Fashion Reviews
The standout outfit from the latest MaMy Shopping Event is this catsuit from Simply Me! It’s fantastic and very sexy!
System layers and appliers for Maitreya, Slink, Belleza, and Omega, the package contains both the black and the red versions.
Aloha, all! I decided to take a walk around Oahu, a lovely sim that I found early on in my explorations of Second Life. Oahu reminds me of some of my favourite places on the islands, so I visit frequently.
Oahu is also, coincidentally, where I discovered Island Style Designs so long ago – Nickki maintains a little satellite shop near one of the beaches. This gown is one of my little favourites. The long mesh isn’t optimal for dancing, perhaps, but it’s a lovely comfy dress for going out to dinner, for an evening with friends, or just for a lazy afternoon. It’s fully mesh, and available in a number of beautiful island patterns.
What is aloha? It is life, it is love, it is acceptance… I think you have to come here to experience just what it means, but then… you carry it with you, you share it, you spread it throughout your travels, wherever you go.
Nickki at Island Style carries a number of accessories and acoutrements. The necklace is simple and elegant, and the plumeria blossoms for the hair is a must-have. Remember, though, to put the blossom on the correct side!
A little shout-out to Calico Ingmann at Calico. If you’ve been following this blog, you know that I frequently show Calico’s styles. Calico makes some of my favourite hairstyles, and the best match to my shade! The Paige hairstyle here is the most wonderful loose french braid. The shoulder braid is a separate piece fitted to the shoulder to avoid the clunky rigid rotation when I turn my head.
Now, if I could just convince Calico to make a version of this with the same loose braid, but flexi and hanging down the back? I’d be in heaven.
It’s been a long lovely day exploring Oahu… time to just sit and watch the waves roll in. Please, come and visit us on the Islands… and visit my friend Nickki at Island Style!
Mele Kalikimaka! Mahalo, and aloha!
It seems the perfect weather in RL for this lovely wrap dress from Fi’s Creations – a lovely warm soft knit, short and sexy, and perfect for those cooler days.
WRAP ME is all mesh in the standard 5 sizes, and fits my Physique frame nicely!
I love the texture here. Can’t you feel the warmth, the softness just looking at it?
Fi makes it easy to not just customise the dress and boots to your own tastes, but to the occasion. The dress comes in two different palettes, with three dress colours and eight ribbon/bow colours in each. The boots are available in white, black, and brown (shown) versions, with a full set of trim colours included in each.
I had a great deal of fun mixing and matching different colour combinations… but the green and blue definitely suit me best!
I don’t usually think of myself as a spray-and-pray photographer, although digital photography in RL has made that a very easy way to get good shots (as long as you don’t mind looking through a hundred bad ones to find that one good one). I do tend to take more than a few shots trying to get the one. It’s definitely fun to line up the shots, and get them just so.
Please stop and take a look at Fi’s Creations, and take a look at their VIP club while you’re there!
Mahalo, and aloha!
Today I have a wonderful new gown to show you from Paris Metro Couture, called Circle of Love. The gown is available in store as a free gift to group members (group is FREE to join). The top and pants come both on system layers and have appliers for Omega, Slink, and Belleza. As is the norm with gowns from this designer, you need a few editing skills to get the prim skirt and accessories sized just right, but my, once you’re done, the overall effect is stunning.
RAWR! This fantastic outfit is from our friend Catty at Catseye. Oh my, where to start to describe this?
The skin comes with three makeup styles, called “natural”, “sensual”, and “dramatic”, and as it comes with Omega appliers as well as on system skins, I can wear it on Lara. The bikini is system underwear layers, but appliers are also supplied so you can wear it with the classic avatar body or your Omega compatible bod. The scripted ears and matching tail are in the kit, as is a set of amber system cat’s eyes, which I’m not wearing in the pictures. Catty has even included alphas for eyelashes!
The fingernails are also included, both as classic prim and attachments for Slink Casual hands. The shape in the kit is far too big for me, and so I am not wearing it, and the size of the shape accounts for the fact that the fingernails are for size 20 hands. I had to individually edit each nail to get them in the right positions for my Slink Flat feet and Casual Hands (size 10).
The toenails are also supplied for Slink High feet, in case you want to wear heels with this 🙂
And of course there is a Slink hand and foot applier to match the skin.
Ohh and if you don’t have Slink feet, Catty also supplies prim feet with the outfit to match the skin. What a comprehensive kit!
Lastly, the bikini bottoms come with claw attachments, which definitely adds to the wild feel of this super outfit!
Believe it or not, I needed six appliers to put this on: Lara HUD, Slink Utilities HUD, hands and feet applier, skin applier, clothing applier, and the Omega relay for Maitreya! This is not an outfit you can casually change into on the dance floor 🙂
Details:
Our contest theme today at Eden was “Burlesque”. I was looking through my inventory before the event and really couldn’t decide what to wear, but thought I may go with this outfit from Carrie’s Lingerie:
But as you may be able to notice, it has no appliers for Slink, so I would have had to wear system hands and prim feet, not the most sophisticated look 🙂
So I was browsing around my news feeds and I came across a L$1 hunt item available at Glitzz for the second annual Christmas Desires Hunt, that comes with all the appliers, and said to myself “these colours are more in line with the season!”
Outfit 1
Outfit 2:
Hair:
I’d like to share one of my favourite artisans in SL, Spyralle. Kerryth Tarantal at Spyralle uses a lot of fractal- and geometry-inspired textures to produce some stunning designs. Kerryth manages to beautifully blend mathematics with an organic flow – reminding us of the fractals evident in a fern stem, in a seashore, in lightning.
Esyld is a lovely mesh skirt and top that together make a beautiful gown. This one in particular appeals to me due to its versatility – it’s equally at home at a ball and in more casual settings. The outfit is packaged in seven sizes – the standard five plus XS+ and M+, with top and bottom independent to allow you to get the perfect fit to your shape.
I really love the lace-up corset-style back!
My necklace and earrings are from N@N@, who sadly closed their inworld store earlier this year. They still have a Marketplace link, however, with quite a few of their offerings still available there. The Sun and Moon bring out the greens and blues in the skirt and top, while blending nicely with the more earthy tones.
Wishing you joy in this and every season! Aloha and mahalo!
Brrr, I’ve had enough of winter, at least for a day. Here’s an old group gift from Topazia that is still available at the store. This makes me feel much more like warm weather!
You may have noticed in my last post I have finally purchased the Lara mesh body from Maitreya! It feels like I’ve been saving for ages (probably because I have been saving for ages!)
Although there must be a lot of pictures of this body out there by now, I will add mine, because I’m so excited and can’t resist showing off lol
Here’s the fabulous new group gift from Paisley Daisy for December. Just what we need for tripping around in the snow. The jacket is in the standard mesh sizing and fits my new mesh bod (Lara by Maitreya) perfectly!
