lol....sounds similar to my question not along ago. this thread might help a bit

tribes.tribe.net/289351f7-...b7b612c518


also, our troupe did our version of a steampunk belly dance and we didn't just have victorian inspired clothing..........

tribes.tribe.net/pavlovs/p...1c771f8e8c (there are several if you scroll through them)


i am SOOOOOOOOOOOOO not an expert on this tho. i highly recommend looking through all the great replies i got on the thread

go read Girl Genius.Steampunk is whatever you can make of it. If people start making Rules it';ll stop being fun.
one of my steampunk outfits has no goggles at all! Just imagine, how would people dress if there were Victorian mad scientists running the world and they just got back from Burningman.

Think of old movies from the 20's like Metropolis about what the future was supposed to be, imagine if that future happened in a parallel universe.

Now imagine that parallel universe collapsed into the one we actually live in now, the two universes seemlessly combined. Your PC tower inside a polished mahogany box similar to an old radio, a vacuum tube flickering instead of a led to tell you the processor is going. Your cellphone the same size, same electronics and screen, but encased in etched silver, ivory, and teak. Imagine less highways, more trains and trolleys, beaching steam, but with water heated by hydrogen fuel cells, and floating above the ground with the use of room temperature superconductivity. All the cars made of wood, brass, and cloth, with ceiling fans. These are examples... Imagine settlers on other planets using horses for many things, but spacecraft flying overhead. These are just examples, it's fanciful, but anything that would be a combination of these two parallel universes in your mind is fair game as Steampunk.


another possible way of looking at is a revival of the New Romantics, but minus the excessive glam, and plus a love for technology both archaic and highly advanced. Pop stars like Adam Ant might not be truly steampunk, but his style of clothes may have pointed the way a tiny bit.