Steampunk fashion and sci-fi cosplayers. Since the first steampunk convention in 2006, SalonCon, there have been a number of similar conventions where enthusiasts dress up as characters from steampunk culture. Modern steampunk clothing is based more on leather and metal as opposed to cotton or natural fabrics. More recently, steampunk has also been linked to fetishism, the genderqueer community and modern paganism. In 2010, steampunk fashion entered the high-end market of fashion as designer John Galliano brought elements from the style to his spring haute couture show for Christian Dior. Another designer associated with the steampunk style is Jean Paul Gaultier, who
Patrick Robinson (fashion designer) and Los Angeles, and attended a highschool in Fullerton, CA and worked a part-time job at the department store Nordstrom at the Cerritos mall. Robinson's first fashion endeavor was his own small line of beach wear inspired by his love of surfing. He attended the Parsons New School of Design in New York City, graduating in 1989. He also studied at the American College in Paris. Robinson is married to Vogue editor Virginia Smith, and the couple had their son, Wyeth, in 2003. A celebrated American designer with more than 25 years of experience in the fashion industry in America,