Steampunk.

The word conjures images of piping, steam erupting from strange, Victorian technology. The aesthetic it represents permeates into the very depths of off-kilter cultural trends that seek to defy modern day stereotype. The best way to explain the appeal that steampunk has, is that it represents the potential level of sophistication that British people hoped to have achieved entirely through their own cultural progression. During the height of their power, there was a certain ego attached to the cultural products of the Victorian age. Steampunk, in a way, seeks to undermine that ego by focusing entirely on the off-kilter underground aesthetic that defined that age. The looks of the eccentric, combined to create an orgy of sensory pleasure. The aesthetics represented within this style are so opposite in implication, that the very combination creates something unlike anything the world has ever seen. This places Steampunk into the category of “Timeless Aesthetics” given its consistent appeal and pattern of re-occurrence.