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Olga

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This may be a first for me: criticism of an outfit from a favorite creator…

Glitzz is running an in-store “Welcome Summer” hunt.  Prizes are easy to find, as they each cost L$25.  There are twenty five of them to chose from.  The hunt runs until June 12th.

I selected an outfit from the hunt poster, a ruffled bikini in dark green and tropical highlights, knowing it would suit my hair color.  I was very happy when I tried it on…

…until I started running through poses looking for one to show you the back of the outfit…

…and experienced significant clipping in nothing more than moderate poses, so much so that I doubted the bikini bottoms had been rigged at all.  The photo below is a very ordinary stand.  In more extreme poses, the entire ruffle is buried.

Usually I’ll call out clipping if I notice it in extreme poses but then I’ll walk around in the outfit to see if day-to-day wear is going to cause the outfit to clip.  I also have a pretty wild dance that I use to test clipping.  If it doesn’t clip on this dance, I can be pretty confident that nothing else will make it clip.  But this bikini bottom failed that test too.

I don’t know if I was unlucky enough to select the only outfit that has an issue, but I’m really glad I didn’t outlay L$625 to buy all the outfits on the hunt.

Date night

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A lot of weekends, Havoc will put out a FREE group gift that’s only available Saturday and Sunday.  I’ve managed to grab a few of these, but mostly I’m too late to blog them, as is the case today… This side laced number probably vanished some time last night.

But this is a reminder for next weekend!

Black only.  Sizes are Lara, Legacy, Freya, Hourglass, and Kupra.

Petry Dress for FF

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This dress is a FREE group gift for members of FabFree.  FabFree is of course FREE to join.

There are sizes for Lara, Venus, Freya, Isis, Hourglass, and Physique in the pack.  Also included is a HUD with ten plains and eleven bolder patterns.  I’m looking furry because I was at an event and didn’t bother to change before trying on the dress… plus I love my leopard!

Grease

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Yesterday I mentioned I’d found two sort-of-recent group groups at Ghee, a store I used to go to regularly for their gifts until a few years ago.  This is the second gift from December last year.  Please note that Ghee’s group is L$250 to join at the time of writing.

The mini-dress and jacket are separates.  Both pieces are sized to fit Lara, Lara Petite, Freya, Isis, Hourglass, Hourglass Petite, Kupra, Legacy, and Legacy Perky.  There’s even a standard size fitmesh in there for the classic avis.

The jacket is obviously inspired by Oliva Newton John’s iconic leather jacket in the movie “Grease”.  It has some wonderful seam and zipper details.  As with yesterday’s outfit, there’s a little clipping, but you should be able to fix it with your alpha HUD.

  • Outfit: S&H Holiday Gift – Grease by Ghee
  • Body: Lara and Lara Petite add-on by Maitreya
  • Face: Jennifer by GA.EG
  • Hands: Slink
  • Hair: Ruda2 by Monso

Juliet

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If you’ve followed this blog for any time, you know I’m all about showing you quality free stuff.  Not all my group memberships are devoted to finding stuff for the blog however.  I do belong to some groups that are reasonably expensive to join although (whispers) I’ve usually managed to join them on free signup weekends hehe

One of these groups is Ghee.  At the time of writing, it’s L$250 to join.  Up until about 2020, they had regular group gifts and then… something happened.  I’ve visited over the months hoping to see a recent group gift, but to no avail.

Of course you can see where this is going.  I was wondering what I was going to show you today, I decided to run over to Ghee’s store as I haven’t been for six months or more.  And yay!  There are two sort-of-recent group gifts available.  I’ll show you the other one tomorrow.  This one is from January this year.

This long sleeved body suit is sized for Lara, Lara Petite, Legacy, Legacy Perky, Kupra, Kupra Kups, and Reborn.  It shows a little clipping, particularly at the shoulders and elbows, so grab your alpha HUDs.  I’m wearing the hands from Lara in these photos, as the thumb loops are rigged for them, and not for my usual Slinks.

  • Outfit: Juliet DS gift by Ghee
  • Body and hands: Lara and Lara Petite add-on by Maitreya
  • Face: Jennifer by GA.EG
  • Hair: Ruda2 by Monso

Cat support

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Again, I was looking for something else and came across this.  It made me laugh as I’m certainly a cat person, so for L$75 I had to get it!

Sizes are Lara, Lara Petite, Legacy, Legacy Perky, Freya, Hourglass, and Reborn.

  • Top: Tech Support Cat Top by Tastic
  • Body: Lara and Lara Petite add-on by Maitreya
  • Face: Jennifer by GA.EG
  • Hands: Slink
  • Hair: Ruda2 by Monso
  • Jeans: Boyfriend Jeans by Coco

Leilei

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Here’s a FREE group gift for members of the teleporthub.com group.  The group is L$10 to join.

I was hunting around for something else and was disappointed by the first shop I went too, but I found this in the same shopping district!  Serendipity!

There are sizes for Lara, Lara Petite, Legacy, Legacy Perky, and Reborn.  There’s no alpha included and you will need your body’s alpha as there is a fair amount of clipping at the arms.

Serah

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Sometimes it’s tricky to find free outfits to show you.  Sometimes most of a day will go past and I’m totally stuck.  This was one of those days until… inspiration struck!  Ricielli and Dhoma run hunts for annual events like Valentine’s Day and Easter.  They’ve been know to leave hunt items out well after their hunts are officially over (I know this because last time I was there for a hunt, I found items from like, two years previously!)

So I ran over to their region and.. yes!  Easter’s items were still available, even though we’re now a month past Easter.  I searched the internet and I found a picture to tell me what each item looked like (as they are L$15 each, and even though that’s nothing, it’s still not free and I wasn’t going to play the lottery), and set out looking for item #20…

This is superbly detailed lingerie from Dhoma.  The buckles, fits, and other details are super convincing, and as you may have guessed by now, I’m impressed by things in SL that shout “realism”.

There’s a bra, panties, and the garter belt included, all in sizes for Lara, Legacy, and Legacy Perky.  There are also two colors in the pack, this sky blue and a lovely lavender.

The stockings are not included.  I borrowed them from the Radiant Set I showed you just the other day.

So, sometimes it’s good to be stuck 🙂

  • Lingerie: Serah Lingerie by Dhoma (note: L$15 Easter 2023 hunt item, may vanish at any time!)
  • Body: Lara by Maitreya
  • Face: Jennifer by GA.EG
  • Hands: Slink
  • Hair: Ruda2 by Monso

Janis

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I haven’t done a gift from the SLF&O gift list for ages, so I dutifully went and grabbed the list at SLF&O Headquarters (click the mailbox) and started browsing though the massive A-Z list of stores!  And I found this dress at Justice, FREE for members of SLF&O.

The skulls are a little dark perhaps, but sometimes dark is good.  Perhaps I should have gone brunette with the skulls and the mustard?  What do you think?

Sizes include Lara, Legacy, Isis, Freya, Hourglass, and Physique.  The chain is also included in fitmesh too!

Taytum top

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Look at this top from Spotlight!  It’s a FREE group gift, and Spotlight’s group is FREE to join.

There are sizes for Lara, Freya, Isis, Venus, Hourglass, Physique, eBody, eBody Curvy, Tonic Fine, and Tonic Curvy, which means it’s an old mesh model.  But the highlight is the HUD, which has twenty pattern/color selections, ranging from soft pastels like this one I’m showing you, to bold reds, blues, and purples!  Considering it’s FREE, you should run out and get it, I nearly guarantee you’ll be happy with the HUD!  The only downside is finding a pair of jeans to go under it at the back, but failing everything else, you could wear a set of BoM jeans.