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
Welcome to the Steampunk Movement! "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". Quoted from one of our popular Steampunk blogs Back to the Future: Steampunk by Matthew Krueger.
While the term itself is full of mystery, you've probably been known the style of Steampunk longer than you realize. Popular video game "BioShock." is all about it. The feature film "Golden Compass" has it. Even famous literary novels Homunculus and The Affair of the Chalk Cliffs by Jules Verne and H.G. Wells are heavily influenced by Steampunk.
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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