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   Clockwork Couture, I might love you. Lip Service, you just got told. Here are some lines, here is some consideration to color and style, here is a collection from which I am actually likely to purchase. I am immensely sick of the rigid, unflattering, trashy, or just cheesy steampunk outfits I am seeing more and more. Allow me to wax vicious for a moment. When I was actively costuming Abney Park, I used to have a rule for gigs: no more than two people, and preferably not more than one, should be wearing goggles onstage at the same time. Why? Because it looked damned silly, like we were the hazmat Beatles. I made exceptions sometimes if the goggles in question were much different in style, or if the two people in question were on opposite ends of the stage, or if one person was wearing them on a hat and one around their neck, etc. The same rule should apply to steampunking (yes, I just adverbed that) in public. DO wear goggles sparingly, and only when it really compliments the outfit. Goggles, especially when well-crafted, customized, or matched to an appropriate ensemble, are both cute and functional. I occasionally wear them while chopping onions, or riding unicorns in the rain. DON'T throw a pair of welders on top of some ill-advised Hot Topic vestment and call it an outfit. It is not an outfit. It is not advised, nor even acceptable. If you must wear them, DON'T wear them every night, with every getup. This goes for any accessory. You are not a superhero, and only superheroes (and the neckbeards who love them) always show up looking the same. EDIT: DON'T, I repeat DO NOT EVER, wear glasses and goggles at the same time. Unless you actually working in a lab environment, you are never allowed to wear two conflicting pieces of eyewear at the same time. One accessory per body part. Break this rule and you will instantly look silly. Remember that successful steampunk outfits hinge on still appearing utilitarian and practical (some sticklers would say "mechanized" is also on the list) despite their elaborate and beautiful natures. Victorian technologies, on which steampunk is based, was a lovely, delicate, hand-wrought thing, but at the same time caused some of the worst pollution, poverty, and waste the world had ever seen. Work that dualism into an outfit and you will win, otherwise it will just turn into sunbleached "goth". EDIT EDIT: Clockwork Couture, formerly Goth Magazine, seems to have appropriated the word "steamcrunk", as witnessed in their blog heading here: http://gothmagazine.com/blog/ I hope ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) qnonymous is ever so proud! Tags: clockwork couture, fashion, goggles, steampunk
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Conan says: I took a gamble... from Addictedimage to you 23 hours ago And submitted some editorial style content to Zivity.
My last set "Diaspora editorial" is more in line with how I earn a living with photography.
http://www.zivity.com/models/Veen/photosets/1
I am more than glad that it was received well, as that sets a precedence to other photographers that Zivity is much more than a "nude site."
Zivity is about ideas, collaboration and expression. These editorial sets require a whole team of people to pull off, from the stylist, the model, the makeup and hair, the assistant and the concept artist...not to mention finding a location.
So thanks for the great feedback! I know the image count is low on these things, but think in terms of a fashion magazine where a few dynamic images are used to convey an idea. Quality not quantity...right?
To celebrate, I am offering up 4 artist proof prints to the top 4 voters on this set by midnight Sunday. The top voter even gets a piece of ribbon from the outfit and a concept sketch from concept artist extraordinaire, Eliza Gauger.
The proofs are large prints of the images that we print out to go over with the art director before final to see how its showing up on paper. Mine are covered in notes and sharpie marker with a good deal of profanity....definitely a unique thing to own.
Make sure you give a shout out to Magdalene Veen...the always awesome model.
http://www.zivity.com/models/Veen
And make sure you send a note to Stella Maris, my awesome stylist who is also the designer of the outfit.
http://www.zivity.com/users/StellaMaris
Woot!!!
C-dizzle. Tags: zivity
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Ladies and gentlemen, I regret to inform you that I am done sending out Zivity invites for now. My fingers are smashed flat with typing out email addresses. If you would still like an account and were not in the horde of people I managed to send invites to, please mosey over to my Zivity profile page, direct your eyes to the upper right corner of the page, and click "Sign Up". This will make you officially recruited by me, and if you go forward with getting an actual Zivity account after your trial, imparts a few benefits on me from the site. Because you'd be doing me a lovely favor, I'd like to make it worth your while. I will offer the first, second, and third Zivity subscribers referred by me an 8x10", signed print from my upcoming, color-popping shoot with Diana Phan, which was shot years ago but never saw the light of day outside a few art galleries and private collectors. As far as I can make out, Zivity subscriptions are $10 per month (after the free trial), which affords you ten votes to spend however you like. Tags: diana phan, modeling, zivity
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