Things That Are Not Steampunk #13
The young adventuress, who had taken to daily absinthe rinses, revealed the result of her ablutions. Her verdant tresses were so ghastly that we started back in horror.
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August 4, 2010 at 4:38 pm
If I had one more thumb I would give this 3 thumbs down.
August 4, 2010 at 4:39 pm
Now this would make a great Lady Gaga toddler accessory.
So is this “supplies”? “vintage”? It’s certainly not handmade by her…
August 4, 2010 at 4:40 pm
wow! Gone already!!
Ooops, bad link. Fixed it. – HK
August 4, 2010 at 4:42 pm
When Hairy Met Silly.
August 4, 2010 at 4:42 pm
Well, it is “ultra teaseable.” Maybe she planned to get taunted for this.
August 4, 2010 at 4:42 pm
What is Kanekalon? Fur from a Dr. Seuss character?
August 4, 2010 at 4:43 pm
MAYBE steam punk minus the steam, but more probably just lame green.
August 4, 2010 at 4:44 pm
‘Curly-straight’. Wet-dry. Punk-steampunk.Raver -shmaver.Emo-cyber pan pizza.
Nuthin’ means nuthin’.
Anyhoo, the listing is down already-the infinite & far reaching power of regretsy?!
August 4, 2010 at 4:45 pm
now THERE’S a color found in nature!
how exactly is this thing “cyber”? can i use it multipurpose with my vintage Ipod?
and how many My Little Ponies did you have to kill to make this, highlighter head?
August 4, 2010 at 4:45 pm
Buzzkill here ya go…
http://www.etsy.com/listing/52779662/super-long-straight-layered-lime-green
August 4, 2010 at 4:46 pm
I hate when my steampunk hair is curly straight.
August 4, 2010 at 4:46 pm
I missed the ‘Lolita’ tag. Yikes, poor Nabokov would be turning green in his grave.
August 4, 2010 at 4:48 pm
@ hamoza- Lolita is a subculture fashion in Japan where girls where clothing influenced by rococo and victorian attire. As seen here; http://www.classicalvalues.com/lolita.jpg
There are many types of lolita, so the wig does fit in that category.
August 4, 2010 at 4:50 pm
It’s what all the dystopian dirigible drivers are wearing this season.
August 4, 2010 at 4:51 pm
Thanks Japanda- besides laughing my ass off, I truly do learn something new each time I visit Regretsy!
August 4, 2010 at 4:53 pm
I remember way back in my youth, donning my chrome goggles and using that steam-powered hair dryer to tease up my lime green wig. It was so hard to get that kind of lift because the steam from the dryer kept frizzing it up.
We earned our teased, straight, lime-green hair in those days.
Then Derrick would zip by in his zeppelin and we’d chuckle at all the silly people with the flat hair.
August 4, 2010 at 4:56 pm
Amy Winehouse’s hair-do + Exposure to atomic waste = steampunk.
Who knew?
August 4, 2010 at 4:58 pm
Here’s a break-down:
geekery: most geeks I know have Mr. Spock hair
accessory/hair/fake hair: I guess…
lolita: I thought lolita is supposed to be innocent looking
goth/scene/emo/punk: these terms are interchangeable nowadays anyway
black: wtf?
steampunk: see above
cyber: wtf?
hair peice: dunno what that is
teal: teal is bluish-green, not neon green
cosplay: okay I gave up
August 4, 2010 at 4:59 pm
This is approximately as teal as it is steampunk.
August 4, 2010 at 5:06 pm
every time this category comes up i always think of this:
http://foucault.info/documents/img/notapipe/Magritte-pipe.jpg
Ceci N’est Pas Une Steampunk?
well, maybe not…
August 4, 2010 at 5:06 pm
#9, Why, “Highlighter head” LOL!
This is what happened to Elvira, Mistress of the Dark after she moved in next door to the nuclear power plant.
August 4, 2010 at 5:13 pm
Looking at this wig makes me really, really want a coupla jello shots.
August 4, 2010 at 5:16 pm
You can get the same thing at Wal-Mart for a helluva lot cheaper.
August 4, 2010 at 5:22 pm
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August 4, 2010 at 5:31 pm
“THE ANSWER IS YESH!”
I guess the question was ‘are you kidding with thish?’
August 4, 2010 at 5:41 pm
Nor is it Queen. Freddie Mercury had much better wigs than this.
August 4, 2010 at 5:45 pm
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August 4, 2010 at 5:50 pm
At least the model isn’t doing the Blue Steel face.
August 4, 2010 at 5:52 pm
#21,pplrdum:
https://www.ibmilw.com/images/items/7520013837943.jpg
i rest my case
August 4, 2010 at 5:53 pm
#27 WhimsyMistress:
My son, Jason, dressed up for the 2009 Prom.
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b80/psexypsychic/In%20America/2009promJASE.jpg
August 4, 2010 at 6:12 pm
Not tagged Vegan? Not buying it!
August 4, 2010 at 6:13 pm
I doubt even a Victorian doxy would put this overpriced wreck on her head.
This is totally overpriced. I worked in a store that sold these in SF and the most any of them went for was $49.
August 4, 2010 at 6:14 pm
This is why you don’t use ecstasy.
At # 29 Patty- I would hit on your son, but blue steel just makes me want to hit him.
August 4, 2010 at 6:43 pm
She could have it delivered by dirigible and it still wouldn’t even be able to see steampunk from where it is.
August 4, 2010 at 7:01 pm
Hk and Regretsians, I have to say thank you. I had a terrible afternoon today and to be able to come home and laugh at all your witty snarkasms is priceless.
I only wish you all had been there at the job interview that didin’t happen. Thank you!
(it’s ok to thumb this down, I know it’s off topic)
August 4, 2010 at 7:10 pm
there are episodes of lois and clark: the new adventures of superman that are more steampunk than any of the “steampunk wigs in this girl’s shop.
August 4, 2010 at 7:14 pm
Chlorinepunk – YES
Greenpunk – YES
steampunk – sadly NO
August 4, 2010 at 7:50 pm
Miss Demented? More like Miss Directed.
I do love her shirt, though.
And, well… this happened:
http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/sunshynegrll/merman.jpg
August 4, 2010 at 7:54 pm
Hmmm, I don’t think it’s just wigs she’s selling…
http://www.etsy.com/listing/49735003/long-straight-layered-purple-wig
See what I mean?
August 4, 2010 at 7:58 pm
Scrapmetal, she certainly is! Most unladylike.
August 4, 2010 at 8:25 pm
What? You steam it to straighten it. And green hair is very punk, right? So how’s that NOT SteamPunk??
August 4, 2010 at 9:13 pm
@ #19 cecikierk: Cosplay =
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosplay
Now you know.
August 4, 2010 at 9:13 pm
Now I am afraid to drink absinthe…….
August 4, 2010 at 9:17 pm
…also, why are her earrings and hairclips “calibrated” to 6g??? Is that the standard sale unit of some recreational substance?
…call me innocent.
August 4, 2010 at 10:31 pm
#47 I think that is so ppl can gauge out their ears.
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y270/2carleigh/Untitled-3.jpg
August 4, 2010 at 11:51 pm
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August 5, 2010 at 3:52 am
to # 49, It’s just above Sou Cal.
August 5, 2010 at 4:51 am
so she buys crap wigs on clearence at the halloween store after season for about 4 bucks each, then hacks them, I mean “LAYERS” them, teases the bejeezus outta the roots, and the sells them for $80 bucks??
You’d think with that kind of racket she’d be a bit happier in her pictures.
I also love the ” im totally scene and uber cool” candid (*cough*) high angle shots, with her arm OBVIOUSLY extended out fo frame. Oh, silly kids.
August 5, 2010 at 6:05 am
Looks like she got this at the scratch & dent sale at the Spirit Store.
August 5, 2010 at 6:08 am
Handmade?
http://www.amphigory.com/wigs_k_beast.html
Resale.
August 5, 2010 at 7:19 am
Well, slap a wig on me and send me to a Panic at the Disco! concert. If I ever see one of these kids get a picture taken straight-on and not from some stupid overhead angle I’ll die of shock.
August 5, 2010 at 9:04 am
I think the poor girl has etsy confused with her myspace profile. All her professional pictures must have ended up over there by mistake.
August 5, 2010 at 9:21 am
I think this is very steampunk.
…no, wait…. not steampunk….
GREEN.
August 5, 2010 at 9:25 am
@#55 mtopia: At least she doesn’t have any taken in her bathroom mirror.
August 5, 2010 at 9:33 am
Okay, as stupid as this is for being listed steampunk, I have to defend her on one front. She most likely has at least styled the wigs herself. Have you seen wigs like this just out of the package? HORRENDOUS. I’m a cosplay weirdo who has to buy wigs in crazy colors and styles, and anything straight out of a Halloween package is going to look like it was styled with a weedwhacker. Whether its overpriced or bad from a stylist point of view, I can’t say, but it’s not a straight resale.
August 5, 2010 at 10:17 am
too much chlorine in the pool.
August 5, 2010 at 10:28 am
At #31 Why, oh yeah, I was in total agreement!
August 5, 2010 at 1:44 pm
Say what you want about her, she has a really nice moustache.
http://www.etsy.com/listing/50000421/long-curly-layered-blonde-wig
August 5, 2010 at 8:29 pm
God I want to kick those expressions off her face.
August 6, 2010 at 11:15 am
But wait…she has a biohazard neckthing on…it’s got to be steampunk…er…or…angsty?
August 7, 2010 at 3:52 am
Helen,
Until now, the only other person I ever heard use the term “ablutions” was my friend Allan, and he has Asperger’s Syndrome….
(Allan played Elvis Costello in your E! demo video at The Brewery in 2003)
May 23, 2011 at 10:59 am
yeah not remotely handmade
http://missdementedisfake.blogspot.com/
April 25, 2012 at 12:42 am
This reminds me of the Japanese anime characters. They have hairstyles that come in layers. What is distinct about them is that they come in bright colors. This lime green shade is surely a standout.
Cheers!
Georgina Gray of Mutiara