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Steampunk Comes To Vernonia
Steampunk fashion
is wide ranging and
has no set guidelines.
It combines mod-
ern styles influenced
by the Victorian era.
The models in Verno-
nia were seen wearing
interesting combina-
tions of gowns, cor-
sets, petticoats, bus-
tles, boots, suits with
vests, coats, top hats
and military-inspired
garments. The outfits
were accented with
accessories that in-
cluded goggles, para-
sols, walking sticks,
firearms, binoculars,
and breathing appara-
tus,
The group visiting Ver-
nonia rented the large
concrete building next
to the lake, known as
the Chip Shed or Fuel
House, to use as a set-
ting for their gather-
ing. About thirty pho-
tographers and models
teamed up and wandered
the site looking for con-
crete blocks and struc-
tures to climb on and use
as backdrops. The day
provided and opportuni-
ty for everyone involved
to network, build port-
folios, and have some
fun.
If you were at
Vernonia Lake on Sat-
urday March 23 you
might have noticed a
gathering of people
dressed in unusual cos-
tumes and makeup, us-
ing odd props and tak-
ing photographs.
The group was
a collaboration of pho-
tographers,
models,
make-up artists and
costume designers who
were visiting Vernonia
for the day, dressing up
in neo-Victorian Steam-
punk outfits and taking
photos.
Steampunk is a
sub-genre of science fic-
tion. It creates fan-
tasy worlds inspired
by the industrializa-
tion of 19 th century
and often features
steam powered ma-
chinery,
fashion,
culture, architecture
and art from that era.
Steampunk blends
technology, fictional
machines and inven-
tions to create litera-
ture, video and film,
art, and clothing and
fashion.
The outfits
and props were most
notable at the photo
shoot in Vernonia.
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