SteamPunk @ DC08

I noticed it too. Tons of people dressed as Victorian era adventurers, only armed with fantasticly improbable weaponry. And welding goggles. You can't forget those...

And women in corsets and dresses with what we used to call "Granny Boots" in highschool. And welding goggles.

Apparently in the Steam-Punk aesthetic there is no occasion in which it isn't appropriate to be prepared to do some welding. And who can blame them? In a world where giant robots and aliens from mars can attack your city while you're trying to hold your own in a game of billiards at the gentlemen's club - who's to say you won't need to pause and do some welding?

Weird Tales's website has an interesting article about the rising popularity of this genre/aesthetic.
Enjoy.

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