Steampunk Buttons And Their History

By Velma Joseph


The Victorian days established high quality fashions and style including steampunk buttons and other accessories. This style in particular set the upper class apart from the middle and lower classes because of the money required to create these unique, handcrafted accessories. The metals put to use in order to make these fashions included silver, copper and brass.

Some of these fantastic creations, that were made back in the Victorian times, were created out of very fine pewter and were highly detailed with special designs and symbols. Some people actually requested that their everyday garments were complete with this type of accessory. Dating back to Renaissance periods, this style still has immense value today.

Costume designers often use this type of fashion to make their costumes look realistically old and Victorian. They use these accessories on all sorts of different attire including, coats, blouses, vests and trousers. Jewelry is another creative way to implement this style.

Any piece of jewelry or button that dates back to Victorian days and is in good condition, is reported to still hold its value and be worth a lot of money. There are many jewelry stores and pawn shops around that are willing to pay top dollar for any of these original pieces. Telling the difference between the real thing and a recreation is simple because of the heavy metals used to create the originals and the plastic and other materials used to make the mimics.

It is very rare to actually come across an original button or piece of jewelry that was created back in Victorian days. But there are many people today that possess them and fail to realize it. The difference between the originals and remakes is the metals that were used, brass, copper, and silver, to create the original unique accessories.

Men normally wore these accessories on the cuffs of the shirts and suites, and women typically wore them on there blouses or as pins on their dressier attire. Only the upper class and highly sophisticated people could afford to wear brass, copper, or silver Victorian accessories.

Selling steampunk buttons was, in many cases, what those who lived in this historical time period would do in order to settle any debt they might have had. This tells us today that these creative accessories still hold their value today. Researching this type of fashion can be done online and is highly recommended to those interested and who think they may possess a piece or two of this history.




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