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.