We here at Olivia Waite love us some Great Expectations. We love Dickens generally, in fact. And had we not a small, needy puppy with sad, tear-filled eyes to keep us at home these days, we would be at tomorrow night’s performance of Great Expectations at Seattle’s Book-It Repertory Theater—where they’ve declared it Steampunk Night.

And—since this is a flight of fancy—we would be wearing one of these gorgeous steampunk costumes found on Etsy:

A corset made of many shades of brown leather, shaped to look like gears and mechanical cogs.

by Brute Force Studios

A dark-haired woman in an acid-green corset gown, with an acid-green top hat, all with darker green and black accents.

by SparkelyJem

A shortish, curvy woman with pale skin and dark hair in a white shirt, brown leather halter-style corset, and slinky black pencil skirt with matching hose. Her hat is almost but not quite a top hat.

by Zahira's Boudoir

A woman with dyed red hair and pale skin wears a black military jacket and corset with magenta details, with a relatively tasteful boob-window.

by OblivionClothing

Someday, oh fellow steampunk dreamers—someday …

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