Steampunk Buttons And The Fashion Of Speculative Fiction

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Science fiction from Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein to the present has allowed us to imagine the potential wonders and pitfalls of our technology. Recently though, it is the styles of those Victorian origins that have dominated the aesthetic of the science fiction audience. Costumes and fashion accessories from goggles to steampunk buttons can now be had.

This style in art is usually set in Victorian England, or the Wild West in 19th century United States. It consists of machines powered by steam or springs. Art and fashion that is derived from this genre often mimics that of the Victorian age.

The styles of this genre originated in the mid 20th century movies of the science fiction novels of H. G. Wells and Jules Verne. Both of these authors originally wrote in the Victorian era. Though novels using the aesthetic predated the term, it wasn’t until K. W. Jeter was looking for a way to categorize his own work that the term steampunk was coined.

Novels and movies of the style assume that the steam machines of the 19th century continued into the future. Just about any modern convenience that can be imagines has been designed as a steam powered machine in the novels of the genre. Fashion, based on this aesthetic has followed and become an industry unto itself.

The popularity of this kind of art hadn’t really developed until the Difference Engine, by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling made an appearance in 1990. This dystopian novel explores an alternate history where the mechanical computer originally imagined by Charles Babbage was actually built. In this time line, mechanical computers become ubiquitous and the information age takes place in the 19th century with disastrous political consequences.

Fashion and do-it-yourself products of all kinds that mimic steam and spring powered devices have been created, marketed and sold to enthusiasts. Victorian style keyboards that work on modern computers, as well as jewelery and steampunk buttons can be found. The movement has found its way into pop culture and become very popular in its own right.

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