Sydnie Enecks, left, and Wendy Krauss look at fabric for sale.Samantha Lynn and her 6-year-old daughter were dressed for a Victorian-era science fiction movie as they walked among the train cars at the Chattanooga Choo Choo Hotel on Saturday afternoon.
Their multilayered outfits were accented with studs and chains; the edge of a lace petticoat stuck out from under Lynn’s flowing brown skirt, which was short enough to expose her fishnet tights and leather boots.
The mom and child were among the elaborately garbed crowd attending Chattanooga’s first Steampunk Expo & Gothic Convention, and the costumes they wore were handmade.
Lynn assembled their dress from clothes she found at Goodwill and basic craft supplies. She decorated the brown toy gun that her daughter carried with silver gears and gold paint so that it fit with the steampunk theme.
“We love to dress up together,” Lynn said in the courtyard of the hotel.