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"Maison tournante aérienne" (aerial rotating house) by Albert Robida for his book Le Vingtième Siècle , a 19th-century conception of life in the 20th century Steampunk is a genre which came into prominence during the 1980s and early 1990s and incorporates elements of science fiction , fantasy , alternate history , horror , and speculative fiction . It involves a setting where steam power is widely used—whether in an alternate history such as Victorian era Britain or " Wild West "-era United States, or in a post-apocalyptic time —that incorporates elements of either science fiction or fantasy. Works of steampunk often feature anachronistic technology , or futuristic innovations as Victorians might have envisioned them, based on a Victorian perspective on fashion , culture , architectural style , and art . This technology includes such fictional machines as those found in the works of H.
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In fact, it’s likely that the week that photo was taken will prove “the driest first week in recorded U.S. history.” Indeed, it followed on 2011, which showed the greatest weather extremes in our history -- 56% of the country was either in drought or flood, which was no surprise since “climate change science predicts wet areas will tend to get wetter and dry areas will tend to get drier.” Indeed, the nation suffered 14 weather disasters each causing $1 billion or more in damage last year. (The old record was nine.) Masters again: “Watching the weather over the past two years has been like watching a famous baseball hitter on steroids.”
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Peckham Rye after riots, by Amanda Vincent-Rous, 8/8/11, Flickr cc “Why did thousands of London’s youngsters set about destroying shops and fighting against the police for four days in August 2011?”
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A Dress A Day
So remember the tsuris I had over Simplicity's 2180 printable/downloadable pattern ? It was all rendered moot, because I wandered into JoAnn's on a day when all Simplicity was $1 or something ridiculous, and I thought: "the hell with all that tape", and bought two copies in two different size ranges. (Which is what I should have done to begin with.) Anyway, I opened it up and looked at it and thought, "oh hey, this looks easy". Note: whenever you think "oh hey this looks easy" about a pattern, especially latish at night, and just fire up an episode of RadioLab , assuming you can put your brain on autopilot, get ready to get that seam ripper out.
Adventures in Dressmaking
I've had this post in draft for a while, but just recently I heard this interview on NPR and it got me thinking again. The interview is more about finding the muse, but definitely corresponds with my general feelings that you'll read in this post--finding the balance between work and relaxing, and having that relaxing time as fuel for creativity and productivity! Sometimes when I haven't been sewing up a storm the the previous days or weeks, I just get an aching to make something ambitious and awesome!
(Well, “from A-V” at least!;-) I was going to follow up on my first post “ DIYs to Try from New York Fashion Week ” with a “Part 2,” but in the interim the rest of the world has had Fashion Weeks, so I figured it would be best to just collect all the inspiration in one big post. So here it is, from New York to London to Milan, some great DIY inspiration for Autumn/Winter 2012 :
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