Name: Grace
Home : Seattle, WA, USA

Why do you like Steampunk? Straight Victorian is too foofy. I like an adventuresome twist to my outfits, like a lady about to go on safari. Besides, I wear long sleeves and long skirts at all times, anyway. Steampunk just lets me take it to another level of fabulous. :-)

Favorite bit of clothing: Corsets. Nothing defines a ladies figure like a corset.

Favorite accessory: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rivkasmom/tags/hats/

Cake or Pie?: Death! Um, no, I mean CAKE!

Best music in the world is?: Classical solo violin, a la Sherlock Holmes. Sweet, moody music that takes you to far away lands.

Do you have a Persona?: I'm a Gemini. I have tons of Personas.
if so who are they and whats there story: Oh dear, where to start? The thing is, none of these are made up, they are all true!

*Full time single mom of a 4 year old.
*Jeweller and Milliner extraordinaire.
*Orthodox Jew.
*Old school punk/goth.


Now post photos so we know what you look like and can hug you when we see you on the street
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rivkasmom/1405717899/

Are you a good egg?: More like a bit scrambled.

Pimp your stuff:
http://rivkasmom.etsy.com
http://dawanda.com/shop/rivkasmom
http://www.dejoodsewebwinkel.nl/index.php?page=shop.browse&category_id=63&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=56
http://homegrownmarket.com/manufacturers.php?manufacturerid=560
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http://www.talentdatabase.com/channels/8-Fashion/profiles/735401-Rivka-s-Mom

Name: Sue
Home : Cornwall, UK
Why do you like Steampunk? The DIY, the mash-up tendencies, the slightly dirty scruffy edges, my long term love of old sciffy movies with bubbling test tubes and vast machines, my love of Victoriana and Victorian invention, and an addition to dressing up.
Favorite bit of clothing: My patched jeans - I insist I shall be buried with them, a black leather corset, stripey purple velvet outfit.
Favorite accessory: jet locket and a pair of carved jet skull earrings.
Cake or Pie?: oh cake, with tea, somewhere with a harp playing anda disreputable companion to gossip with
Best music in the world is?: Loud.

Do you have a Persona?: Only letting out the one I have to constrain in the mundane world, but it's all me...

Now post photos so we know what you look like and can hug you when we see you on the street

Eep!
At Whitby



In a local standing stone, in petticoats and walking boots:


An ensemble I made from curtains found at a local thrift store.



And finally, at the local Agricultural Fair, at the steam fair.



Are you a good egg?: I try to be. I'm nice to animals and small children. I bake cookiesfor people, and love sending postocards. I'm polite to strangers even though they are often rude about me.

Pimp your stuff: Perhaps later, when I've made some jewellery to sell. I have big plans for vintage componenets and resin

Name: LUPIE OF STARDUST
Home : CAMBRIDGE OF ENGLAND
Why do you like Steampunk? THE POWER OF STEAM, also a visual obsession with rust and urban decay.
Favorite bit of clothing: My... er, corsetry?
Favorite accessory: Probably my vast array of collars.
Cake or Pie?: Depends of the kind of cake/pie.
Best music in the world is?: Emilie Autumn, David Bowie and Rammstein.

Do you have a Persona?: Not really. I like to pretend I'm an evil steamvillain, though.

Now post photos so we know what you look like and can hug you when we see you on the street: You'll have to wait a bit for that.


Are you a good egg?: Hell no. >:]

Pimp your stuff: My art is awesome.

Name: Pamela
Home: Currently Chester England, Usually somewhere in Kansas
Why do you like Steampunk? It's DIY and it's Smart, I like that in a subculture. I've been found of the concept and look for longer than I've had a name for it, wearing Neo-Victorian styles with a big fluffy death-hawk and ripping up old clocks for jewelry. I would be lying to say reading The Diamond Age at a formative part of my adolescence didn't have something to do with it. Plus brass looks much better on me that silver.
Favorite bit of clothing: I can't pick one, so here are a few. Gray walking skirt I drafted the patten for myself, gray/brown waist coat with silver buttons, indestructible leather granny boots, cream asymmetrical lace skirt.
Favorite accessory: Clockwork necklace, spider in acrylic pendent, earchains(hung from industrial to gold hoop in second lobe piercing.) Gloves of all descriptions, brand new tophat.
Cake or Pie?: Depends, I'll rarely turn down either.
Best music in the world is?: Made by real artists, regardless of genre.

Do you have a Persona?: No, I find the persona thing sorta weird for what I consider largely fashion. To me. it's style not the SCA(not to say I haven't been to SCA events)
if so who are they and whats there story:N/A

Now post photos so we know what you look like and can hug you when we see you on the street I don't have many (good) pictures here(working on my laptop while at uni in the UK) but here goes anyway.

before my tattoo was complete



This is a bit more recent.


Inspired by 1900s-1920s pinups(full version on my DA account)


And a crappy picture of my shiny new topper(there're pink and black feathers in the band)


Are you a good egg?: I don't think I've ever been called rotten.

Pimp your stuff: My photography can be found here: Pamclarkson.com* kirra.deviantart.com My Flickr Stream

*my personal site is under construction, it wont always look like that.

Name: Amory
Home: Hawaii
Why do you like Steampunk? I love the anachronism and the artifice
Favorite bit of clothing: my thrift store black corduroy coat
Favorite accessory: my pocket watch
Cake or Pie?: Pie...Chocolate Pudding Pie preferably
Best music in the world is?: Classical...Bach in particular

Do you have a Persona?: Several, but only one that's steampunk
if so who are they and what's their story:

I always wanted to be a pirate, but I couldn't stand the motion sickness, so I took up the only task that doesn't require setting foot on the ship: Press Ganger. Don't get me wrong, I have a soft side...I love bunnies, I bake cookies, and I play the cello. Don't tell anyone or I'll shanghai ya!

Now post photos so we know what you look like and can hug you when we see you on the street

That's about as mean as I can make myself look, not too hug-able.

Are you a good egg?: Eh...I'd like to be, but not at the moment.

Pimp your stuff: Ain't got nothing for sale yet, but I'm working on the leatherwork and welding skills. Here's a link to some stuff I'm working on.
http://amoryburgess.deviantart.com/art/Piratey-Eye-Patches-68488544
Goggles and spectacles to come soon!

Now dance...*dances snoopy dance*

Name: Flynn
Home : Sydney, AUS
Why do you like Steampunk? It takes the god out of the machine.
Favorite bit of clothing: Any of my waistcoats.
Favorite accessory: right now, my brass butterfly hairclip.
Cake or Pie?: Nutmeg and ginger cake.
Best music in the world is?: A bad question to ask me. I am absolutely in love with most of the Romantic composers, but I also cannot resist industrial metal. You work out the connection.

Do you have a Persona?: No, but I can make one up on the spot if you want me to.
if so who are they and whats there story: Okay, then, you asked. The "lady" Flynn MacCallister is the menace of the skies. Between her formidable zeppelin and impressive new-fangled aeroplane she terrorises trading craft in the waters around Indonesia. Or that is what she would have you believe. Really, she's a small-time pirate and smuggler working between the East Indies and Australia. She's never flown an aeroplane, but reckons she could, given the chance, without any problems. Well, any significant problems.


Now post photos so we know what you look like and can hug you when we see you on the street

... no camera, see?


Are you a good egg?: Usually, yes, I'm afraid. Nothing terribly exciting here.

Now dance..

Yes Ma'am!

Name: Eleanor
Home: Essex, UK
Why do you like Steampunk? - Mad Science+ Victorian Aesthetic+ RayGuns+ Excuse for brass curliques+ machinery that works if you kick it+ Zeppelins+ Girl Genius+ Excuse to cackle maniacally and yell 'They'll Regret Whatever It Was!"
Favorite bit of clothing: Buckle boots, maybe, or the green duster (trust me, it works), or my corsetry, or my frill shirt for piraticalness
Favorite accessory:
Cake or Pie?: both.
Best music in the world is?: Gary Numan, Wolfsheim, and other similarly depressed electronic acts.

Do you have a Persona?: Ms Helena Graves
if so who are they and what's their story: A Lady devoted to Travel and the Exploration of Strange and Distant lands, including those rumoured to contain Creatures of an Eldritch Nature.
Occasionally indulges in piracy, mild necro-techo-mancy, stern librarianism, and domination of small European nation-states. Particular habit of dressing in a masculine fashion for ease of fighting, flight, getting into disreputable areas, and running away.


Now post photos so we know what you look like and can hug you when we see you on the street
My laptop was stolen. There are no pictures now.


Are you a good egg?: I am a non-platypus mammalian lifeform, and thus incapable of being an egg.

Pimp your stuff: http://www.freewebs.com/ukgothclublist It's not steampunk, but it is useful for any of a gothic nature within or visiting the UK. Also, I will be organising a Steampunk themed shoot in co-ordination with the fledgling Nocturnal Magazine at some point in the future, also in the UK. Apply here if you have enough of the vigour and eccentricity (and wardrobe and accessories) necessary to take part. Photographers also welcome.


Now dance... I can only do the goth two-step and the dramatic-cloak-sweeping dances.

Name:Paul, but prefer Shorty
Home :England, a little town you have probably never heard of
Why do you like Steampunk? The look.
Favorite bit of clothing: My RAF footmans greatcoat. Still needs some more mod though
Favorite accessory: Mr goggles, but hoping to add a firearn soon
Cake or Pie?:Pie
Best music in the world is?:Metal

Do you have a Persona?:yup
if so who are they and whats there story: A first lieutenant onboard a RAN (royal aerostatical navy) vessel currently flying over the nation of Jackals. Read The court of the air for details.


Now post photos so we know what you look like and can hug you when we see you on the street


Are you a good egg?: A bit of a rogue, but that should come as no surprise

Pimp your stuff:


Now dance..

Name: Garrett Marcus (writing name)
Home : Dallas, Texas
Why do you like Steampunk? The mystique of an earth largely unexplored and scientific advancemence still in the dreaming.
Favorite bit of clothing: Mauve vest
Favorite accessory: Brass Goggles
Cake or Pie?: Cake
Best music in the world is?: Don't know yet, haven't explored the audible form at this time.

Do you have a Persona?: The Infamous Professor McKanikus

If so who are they and whats there story:

Professor McKanikus is from Steampunk's possible future and has traveled back to the Victorian era of the early-to-mid 1850s with his trio of Telsa-driven Aether-powered automotons using his Gyrobalanced Chronometric Gauntlet in an effort to dominate the world. He has collected a series of servants and minions from some of the greatest minds of their day and have set forth to install themselves as the power behind the Prussian throne. He is also the main villain in a Steampunk-based adventure I am writing for National Novel Writing Month called Edwin Hanover and the Infamous Professor McKanikus.

As for the "real" me. I am a writer by both profession and hobby. My paid work is of a technical nature for education where-as my hobby work is in the realm of science-fiction, fantasy and horror typically (this being my first Steampunk story) and I tend to insert an element of Erotica into my tales (which I haven't decided to do yet in the story of Edwin Hanover, Esq).

I have two daughters. My oldest is 10 and my youngest turns 8 today.

Name:Michelle/Aeflwynn (Aelfwynn is what I use in the SCA and half my friends call me that all the time, anyway.)

Home :Metro Washington, DC

Why do you like Steampunk? I've always loved late Victorian clothes. Steampunk gives me a reason to indulge.

Favorite bit of clothing: My new, purple velvet jacket

Favorite accessory: tie between my new bowler and my black lace gloves

Cake or Pie?: I'm more likely to eat a random slice of cake than a random slice of pie as I'm pretty picky about pie.

Best music in the world is?: Live music, played by friends

Do you have a Persona?: Sort of

if so who are they and what's their story: Aelfwynn Whitby, intrepid exploratrix; she likes to travel to out of the way places and see things for herself. She's not afraid to rough it as long as she can have a nice cuppa and a scone occasionally.

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Are you a good egg?: Yes, though sometimes I resemble and Easter Egg ;-p

Pimp your stuff: I wore this to work last week!

Name: Darcey
Home: Norwalk, CT, USA
Why do you like Steampunk?: The attitude of anachronism and "Well, we could do it better if...". The urban decay, exploration of societal change, and the clothes. Definitely the clothes.
Favorite bit of clothing: Corsetry, because I love tightlacing.
Favorite accessory: Pearl earrings. They make it all perfect.
Cake or Pie?: Pie.
Best music in the world is?: ...you stuck me here, I can't pick just 1!

Do you have a Persona?: Sort of.
if so who are they and whats there story: Ruby Kirkbride, scholar-explorer with a dash of Weird West to her.

Now post photos so we know what you look like and can hug you when we see you on the street: No 'punked up photos, alas. I /do/ have this LJ icon with me in my burgundy & black cowboy hat, however...

Are you a good egg?: Yep.

Pimp your stuff: ... I haven't stuff to pimp. :(

Name:Natalie
Home : Bethnal Green,London,UK
Why do you like Steampunk? I've always loved the Art Nouveau period of Arts and Crafts, have an anachronistic bent and love combining the best of the old with the new, so Steampunk really got my attention. I also love the 'What If' sci-fi element of it, as well as the strong DIY element.
Favorite bit of clothing:Ack, too much to choose from! My Gallery Serpentine underbust corset with the silver woodcut print.
Favorite accessory:My brown leather bracer which I wear all the time,and my new leather gloves with buttons up the sides.
Cake or Pie?: Both.Sometimes at the same time.Ooer!
Best music in the world is?: Currently Portishead, Jill Tracy and Siouxsie's new album.

Do you have a Persona?: Not really. I go by the name of Contessa De Vestibule on Brass Goggles but to be honest I find the cosplay type angle a bit wierd. I treat my steampunk like my goth- it's just me,24/7.


Now post photos so we know what you look like and can hug you when we see you on the street




I'm afraid that's it right now as I haven't uploaded a load of photos yet and I'm posting this at work( ssssh!)


Are you a good egg?: Nah,rotten to the yolk....(actually I'm a big softie most of the time)

Pimp your stuff:

http://www.natsan.co.uk

If I have stuff to sell you'll see it on steamy_stitches.


Now dance.. Nah, I'll scare the students......

Name: Travis
Home: Currently Yokohama, normally Long Island, NY
Why do you like Steampunk?
I love the fantasy of it, and the historical aesthetic. I'm a grad student in History, albeit pre-modern Japanese history, and I love envisioning the appearance, the aesthetic, the feel of a different place and/or time.

Favorite bit of clothing: Of the very limited steampunk-esque things which I thus far own, my Royal Navy knee-length peacoat.
Favorite accessory: I'm in the market for goggles, a flight cap, and a better/cooler/more accurate pocketwatch, but for now of the things I own, I'll say my Israeli paratrooper shoulder bag. Match it with the right clothes and it almost looks like I'm ready to trek off on a Steampunk-esque adventure.
Cake or Pie?: Cake tends to often be too rich for my tastes, and I've been craving pumpkin pie since I left the States over a year ago.
Best music in the world is?: Contemporary pop/rock/whatever music which draws significantly upon traditional/ethnic/"world" music. See Rin', Idan Raichel, KODO.

Do you have a Persona?: Not of my own, no. I don't (yet) own much to dress up in, nor have I been to any particularly steampunk themed events/cons. But if I were to pick a character who inspires me, and whose persona I'd draw heavily from to create my own, I'd pick Jad Takarty, an airship adventurer/sailor from the too-short-lived CrossGen comic Meridian. Obscure, I know, but.. are there any other Meridian fans out there?
if so who are they and what's their story:

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I regret that I don't have many pictures of me in any particularly interesting outfits... I meant to when I created a profile on shoutfit, but I've never really gotten around to putting anything much together. Besides, asking my flatmates to take pictures of me for this kind of purpose is kind of embarrassing, no?

Are you a good egg?: Sure. A tea egg, I'd say. White on the outside, yellow on the inside, and steeped in traditional East Asian culture.

Pimp your stuff: Haven't got any, I'm afraid.

Name: Lainey
Home : The Hippieville of Sautee-Naccoochee
Why do you like Steampunk?
I really enjoy the melding of time periods, and the fascinating steam powered machinations that are a symbol of the genre. I also enjoy steampunk because it allows me to play around with history as well as reality, AND I just frickin' love airships!

Favorite bit of clothing:
My magenta satin frock coat of DOOM!
Favorite accessory: My pair of enhanced Quidditch goggles.
Cake or Pie?: PIE!!! Especially peanut butter pie!
Best music in the world is?:
Movie themes! They are so mood evoking. I especially enjoy the dark quirkiness of Danny Elfman, as well as the blazing adventurism of John Williams.

Do you have a Persona?: Captain Spencer Allisari Bartholomew or Lady Opehlia Crane
if so who are they and whats there story:

Spencer is the first female airship pirate of Achelon City, and damn well proud of it! She captains the Lux Arumque and meets up with a young academic Henry Rayne and along with her crew defeat the evil Captain Fioni and Lord Morgenstern to save the Empire from eminent civil war! [This is all in a play I am writing! ^__^]

Alternatively Lady Ophelia Crane is sister to Ichabod Crane in a very Steam oriented London and works there to solve mysteries of the more supernatural kind.

Now post photos so we know what you look like and can hug you when we see you on the street.

Alas! I have not any good pictures of myself or my personae


Are you a good egg?: "AND REALLY BAD EGGS! DRINK UP ME HEARTIES YO HO!!"

Pimp your stuff:
http://widgetambolia.deviantart.com

Name: Meredith

Home : Gainesville Florida

Why do you like Steampunk? I study the Victorian era full time(I'm a phd student) so in my personal life I really enjoy playing with it, and not being super reverent all the time. Plus, I love the fiction and playing dress up.

Favorite bit of clothing: Over the knee socks

Favorite accessory: actual Victorian jewelry like my garnet and marcasite necklace.

Cake or Pie?: Red Velvet Cake!

Best music in the world is?: gypsy music and Warren Zevon

Do you have a Persona?: I have a few, all relatively loose in conception
if so who are they and whats there story: Too long for this venue, sorry folks.


Now post photos so we know what you look like and can hug you when we see you on the street

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2240/1890678210_957a0915a3.jpg?v=0


Are you a good egg?: I am a good egg, but I am also a bad watermelon.

Pimp your stuff: Look at my photos! http://www.flickr.com/photos/mlcollins