As a San Francisco denizen, I can assure you reports of Steam Punk's death are greatly exaggerated. In my circles at least, some people are annoyed at how much

As a San Francisco denizen, I can assure you reports of Steam Punk's death are greatly exaggerated. In my circles at least, some people are annoyed at how much steam punk has infiltrated their other costume niches, like the Edwardian Ball. As other people have said, the link to the iPhone announcement seems super tenuous given the prevelance of steam punk costumes on Halloween. But also, it's possible that the term needs less definition, and that ideas from the steampunk aesthetic have already permeated other art. For example, there is a lot of steam punk looking machinery and decorations at this new minigolf place in SF, but it's not being advertised as such: https://www.urbanputt.com/ https://www.urbanputt.com/