![]() ![]() Not all steampunk goggles are vintage, although they are inspired by the vintage fashions of the 1800s. This looks like the goggles are not just for show, you have just parked the airship and have disembarked to hit the shops Hang them from your neck Let the goggles dangle free in casual steampunk style.Place the goggles directly on your head No hat? Well, you can just rest the goggles on your head and still look amazing.This leaves space over your eyes for… a second pair of goggles? Put the goggles over your hat The classic steampunk top hat has ample space to place a pair of goggles.There are plenty of ways to wear steampunk goggles without actually having to place them over your eyes. The most obvious place to wear goggles is of course the eyes but that’s just not practical for modern steampunk. Gunners wielding the classic steampunk blunderbuss will use goggles to protect their eyes from the smoke. Mad scientists would use steampunk goggles to protect their eyes from any chemicals that might bubble over and otherwise reach the eyes and face. Let’s explore how the different steampunk characters might use goggles differently:Īeronauts will be flying at high altitudes and need goggles to protect from both the wind and the rain.Įxplorers will require hard-wearing goggles to protect from the cold or a polarised lens to protect from bright light.Įngineers and machinists were a common profession at the time of the industrial revolution and would have used goggles for operating machinery, the equivalent style in modern steampunk is the blowtorch or welding goggles. ![]() The goggles used in steampunk draw on the practical uses from the time of the industrial revolution. ![]() Inuit people wore protective eyewear made of bone, the oldest example was found in 1200 AD. Goggles have been in use for over a thousand years. ![]()
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