CIMG5457 Three partygoers at the SXSW 2007 steampunk party

CIMG5457 Partygoers in several very different costumes at the SXSW 2007 steampunk party. Only the middle person seems to be wearing steampunkish accessories, such as goggles (albeit on her neck) or a small brace ? bracelet ? some kind of gadget ? on her arm. The guy in the olive coat looks vaguely “old timey”, and I noticed that many people at the steampunk party wore outfits inspired by the turn of the 20th century, without necessarily having anything steampunky or techy about them.

Here is another picture of the latter two.

The “Futures Past” steampunk party was thrown by EFF and several other organizations at the SXSW conference on March 12, 2007 at Scholz Garden in Austin, Texas. I didn’t know many people there, so I went there mostly to see the costumes. Ah, the costumes! Unfortunately, I don’t know the names of any of the people I took pictures of. On the technical side of things, Austin’s own Robot Group had an exhibit there, showing many all sorts of new flashing, singing, wiggling mechanical creatures I haven’t seen since their last exhibit.

March 2007, Austin, Texas