Avanista
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Garden Party
One of my favourite looks in RL is a style that a friend of mine started selling at the markets many many many years ago. By merging vintage pieces, she came up with a look that would be now considered steam punk, but back then was just way too cool.
Recently I saw an item that just brought that memory back and was so excited to be able to show you.
DE Designs is a store that has been around for four years, which explains the recentish release of the 4 Year Gown. This set has multiple looks all merged into one fantastic effect. I was talking about my friends creations up top and this is very in keeping with what she used to do, taking vintage underwear, full petticoat skirts and then using suspenders and corsetry to layer and lift.
This set has a long system skirt that you can see in the middle, a fantastic tail style flexi gown skirt that is sheer tulle at the front sides, and doesnt cover the front of the skirt at all, its magnificent. The pants are a replication of the skirt and are so much fun in unbelievable textures. There is a sculpted waistband that also comes in a tan colour, but my preference in this case was for the black, and the cropped corset top with beautiful ruffle details has both spine and chest attachments so that you can wear divine jewelry with it.
Another fabulous feature of the 4 year set is the Gloves, sculpted tops and cuffs in more of a sleeve style than actual gloves, are something that you can mix and match with many other items. As soon as I put on 4 Year I knew exactly what hair I wanted to wear with it, the Garden Hair from Scribble is excentric and innovative all at once, the bubbles ascending from the top with the curly frond detailing which sits on top like a tiara, it is very out there hair but in many ways it is extremely elegant as well.
This hair reminds me of Emilie Simon’s incredible film clips, actually the whole Scribble Sim does, look HERE ( especially the Flowers song) if you haven’t seen her work before on You Tube, it’s not just the music that is wonderful, but who ever does her film clips is a genius.
The boots I am wearing underneath are the Goth Belt boots from J’s , the straps and buckles on these boots so suit the look of the suspender straps coming down the front of this outfit.
With Jewelry I went again with the Byzantine Cross set from Essentia, I showed close ups of this a few days ago, and there are demos in the store. The Skin is from Pulse and is the new Kissed/ Delight-lined skin, such beautiful skins always come out of the Pulse store, and this one is no exception.
The lips on this and all of the Pulse skins are just beautiful and full, glossier than some in the past and the make up around the eyes is just beautiful, each new skin release shows a little extra in the way Lorac executes her line, whether it be as simple as a slight change to the mouth, or the inner corners of the eyes, she gives you a simple but ever so effective lift, DEMO DEMO DEMO.
The next set also from DE Designs is the Paper Angel set. Again you get an assortment of pieces for this set, starting with the delightful and delicate – and no you arent seeing my bits – underwear and camisole top, take my word for it the front of the camisole is beautiful, which you can see under the jacket partially.Then moving down to the fabulous laced front pants, these are superbly done, as many try and do this effect down the sides and deal with seam issues, 4 years of dealing with templates really shows when coming to things like this, placing the lacing at the front of the thigh instead you get just as much effect as if it was on the side.
The pants come on both pants and underpants layers, so perfect if wanting to wear boots such as I am. The boots again are from J’s and are the Goth Lace Up boots, which also have bows options but I went for the plain look, such a steal are these boots as you get varying options of wear.
Finishing off the set is both the cropped open jacket, and the gloves, both have cuff detailing with prims and are defintely wearable items with lots of looks to come, the jacket would look especially great with the pants and suspenders combo of the 4 Year Set.
Again from Scribble we have the Stitch Knit/Black/Piggies hat/hair , I love this style not just because of the adorable texture change knitted cap ( changes pattern featured not colour ) but because of the adorable little pig tails that so remind me of the little girls hair in Monsters Inc * giggles and yells Mike Wazowski* .
The skin by Pulse is the Kissed/Magicial-liner, one thing I noticed about this skin earlier, is that without lashes it looks amazing, the lashes are drawn on the skin itself not using the template lashes, so it is effective as all get out, and again look at those lips YUM YUM YUM.
So if you haven’t been to DE Designs in a while, and that is definitely neglectful you have to visit soon, also take note, if its not something you are aware of or have noticed, all the backgrounds of the vendors are done well in advance of releases and are the highlight of DE Designs blog for me, I love when DoC teases us with the backgrounds for releases to come.
Click HERE to TP to the stores shown.
Hair by: Scribble
Skin by: Pulse
Clothing by: DE Designs
Jewelry/Accessories by: Essentia
Shoes by: J’s
Poses by: Long Awkward Pose
Posestand Professional and Hud by: VR Foundry
Always thankful for:
Essentia for my Beautiful Hair Roses and Jewelry many pieces of which I have watched being made, and had the pleasure of wearing first as they are custom fit to my shape-I’m blessed. Xstreet HERE
My VR Posestand Professional/VR Posestand HUD/Library is by VR Foundry , The NEW Features include Keyboard Controls, MONO, HUD Controls, Locking Camera and Pose Positions, ability to save Colour Sphere Presets, Return to Poses Locked previously and SOOOO Much more. The VR Posestand is sold seperately as is the VR Posestand HUD , or in a Package .Xstreet HERE or at the VR Foundry Main Store. now also with stand alone Library HUD, for on location shoots in no build areas – no notecards needed just throw in your poses.
My eyes which I get complimented on all the time are from LeLutka the MMS Green which I love, but alas are no longer available but there are still fabulous eyes to choose from.
Poses and Stands always used by me while taking pics, even if some end up on cutting room floor:
Pixeldolls Empire Dress AO poses
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Fashionable Relay Challenge, Post One
Today is the start of the Fashionable Relay Challenge Click HERE for Info, I am so excited to see what happens, what people put together, and just the overall fun of it.
I am the first post, which made me nervous as hell, but someone has to do it. Ok so Yesterday I was so in love with the Green in the outfit that I wore that I decided to tap into that again.
Starting off with the delightful *sUmi* ruffle tube top apple, which is actually an item from Tuli , Sumi being a working alt that inspires her to do different things. I really enjoy the Sumi products, they have a great flare for colour and a 60-70’s kind of feel going on. The strip at the top of this tube top definitely has that going for it, and the ruffle hemline is adorable.
Now CKS Designs is an all time favourite, not just because Kit is a friend, but just because the ability to mix and match her products is so very easy, she does most of the work herself, always giving you an extensive amount of options and colours, and then vendoring them in such a way that you really see mix match concepts start to appear before you.
One of her huuuuge releases last year was the Summer Safari range, an array of pants, skirts, tops, shorts and jackets that were full of colour and vibrancy. The Summer Safari pants by CKS Designs that I have on are in black and make a great staple piece, but as mentioned, so many colour variations to choose from, and the jackets in that collection are MUST HAVES!.
It was great to pull out all stops in the accessories department, I knew for days that I wanted to wear a hat in this post, and totally flaked on being prepared for all this, but lucky for me I have a large enough assortment of hats to choose from and was totally overjoyed to pull my Geurilla hat by Kari out of mothballs. It also has the addition of two badges you can wear as well that add a bit more to the hat, but I kept it simple and effective, this hat looks wonderful on guys or girls.
Underneath the hat, some perfect in my opinion hat hair, this is the Saleen hair by Here Comes Trouble one of my favourite styles for years now , and only 1L for a fat pack at the main store, this hair is BRILLIANT for a straight hair lover, but also it is so easy to fit under hats, this time I didn’t even bother to edit seperate prims I just shrunk it a touch as the hat covers perfectly anyway.
I haven’t had a chance to show the Black version of the Bone & Silver engraved Choker by Studio Sidhe, I have shown the original and both are just fantastic, if you are a fan of bone jewelry this is also a MUST HAVE, I have at least 4 different variations in RL so I am stoked to have such beautiful pieces in SL too.
Sliding down my back we come across the Chibi Wings by Pink Fuel, I love these, they are soooooo cute, but seriously if someone doesn’t explain to me what a Chibi is I might just implode; I don’t want to google it , I just want someone to tell me lol. They have sparkle versions as well as spine or chest attachment, which is such a considerate thing to do, because not everyone can edit and if you have items that you can’t remove it is nice to have options.
On my left wrist I have the fabulous and often seen Medalion Bracelet by Essentia, I love this bracelet, and the earrings that you can buy as well are just fantastic, i would have worn them if you would have been able to see them lol; the reason I think I love this bracelet so much is the fact its so chunky but not a solid piece, its lots of little pieces that in my head make noise as I move, it reminds me of a charm bracelet – which I have to admit to always having been jealous of as a teen, not having had one.
On my right wrist I am wearing the Dian Bangle in black by DeLa, this is a great bangle as it has the appearance of many bangles in various design stacked on top of one another. When limited to attachment points like we are, this is a great design and beautiful piece to overcome those limitations.
Going down to my toesies, I am wearing the Frenzy Shoes by Maitreya, in such suple green leather, that your feet will be greatful to you. This style comes in so many brilliant colours, that are all so rich and you can practically smell that new leather smell. These are the kind of style shoes that when you come back from your overseas holiday everyone at the office wants to kill you, not because of the trip but the shoes you got that they can’t have.
Lastly I am wearing the Lelutka London 7b Sunkissed skin, I really enjoy how fresh this skin makes me feel , with the combination of such vibrant colour in the top and shoes, the simplistic ‘bare of make up’ look in the London range; makes you feel like you are putting your best face forward. I cannot wait to see what future skins LeLutka has in store for 2009, in not only skins but everything else in their range. But next time a skin does get made can I PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEASE get a shaved option, pretty please with Milo on top ?. I is homeless now so I need public changing safe skins and to not have to swing my cam around to check that nothing is showing when changing clothes, yeah yeah I know you have heard my plea’s before,but *bats eyelashes at Minnu* PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAASSSEEEEEEEEEE ??? ( still love you anyway mwah and a big tight hug to Ara just coz )
Plays a fanfare as I pass the Relay Baton to the lovely and oh so charming Ryker Beck of Rykerized.
Click HERE to TP to the stores shown.
Hair by: Here Comes Trouble
Skin by: Lelutka
Clothing by: Tuli, CKS Designs
Jewelry/Accessories by: Kari, Pink Fuel, Studio Sidhe, Essentia , Dela
Shoes by: Maitreya
Poses by: Long Awkward Pose
Posestand Professional and Hud by: VR Foundry
Always thankful for:
Essentia for my Beautiful Hair Roses and Jewelry many pieces of which I have watched being made, and had the pleasure of wearing first as they are custom fit to my shape-I’m blessed.
My VR Posestand Professional/VR Posestand HUD/Library is by VR Foundry , The NEW Features include Keyboard Controls, MONO, HUD Controls, Locking Camera and Pose Positions, ability to save Colour Sphere Presets, Return to Poses Locked previously and SOOOO Much more. The VR Posestand is sold seperately as is the VR Posestand HUD , or in a Package ..HERE, HERE, HERE, or at the VR Foundry Main Store. now also with stand alone Library HUD, for on location shoots in no build areas – no notecards needed just throw in your poses.
Poses and Stands always used by me while taking pics, even if some end up on cutting room floor:
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Auction
One Hour until this incredible event takes place, make sure you don’t miss out on seeing what Winter Jefferson has put together to raise funds and awareness for the Victoria Bushfire Relief Fund.So many wonderful people are going up for bid, come and grab your chance at spending quality time with one of these lovely and generous people. HERE
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Glamourama
The skills that creators have here are just inspiring. Some items can have you so excited not just because they are new and they are fabulous, but in more ways; example is to want to really play with the item in different ways, and in this case I had a blast. Read on for a detailed run down of the items shown today, so many options you will be relieved to hear about I am sure.
SLink recently released the Glamour Platforms , these are sculpted feet set inside magnificent open toed strappy stilettos. Forget the sculpted foot and toes for a second, the style of shoe is pin up perfection. The double strap cross-over front, with the strips of leather down the side supporting the shape of the foot, and the fantastic heel support which then go on to become a collaboration with the ankle straps, way too much to love in just one style shoe.
But then it gets better, there is the sculpted foot and toes, with the high sexy arch and the subtle shading, way down to the perfectly pedicured nails. But wait there is more, adorning said toes are toe rings, and not just any toe rings but a choice of metals and patterns for both toes or one, depending on your mood, which you also have the choice to not wear.
Now you may ask how does that happen, a dropdown perhaps ? nope, nada, no… you see Siddean Munro has a secret Mastermind in her den of shoe creation, and his name is Caine Munro and he is a *drumrolls* SCRIPTER! *giggles*. Sorry he was very deserving of the build up, Caine has created with input from his lovely Siddean a HUD that not only lets you choose what colour toe rings you want, but also what colour nailpolish you desire to wear – there 36 to choose from, but you also get to choose what the metail and buckle colour is from four metal choices.
But wait there is more, now you are wondering I am sure how I was able to perfectly match my shoes to my legs, you know from the past that sometimes such things are very complicated and hair pulling out inducing. Welllll the wise Siddean who also makes skins added her three skin range tones to the hud as well, so now you can put on any of her Miyu, Bijou or Anya skins and VOILA click what tone you have on and you are good to go.
“But Sasy I do not have a SLink Skin” , well my answer to that comes in two forms, the first is WHY NOT? and the second is ‘That doesn’t matter” also included is a full colour scale interactive thingymadoozie that you can click on and it will colour your feet and toes to the specified colour, now that will take a bit of trial and error , but once you get it you have got it.
BUT WAIT THERE IS MORE!, so some of you have PS or GIMP and other painty programs, well if that is the case and the colour thingy is a bit beyond you, you can take a snapshot to your harddrive of your skin, then use the eyedropper on it in one of those programs, and then use /13 skin number, number, number in chat and you are good to go, it really can’t get much better than that ;).
With each shoe colour you get three choices for the heels of the shoe, coloured heel, which is the colour of the shoe itself, Metal Heel which is silver, and Gold Metal Heel, as well as small, medium and large in both the foot portion and the ankle straps, I myself mix small shoes with medium straps, don’t ask me why because I don’t know.
In this first pic I am wearing the Glamour Platforms by SLink in the black , with the Anya Skin in Bronzed Tone and Smokey Eyes Make Up, as I said all it took was a quick click of the correct tone and I was done. The hair is the Babydoll Hair by ::69:: as is all the hair shown today. The Lingerie is the Lacy Lingerie by SLink in black as I have shown in the past but thought it was way funna to wear it all over again.
Now the chair you see me posing on today is the Modeling Chair by Lost Dog Designs, it has 8 fabulous poses in it and is a ridiculously low 200L , definitely a Must Have for anyone that likes taking pics.
Tooooooo Cute, yes I am all for loving myself to bits in this pic. I am also all about loving the Red Glamour Heels, with the Pale Bijou Skin in Retro Make Up by SLink , ahhhhhhhhh way too easy to look so fab.With the Red Lacy Lingerie I was feeling very Vintagey so the Bijou skin was a must, and then finding the perfect gloves from an Awesome Designs set called Masterpiece just made my day, got to love the ability to just type gloves in search inventory and pilfer items from other sets lol.
Now the Dolly Girl Hair 02 by ::69:: does not come with a red bow, it does have red or white options though, but instead of tinting I wanted something richer, so making a copy of the hair first I then added a rich glossy red texture and instant pin up goodness.
Then I got creative, why can’t you have sexy feet no matter what colour/tone you are? well you can, that is the whole point. The fascinating Tan Drow Cupcakes Bare Skin from Popfuzz had me wanting to try my hand at using the actual colour picker tool, clicking near the bluish tones I nailed a darker tone of this skin colour straight away, then using the side light/dark slider I was able to bring it down a notch or ten and bingo, it is that easy.To celebrate my match with a Popfuzz skin I wore more Popfuzz, this is the Brocade Corset, with matching panties in the baby pink – the Brocade sets come in a wonderful array of pastel colours – to match up with the Candy Pink Glamour Platforms.
This is the first time I have had reason to wear my Model Hair 01 by ::69:: and it worked a treat, the hair comes with a built in pose, which is hilarious when you are in the store trying on the demo and suddenly you are flung to the ground. It also comes with seperate poseball with the same pose which you can use with other hair.
Another try with the colour pallete, this time with the Dark Drow Cupcakes Edition Skin by Popfuzz…This time choosing the Gold Metal heels and base, with the Deep Sea coloured Glamour Platforms by SLink. As some of you know I am a true blue silver lover, which looks funny as a statement – thats twice in the last 24 hours I have said true blue with another colour, no wonder Mel says I’m nuts – anywayyy the combination is wonderful and it really gives you a great ability to mix and match and embrace metalics into your looks.Again the matching to the skin was painless and the beautiful Lace Corset from Popfuzz just added to my joy on the overall look. Those corsets are a must have, and I am very aware I am repeating myself on those, but truly if you don’t have at least one of them you are letting yourself down.
On one of my past visits to SLink I could not pass up this next set, it is the Ruched Blouse and Pencil Skirt set in Lime, oh lime how I love thee, as long as you aren’t the actual fruit and anywhere near my mouth. This combo is HOT HOT HOT, the Verde Glamour Platforms are the perfect match to this look , the slight metalic look to the green texture just adds more oomph.You know I am all about the System skirt love, and when you combine a system skirt with an adorable blouse and thin belt like this I am in heaven. Wearing with the combo, the lovely Green Hair Rose by Essentia and the Rush2 Hair by ::69:: which is a lovely pigtails look with really full tails.
The Skin is the Miyu Skin with Green Eyes Make Up, again one click and I was done, thanks to the SLink skins being built into the HUD.
Lastly I wanted to show you how fasntastic these shoes look with pants as well. Now these Skinny Jeans in Brown by SLink do have sculpted prims, but even with pants with no cuffs the shoes work incredibly well, the cuffs will remove the straps that do help in making the join from sculptie to leg less visible, but with cuffs from pants covering anyway you wont need them.I needed a top to go with , so running over to SLink tonight I grabbed this incredible top called Metal Collar Halter , this style top is just wonderful for dressy casual like this or more formal affairs, the sculpted necklace style collar is just divine, I have a think for that style in jewelry so I was not able to click on buy fast enough, I can see many wanting to wear that collar with other things, it really is just a stunning combo and the drape and shading on the halter is superb, I got it in the beige colour so that it could go with the Taupe Glamour Platforms and it comes up a treat as a mix, the Taupe are just beautiful in texture as they all are, but this one would definitely become a go to pair easily.
Also from SLink I am wearing the Milan Sunglasses in Brown, beautiful sculptie work yet again, and the hair is Envy by ::69:: , last easy click went with the Anya Skin in Merlot Make Up, this whole look is something that can bring you well into the night and then back out again, because we have all had those nights that ended up sunlit mornings where you thank the Gods you managed to have sunnies in your bag. I am also wearing the Medalion bracelet by Essentia, which you can now get seperately and for both wrists YAY, Demos available in the store.
Ok so that was my fun for the night, now its time for you to go make your own, but seriously try the Glamour Platforms by SLink if you haven’t already they are just superb.
Click HERE to TP to the stores shown.
Jewelry/Accessories by: Essentia, SLink
Poses by: DeLa, LostDog Designs
Posestand Professional and Hud by: VR Foundry
Always thankful for:
Essentia for my Beautiful Hair Roses and Jewelry many pieces of which I have watched being made, and had the pleasure of wearing first as they are custom fit to my shape-I’m blessed.
My VR Posestand Professional/VR Posestand HUD/Library is by VR Foundry , The NEW Features include Keyboard Controls, MONO, HUD Controls, Locking Camera and Pose Positions, ability to save Colour Sphere Presets, Return to Poses Locked previously and SOOOO Much more. The VR Posestand is sold seperately as is the VR Posestand HUD , or in a Package ..HERE, HERE, HERE, or at the VR Foundry Main Store. now also with stand alone Library HUD, for on location shoots in no build areas – no notecards needed just throw in your poses.
My eyes which I get complimented on all the time are from LeLutka the MMS Green which I love, but alas are no longer available but there are still fabulous eyes to choose from.
Poses and Stands always used by me while taking pics, even if some end up on cutting room floor: