AfrikaBurn is coming and steampunk is dressing the Karoo

AfrikaBurn is coming and steampunk is dressing the Karoo

The first of the big festival dates, Afrika Burn, arrives at the end of April. Along with it, the expressive fashion, the crazy, the wonderful, the ridiculous and the sublime. This year, said designer Heidi du Toit of labels Stoom Pomp and Hollywood Costumes, Steampunk returns as one of festival fashion’s sizzlers. Think the Industrial Revolution, steam trains, brass, leather, corsets, and clockwork details stitched into something that feels bot…