Steampunk

Steampunk costume

A steampunk costume is a disguise in retrofuturistic style. A steampunk costume has steam! If you want to dress up in a steampunk costume for Halloween, Mardi Gras and Carnival, it has to be romantic and playful. For a steampunk costume for women, it comes down to a Victorian-looking costume dress, usually with a corsage. For men, a frock coat is the must-have. However, the most important thing in a steampunk costume are the accessories. Any retrofuturistic disguise should be adorned with gears, welding goggles or aviator glasses, a walking stick, a top hat and a pocket watch. This applies to both men and women.

What is a steampunk?

Steampunks are an aesthetic science fiction variant that reflect future technology from the point of view of the Victorian era. Steampunk worlds are set in the period from 1840 to 1900, when industrialization began. The word "steampunk" is composed of the English word steam for "steam" and punk for "lousy, worthless". Here you can already find the important element, the "steam". In steampunk, steam power is often celebrated in alternative-world stories. Elements such as clothing, accessories and machines from the Victorian era are combined with the views of the time about high-tech and ideas about the future in a fantastic and retro-romantic way.

Halloween in a steampunk costume

Basically, a steampunk costume is elegant, romantic and playful. But Victorian style people can be really creepy too. For example, you could always wear a Victorian disguise with vampire fangs or even a plague doctor mask in steampunk style. Also various gas masks in retrofuturistic style are brilliant for Halloween night. We even have a chainsaw in used look for various Halloween disguises in our assortment.

Whether you're looking for a retro science fiction steampunk costume for Halloween, carnival, cosplay or a fantasy convention - at Horror-Shop.com you're sure to find what you're looking for!