Kate Lambert

Kate Lambert
Born (1983-09-16) 16 September 1983 (age 41)
Wales, United Kingdom
NationalityBritish/American (naturalized)
Occupations
  • Fashion model
  • Fashion designer
  • singer
  • entrepreneur
Known for
  • Steampunk modeling
  • Steampunk Couture
  • Steamgirl
  • Stylerotica
  • DK-Zero (band)
LabelSteampunk Couture
Websitesteampunkcouture.com, http://www.steamgirl.com

Kate Lambert, known professionally as "Kato", is a British model, fashion designer, singer and entrepreneur. A native of Wales, Kato emigrated to the United States in 2007. She became a US citizen in 2019.

One of the most recognisable faces of the steampunk community, Kato has been called "the supermodel of steampunk"[1][non-primary source needed] and steampunk's "it" girl.[2] Steampunk comic heroine Lady Mechanika was inspired by her look,[3] and her work has been featured in several books on steampunk art and fashion including International Steampunk Fashions, where her photo is featured prominently on the cover.[4]

Kato was also on the cover of the August 2014 issue of Bizarre Magazine,[5] which referred to her as a "steampunk idol" and "pin-up legend". She also appeared on the cover of the Spring 2012 issue of FEY Magazine,[6] and also the covers of September 2012 Ladies of Steampunk[7] and April 2013 LoSP Bronze Age (NSFW)[8] magazines. In July 2016 she was on the cover of Phantasm Magazine's steampunk issue, where she was referred to as "The Queen of Steam".[9]

Kato is a frequent guest speaker at steampunk conventions, most recently Wild Wild West Con in Tucson, Arizona and Salt City Steamfest in Salt Lake City, Utah.

  1. ^ "2014 Calendar Store". Ladies of Steampunk Magazine.
  2. ^ Frame, Wilhelmina (28 May 2013). "An Interview with Kato". Steampunk Chronicle. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  3. ^ "Joe Benitez's Lady Mechanika". Aether Emporium. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
  4. ^ Ramey., Paul (31 March 2013). ""Victoriana Lady" Lisa Griffiths Publishes Book on Steampunk Fashion". Nine Muse Press.
  5. ^ "New Issue!". Bizarre Magazine.
  6. ^ "FAE issue 18 spring 2012". FEY magazine.
  7. ^ "Ladies of Steampunk Magazine: Volume 1, Issue 1". Sean Makiney.
  8. ^ "LoSP: Bronze Age, Issue 3 NSFW". Sean Makiney.
  9. ^ "Phantasm Magazine, Issue 10". MagCloud.