How to Make Steampunk Costumes by Yourself?

As one of the most popular vintage and alternative costume styles, steampunk has become a lot people’s first choice on costume. Some people love buy the ready made clothes and some people don’t. They want to do make the costumes all by themselves. So here are some tips on how to make DIY steampunk costumes.

Drummer Steampunk Jacket for Women

First of all, you should have a clear idea about what the steampunk style is. It is firstly appeared in the later time of victoiran period. Unlike the victorian clothing, it focus on scientific and industrial factors.
Then the basis of steampunk is the victorian style clothing, it is the details that transform an outfit from an old fashioned costume into real steampunk. If you are a man you can choose the pants matched with shirt and vest. If you are a woman, you can choose the corset and the dresses which similar to the victoiran dresses but with a more copper or brown color.
The main DIY here is the accessory part. This is the most important factor to make you look different from the others. So add some metal tones. Part of what defines steampunk is metal accessories that invoke the industrial revolution. Use gears or other bits of metal to make jewelry or other accessories.
Through what I mentioned here, you will have an authentic steampunk look all by yourself. And this will look definitely different for you from the other people.

How to Start Dressing in Steampunk Style?

As the clothing fashion favors the alternative style, there is no doubt that steampunk style has been fond by most people in nowadays. Large number of people love steampunk style clothing for scientific and unique look. Most people dressing with steampunk style for costume use. For those who firstly get into this style, here are some tips on how to start dressing in steampunk style.

For the first step you have to do is to know that steampunk style was originated in the early 20th century. That means the steampunk style is inspired from victorian style clothing. This information is helpful for women who want to dress steampunk. The dresses are similar to the ones in victorian period. The ball gown and bustle skirt which represent the victorian style have been used into steampunk dress design.

Besides, s new member in this style also should know the basic characteristics of steampunk style. Both for men and women, the brown detail and features like striped design are essential.
The accessory is important to any kind of clothing. It can strengthen the look of the style itself and add more beauty to people who wear in this style. For the steampunk accessory, the metallic accent is prominent. It can fulfill the look of being more masculine and awesome.
Remember the steampunk style is inspired from victorian clothing and its characteristics and accessories. Then you can have an authentic steampunk look.

The Masculinity Revealing Steampunk Outfits for Women

Compared to the other vintage kind of clothing, the steampunk style is the one that reveal much more masculinity for women. As far as I know, there is no other clothing style shows technology and science than steampunk style does. So in the following part, I will focus on the women’s outfits in steampunk style which show masculinity.

Steampunk is a style that derived from the victorian style clothing both for men and women. Dresses mainly got the silhouette and some certain design from the victorian dresses. Changed and added with scientific tone, the steampunk style dresses show a fresh look to people and a fresh feeling to the women who wear it. The classic pattern like metal accents, stripped detail and leather application make clothes of this style unique.
There are some women that are fond of being masculine than the sweet and lovely ones. And the the outfits above are fantastic to help achieve the masculine look. Think about it.

Victorian Inspired Steampunk Dresses for Women

Clothing in steampunk style is derived from the victorian period clothes. Though steampunk clothes are more often with the design of tops and pants, the dresses which are inspired by victorian certain patterns.

Vintage Green and Brown Steampunk Bustle Dress

Vintage Champagne Embroidered Steampunk Victorian Dress

The ball gown silhouette are representative in victorian women’s clothing. They are perfect to reveal the wearers’ full figure especially in the down part. And with the fitted bodice design, the dress sends both the slim and full figure. The slim figure is synonym to the femininity; and the full figure is the symbol of wealthiness. The clothes are one important element to see whether one live with a high status or not.
Bustle skirts are classic in the late 19th century. They gave the women who wore them the other half of the characteristic female silhouette in the victorian period These types of skirts can be either straight in a "pencil" design, or round and full circle with many different varieties in between.
To sum up, steampunk style dresses are inspired from the victorian dresses. No matter it is a ball gown or a bustle skirt, it looks great with steampunk element.

Key Elements to Achieve Originality in Steampunk Clothing

Steampunk fans create their own fashion designs, an adventurous pastiche of Victorian, Edwardian and military style accented with sometimes crudely mechanized accouterments like brass goggles and wings made from pulleys, harnesses and clockwork pendant necklaces, not to mention the odd ray gun dangling at the hip. Steampunk style is corseted, built on a scaffolding of bustles, crinoline petticoats and parasols & high-arced sleeves, often made with leather.

Faux Leather Steampunk Vest for Men

Steampunk is a style that equals to originality. And the originality is achieved through the accessories that people add to themselves and their clothes. And the key features include goggles, facial hair for guys and corsets for women. Dressing up is a big part of Steampunk’s appeal for creators and fans alike. One of the reasons we chose this as a theme for our costume contest is it allows a new way to do costuming where one doesn’t have to necessarily dress up as somebody else’s character. It’s about creating your own character and your own world.
No matter what kind of clothing style it is, it must has some key elements to show that it is different from the other styles. And steampunk is a style that its key elements are used to achieve the originality.

Military Menswear in Steampunk Style

Steampunk is one type of fashion style which is based on the clothing during the Victorian Period. It shows more with industrial twist than the mere victorian pattern. And there are also some variations in steampunk style clothing. And in the following article, I would like to focus on the menswear with military accents.

Steampunk is a style that place much emphasis on the masculine look for both men and women especially for men. Some classic clothes include vests and waistcoats can go over a ruffled blouse. Instead of a skirt, jodhpurs or trousers may be worn. A men's coat and tails may be worn over the bustle. Top hats, boots, and pocketwatches are all acceptable touches.
Military coats and jackets also perform unisex duty in steampunk contexts. Look for braids, epaulettes, and structured lines. Military surplus is also a good source for fittings and accessories
The steampunk outfits with military accents are great for men. They are revealing more masculine scent than the normal outfits for their special patterns. And I hope this will help you when considering some military steampunk attires.

Sub Genres of Steampunk Styles

Steampunk is a great style. It combines futuristic technology with the Victorian period of history. Steampunk's aesthetic is a blend of industrial age machinery and postmodern sensibilities. The sub-genres of steampunk stem out into a variety of darker or more dystopian points of view.
Clockpunk

Clockpunk is characterized by the gear. Whether the steampunk carries a pocket-watch on a chain or wears a necklace with a cog hanging from it, these sorts of accessories put them in the clockpunk sub-genre. Instead of images and clothing that recalls steam power, clockpunks prefer a much more love in mechanical aesthetics. For this reason, clockpunks appear almost robotic. The derivative is cleaner than steampunk, often metallic.
Western Steampunk

Black Steampunk Guard Coat for Men

As in the popular film “Wild Wild West”, western steampunk combines the old west cowboy clothes with science fiction elements. This style is different from the Victorian foundation in that it uses fashion from the American west. Steam locomotives are associated with western steampunk.
Steamgoth

When applying the dark elements into the steampunk style, it becomes the steamgoth. Steamgoth usually keeps clothing dark and dingy, the most popular color being black. Unlike the generic goth style which merely blends flowy, vampire-inspired all-black clothes and white face makeup, steamgoth maintains the steampunk style clothing like vests and metallic accessories. One particular accessory that is popular in steamgoth is goggles. Top hats are also acceptable forms of headgear, especially for male steamgoths.
These three are the most well known sub genres in steampunk style. If you are interested in this style, you can take them into consideration to be a more various steampunk.