Playing Dress Up (The Steam Gallery Volume 2)

[H.Q. Megatherium]

Someone told me my Unibloomer outfit is "steampunk."  Is it? 

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[Captain Brandsson]

Someone told me my Unibloomer outfit is "steampunk."  Is it? 

Whether it is or is not... I like it.

[The Squire]

I think it's kind of Steam Western. Cowgirl waiting for her dress to dry. Cute.

[Captain Brandsson]

I think it's kind of Steam Western. Cowgirl waiting for her dress to dry. Cute.

Would that be a "yes", then, Squire?

[Talefeather]

Someone told me my Unibloomer outfit is "steampunk."  Is it? 

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I don't know exactly what to call it but it's adorable!  Maybe you had to dash from your (or a special friend's) rooms in the wee morning hours due to an emergency?  I'd say, yes.  Steampunkable. 

[The Squire]

That would be a Yes. If there were a ray gun strapped on a Sam Brown belt, it would be more obvious. Weird West, Steam Western, Western Steampunk...of, course, she might be an Adventuress from Southmoltonshire or Diddlesex or even Loamshire and then she wouldn't be 'Western' at all. Perhaps the effect of that last experiment has her wandering about her English garden in her underpinnings, slightly dazed.

[Captain Brandsson]

That would be a Yes. If there were a ray gun strapped on a Sam Brown belt, it would be more obvious. Weird West, Steam Western, Western Steampunk...of, course, she might be an Adventuress from Southmoltonshire or Diddlesex or even Loamshire and then she wouldn't be 'Western' at all. Perhaps the effect of that last experiment has her wandering about her English garden in her underpinnings, slightly dazed.

Merely curious as to wether you might be suggesting that proper steampunk is limited to the English side of the Atlantic. 

[The Squire]

Merely curious as to wether you might be suggesting that proper steampunk is limited to the English side of the Atlantic. 

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Never in life, my dear Captain! For me, at least, anything anywhere occurring from the late Napoleonic to the end of WWI can be steampunked. Continental boundaries, even planetary boundaries, do not enter the equation, except as to style.

[H.Q. Megatherium]

Thank you!  But I do want to point out that the Unibloomer, like the original Bloomers, is an outer garment, not an underpinning.   

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelia_Bloomer

[The Squire]

I am mortified, Madame. My knowledge of fashion is woefully deficient. Forgive me please, m'am. Do you have any more photogravures of the 'Unibloomer?'

[Lord Wraste]

I'm sorry, but every time I read "Uniboomer" I get an image in my head of a pair of knickers wearing shades and a hoodie sending out ladies garments in the mail.

[Captain Brandsson]

Never in life, my dear Captain! For me, at least, anything anywhere occurring from the late Napoleonic to the end of WWI can be steampunked. Continental boundaries, even planetary boundaries, do not enter the equation, except as to style.

Glad to hear it!
They shoot people for less in the steampunk Republic of Texas.

[Danbury Shakes]

Someone told me my Unibloomer outfit is "steampunk."  Is it? 

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I can't help but think that there should be a haystack near by.

Or is that just wishful thinking!?!

 

[The Squire]

Never in life, my dear Captain! For me, at least, anything anywhere occurring from the late Napoleonic to the end of WWI can be steampunked. Continental boundaries, even planetary boundaries, do not enter the equation, except as to style.

Glad to hear it!
They shoot people for less in the steampunk Republic of Texas.

I might not be shot, sir, but had I presumed that steam was bound to the Queen's Isles, I would have been given a hard and meaningful look. The Republic, sir, The Republic! [I need a tongue-in-cheek emoticon]

We do have a sort of 'Unibloomer' in Texas. I only wish I had a beautiful señora or señorita to model said garment.

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[Wilhelmina Frame]

Thank you!  But I do want to point out that the Unibloomer, like the original Bloomers, is an outer garment, not an underpinning.   

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelia_Bloomer

But it is quite similar to the victorian combination which was definitely underpinnings.

[garingling]

Someone told me my Unibloomer outfit is "steampunk."  Is it? 

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I love your Unibloomer, I really would love to make one for myself. Did you make it yourself and if so is there a pattern you can direct me to?

I'm sorry, but every time I read "Uniboomer" I get an image in my head of a pair of knickers wearing shades and a hoodie sending out ladies garments in the mail.

And this gave me a giggle   

[Wilhelmina Frame]

depending on what you find out from Ms. HQ, you might be able to extrapolate something similar from this pattern:
http://trulyvictorian.com/catalog/105.html

[garingling]

depending on what you find out from Ms. HQ, you might be able to extrapolate something similar from this pattern:
http://trulyvictorian.com/catalog/105.html

Thanks Wilhelmina, that could definitely have potential.

[H.Q. Megatherium]

I'm sorry, but every time I read "Uniboomer" I get an image in my head of a pair of knickers wearing shades and a hoodie sending out ladies garments in the mail.

Yes, well, I suppose that might be a problem.    But the idea is more along the lines of "unitard."

 

We do have a sort of 'Unibloomer' in Texas. I only wish I had a beautiful señora or señorita to model said garment.

This Unibloomer is a Texas garment.  Or in any case, it is a garment which currently and the foreseeable future, exists in Texas. 

I love your Unibloomer, I really would love to make one for myself. Did you make it yourself and if so is there a pattern you can direct me to?

Thank you, yes, made by me, and here's a link to a small tutorial:  http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=355437.10

But the Combination pattern linked to by Miss Frame would work as well, though a slightly different shape.

[Sam Watson]

I don't remember if I've posted this before, but I came across this photo as I was poking about my hard drive:

Looking good, but you know what you need? A beard   A nice moustache atleast!

Like this?

[Capt. Dirigible]

I don't remember if I've posted this before, but I came across this photo as I was poking about my hard drive:

Looking good, but you know what you need? A beard  A nice moustache atleast!

Like this?

Oh! Nice 'tache!

[garingling]

Thanks for the link H.Q. Megatherium.  
 

[Engineer]

Photos from the Hanbury Vintage Transport Show last weekend:

Group photo:

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From left to right (I think I got all the names right) :
Front row : Mrs Jedi, Steam Bat Boy, Mrs Jedi's dad, son of Mr Bellows, the Coglings Foss, Mr Bellows
Rear rows : Esme Moore, Random Jedi, Mr Griffiths, Sir A Poisselamppe, The Governess, Mrs Van Horne, Engineer, Buskerette, Mrs Foss, Steamblast Mary, Grum Foss

and in sepia :

And in the beer tent on Saturday night (photos courtesy of Sir A Poisselamppe):

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Steampunks, from left to right : Steamblast Mary, Mr Griffiths, Engineer, Buskerette




The obligatory hat tower




Dr Busker and the Wild Rovers




I was dragged onto stage for the final number as a random percussionist ....

[Major Wolfram Quicksilver]

Ah hell, saving this for the Asylum, but just want to share with you.  Needs some tweaking with the bandolier, and a lanyard for the pistol, but basically it's done.

Behold!  The Steampunk Shock Trooper!

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[OswaldBastable]

Ah hell, saving this for the Asylum, but just want to share with you.  Needs some tweaking with the bandolier, and a lanyard for the pistol, but basically it's done.

Behold!  The Steampunk Shock Trooper!

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ahhhh you couldnt resist any longer excellent stuff, especially the articulated armour on the shoulders and legs