Editing Steampunk (section)

===Fashion===
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[[File:Steampunk-falksen.jpg|upright|thumb|Author [[G. D. Falksen]], wearing a steampunk-styled arm prosthesis (created by [[Thomas Willeford]]), exemplifying one take on steampunk fashion]]

Steampunk fashion has no set guidelines but tends to synthesize modern styles with influences from the Victorian era. Such influences may include [[bustle]]s, [[corset]]s, gowns, and [[petticoat]]s; suits with [[waistcoat]]s, coats, [[top hat]]s<ref>{{cite book|last1=Campbell|first1=Jean|title=Steampunk Style Jewelry: A Maker's Collection of Victorian, Fantasy, and Mechanical Designs|date=2009|publisher=[[Creative Publishing International]]|location=Minneapolis, Minnesota|isbn=978-1-58923-475-8|page=58}}</ref> and [[bowler hat]]s (themselves originating in 1850 England), [[tailcoat]]s and [[Spat (footwear)|spats]]; or military-inspired garments. Steampunk-influenced outfits are usually accented with several technological and "period" accessories: timepieces, [[parasol]]s, flying/driving goggles,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://theurbancrew.com/blogs/fashion-trends/steampunk-sunglasses|title=Steampunk Sunglasses – All you need to know!|work=The Urban Crew|access-date=Jul 19, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170902004844/https://theurbancrew.com/blogs/fashion-trends/steampunk-sunglasses|archive-date=September 2, 2017}}</ref> and ray guns. Modern accessories like cell phones or music players can be found in steampunk outfits, after being modified to give them the appearance of Victorian-era objects. [[Post-apocalyptic]] elements, such as gas masks, ragged clothing, and tribal motifs, can also be included. Aspects of steampunk fashion have been anticipated by mainstream high fashion, the [[Lolita fashion|Lolita]] and [[aristocrat (fashion)|aristocrat]] styles, neo-Victorianism, and the [[Goth (subculture)|Romantic Goth subculture]].<ref name="La Ferla"/><ref name=Poeter>{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/06/LVL211GOO2.DTL|title=Steampunk's subculture revealed|newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle|date=July 6, 2008|author=Damon Poeter|access-date=September 8, 2008|archive-date=July 30, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080730235507/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2008%2F07%2F06%2FLVL211GOO2.DTL|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Rowe>{{cite web|title=What Is Steampunk? A Subculture Infiltrating Films, Music, Fashion, More|first=Andrew Ross|last=Rowe|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1595812/20080929/index.jhtml|publisher=MTV|date=September 29, 2008|access-date=October 14, 2008|archive-date=February 11, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120211231722/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1595812/steampunk-subculture-looks-poised-move-above-ground.jhtml|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2005, [[Kate Lambert]], known as "Kato", founded the first steampunk clothing company, "Steampunk Couture",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://steampunkjournal.org/2014/02/20/steampunk-couture/|title=Company Spotlight: Steampunk Couture|publisher=Steampunk Journal|date=Feb 20, 2014|access-date=Apr 11, 2014|archive-date=April 7, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407092026/http://steampunkjournal.org/2014/02/20/steampunk-couture/|url-status=usurped}}</ref> mixing Victorian and post-apocalyptic influences. In 2013, [[IBM]] predicted, based on an analysis of more than a half million public posts on message boards, blogs, social media sites, and news sources, "that 'steampunk,' a subgenre inspired by the clothing, technology and social mores of Victorian society, will be a major trend to bubble up and take hold of the retail industry".<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/40120.wss|title=IBM Social Sentiment Index Predicts New Retail Trend in the Making|publisher=IBM|last=Dahncke|first=Pasha Ray|access-date=18 February 2013|archive-date=7 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130207043425/http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/40120.wss|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=Time>{{cite news|url=https://style.time.com/2013/01/17/will-steampunk-really-be-the-next-big-fashion-trend/|title=Will Steampunk Really Be the Next Big Fashion Trend?|magazine=Time|date=Jan 17, 2013|last=Skarda|first=Erin|access-date=Feb 18, 2013|archive-date=March 7, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130307120643/http://style.time.com/2013/01/17/will-steampunk-really-be-the-next-big-fashion-trend/|url-status=live}}</ref> Indeed, high fashion lines such as [[Prada]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tor.com/blogs/2013/11/sci-fi-actors-wearing-steampunk-clothes-designed-by-prada|title=Sci-Fi Actors Wearing Steampunk Clothes Designed by Prada|date=June 25, 2012|author=Stubby the Rocket|access-date=Mar 28, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211111549/http://www.tor.com/blogs/2013/11/sci-fi-actors-wearing-steampunk-clothes-designed-by-prada|archive-date=December 11, 2013}}</ref> [[Dolce & Gabbana]], [[Versace]], [[Chanel]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://steampunkworkshop.com/steampunk-couture-hot-runway-and-were-not-talking-airships|title=Steampunk Couture Hot on the Runway (and We're Not Talking Airships)|publisher=Steampunk Workshop|date=Mar 6, 2013|author=Cicatrix13|access-date=March 29, 2014|archive-date=March 29, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140329155404/http://steampunkworkshop.com/steampunk-couture-hot-runway-and-were-not-talking-airships|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Christian Dior]]<ref name=Time/> had already been introducing steampunk styles on the fashion runways.

In episode 7 of [[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]]'s ''[[Under the Gunn]]'' [[Reality television|reality series]], contestants were challenged to create [[avant-garde]] "steampunk chic" looks.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.threadsmagazine.com/item/35702/under-the-gunn-episode-7-steampunk-chic/page/all|title=Under the Gunn, Episode 7: "Steampunk Chic"|publisher=Threads Magazine|date=Mar 6, 2014|access-date=March 29, 2014|archive-date=March 29, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140329155702/https://www.threadsmagazine.com/item/35702/under-the-gunn-episode-7-steampunk-chic/page/all|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[America's Next Top Model]]'' tackled steampunk fashion in a 2012 episode where models competed in a steampunk-themed photo shoot, posing in front of a steam train while holding a live owl.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lacedandwaisted.blogspot.com/2012/09/americas-next-top-model-goes-steampunk.html|title=America's Next Top Model goes STEAMPUNK|publisher=LacedAndWaisted|date=September 30, 2012|access-date=September 14, 2015|archive-date=October 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016034838/http://lacedandwaisted.blogspot.com/2012/09/americas-next-top-model-goes-steampunk.html|url-status=live}}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|sure=yes|reason=Source is a blog.|date=December 2017}}