Category: Steampunk Fashion

Amazing Steampunk Style Watches from Kudoke

Steampunk style comes at many price points, from decorated Nerf pistols and goggles made from scraps to hand-tailored costumes and custom-built computers. Very close to the top of that price list is things like the Skeleton watches from Kudoke, a high end watchmaker from Germany.

Skeleton watches are not new, and we’ll be featuring some more in the future, but some watchmakers go the extra step to make the clockworks themselves decorative. The clearest case of this from Kudoke is the Kudoktopus, in which a jeweled cephalopod seems to have entangled itself in the gears. Quite a lovely timepiece. And while their other designs may lack the tentacly coolness of this one, they remain equally as hypnotic.

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Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in Steampunk Style

While Steampunk is all too often associated only with Great Britain, there is no reason it can’t apply to Ireland as well. People joke about Steampunk being about brown, but there is nothing that restrict you to drab colors. The wearing o’ the green can also be the wearing o’ the steam!

Now, if you didn’t plan ahead, it’s probably too late to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in Steampunk style this year. There is always next year, however, so here are a few ideas to get you thinking for next year.

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Find Your Perfect Steampunk Hat for Halloween

Halloween is coming up fast and it is always a great occasion to show off some Steampunk fashion. Of course, not all of us have a complete neo-Victorian ensemble just waiting to be doffed. Over the next week, we’ll be looking at how to put together your perfect Steampunk Halloween costume.

Other than a parasol, nothing is higher on a Steampunk trick-of-treater than the hat. Now, there are lots of ways to go, depending on the look you want and how much you can spend, so let’s take a look at some examples of the more common genera.

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Lady Gaga Going Steampunk?

Twitter followers of Lady Gaga were treated this weekend to some pictures that suggest the pop star may be considering a Steampunk turn. The two pictures posted via Instagram show Ms. Gaga wearing a hat and ensemble from Worth Couture Paris (although she was in Denmark, she pointed out). The feathers, veil, and detailing do have a period feel to them, although looking at anything else from Worth Couture upcoming collections, it is hard to see a clear 19th century influence.

Still, it is fun to speculate, given some of Lady Gaga’s earlier wardrobe, um, choices.

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Banana Republic Creating “Anna Karenina” Collection

A bit of 19th century elegance is coming to a mall chain near you this fall. Banana Republic, in partnership with Focus Features, is creating a collection of clothes inspired by the forthcoming production of Anna Karenina, starring Keira Knightly, Jude Law, and Aaron Johnson. (Alas, not Android Karenina.) The collection, which they describe as “a special holiday capsule” is being “styled and curated by twice-Academy Award-nominated Anna Karenina costume designer Jacqueline Durran.”

We haven’t seen any part of the line itself yet, but I can show you some of the lavish costumes Durran designed for the film. They are impressive.

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