Written by Team Editor Matthew Krueger
original release date: July 10, 2010
updated: January 22, 2011
Back to the Future: Steampunk
Imagine an industrial underbelly, a forest of pipes, gears, and nameless gadgets. Reach back across time to a quaint but clattering world of factories and locomotive whirlygigs, zeppelins, and wooden submarines with red velvet interiors. If Jules Verne or H.G. Wells come to mind, you’re not far off, as what may seem to describe a 19th century flight of fancy has actually exploded into a present day movement all its own: Steampunk.
Hi Matt, Thanks for this background information--it's interesting to learn of some of the origins of this movement. I've been wondering about it. I can't say I've seen anyone who has taken it on with the fashion you describe, but if I do I'll have some context. Are there countries or cities where it is more prevalent than others? I did notice over the holidays that there were many ads from fine jewelers with key pendants, so a very toned-down version seems to have made it into the mainstream . . . Nice to hear from you--Karen
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Thanks for this background information--it's interesting to learn of some of the origins of this movement. I've been wondering about it. I can't say I've seen anyone who has taken it on with the fashion you describe, but if I do I'll have some context. Are there countries or cities where it is more prevalent than others? I did notice over the holidays that there were many ads from fine jewelers with key pendants, so a very toned-down version seems to have made it into the mainstream . . . Nice to hear from you--Karen