I suggest you think about vending at this event. As I keep hearing that this is one of the best partys all year by so many people I know.

This new Mag, this very well put together mag : http://www.zeldamag.com/ has it's pages opened for people to take out adds and with the topic being vintage. I know there are a number of you on this group who might like to do so.

You know about this LARP, RPG ? http://www.hallowsevedesigns.com/

Issue Four is out now http://www.steampunktales.com/

Who is coming to what?
</b>http://www.edwardianball.com/
or
http://www.templecon.org/10/
or
http://www.anachrocon.com/
or
http://www.worldsteamexpo.com/
or
http://community.livejournal.com/steamfashion/2297385.html
or
http://www.dragoncon.org/

Random all over the place post with something for EVERY ONE!
I think I need more sleep.

Maybe it's not quite steampunk, but  I hope the atmosphere fits :)
I would like to show two rings that I made recently of polymer clay, glass beads and brass and copper wire.

    

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Thank you!

 

THE LION TAMER!

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soo... I got a Sex Pot Revenge lucky pack in size L and the t-shirt it came with was a size M. Has this happened to anyone else?

I'm trying to put together a "Miss Hartigan" Costume from Doctor Who Special - The Next Doctor. I'll be attending a Steampunk Worlds Fair in May and I'd like to showcase it... Any thoughts?

Here's an approximate picture of the dress:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v238/blue1622/a2j_rth-1.jpg

I'm sure there are better pictures of the head-gear but here's one...
http://doctorwho.sonicbiro.co.uk/graphics/avatars/aliens/hartigan03.jpg

The eyes I can just get contacts for but I guess a wig for her hair and I'd have to find the necklace and gloves as well? I recently have been keeping my hair short and there's not enough time to grow it out between now and May...

Anxious to hear your thoughts! Thanks!

Check out my new line of Items !! Steampunk , Victorian , Hand painted , I have it all .. come check it out !!

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The League of S.T.E.A.M. presents "An Evening with the Unfamiliar: Scientific Investigations of Paranormal Oddities"



Come join us as The League of S.T.E.A.M, famed inventors and paranormal experts, host an unforgetable evening of steam-powered thrills, ectoplasmic oddities and supernatural curiosities. Prepare to be amazed by the latest in scientific advance in spectral detection and containment.


Melding staged and improvised performance, exquisitely hand produced costumes and inventions, The League creates a multi-sensory reimagining of the fascinations and foibles of the Victorian past. Weaving eloquently between a sense of wonder at science and immersing their audience into the flow of history they bring a wide array of artistic production to each show. Engaging with the many members of the collective might at turns bring to mind the scientific feuds of Tesla and Edison or the folklore of Stoker & Crowley, to the whimsies of Jules Vern, or the prescient ideas of Babbage.


Join us for a highly eclectic evening in the Victorian parlor-style featuring functional gear, spiritual encounters, interactive demonstrations, lectures, various media presentations, and perhaps a cigar & some absinthe amongst much more.


The League of S.T.E.A.M. presents

"An Evening with the Unfamiliar: Scientific Investigations of Paranormal Oddities"

@ Fleeting Projects
Hosted by Renee's Courtyard Cafe

January 17th, 2010

7PM to Midnight

522 Wilshire Blvd
Santa Monica, CA 90401
21+

More Information: http://www.leagueofsteam.com/

Drop on by, talk with the artist, have a beer, listen to some music, argue about art and forget that you have to be up for work.

*** Fleeting Projects is now accepting open submissions for shows! Please e-mail fleetingprojects at gmail.com for more information. ***

Fleeting Projects is an ultra-temporary experiment in presenting art hosted monthly by Renee's Courtyard Cafe. Artists has twelve hours to arrive, display, and remove the work from the space. Renee's Courtyard Cafe is one of the oldest buildings in Santa Monica, and a former home that has been converted for different uses over nearly 100 years. Fleeting Projects attempts to push at the assumptions and boundaries to traditional art display and focuses on installation, intervention, performance, video and site-specific projects.

I hope this is allowed here.. =O I'm looking for a little help. I would like to commission someone to help me design and create a steampunk outfit with a little Scottish flare to wear with a partial fursuit (Which is a mask,  shoulder length paws, feet, and a tail). I would need the outfit by the middle or March for a convention and have no trouble sketching up a rough idea of what I'm looking for if a text description isn't good enough ( see under cut for the description).

You would be working with large sizes, such as XL shirt sizes and about a 48" waist and will need to be able to accommodate the costume I will wear with the clothes (since there are shoulder length paws I'd need sleeves that are not full length, ect.)

( These are my ideas. )

I am editing a response here because I had so many comments and currently don't have the time to reply to each one individually. I will break this down into topics.

Goggles:  I prefer to wear the goggles around my neck because I will be wearing a full face mask who's under-structure would be squeezed in an unnatural way because it is made of foam and not flesh and bone like our own heads. I have seen goggles worn on fursuits before but they generally have the straps let all the way out and are pinned in some way to the mask to hold them in place, from what I have seen. As this is not really the look I am going for, I prefer to hang them around the neck when not in use.

Kilt : The reason I wanted slacks with my kilt is because I will not have full legs on this costume, only feet. I understand that it might be historically inaccurate but for the sake of not showing my human legs. Of course I would always wear the socks as stated and add some fur to them, just enough to cover my exposed legs. I apologize for all who were offended by the suggestion, I was just trying to make this costume work with the outfit. As I said, this idea is very much up to artistic interpretation and I have no trouble changing the concept or idea if the costume maker has a better idea than what I have presented.

Location: Swainsboro Georgia, about 3 hours from Atlanta, 1 hour and 45mins from Augusta, and about the same distance from Savannah Georgia.

Hey guys, what happened to this scenario?
http://community.livejournal.com/zombie_survival/tag/baton+rouge+scenario

I really enjoyed following this, then it never came back. =(

I personally don't have anything to do with this.. I was just on craigslist and came across this. I'm pretty damn excited about it.

"Attn: Zombies of All Ages! Join the NOLA Zombie Walk!

Zombie Walks are the new underground events in major cities. NOLA needs to get in on this! We are hoping to organize NOLA's first Zombie Walk for the 2010 Mardi Gras and we need as many zombie's as possible to participate. Interested in joining the undead for a spectacular night? Email NOLAzombiewalk@gmail.com and get in on the action!"

Here's the link: http://neworleans.craigslist.org/grp/1530333920.html

I hope this works out. :):):)

EDIT: I sent an email to that address and got this:

Welcome Zombies of all ages! The NOLA Zombie Walk is scheduled for Lundi Gras - Monday, Feb. 15th, 2010. Details:

6:30pm: Zombies gather in front of the Imax Theater (on the river side) by the Aquarium of the Americas.
6:45pm: Lurch Begins!

Route: From Imax -> St. Peter St. (via Woldenberg Park) -> Royal St. (passing through Jackson Square) -> Canal Street -> Imax.

So i realized i hadn't posted here in over a year, which seemed way too long so i figured i'd share some outfits with you guys!

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I just found out that my significant other and I are going to get to attend The Steampunk World's Fair in Jersey this May. And although we've been talking about and lusting over steampunk costumes for a few years now, we have never actually taken the big plunge. But since we're now committed to this event, the pressure is on to get at least a basic outfit together!

Now, the rub is that neither of us knows a thing about sewing, so we'll be buying our costume pieces and making some small personalizations that are within our limited means. Basically, we'd love to support freelance costumers who do commission work. Is there a "recommended" list somewhere, or some trusted costumers you could point us to? We'd love some personal recommendations to help us get the ball rolling!

So I've decided to hold a Pirate celebration on Sept 19, giving me eight months to prepare. I may be sewing all of my friend's clothing, and I was wondering if everybody here just kind of figured it out, or used patterns, or what? I want to make myself a Victorian/Steamy-esque dress (which I will then trail the bottom through some mud, make it sort of raggedy, and be a pirate), and my friends will probably need some sort of bloomers (probably most of us will be lower-class, while a few may use some of my lolita pieces and go as upper class pirates). Do you guys think that I, with minimum sewing experience (a few pillows and a basic shirt) but a lot of enthusiasm and dedication, could do in the next eight months? Also, what material do you all recommend for the cotton pieces?

Sorry to bother, since this may be a tad off topic, but I was hoping some of you guys would have experience sewing the Victorian pretty things.

We're having a 36 hour boot sale. Just $22.95 for sizes 5 1/2 - 7 in both black and brown here

Fabulous kneepatch tights from sockdreams.com

Over and out.

Greetings all,

I recently made a c1908 dress for a party and while doing so I went hunting through my reference files again and came across a rather amusing image. I have a collection of Girl's Own annuals from 1906-1911 and they contain helpful hints on what to wear and what not to.

This image if from the article detailing what to wear when motoring:

The text reads: "Some women fancy themselves with goggles--"

Apart from the humour arising from the goggle issue we too face there are also some nice little fashion ideas that may be pulled from all the figures in the image. If there is interest I am happy to scan the full article as well as any others of interest (such as how to select and wear a corset and how to knit a motoring coat).

Got an airship crew that is looking for a place to play!?

Barataria Faire may be the place! We are looking for a crew of Airship pirates!

We are also looking for Steampunk themed Fairies!

Barataria Faire is an exciting new Pirate and Fairy themed Faire that will be held August 7 -8 in Springfield, Mo.

Auditions are THIS SATURDAY! January 9th!

Auditions will be in 30 minute increments with a lunch break at noon.

Auditions will be open and located at 1223 S National Ave, Springfield MO 65804.

They are improv, you will simply interact as your character with current cast members at the auditions.

If you can not make it this weekend there is one more round of auditions on Saturday Jan 30th.

Appointments will be made by email only; please email eric@baratariafaire.com the following information:

Real Name:
Contact phone #:
Email:
Character name (or role):
Brief Character description:
Requested Day and Time of Audition:

Auditions will be posted on a first come, first serve basis. If your requested time is not available you will be contacted to reschedule. So you may want to include any times you are absolutely not available.

Appointments are not entirely necessary, if you'd like to just show up and wait, feel free, we'll work you in, and will also have the above information on forms to fill out on-site.


So if you leave near enough to Springfield, Missouri to come and play with us please do! We have cast members coming iin from Kansas City and St Louis!


We are also still needing VENDORS! So come sell your items with us!

For details contact Michelle Garvin Skorupan
vendors@baratariaFaire.com
or her office 913-526-1838

For more information

http://www.baratariafaire.com/

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/baratariafaire/

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Dear Fellow Steamers,

I hope you are all doing marvelously well as it has been a while since I posted on this community, but rest assured I read all the posts (I learned about "The World Sky Race", I saw someone make a beautiful replica Clank from "Girl Genius", I learned about the Steampunk World Fair going on in NJ, and so much more so keep up the great posts!).

Wanted to know if there was anyone here, or someone I could be recommended to, who could help me. I am currently looking on the market for a full deck of victorian playing cards (simply ones, no fluff, like cards you would see at a pub). Now I did some digging and this particular item seems to be extremely hard to come by (the few I found cost far too much then I would have been willing to pay...or anyone in their right mind would be willing to pay).
With this being said I am looking for prop victorian playing cards and/or someone who has the ability to make such a prop for me.
In exchange I can either pay, though piece might be low from me as I am not fabulously weathly at the moment, or, prefably, we could do a trade.
I'm an artist by nature and I would be willing to do a full commission of choice: character (or characters as long aes it doesn't go over three), fully cged with background, in exchange for the deck.
If someone is interested in taking on this challenge or knows someone who would, I would be very appreciative and would love to discuss in further detail. I can be reached at:
kdemsko@gamil.com

Also, in the future, I will be looking for a steampunk inventor collabator to help construct trickets, weapons, toys, and more so, same as above, if you or someone you know could possibly do the job, please feel free to email me at the above address (has anyone ever made tin wide up toys? I am VERY MUCH looking for someone who can!)

Lastly, thanks to the very kind patrons of this community, I have been able to take some freelance work and it has been coming along quiet well (you guys know who you are and I couldn't be more thankful. I will be posting the end results of those commissions here very soon!). However, as this group of commissions comes to a close, I would like to open back up a new batch of commission work. If you or anyone you know would be interested in having an art commission done by yours truly, please feel free to email me at the address above.

A few samples of my work can be found here (or if you rather wait till I post my first batch of steampunk commissions to see some steampunk art goodness, by all means please wait, I will have those up hopefully in the next few days or so :)
http://img20.yfrog.com/img20/3962/73t.png
http://www.madteahouse.com/Gallery/spacekraken-image.png
http://www.madteahouse.com/Gallery/KB08bday-image.png
http://www.madteahouse.com/Gallery/CatchaShootingStar-image.png
http://www.colorthegrayscale.com/birdhouse-byKB.png

Thank you all for taking the time to read all this and I will hopefully hear from someone of you soon!

~ Lia