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Aurora Bazar: loveliest victorian and gothic chokers

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Aurora Bazar is a store based in Australia that features gorgeous  chokers. Some perfect for those vampire ladies with black and red droplets, and built with lovely venetian lace, velvets and beads, czech glass stones,  handcrafted with their original designs.  Ornate and sumptuous, with that luxurious vintage looking. Some very gothic looking, other more victorian... but all equally delightful. The chokers will fit you as they fasten with an adjustable length chain and clasp. Stunning!   Above: "Hepatica" choker model

 

Harlots and Angels: Steampunk corsetry and hats

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  Harlots and Angels    is british Steampunk and Corsetry company with two decades of experience in vintage and victorian fashion and now specialising in Steampunk clothing and fashion. You can also visit the Harlots and Angels Etsy store for some more listings. They feature a lot of items  with their own designs exclusively listed at their store  and the best thing, at a fair price. Aside from ladies and gentlemen clothing (some nice brocade waistcoats and cravats for you guys, we girls find Victorian Gentlemen clothing so romantic!)  you can find also a wealth of accessories like belts, hats and more. Many of the items have been made upon real vintage patterns and old photo replicas. Above:  semitransparent chemise and underbust steampunk corset. I'd say that chemise is really versatile. They really have a nice collection of steampunk corsets  all of them perfect accessory for  Steampunk Lady Adventurer, Air Pirate, Explorer or Spy.

 

Clockwork couture: Steampunk and neovictorian clothing

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Clockwork couture is a shop that specializes in neovictorian, vintage and steampunk clothing. It features accessories, footwear, coats, dresses, and also full ensembles and outfits for steampunk airship pirates, captains, vampire hunters, mechanics, engineers, scientists, weddings, adventurers, explorers, villains and scallywags. An easy to browse site with lots of items to explore for adventurers. Above: gorgeous victorian gentlemen coat

 

Alex London weird and unique alternative couture

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  Alex London Design is a small couture house based out of NYC born from the skills of talented clothing designer Alex London who was a child prodigy and founded this label as well as Artificial Intrigue. With a deep need to capture the images seen in the darkest and most beautiful parts of the human mind ... Alex London uses, less then conventional techniques and asthetic. Somehow dark, and I'd say more warped than twisted, the company have rendered a wealth of awesome garments and accessories that will lure you and entice the eeriest corners of your soul.   Above: Rebirth feathered collar (the ruff of my dreams... sigh!, just perfect!). Alex London feature a lot of accessories featuring feathers that combine so magically with her creations.

 

IMPERO LONDON: Luxury leather clothing

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One of London’s  (placed  in Picadilly and one of the first of its kind)  finest Luxury Leather destinations, Impero London is designed and created by London College of Fashion graduate Tilly & leather specialist Mumtaz. Above: Steampunk Victorian Gothic coat Impero London  offers unimaginable creativity and exclusive garments of its uppermost kind. From burlesque to gothic and Steampunk  each garment features the most exquisite attention to detail.

 
fairytale princess dress

The twilight parlour: corset, vintage, burlesque and lovely victorian dresses...!

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The twilight parlour is the home website of AZAC designs and Azrael´s accomplice designs where they list their corset works, underpinnings, bridal gowns, masquerade and cocktail and masquerade gowns... A delightful, strange, alluring  and beautiful collection of the highest quality to discover.  The company was founded and still run by the skilled and creative designerTracy Robertson, known as "Batty" in the underground fashion/subculture. The passion behind the designs is really obvious, nourishing from vintage, modern, historical, gothic and a wealth of influences. So here I go with some handpicks so you can make an idea of what i'm talking about!   Above: Fairytale princess dress: Though it can be obviously used as a wedding dress I like this dress cos it reminds me a bit to Sarah ball gown in "Labyrinth".

 
victorian green gold ball gown

Liquiwork: Event and theatrical costume and wedding, punk and Lolita...

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Liquiwork is an ebay store that  has bit of everything, much of its stuff doesn´t fit particularly in fantasy garments and fall directly into standard modern  fashion, but among the collection you can find some outstanding one of a kind item mostly Vintage, or Hollywood or even victorian. I was surfing ebay and I ended up in this listing, is a green and gold Ball costume... and it's just OUTSTANDING... judge yourself... look at that trail!!  It´s really expensive... but it does really show. They also feature some Hollywood-vintage-styled gowns that worth a look even if only for ideas.... But this green and gold... ooh it´s mossy and I love it! They have also other garments closer to the Rococo and Marie Antoinette look like the following:

 

Silks and Velvets: the art of Yosa Addiss

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Silks and Velvets is a store with a collection of fantasy, bridal, corsets and wedding and pirate gowns. Designed and custom crafted by costume maker Yosa Addiss which handle all the work from the selection of fabrics till the final result. With 12 years online the shop has an extensive gallery of custom works, and you can also surf among the catalogue of romantic, victorian, pirates, renaissance and ever cyber-geisha style. Below you can see a few examples of the quality of the garments you may find there. Enjoy!

 

Topsy turvy: whimsical historical hats from Renaissance to Burlesque!

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Topsy Turvy design: Costume accesories  for film, stage, and play

 

Gypsy witch design: Wickedly lovely top hats for victorian ladies

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Gypsy witch designs is a lovely site that features an unique collection of top hats, from burlesque, victorian,  to gothic, Mad Hatter´s and even steampunk and pirate  models. It has also some formal and wedding models for more (or less) traditional customers..  It has alsom some additional accesories like gloves fitting for example with the laced up steampunk inspired top hats. The gothic models are full of spiderweb and tulle  with a very classy "widow" mood.  And there are also some striped model that you would point out of My fair Lady movie. All of them are really lovely and worth a check!