Irene and I visited the Romantic Museum of Madrid yesterday in order to attend the workshop ‘From XIX to XXI Century: Goth Ladies and Steampunk Dandies’. Carmen Cabrejas, from the Museum, and the Spanish designer Jacqueline Pingarrón, artificer of the fashion project Jacq The Rimmel, welcomed the visitors and became the center of attention inmediatly. I.- […]
Steampunk
Steampunk jewelry tonight with… Lee Ann Farruga (aka Countessa Lenora)
1.- The interviewee Lee Ann Farruga. Known internationally as Countessa Lenora, Canadian Queen of Steampunk, she is the founder of Steampunk Canada, a national organization bringing together steampunks from across Canada and educating the general public about this genre/community. A bundle of organizational energy held in check only by her impressive collection of corsets, the […]
Steampunk jewelry tonight with… Viveka Goyanes (aka Amoelbarroco)
1.- The interviewee Viveka, as you already know this is a very special interview for us. We have been friends for years and we are very thankful for your support. First of all let’s introduce you to our readers with your profile in Tumblr, for example; it goes ‘Barrocker, crápula, delirium tremens, aesthete, dandybilly, a […]
Steampunk jewelry tonight with… Diana M. Pho (aka Ay-leen the Peacemaker)
1.- The interviewee As announced in the previous interview with Hilde Heyvaert, Diana M. Pho (better known as Ay-leen the Peacemaker) is our February interviewee. She is the founding editor of the award-winning multicultural steampunk blog Beyond Victoriana, a blogger for Tor.com, and a current graduate student in Performance Studies at New York University. Her […]
Steampunk jewelry tonigh with… Hilde Heyvaert
1.- The interviewee As we said in the presentation post of this brief interviews series, Hilde Heyvaert is our first interviewee. She is a Belgian fashion & costume designer and editor with a college education and training in Graphic Design. House of Secrets Incorporated is her independant designer identity and, now that her old column, […]