Nostalgia or ridiculous fashion coveting whim? Or both?

[cupcake_goth]

Remember the velvet military-style jacket from Newport News from a few years ago* that almost everyone had? Black velvet, princess seamed, lots of silver buttons? Yeah, guess what I'm idly looking for on eBay. Not that I'm going to buy it if I find one in my size, because I don't NEED it, and because the Infamous BlueJay is making me something very similar in wool, anyway. But yeah, that's what I'm currently browsing for.

A random aside/observation: clothing that is vaguely Victorian-looking, worn with a hat? Will cause people to ask you if you're "one of those steampunk types?". DEAR STEAMPUNK, THE NEO-ROMANTIC VICTORIAN GOTHS WANT OUR LONG SKIRTS, FROCK COATS, JABOTS, AND TOP HATS BACK, THANKS. But I'm consoling myself with the notion that the steampunk peeps probably get asked if they're Christmas carolers, too.


*Okay, I guess "a few years ago" is closer to five or more years ago. The passage of time once again freaks me out.

Comments

[againstathorn.livejournal.com]

As an acquaintance of mine once said, the random person would observe that steampunk fashion looks a lot of goth, only in brown instead of black. lol.

I'm Robert, btw.

[sirriamnis.livejournal.com]

Steampunk: What happens when Goths discover brown.

[againstathorn.livejournal.com]

Yes! That's the quote I was searching for! ;)