Steampunk Dress-Up.

[swestrup]

It seems that taxlady and I have been invited to a steampunk event in mid-October at our favorite watering hole. The only problem is that we don't currently have any costume ideas. Does anyone have any ideas for things I could do that would be reasonably fast, reasonably cheap, and reasonably easy?

Comments

[tcaptain.livejournal.com]

Hehe. J and I were wondering the exact same thing.

If I run into anything I'll make sure to let you know.

[galialuna.livejournal.com]

That's awesome! Luckily, I think steampunk is open for interpretations, so it shouldn't be that hard. My impression is that you can just wing it by incorporating victorian-ish garb with some technological aspects. ANd you're techtastic! make something cool!

[foms.livejournal.com]

Steampunk means goggles.

[sorceror.livejournal.com]

Yep -- that's what **I** said!!!

[joenotcharles.livejournal.com]

You know, I see sort of a Hugo Strange look for you... just replace the glasses with goggles.

[jdhobbes.livejournal.com]

This was our first attempt at putting together a steampunk murder mystery event, so we've tried to keep a control on who shows up. But any friend of swestrup can be a friend of mine!

Check out what we have planned at:
http://www.documentia.ca/steampunk/index.html

and let me know if you're into it (by emailing me at the address on that page).

[jdhobbes.livejournal.com]

I put a list of links on the first page of the website so you could get some ideas:

http://www.documentia.ca/steampunk/index.html

What you're aiming for is Victorian-style fashion. From there, you can start adding superfluous metal bits.