The town lives off the Bronte legacy. A photo showed a bakery named “Villette Baker”. That was one of Charlotte Bronte’s novels inspired by her stay in a school in Brussels where she fell in love with the married professor.
Gadzooks! I checked out the photos and they are all old geezers. If there are any young people still into steampunk, this will put an end to it.
There has been a small but growing fascination among younger people with what might be called “retro” dress. It’s been going on for years. Back when I was living in California I once saw a young man, probably early 20’s, dressed like he had just won the lottery, circa 1920’s. He was walking in a shopping mall in Modesto and was wearing a crisp white 3 piece suit with gold watch chain, a panama style hat and had tan colored spats on his shoes. People were actually taking pictures of the kid on their phones.
And then there is the neo-victorian fad in New York...
https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/12/fashion/12CODES.html?hp
I loved steampunk before it was a word. Films The Time Machine and First Men In The Moon (seen as a kid in the early 60’s), and the Wild Wild West TV series later on are perfect steampunk design.
I’ve read the Magnificent Devices novels of Shelly Adina and more from other authors. I’ll confess to having a lady’s steampunk hat and other items, and am thinking of a costume.
Surfing internet on Steampunk genre
Interesting imagery, but odd subject to obsess over
At least they like to be thoughtful about what they wear...wearable themed art..creative stuff....certainly beats people bragging about what brand they are wearing...
When I was young, we would buy fancy 1940’s zoot suits from the second hand store for next to nothing and go dancing at the Roxy
What is up with the goggle thing?