Photo (from left): Meaghan, G.D.Falksen, Evelyn, Christine. Meaghan wears a red silk shirt from Retroscope, Evelyn with a clockwork locket from black phoenix alchemy lab, and Christine wears a dress she made herself.

On May 8th,The New York Times published the first article on steampunk fashion and subculture by a major newspaper. The article has already helped introduce new people to the subject of steampunk. As the first major article on this subject it is balanced and respectful.

You can read the whole article and view its whole gallery: Here

The article covers the main points of 21st century steampunk. It includes quotations from interviews with the Steampunk Workshop’s Jake von Slatt, Abney Park’s Robert, and Molly “Porkshanks” Friedrich. The article references steampunk fiction, films, and draws a connection with the “neovaudevillian” James Gang in order to make steampunk more accessible to the public. The article is accompanied by photographs from a steampunk meet up in New York City, which The Times reporter,Ruth La Ferla,attended. Among those pictured in the paper are Steampunk couture designer Sidonie of To Die for Designs.

All in all, it was a very well done piece that will likely circumvent initial hostility new subcultures often encounter when first discovered by the mainstream.