AetherCon: The Steampunk Convention
This Saturday was AetherCon, Wellington’s first (hopefully annual) Steampunk convention. I really want to support any sort of historically inspired costuming in Wellington, so I agreed to do a talk on the historical origins of Steampunk Fashion. In the weeks before had lots of fun sprucing up costumes and finishing UFO’s and even making some new things. Unfortunately the day itself did not start well. It was pouring. A dear friend was kind enough to lend me her apartment – only three blocks from the venue – for dressing in, but I still had to get all my garments from my house to the car, from the car to the apartment, and then get the models from the apartment to the venue – all without getting the dresses (and models) soaked and bedraggled. Ergh. I put the dresses in plastic bags to transport between my place and the apartment, and stuck every umbrella I owned in the car. And then I prayed. Nothing else to do. I got soaked getting to the car and …