Comments on: Steampunk fashion: zeppelin sky-hat

By: jdf

jdf — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I thought it was going to say Skytop Zeppelin-toilet paper roll cover.
Although, either works for me.

By: meegs

meegs — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I definitely think this hat is inspired by the Philip Pullman Northern Lights book character, Lee Scoresby.

Come to think of it, there is allot of steampunk contraptions in those books….hmmmm

By: Matt Staggs

Matt Staggs — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Is this where I come to watch that jumping shark?

By: Jake von Slatt

Jake von Slatt — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

This is just such a delightful creation! Often steampunk fashion tends toward the gothy but this dieselpunk fantasy is a new direction and I like it.

@Matt – no, this is where you get the free ice cream.

By: jeffjonez

jeffjonez — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

The metal-to-felt ratio is way off for this to be a true steampunk creation. Pretty, though!

By: Halloween Jack

Halloween Jack — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

The 2.0 version of this hat should have a wind-up zeppelin circling it.

By: moddoctor

moddoctor — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Enough already. Just because something has some weird Victorian styling overtone does not make it cool or even interesting. The only way this hat steams is in a metophorical fresh feces on a cold morning kind of way.

Steampunk is neither steam nor punk nor meaningfully descriptive of “Victorian style technologies.” That’s a total peeve of mine already lost to the meme consuming public.

By: dculberson

dculberson — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

#6, Enough of your complaining already.

By: Gilbert Wham

Gilbert Wham — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

If there was a clockwork mechanism inside the hat animating the Zeppelin, then yes. Otherwise no. Apropos clockwork hats, there was a Victorian invention that lifted the hat and rotated it in a polite orbit round the head if you inclined your noggin forward, thus allowing you to be polite to ladies even if your hands were full. Now that’s, what I’m talkin’ ’bout…

By: 5000!

5000! — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I can appreciate that as a piece of cloth art, but you’d have to be the biggest dork in the world to actually wear it.

By: Sparrowhawk

Sparrowhawk — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Someone has been reading too much XKCD.

By: neurolux

neurolux — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I generally like steampunk style, but this looks like something Gallagher would wear. Yuck!

By: Shawn Wolfe

Shawn Wolfe — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

yeah, if Gallagher played drums in Jellyfish

By: Dug North

Dug North — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted for your consideration: my trick top hat with hidden springs, hinges, a four-bar linkage, cable, and hand lever.

Granted, the rubber monster lacks a Victorian feel, but this is the most mechanical top hat I have encountered.

Regards,

Dug North

By: HOTDAMN

HOTDAMN — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I’m sorry but that thing is hideous.