• Stylish

    Fly nowhere this Christmas

    Mon1

    Mon2

    Mon3

    Mon4

    Mon5

    So spoiled for choice in Second Life, whether it be an item for yourself, or a gift for a friend or loved one, we are an incredibly lucky group of Second Life residents. Because we are residents, and such an incredible community, those that want to, can always know what the public overall want, what drives their customers and what comes next.

    Handy tools to have at your disposal me thinks. Mon Tissu nailed that with the release of their new lounger range of clothing. It is the holidays, and after all the fancy party frocks and what not, the snuggliest and most comfortable clothing is going to be the go…whether its sitting in front of the telly watching reruns, or watching the little ones as they wear themselves out with their new toys, the clothes you can love in are the most wonderful. It could be your first Christmas with a partner, and the new lingerie pieces from Mon Tissu are gorgeous, in such stunning colours and print…the long pants, not shown are unisex and well it all comes down to the idea of cosying up at home for the next few days.

    I mixed the clothing with some pieces from LeLutka, their military range is so fantastic, the hat I have on doesn’t even need hair, and the pants can be worn with or without the puffed out sides, which I think are just awesome for old movie lovers. In all the pics I am wearing Isabeli, a skin by Glance, the body is stunning and the face is rich in wonderful make up options with some very strong features. Glance is great at the range of ethnicity in her skins, and so you should definitely demo Isabeli, it also comes in pale.

    Now for the love of BOOTS. I have been waiting for Maitreya boots forever…every few months I will just IM Beau and declare BOOTS! and move on again lol. I finally got mine and everyone elses wish, as it was in fact in my mind boots that put Maitreya on the map in the first place. The shearling boots are incredible, not only the amazing soles, and straps and leather work to yet again die for…but the ability to change textures on the features, gives you so much bang for your buck. it also gives you something RL shoes don’t, that little extra ability to coordinate with our own looks.

    So many colours to love, one of my favs would be the army, you can of course just go with the solid colour throughout, but I did some picks of mixing it up. They are on Marketplace for gifting, make someone stoked this Christmas.

    All the hair is Exile, and there is an awesome style out for xmas gift if you hit up the subscribomatic in the store, but by now youshould already be in it 😛

    P.S I almost forgot it is my Christmas already down here, so I hope you have an awesome time with those you care about, and if you can’t then I hope that you know you are blessed and loved.

    Click HERE to SLURL’s Page.

    Picture :

    Hair: Bethany – Exile

    Skin: Isabeli– Glance

    Clothes:Floral Lingerie – Mon Tissu

    Shoes/Boots: Saffron Pumps – LeLutka 

    Accessories/Jewelry:

    Take Flight Necklace ~ Tarnished – Mon Tissu

    Diva Lashes – LeLutka

    Eyes by : Fusemelon

    Poses by : aDORKable

    Equipment Used:

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

    Click HERE to SLURL’s Page.

    Picture :

    Hair:

    Skin: Isabeli – Glance

    Clothes:Stitched Thermal – Mon Tissu

    Minnutary pants – LeLutka

    Shoes/Boots: Shearling Boots – Maitreya Gold

    Accessories/Jewelry:

    Delta Hat , Diva Lashes – LeLutka

    Eyes by : Fusemelon

    Poses by : aDORKable

    Equipment Used:

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

  • Stylish

    Risky Business

    Socks

    Those that want to keep up to date with what desginers are up to, can generally get sneak peaks in their flickr accounts. Making a designer a contact means that if lucky enough to spot it, you can see items about to be released before they hit the blogs, and sometimes, if really lucky, days before they are even released.
    Such was the case this past few days with Onyx LeShelles flickr, one of the designer duo behind Maitreya, has been sneaking some teaser pics in the last few releases, just to whet the appetites of loyal customers. So the past few days, many of us have been all a dither about the upcoming release of the Shearling Boots – more of those to come soon – and the prim feet socks.

    As soon as I saw these I knew how much fun I would have with them, I wont crack a crystal egg, but if I could find the right slide animation for my run or something I’d be set. Thankfully aDORKable poses had a perfect static pose for my recreation of this famous Tom Cruise socks move. I should be facing the other way, but I wanted to show off the new dress by Adam n Eve at the same time, perfectly created to be the ultimate shirt dress.

    The socks are of course the new Maitreya ones, they come in packs of ten with not only flat feet, or pointed toes, but also the ability to make the feet vanish leaving the socks upper and can be worn with other shoes, for a most realistic look, because when the shoes come off,  one click and your feet will reappear, how cool is that. I see these being an awesome gift for men this year too.

    Click HERE to SLURL’s Page.

    Picture :

    Hair: Nick – Uncle Web Studios

    Skin: Natasha – LeLutka

    Clothes: NYC Shirt Dress – Adam n Eve

    Shoes/Boots: scrunched prim socks – Maitreya 

    Accessories/Jewelry:

    Gudshu Glasses – Blues

    Diva Lashes – LeLutka

    Eyes by : Fusemelon

    Poses by : aDORKable

    Equipment Used:

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

  • Stylish

    Shaken not stirred

    water2

    Ja1
    Ja2
    Ja3

    Recently released skins by Glam Affair, this is Jadis. You saw the paler version last week , well this week we have a medium tan, as well as other tones, but I am showing in that one, the golden body is just lovely. There are 12 make ups for this skin, as well as a base skin, and they are all superb, luscious lips and dramatic eyes, she has such a summery look to her overall.

    The hair I am wearing is a new release from Exile and OMG isn’t it sexy as hell, it has that dried by the sun look I love, and frames the face in a revamped 70’s look. The length is great, it is truly all win. The swimwear I am wearing is from Has Been, if you haven’t been to Has Been then you are missing out on some amazing pieces, especially the latest lingerie release. But the vintage swimwear caught my eye, and I just had to have.

    The background I am using from Second Life Stock Images, is another one of Whimsy WInx’s . She got a group gift the other day and we thought it was so beautiful, that it was perfect for some kind of arty look…and she nailed it with this one, I just couldn’t resist it. The store where the chair is from is What’s Next, and the iceberg she has in her pic, is part of an awesome floating escape from her own store W.Winx.

    Have a great day

    xoxSasyxox

    Click HERE to SLURL’s Page.

    Picture :

    Hair: Artemis – Exile

    Skin: Jadis – Glam Affair

    Clothes: Retro Hawaiian Bikini – Has Been

    Shoes/Boots:

    Accessories/Jewelry:

    Diva Lashes – LeLutka

    Eyes by : Fusemelon

    Poses by : Adorkable

    Equipment Used:

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

  • Stylish

    Ten Hut

    LeLu3

    I love the military look, I remember in the 80’s mid way, it was a huge fashion trend. Many would even shop at the military stores to bypass the huge increase that fashion put on the price tags of the same or similar items, I remember once finding out the ‘rule’ about wearing a sailors hat, or anyone in the armed services, you know the one, where if you wear a guys hat for more than ten seconds you have to……….. lucky for me a friend knew that rule and knocked it off my head at 7 lol.

    Their uniforms are hot, especially the ones that they have to wear for special events, and the older style flap jackets of the british airforce, YUM. I have mentioned in previous posts my love for the movie for the boys, and this whole collection from LeLutka has me all excited. So many incredible pieces, this collection is HUGE and so unexpected, because the store has recently been putting out smaller releases more often.

    I always go on and on about Thora and Minnu, I am naughty that way, because with every release for the past year or so, Azufr3 Catteneo has played a part, and from something as small as a scarf, has moved on to incredible work such as the Alpha Romper I am wearing in this post. I say scarf because in my inventory I have a scarf made by him from last Christmas and that was my first Azufr3 item. The detailing on the romper is that of a stunningly tailored coat with shorts, the front of the shorts to give them more realism is sculpted and so well done I didn’t have to refit a thing. Azufr3 knows women, he has a definite stand out creative style, but luckily for all of us, it blends so well with the LeLutka brand and Thora and Minnus own visions.

    The set is made in such a way as that you can still wear the upper portion with other things, so if shorts are not your look, then you can definitely wear dress pants, or maybe leggings. In the main portion of the pic, I went with some stunning fishnets in a wide net, I love these, they are from a newer to me store called Erratic that joined what’s new sl a few weeks back, and I just had to have these stockings.

    Everytime that LeLutka brings out newness I usually cross my fingers for one thing, HATS, and this release gave me some amazing ones, the Dictathor is the one I am wearing in this post, but there is also the incredible fur one as well, I cannot wait to find extra looks for these, and the hair attacments sold for hair base skins look great and properly severe fo complete the look.

    The new boots from Baiastice are perfect for this look also, and because they have two options, it was great fun to create two female ideals in the pic. Knee high bow backs are just great, but the extra layer of yum comes from the thigh high upper portion that is more like a guard than extra boot length, very nicely done and very innovative.

    Stock Image used by Whimsy Winx from Second Life Stock Images Group

    Click HERE to SLURL’s Page.

    Picture :

    Hair: Attachment , Flapper– LeLutka

    Skin: Natasha – LeLutka

    Clothes: Alpha Romper – LeLutka

    Fishnets Wide – Erratic

    Shoes/Boots: Bow Back Knee Boots – Baiastice 

    Accessories/Jewelry:

    Dictathor Hat – LeLutka

    Diva Lashes – LeLutka

    Eyes by : Fusemelon

    Poses by : Poseur

    Equipment Used:

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

  • Stylish

    Give me a GLITCH

    Glitch One

    Glitch two

    Glitch Three

    Glitch Four

    Over the years I have heard EVERY single excuse for not making Glitch layers there is….inserts fingers in ears lalalalalalalalala.No seriously, there has been situations where if it was possible to throw down and do that thing like the sims where you end up a ball of dust as you wreste it out, that would have happened too.

    Customers don’t care if you think they are pretty or not, make them as pretty as you can, but please provide them.

    This was going to be a hard post to write with examples, because I do not want to point out flaws on items that either aren’t real, or have no real baring on the post…so to show you what I meant, I would either have to suddenly know how to make clothing hee hee, or use items that no longer are available.

    It was an easy choice who to go with on the not available, as not only are they still so pretty and have the perfect examples almost of what I need, but they also have truly wonderful glitch pants lol.

    IMPORTANT : I need you to imagine in most cases though that the flexi may be sculptie, these clothes are older than sculpts as they are original Dazzle items. But my main issue with no glitch is when sculpted at least part of the time, your prims are not visible at all, so please bare that in mind.

    This first pic, is a classic empire dress, not exactly floorlength, but has that longer than a babydoll and narrower fit. Which means unless you are related to a rake, and/or have an actual empire AO (I do actually but shhhh ) then your going to stick out, with the AO’s moving how they do these days, you are probably going to stick out a lot. * Thanks Canimal for the gorgeous group gift when your store opened, I have loved them forever * Now the cute panties sticking out might be fun for some, but not usually. It looks awful to be seen in such a way, and if you don’t actually wear panties, then um yeah, bad.

    You will see in the second version of the same pretty dress, that the glitch not only match in colour and fabric, but that they are scalloped at the ends to match the scalloped edge of the prims. While it still is not overly attractive to poke out of your prims, it is a nice treat to see such attention to detail as this.

    Pic three, those that read my blog regularly know I have a big love for System skirts. I love them, I really truly do, and I do not change shape for them. The first Management job I had in SL for over a year was a store thats main style was system skirt based, and the styles were amazing. I remember hearing about glitch pants back then in 06 and letting my boss know, and they just got even better, as until then not many stores did them at all for system.

    There is something magical about how they work with the skirts, somehow they work like a magnet to eachother, and when the skirt is stretched with the glitch on it just keeps going, but without the fabric breaks. Another argument has been about this type of style, not seeing the point if one side is visible in a split like this one, well it will still stop the breaking, and again it shows the customer you give a rats. This is another perfect example of how you can do them. This type of glitch also gets used on flexi half gowns, with a bit more detailing.

    The last picture is the one that I want you to imagine as a sculptie the most. You move one way, the prims move another, hips push through, legs go through or bum pokes out, a lot of the time clothing creators don’t take their creations out for a walk before they pack them up to sell, maybe they should.

    Worse though is arriving somewhere and while you are rezzing for people all they see are your cute undies…IF you are wearing any. At least with Glitch there is a barrier there, and also an indication that you didn’t leave the house half dressed, and no one has to eject you from the sim for being a rudie nudie.

    Just because you never have that problem with sculpts doesn’t mean half the world doesn’t. WIth my old pc sculpts never rezzed, for hours I could be with someone chatting away as they had balls on their ankles or head. But lately I have noticed for me anyway, the balls aren’t as common anymore, its shards, and the shards cover nothing.

    Lastly and this one I do not have a picture of because Dazzle is too old, and again I am not out to point fingers. One of the other Glitch needs is for Jackets especially, or tops that are sculpted. Often you find that there is either no glitch or only a partial glitch layer, sometimes only at the shoulders and arms, or maybe just over the breasts. Back to the AO issues, if the glitch doesn’t end where the prim does, it’s not doing anyone any good – same with skirts and dresses, rule of thumb is they end where the prims do – but with jackets if the prims go one way and you go another, then all you have poking through is either what your wearing under the coat, or bare skin.

    These are your designs, your craft, don’t fall short with the glitch, believe it or not, the glitch to me and many other fashionistas is as important an addition to second life fashion as flexi was.

    Mesh might fix this issue, I don’t know, but until then, put your best glitch forward……………………..

    Hair -Module -  LeLutka

    Skin – Natasha – LeLutka

    Clothing – Dazzle (no longer available)

    Panties by Canimal (no longer available group gift )

    Poses – Poseur/Body Language

  • Stylish

    You ain’t seen the best of me yet

    LeLu1

    LeLu2

    GaLu

    Gala1

    Gala2

    gala3

    LeMon

    What a day for newness today has been. The hair from LeLutka was a surprise as we had all been awaiting the release of the FAME shoes and legwarmers, which I have been teased all over the place this past week. I really love the professional style of them, mixed with a more modern and European use of colour and style. I have these shoes in plain black leather in RL, and I have worn them so often for different reasons. Definitely impressive job interview shoes, especially for fashion retail, they say you know what is what, and yet you also know you will be spending a lot of time on your feet, the sturdy heel and supportive shape are integral in the style.

    The leg warmers come with , but are an option, as they are separate attachments. The legwarmers are texture change, and you have a solid or striped option in those, they are so pretty structurally that I can see them becoming the go to warmers for months to come. Now as I said the hair was a surprise, but when you see the names you will probably guess that they wanted to keep it as a surprise, and that is so nice. I actually saw Willamina who I am guessing they were named after in the store after the release, and Gorgeous is a no brainer, it has to be after GoGo of JuicyBomb so the colour was an easy choice too.

    The use of the same bangs for a few of these styles was awesome, the pulled back twisted pony is marvelous and totally looks like a pulled back version of the other two, and I have discussed that in the past, that often this just enhances the reality of it being your own hair, rather than extreme changes as many of us do lol.

    So then after all that to find out that Gala was about to release new skins called Ice Queen, and not only that, but there are lipstick and eyebrow tattoos in blonde and black available, fingers crossed that they will seperately purchaseable as she keeps her tones so precise it would be awesome. I can see this skin being a development of all the begging for the Yum mouth and the recent Autumn face style, a really beautiful face and the most amazing glossy lips, they are incredible, I don’t know how she does them like that, I can only imagine she pours gloss all over a scanner, which would make for a very expensive experiment – so do not do that at home .

    Click HERE to SLURL’s Page.

    Picture :

    Hair: Willamina, Gorgeous, Module, Wintour, Flapper – LeLutka

    Skin: Ice Queen – Gala

    Clothes: So Boho Blouse, Cigarette Jeans – Mon Tissu

    Shoes/Boots: FAME – LeLutka

    Accessories/Jewelry:

    Barbro Belt – LeLutka

    Medallion Earrings – Essentia

    Diva Lashes – LeLutka

    Eyes by : Fusemelon

    Poses by : Glitterati

    Equipment Used:

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

  • Stylish

    Buck Up for Winmer, or Sumter

    FriWhip

    A quickie, just to get my day started…which is kind of silly as it’s 2am here. I cannot believe it is the 17th, Christmas is only days away, and yet there is nothing really Christmasy feeling about it, unless you consider funny names on plurk and of course the decorating of sims and body, such as I have done today. But are you feeling the nostalgia, the need to find that ultimate gift for loved ones, or looking forward to as many of your family and/or friends getting together on the big day ?

    As I get older, it becomes more about making sure I remember that the stores will be closed, and to be sure to order enough red bull in my next delivery. It is funny too because in the past I have shuffled my Christmas day – a day ahead of most – with being in Second Life to do customer service on Christmas Eve, a hectic last minute explosion where everything hiccups and it is all awesome – I miss customer service lots and lots, may have to do something about that in the new year.

    Maybe I am still not used to being so overexposed to it so early, as soon as the halloween stuff was about to come down the thanksgiving and christmas stuff went up in Second Life, and for us down here, your thanksgiving meal is more like our Christmas, so somehow I feel like I have already had my turkey and all the fixins.

    Lucky for me and other Aussies, there are designers like Dakota Buck taking care of our warmer weather needs. This weeks fifty L Friday items from Whippet & Buck are these adorable tiered skirts. The two colours that you will get are divine, and so easy to mix and match. I went with black for the pink skirt, but could have easily gone with chocolate, creams or even blues.

    Moving down the legs, past The Strand socks and onto the New YS &YS Yeti boots, this is so cool, as only recently did I delete some Yeti boots from 2006-7 ish. They come in a lovely range of colours. Yeti boots are so much fun, not just because they look great, but who can not chuckle at the idea of boots made from Yeti fur…the idea that man has never caught one, but we managed to make shoes from them none the less.

    The tops I am wearing come from Fri.day, the one on the left being the newer Rhapsody tunic, this is a two layered look, with the top layer having only one strap and a cute puffed sleeve attachment. I was impressed with the info in the pack letting you know that with all avs being different sizes, you may need to do some editing on the sleeve and that your AO ‘may’ effect it’s movement, due to the inability to do afull shoulder covering because of the one arm template. Many don’t realise that is how clothing is done, so that info is really nice to have provided. Another part of the top that I love is the belt, the thin mid torso belt is perfect for high waist skirts or anything really, adding an extra accent to a look, so worth the tops purchase just for the belt.

    The fluffy furry stole I have on over the Dion shirt is from SDB, this stole is NOT mod though, my version isn’t anyway, so you will have to pray to the heavens that it fits. I am not sure if that is still the case with the item in the store, but yes, it’s a really pretty item, but unfortunatly with no glitch and no mod, it is not going to fit all. So if your breasts are bigger than a 65 and your larger than I look, be warned.

    Speaking of warnings, the fun antlers I am wearing need a big tag hanging from them saying DON’T TOUCH MEEEE – watch that youtube it is adorable – but back to antlers lol. These come with emotes built in, so if someone clicks on you, well all sorts of things could happen in open chat, but thank goodness they do have a lock option, and they sparkle and look fabulous, and you know you want to find out what they say, let’s just put it this way. If I wasn’t partnered and Newdoll wasn’t partnered, we would have to get married now.

    I have used and added another stock image to the Second Life Stock Images Group, some incredible photos have been added for people to use, I cannot wait to play with some myself. If you do use them, please mention it in comments, it is an amazing thing to know your images are helping others with their pics.

    Click HERE to SLURL’s Page.

    Picture :

    Hair: Betty Boop , Paper Tiger – Curio

    Skin: Jadis – Glam Affair

    Clothes: Cindy Ruffle – Whippet & Buck (This weeks 50L friday item)

    Rhapsody Tunic, DIon Shirt – Fri.day

    Thigh Highs – The Strand

    Shoes/Boots: Yeti Boots – YS & YS

    Accessories/Jewelry:

    Medallion Earrings – Essentia

    Xmas light antlers[BedlaM] ( XRated options but lockable functions so no one can use)

    Nails – Mons

    Knit Stole – SDB

    Diva Lashes – LeLutka

    Eyes by : Fusemelon

    Poses by : Glitterati

    Equipment Used:

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

  • Stylish

    A whomp bomp a loo la

    Tutti

    The background used in todays pic is a merge of location shot and PS work, as in the outside of the window is me chopping down a smaller pic to fit. Free to use in the Second Life Stock Images Group on Flickr .

    I think jeans lovers of the grid rejoiced when Bela Tolsen hit the grid. I have said it before, and it only gets proved every release, the woman really knows how to do pattern work with pants, and the jeans in this post are all incredible. Even if you are not into the overly patterned, there is so much range in her prints that there is bound to be something that catches your eye. I could seriously stay in the grey stiched pair near the window for yonks.

    Also wonderful to have as a staple, and I do love that these are solids not prints, the off shoulder tops, also from Tutti Frutti. A little raised on one side, perfectly styled for off the shoulders, and also a great piece to do layered looks with. I decided to keep it simple today though, some ElikaTira hairstyles – please Elika may we have some MOOOORRRREEEEE.

    Shying away from the sun, in the new Glam Affair skin Jadis, in the Yuki pale edition. Different brows to choose from, and option of with or without hair base.The hair base is a creamier white than usual, so you will have to be careful when choosing hair attachments, yay for demos. I opted for the full styles though, and with the brow options going to black it was a no brainer really. There is even a no brow option for those that wear tattoo options.

    More of the Jadis to come in other darker tones, so don’t worry you don’t miss out if you don’t go for a paler skin. This one is lovely though, and the make ups are delightful. Not only am I taking the Tee*fy flats for another spin, I am also wearing the yummy and snuggly scarf that is another item at the Albero Dollar Market, these items are made as transfer for gift purchases for Christmas, so don’t miss out.

    Click HERE to SLURL’s Page.

    Picture :

    Hair: Vivid , Mood, Fresh, Away – Elikatira

    Skin: Jadis – Yuki Edition – Glam Affair

    Clothes: Turquoise/Garnet/Jet Off Shoulder, Abalone Low Rise , Dusk Field Low Rise, Yachts Low Rise, Nitro Jeans – Tutti Frutti

    Shoes/Boots: Callias Flats – Tee*fy

    Accessories/Jewelry:

    Medallion Set – Essentia

    Anya’s Pico MofuMofu Scarf – Tee*fy

    Diva Lashes – LeLutka

    Eyes by : Fusemelon

    Poses by : Glitterati

    Equipment Used:

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

  • Stylish

    Happy Holidays Hunt more stuff

    Ala Folie

    Kunglers & Alienbear

    OW Elymode Blitzed

    HUNT

    The Happy Holidays Hunt is in full swing.It started the other day, and people have been going to and fro to grab all the goodies while they can. The items are priced at 10L each item but the items are incredible value, and usually have a ticket price around the 400L mark I have heard.

    Some of the stores at The Deck even have items in the event, see HERE. I most likely wont be able to get through all of them before the event is over, but I am going to try. The items in todays post are from the hunt. What I have liked about all the items so far, is that you can incorporate them into other looks when you are done with the originals.

    You can see I am also wearing the incredible hair attachments from Amacci, these formal do’s are just magnificent.With the Amacci hair bases being available in so many incredible colours, you will be able to coordinate looks that are right for you. The cute little flats I have on are from Tee*fy at the Albero dollar fair, they come with three options, in a great range of colours, and there are also some adorable scarfs there too.

    Each store that is part of the Hunt should have a poster out the front with the details of where you start, but you can just randomly move to stores you are familiar with first and so on, some incredible releases as mentioned and lots of fun can be had if you hunt with a group of friends, so far the hunt clues provided have all been top notch, so you wont spend hours pulling your hair out :).

    Click HERE to SLURL’s Page.

    41. AlaFolieDonna Gown

    Amacci – Rona Hair with hair base

    LeLutka – Natasha Skin Base

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    79. Safira Gown – Kunglers

    39. Natasja Tiara & Ring – Alienbear Designs

    Rina Hair – Amacci

    Natasha Skin – LeLutka

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    29. Holiday Police – Blitzed

    Joy Hair – Maitreya

    Callias Flats – Tee*fy

    Natasha Skin – LeLutka

    46. Sima Gown – Elymode

    Kim – Maitreya

    Natasha – LeLutka

    69. Onyx Wear – Sweater Eleven Dress

    Callias Flats – Tee*fy

    Natasha Skin – LeLutka

    Kim – Maitreya


    Eyes by : Fusemelon

    Poses by : Glitterati

    Equipment Used:

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

  • Stylish

    As I went down to the river

    MonTissu Party

    MonTissuCas

    I have been having a lot of fun with the stock images I have taken, in these pictures again it might look like they were shot on location, but no, all done in my VR Studio. I was absolutely floored by the picture that Anya OhMai did in a post the other day using one of the backgrounds from the Second Life Stock Images flickr group, she is so talented, that it rocked to have something from the group used by someone so wonderful.

    Both backgrounds are from Lula the home of Mon Tissu, that finally opened today, to much aclaim. Everyone I know has gone gaga over the release, and I myself was so impressed by the detailing of the items, you really cannot understand how amazing they are just off the vendors. An item I haven’t shown yet is so well structured it totally had me fooled.

    The other day while Whimsy was swanning around in her Mon Tissu goodies, I was intrigued by how ‘real’ the skirt she had on looked…now don’t get all persnickity about photosourcing, because there is a big difference between sourcing and just taking a pic or downloading an actual garment and shoving it on a template. Things are sourced in SL all the time, for instance try handdrawing a knit pattern, can you imagine having to draw some wool make it look like wool, then mold that piece into what would look like one part of a stitch? then to repeat that hundreds of times until you get one row of knit, to then again copy that over and over to be able to get a patch big enough to make a texture for a scarf.

    Or good luck getting really beautiful leather shoes/boots if leather in some varieties wasn’t sourced. Anyway, not saying these things cannot be achieved, just saying it isn’t always practical, and if there is true work done to the item, and the sourcing is just a small part of the overall finished product, then you need to learn the difference when throwing around accusations. This is all coming out ranty, but that is not the intention.

    What I was getting at in a round about way, is that the skirt had me totally fooled, what ‘looked’ like it might be more sourced than not, wasn’t even on the mesh texture at all, the skirt was done so well at the front with sculpties that I had to zoom and cam and turn and go ‘OMG’. That is what you will never realise from a flat image, that often what can look flat or have a more realistic look than you assume it should, is actually just made so well that it looks real.

    Just like I remember when Maitreya Gold first came out, people were actually accusing the pics on flickr as being images from another programe that they couldn’t be second life, Maitreya sure showed them. Anyway, I will show that skirt one day soon, and you will see what I saw, because the Mon Tissu blending of real and handdrawn is wonderful, and I cannot wait for more.

    The party dresses in the first pic are so adorable, and I can see wearing the tops or skirts of the dress as seperate pieces for other fun looks. So many bows, even my hair is a bow, loving accented with some divine and delicate pieces of jewelry from Whippet & Buck another incredibly talented duo. Wouldn’t you just love to sit in a room and pick the brains of creators like these two fashion brands, I know I would.

    Boot love all over the place, how Elie Spot – otherwise known as Emma Gilmour – was able to top her recent cowboy boots with these ones is just amazing. If we could somehow convince her to spend the next two months only making shoes and boots OMG. The cardigan in its beaded vintage beauty, with the underneath beaded tank, is a true showing of how meant to be Mon Tissu is, and how it’s creators are really in eachothers creative space in such a great way. I took the belt from the Park Avenue top and wriggled it down to the hips, stretched it and voila a great bow belt for the jeans as well. Even the jeans are mod, which is just amazing.

    I am wearing Curio hair in the top pic, and Exile new and old in the second pic. The new hair is Hannah and so cute, love the loose braid on the side, again Kavar just makes such stunning and feminine locks.

    Make sure when visiting Mon Tissu you take your man with you, he can look around the incredible sim, add pics to the stock images group 😛 and get used to being there, because future releases are going to include ones for men.

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    Picture :

    Hair: Bow , Jade – Curio

    Skin: Amber – League

    Clothes: Party Dress – Mon Tissu

    Knee High Socks – The Strand

    Shoes/Boots: Provence Boots – Mon Tissu

    Accessories/Jewelry:  Gilded Virgin Necklace, Diamond & Pearl Stack – Mon Tissu

    Ribbon Straw Bag – Sabbia

    Diva Lashes – LeLutka

    Eyes by : Fusemelon

    Poses by : Glitterati

    Equipment Used:

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

    Click HERE to SLURL’s Page.

    Picture :

    Hair: Hannah, Majandra (heavily modded to fit under hat ) – Exile

    Skin: Amber – League

    Clothes: Joli Beaded Tank, 1929 Cigarette Jeans, Prudence Cardigan, Park Avenue Top – Mon Tissu

    Knee High Socks – The Strand

    Shoes/Boots: Provence Boots – Mon Tissu 

    Accessories/Jewelry:

    Deer Stalker Hat – Mon Tissu

    Park Avenue Belt (from Park Avenue top ) – Mon Tissu

    Diva Lashes – LeLutka

    Eyes by : Fusemelon

    Poses by : Glitterati

    Equipment Used:

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