Skyboxes are one of those things in SL, that are like the ‘and eating it too”, you know. They give you an illusion of space, and can be whatever you want them to be. If you have ever lived on mainland, they were a necessity for the most part, because back in the old days, who could even conceive of living on the ground – unless of course you had the money to afford a large plot of land. But even that didn’t ensure you weren’t back0-ended by some gaudy, loud mess of a structure. That is not to say that all mainland was that obnoxious, there were some great spaces even older, but with the 512 plot land grabs of 06/07 things got ugly lol.

I went skywards back on my parcel once for a few weeks, because I was between sims, and had had my mainland 512 since my first few months  here, because its free with premium…I still have it. I was high in the sky and free from all the ugly, and then someone smacked a club right next to me. They could have had any height, but no, had to be the exact same height as mine….seriously. That wasn’t that big a deal, but then they started shouting, winning things noises, and all sorts of stuff, so my friend – evil genius that he is – scripted a responder, so for everytime it screamed in my houses direction, the scripted prim would scream back about monkeys and tv…it was hilarious, but I removed it after a few hours of guilt. I was between sims as I said, so honestly I didn’t much care what happened there.

Then I bought this amazing mansion like house and put it in the sky at work, and friends laughed at me, because it had doors. “Why does your skybox have doors Sasy?” so I showed them, and built a landing pad outside the doors, and everytime someone came to visit, I tpd them to the outside by standing really close to the doors lol, and then making them knock to get in. It was not a skybox though, it was just a house in the air, as many have done before me, and many have done since. But then you come across real skyboxes, the ones with domes, or surrounds, and its a completely different experience. An illusion is created, you can be anywhere, doing anything, you could have space dunes outside, or be underwater in a pod, if you so choose – um where is that skybox, I have never seen one now that I think about it.

Apartment style skyboxes are all the rage too, because you don’t need the rest of the building. The only thing that baffles me about this concept, is when there seems to be more windows than you would normally have in the type of apartment it is, but then again we can have anything we want to in our virtual world.

This Trautmann skybox by Pilot is the first, in I hope an ongoing collection. It is the perfect size to not run out of furniture. There is one main window – with a panoramic outdoors image, and the rest of the lighting comes from beautiful skylighting in the ceiling over the dining area – I do hope in future there may be something like that done in the bedroom too. The walls are a great neutral colour blend, because its not really gender specific, and actually has good resell value – in RL that is. Wooden floors and large entrances to each room, really give it a sense of space that is really needed in a home, because you don’t want to feel too closed in. My other favourite thing is that the ceilings are HIGH, thank you for that, because low ceilings freak me out – we tend to have high ceilings in Australia.

I filled the home with various items of furniture, from Pilot, Cheeky Pea, and Scarlet Apples – which is a collaboration between Scarlet Creative and Apple Fall. I look forward to seeing great things from them in the future also. Even though most of the furniture was released as outdoor style pieces, I think it suits the eclectic vibe of the space. Whimsy came over and provided dinner, a lovely assortment of food, you can get from Poche.

The beautiful new dress from SySy’s is just lovely, the sheer overlay is done with consideration of hair, so that as long as you don’t go past the breast area with mesh rigged hair, you wont have any alpha conflict. That is why I chose this great new style from Wasabi Pills that just fit the bill perfectly. The dress is perfect for entertaining at home, or going out for the day or night. A pretty dress that has a gorgeous length and overall style, and comes in such pretty colours. This one was a great choice to go with the Yummy gemstone set that is at this months collabor88. The set has earrings, ring and necklace, and comes in other beautiful colours, but this ruby one was just perfect.

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Equipment Used:

VR Studio 3.0 and HUD and Library for location shoots–VR Foundry Mainstore,VR Foundry @ The Deck

Props, Furniture, Build :

Poses by:

Poseur 

Bulid :

Trautmann Skybox – Pilot @ Collabor88/January

Furniture :

Backyard Cinema lounger, ottoman, Garden Party Chairs/Table, Posers Fence – Pilot & CheekyPea 

Wool Rug Blanc – Scarlet Apple @ Collabor88/January

Delinger Desk, Larkin Cabinet, Cactus Planter, Vase, Bohn Crate Shelf – Pilot

Vitas Rug, Millesime Baignoire Sofa, Posters, Mainstream Mirror, Georgie Bed, Dandelion Clock, Macaron Pouffe, Dandelion magazine rack- Cheeky Pea

Watermelon Punch Basket, Quiche, Tiramisu – Poche by miyu Adder

Eyes:

Ellis – LeLutka

Lashes:

Natural Curl Sculpted Lashes – LeLutka

Skin Worn:

Natasha – LeLutka 

Hair:

Jamie – Wasabi Pills

Clothes:

Splash Dress – SySy’s 

Shoes/Boots:

Shiki – Maitreya 

Accessories:

Teardrop Gemstone set – Yummy @ Collabor88/January

Mesh Hands – SLink

When I hear the name Charlie, I always think of the fragrance. It was such a big deal when I was little. The promotions were always beautiful ladies, most often in pants and a dressy kind of top, and it was always a one image kind of ‘This Girl can do it all!” kind of thing. These new Charlie items by Rebel Hope bring back those images so well. The pants are lovely tailored flat front pants, with this delightful 3/4 sleeve knit sweater, with a great oversized collar.

Both items are available at FaMESHed, and there is also a sweet bow bag as well. The other items worn, the gorgeous hair by Exile, and the beautiful necklace by Gossamer Jewellery are also at FaMESHed, so be sure to grab everything while you are there. The necklace comes with gold or silver options, as well as short or long variations, and clickable to texture change the pendant centre stone.

Now you may have noticed, Tuli is back! She snuck in on us the last few weeks, and recently put out the Helena skin at The Dressing Room Fusion. The skin I am wearing is one of two available. I am wearing the Jan 1 version which is light and pink and pretty, and the Dec 31st version is deeper, smokey and a great contrast. So with both, you can mix it up from day to night.

FaMESHed

The Dressing Room FUSION

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Equipment Used:

VR Studio 3.0 and HUD and Library for location shoots–VR Foundry Mainstore,VR Foundry @ The Deck

Props, Furniture, Build :

Poses by:

Adorkable Poses

Eyes:

Ellis – LeLutka

Lashes:

Natural Curl Sculpted Lashes – LeLutka

Skin Worn:

Helena /Powder January 1 – Tuli @ The Dressing Room FUSION

Hair:

I will wait – Exile @ FaMESHed/January

Clothes:

Charlie Pants, Charlie Sweater – Rebel Hope @ FaMESHed/January

Shoes/Boots:

Shiki – Maitreya Gold (COMING SOON)

Accessories:

Baroque Teardrop Necklace – Gossamer Jewellery @ FaMESHed/January

Mesh Hands – SLink

This post would have been hours earlier, but we ended up in an hour long conversation in Fashion Emergency, that provided some interesting insight into how Marketplace works. CronoCloud should be following it up with a post that will provide information that may be helpful to stores that list there, so look out for that in days to come.

This months Collabor88 has the theme ‘Trending’ which has a metalic and emerald green base to it. I found it interesting when Pantone announced Emerald as the colour of 2013 in the last months of last year, and as someone that really does enjoy great greens, I was pleased. The metalic blend and emerald green of the palette for the event has created somewhat of a Wizard of Oz feeling, and the adorable TinMan glasses by Intrigue were the starting point for this post. They are so fun, and the small chips of emerald at the tops of the frames made them super special.

The dress by Ingenue has this beautiful mesh like metalic finish to it, especially in the silver. Combined with either a t-shirt under – as worn – for a casual day look, or without for more of a dressy early evening and into the night look, it really is special. The texture also worked perfectly with some bangles I bought last week from Maubray. There are many colour stacks to choose from, as well as the fat pack which I grabbed, the cool thing about them is that they are mod, and copy, so that you can unstack them and make your own combinations, or just wear one if you don’t like lots of bangles at once. That was actually the deciding factor for me, while I do like bangles, sometimes you just want a single to finish off a look.

Other great jewellery at Collabor88 are the peacock earrings, also by Intrigue, and the beautiful set by Cae that I am wearing the necklace of, as I will save the earrings for another time. The simplicity of the set makes it a go to option, and the leather strapping lets it be classy and casual. Another item at Collabor88 and one to add to your growing collection, is the Renee skin with special Trending themed make ups, there is an incredible Emerald Smokey eyeshadow, but as I was wearing the glasses at first, I went with the more subtle gold like look.

Lastly and perfectly timed, so much so that I actually asked Whimsy to let me blog it first lol. The Candice hair by Vanity Hair…it has two parts with a mesh tail, and is a really beautiful pony, that worked well with the glasses because there are no bangs to work around. I am wearing the hairbase from lelutka underneath.

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Equipment Used:

VR Studio 3.0 and HUD and Library for location shoots–VR Foundry Mainstore,VR Foundry @ The Deck

Props, Furniture, Build :

Poses by:

Status Poses 

Eyes:

Ellis – LeLutka

Lashes:

Natural Curl Sculpted Lashes – LeLutka

Skin Worn:

Renee – Trending 02 – Glam Affair @ Collabor88/January

Hair:

Candice – Vanity Hair 

Hairbase – LeLutka

Clothes:

Metallisk – Ingenue @ Collabor88/January

Layering Tee – Jane 

Shoes/Boots:

Dianthus – Ingenue 

Accessories:

Guinevere Necklace  – Cae @ Collabor88/January

Tinman Glasses , Silver Peacock Earrings – Intrigue @ Collabor88/January

Candy Bangle – Maubray

Mesh Hands – SLink

1. Happy RezDay Whimsy Winx – I hope that she has the most awesome of days, her being part of my Second Life for 6 years has definitely made it richer.

2. Another good friend of mine is in DC at the moment. Every year he and his partner are part of the SDA Charity Marathon. So far they have raised over 135000USD for the Prevent Cancer Foundation. The event has gamers from all over, traveling to DC so that they can do speed gaming online. That is probably not the greatest of description of it, these people all come together to not only share their skills, but also to unite to help a wonderful charity. So if you are into gaming, and have a few dollars to spare, click on the link and help them out.

Now onto the fashion. Recently League released these gorgeous faux fur pea coats. The colours and style reminded me of 1985. I was in the UK, and at the time one of the biggest fashion trends was fluffy big faux fur coats like this. They came in fabulous pastel colours, I wanted one so badly. Unfortunately with the price tag, as well as how heavy it was going to be to take back to Australia, it was alas a no go. This coat now lets me have my fabulous memories, look great wearing it, as well as being soft and luxurious.

Each coat comes with three colour options included. The colours have a main colour, then two gradient/dipped versions, in either natural like colours or more faux dyed blends…it depends on the colour purchased. I am wearing the coat over the lovely leggings from Indyra Originals that are part of their recent Native Fox release. The leggings come in two colours, and they have these great studs running up the sides. You can also consider them to be running ‘down’ the sides and bringing all your attention to these gorgeous boots by SLink.

The Vanity boots were partially released at TDR Fusion a few weeks ago, but now the full release is in the SLink mainstore. The boots have this amazing sleeve like look over a boot shaped shoe portion, I secretly am going to pray that Slink considers making the foot parts so that they can be worn with pants/jeans., then I also want the sleeves on their own too…hee hee I am reaching I know. The zippered sides are delightful, especially that they unizp on both ends and the openings are very detailed and look great.

The skin I am wearing is by Amacci, this skin looks adorable on many shapes that I have seen it on so far. Whimsy did a great post featuring it a while back. Nuiko comes with teeth or non teeth options, as well as 13 great make up and non make up options, hair bases and cleavage. You also get lipstick layers on tattoos with the skin, so you can mix things up and make your own combinations. The adorable vintage ponytail is also from Amacci, and she recently had a few more styles for both women and men to check out, so demo demo demo.

The accessories for the look are jewellery by LaGyo at this current session of Collabor88. The Starla jewellery is so pretty, and has a almost starfish like quality to the design. They metal features come in silver and gold, and are part of a bigger release that includes berets, belts and necklaces, so be sure to check those out.

Lastly I am again wearing The Roman2 bag by House of Fox, I wore this the other day as well, and really like it a lot. The tassels are adorable, and the shape and options are just great. It also has a resizer script inside, so you can make it more of an oversized bag if you like.

Collabor88

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Equipment Used:

VR Studio 3.0 and HUD and Library for location shoots–VR Foundry Mainstore,VR Foundry @ The Deck

Props, Furniture, Build :

Poses by:

Amacci 

Eyes:

Ellis – LeLutka

Lashes:

Natural Curl Sculpted Lashes – LeLutka

Skin Worn:

Nuiko – Amacci 

Hair:

Agnes – Amacci 

Clothes:

Faux Fur Pea Coat – League 

Native Fox Metallic Leggings (from Native Fox set) – Indyra Originals 

Shoes/Boots:

Vanity Boots – SLink 

Accessories:

Starla Earrings & Ring – LaGyo @ Collabor88/January 

The Roman Bag2 – House of Fox 

Mesh Hands – SLink

Only a few more days until the Collabor88/December 2012 collection is changed over, and in its place,  the first Collabor88 of 2013. I have been running around in my underwear – this underwear – for days now, trying to get my post done…so if you saw me tping around, just know that it is not exactly how I spend my time in world usually. These days underwear is a must have item, because with mesh not rezzing immediately and alphas slow on the uptake, you can be really rather exposed to strangers. So being able to scoop up such lovely sets as these Catalina sets by The Sea Hole- at such a mervelous price – is a great thing.

The bra and panties come on all layers, and because of my modesty – and my no nipples policy – I wore all layers, so that you cannot see what you can see with only one. The one layer option is not overly revealing, just more than I do on my blog, so you will love the sets, also the colour combinations are splendid…I really like how different colours were layered over each other, to form really adorable sets.

The other reason for wearing such beautiful lingerie, was that this post was to feature the upcoming shoes release by Maitreya Gold. The Shiki platforms are stunners. They are delicate strapped shoes, with an incredibly chunky platform base, with the two opposites coming together in such a magnificent way. The platforms are texture changeable with 30 different options, the ‘wilds’ being my favourites. But wait there is more. The shoes also have an option of on or off, this means that you can have your shoes actually vanish to reveal only the foot portion of the Shiki, and have a lovely tip toe look, which is nice for sitting poses as well as other imaginative looks you can come up with. I really like this option as it makes for ease of pic taking, as well as your feet are already tinted in advance of time.

These shoes come in different sizes, and are non rigged, so you can still use the resizer option within the hud, the sizes just give you a better starting off point. The Shiki shoes will be released next week, so stay tuned.

Collabor88

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Equipment Used:

VR Studio 3.0 and HUD and Library for location shoots–VR Foundry Mainstore,VR Foundry @ The Deck

Props, Furniture, Build :

Poses by:

Flair (Unavailable)

Furniture  : 

Novel Decor – Read and Nap Bed, Loveseat Corduroy (Collabor88/December2012) – Trompe Loeil 

Eyes:

Ellis – LeLutka

Lashes:

Natural Curl Sculpted Lashes – LeLutka

Skin Worn:

Lana – Glance Skins 

Hair:

Lively – LeLutka 

Clothes:

Catalina Lingerie – The Sea Hole (Collabor88/December2012)

Shoes/Boots:

Shiki – Maitreya Gold (COMING SOON)

Accessories:

Mesh Hands – SLink

It is already the second for me, but I can imagine some heads are hurting all over the world right now. The beginning of the month; means it is the start of another round of FaMESHed. Today I am wearing adorable beanie hat/hair by Wasabi Pills, that has a HUD Control for the buttons, the stitches and the beanie itself…so you get to coordinate with your outfit. The necklace – also at FaMESHed – is the full combo of necklaces based on anukaa beads and Ethiopian cross styled jewellery. The beautiful set by Gossamer Jewellery also comprises of many options of wear, giving you strand types as well as earrings – not shown due to length of hair.

The dress I am wearing – by Ingenue – is at Collabor88/December, that is winding down in the next week, so if you haven’t gone back for more of the goodies, take the time now. It is a very simple tunic style dress, but it is the simplicity that makes it so beautiful. The colours available are based on the frost theme of this month, and the length if flirty and fun. The style doe allow for ease of wear over pants, or leggings if you want a warmer look.

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FaMESHed

Collabor88

Equipment Used:

VR Studio 3.0 and HUD and Library for location shoots–VR Foundry Mainstore,VR Foundry @ The Deck

Props, Furniture, Build :

Poses by:

Ploom

Second Life Stock Image Used:

Goatswood by Chestnut Rau HERE 

Eyes:

Ellis – LeLutka

Lashes:

Natural Curl Sculpted Lashes – LeLutka

Skin Worn:

Isla – League 

Hair:

Lumi – Wasabi Pills (FaMESHed/January)

Clothes:

Chaud Dress – Ingenue (Collabor88/December)

Shoes/Boots:

Espadrille Lace Up Shoes – J’s 

Accessories:

Anukaa Beads and Ethiopian Cross Necklace – Gossamer Jewellery (FaMESHed/January)

The Roman 2 Bag – House of Fox 

Mesh Hands – SLink