I’m not sure what “Never Forget” is referring to as the name of this dress/lingerie combo. Is it saying never forget the wearer? Or never forget something else? It’s a mystery 🙂
The dress and belt are one piece, and the bra and thong are also one piece. Both pieces are sized to fit Lara, Lara Petite, Kepra, and Legacy. You can find it for FREE at the FaMESHed Event!
or don’t please, it’s just the name of the dress after all!
This cute little dress is available at this month’s edition of the Cosmopolitan Event. It comes in sizes for Lara, Freya, Hourglass, and fitmesh for classic avatars.
It also includes a HUD with various color selections for the dress, bra, frill, and bow, and you can control the level of materials effect too. You can pick it up for FREE at the event when you join the free event group!
I’m showing you another FREE gift from this month’s Vanity event today. With so many lovely gifts, and the event running until the 25th of July, you have no excuse not to run over there and pick some up!
This super cute little dress by Candy Kitten comes in sizes for Lara, Freya, and Hourglass.
There’s a HUD included that allows you to change the pattern to one of five really cute prints, although most are too pink for me (it’s by Candy Kitten after all!) You can mix and match the belt, lace, and the dress hem above the lace to compliment your favorite pattern too. In addition, there’s a materials button allowing you to bend in some materials, which is thoughtful of the creator. I find a lot of clothing creators put materials on, and give little thought to what they may look like under different lighting, so in this case, you have the choice!
Recently I did a DJ set where I built an Alice in Wonderland decoration, complete with falling down a rabbit hole. As is my wont, I created my own Alice costume for it. And is also my wont, it had to be a somewhat sexy Alice. And as a third wont (wont, wont wont! Oh… sorry!), I made it a mix ‘n match special, including some full perm items.
The basis for the top is the laced demi-top with half sleeves CB155 from Cool Big Bird, which being full perm I colored in light blue and then set the transparency to be a bit more revealing. To this I added the shoulder puffs and long flexi sleeves from the Ninianne gown by Arwen’s Creations; and the Lolita Lace Cuffs by Sweet Thing. Alice has to have an apron, and the Jewel Ruffle Skirt by Bivvia fit that bill; I set the main part of the skirt to transparent, leaving just the top belt and the apron, then colored appropriately. The white part of the apron was also set to be partly transparent for a see through look.
Did I mention there was anything under that apron? Must have slipped my mind to include anything there, gosh… I did add some mesh bows on the hips to ease an awkward transition in the mesh of the apron and its belt. Supplementing the ensemble are (what else?) my fave boots from Candy Kitten.
I also found a new (to me) pose vendor in SEmotions, which has a nice set called Modeling Poses Set 52 at the Equal 10 event this month. Did I mention there was nothing under the apron? One could of course set the transparencies on the top and apron to opaque, and add a bikini bottom… but, why? 😀
Top: CBB155 by Cool Big Bird (Marketplace link); Lolita Lace Cuffs by Sweet Thing; Shoulder Pad and Puffed Sleeves from Ninianne by Arwen’s Creations
I have a soft spot for cute… and then I just go nuts and keep tossing things at an outfit to make it cuter, lol
So here I’ve done my usual thing and just gone totally to town with everything except the kitchen sink. This first one is my unicorn look, with three major pieces from three vendors with three different unicorn patterns.
The Hawt jacket from Promagic comes in 30 prints, as singles and a fatpack, and is just for Maitreya mesh. I added some cute lace cuffs from Sweet Thing to it. The jacket fits just right to be worn without a bra or shirt underneath, if you are so inclined (as I am). The skirt is Brianna from CandyDoll, available in fatpacks of 10 solid light colors, 10 solid dark colors, and 30 patterns; or as singles, for all the major mesh bodies. It has a nice cut up one side with a long mesh tie. The shoes/socks are the Smexy Babydoll Heels by Candy Kitten, in fatpacks for 12 solids, and 12 patterns, for all major mesh bodies.
Now if you want silly cute, I got that too! The basis for this one is the Crazy Kawaii outfit from Envious. It is old school, for system bodies, but hey does that stop me? Not on your life! I use all the mesh bits and then add my own mesh top and skirt and there you go, one super silly (but cute) outfit.
The mesh bits of Crazy Kawaii come in five sizes and include the winged headband, arm and leg warmers, hoove boots, and backpack. I supplemented these with an applier top from Butterfly Design’s Pauline outfit; and my fave full perm skirt, Angel from Gunshot. For the latter, I textured it to match the knit pattern of the Pauline top.
Accessories: Betsy Garters by Avaway; High Elf Lace Collar by Zenith; Armour Waist Chain and Seacrest Waist Chain by La Sirena (Marketplace store); Applier Stockings from Stuff My Turkey by Strive Design (Marketplace link)
To round out this round, here is a sweet-but-not-too-sweet ensemble built around the Celebrity Rebel leather jacket by Dirty Princess. This features exquisite detailing all around, and a proudly open front to display… whatever bra or shirt you might choose to wear. Or not. In this case I chose to wear (barely) one of my full perm bras from Cool Big Bird along with the Angel skirt from Gunshot which I textured to match the jacket’s color and patterns. The shoes are Candy Kitten’s Fairy Princess Heels that include the garters.
The jacket features a texture HUD of 20 pastel colors and a metal changer of silver and gold; it comes for Maitreya, Slink, and TMP mesh bodies. The shoes come with 14 styles in a HUD and are for all the major mesh bodies.
Accessories: Hip bows from Kawaii Babygirl Princess by Dirty Princess; Heart Charm Necklace by Bowtique (Marketplace link); Giftwrap Garters and Lolita Lace Cuffs from Sweet Thing; Armour Waist Chain and Seacrest Waist Chain by La Sirena (Marketplace store); Lollipop Guild Necklace by Violet Voltaire
It’s that time of year! Time for warm sweaters and hot cocoa and chestnuts roasting and all that! So let’s do some sweaters, shall we?
Speaking of cold outside… brrrr! That igloo was chilly on the bum! But inside it looks nice and warm. My top here is the Annie Ugly Sweater by Pink Cream Pie, which is available in 12 color/silly saying patterns, as well as a fatpack, for all the major mesh bodies. Both individual color/patterns and the fatback also have 24 colors for the collar and cuffs.
Sometimes you have to really get into the Christmas spirit and just get lit! So I did! Hopefully there is a wall socket nearby, ’cause I really got a charge out of this get up. My sweater is the Mesh Hipster Turtleneck by Addams, available in 21 colors (26 when purchased as a fat pack), along with 18 colors for the neck and 18 for the wrists. It is available for all the major mesh bodies.
Accessories: Santa’s lil’Ho Ho Ho Antlers w/Lights by Danika; *NJoy* Christmas string; Christmas Lights String Necklace; Rhosyn Pink and White Wreath by Hatpins (Marketplace link)
And how about some pink floof ball? Gotta have floof balls in wintertime! Don’t you think this will keep me warm? For a little bum-warming in your snow tent, the Snowball Bodysuit and Leggings from V-Tech / Valentine Technologies has you covered… er, uncovered? They are available in five separate colors, and six color fat pack. The bodysuit is available in Maitreya and boi chest size, and the leggings for Maitreya as well.
Lately I have taken an interest in doing clothes texturing, using purchased full perm models that allow one to selectively edit texture faces. While I have pondered selling some of these, which is what most people do who work with the full perm models, so far I have just been tinkering for myself, in order to get unique looks and/or make outfits that reflect ‘me.’ The full perm models are not inexpensive, being in the range of 500L to 1500L typically, as the expectation is that one is selling your new creations and thus eventually recoup your expenditure. However, if the cost does not deter you… follow me on a little path to see what you can do 🙂
For this first installment I will focus on something simple (and very small!). The common component in all of these outfits below is the Angel skirt by Gunshot, which is also a very reasonable 250L. This is a teeny-tiny skirt that really doesn’t cover much at all (which… frankly, was my goal). 😀 Now most people would supplement this with a pair of panties but I chose not to.
The skirt contains three material faces that can each be textured in different ways. They can also be different between front and back but the design of the skirt tends more toward it being the same all the way around front to back. The Gunshot package for the skirt contains models for all of the major mesh bodies as well as four sample textures, a shadow map, and a UV map. All of these latter items can be used in an external graphics program to create your own textures, which can then be uploaded to SL and applied to the mesh model.
In this first outfit, I textured the skirt with an opaque white band around the top, and the two main layers all in lace, to match the lace top and the lace cuffs on the sleeves. This is an example of where I mixed and matched a ton of things, along with the custom pieces, to get just the look I was after, an innocent snowflake faerie (okay, maybe just snowflake faerie…)
For this one I wanted to match the skirt to the top, which is also a full perm model. Before I found the original model, I had purchased a version of it from a vendor who had made her own texture for it. As I liked that shade of blue I wanted to match everything to it, which I did with the Angel skirt and the full perm sleeves from another full perm creator. In this case the top two bands of the skirt are solid, and the small band along the bottom is a lace pattern that matches the lace along the bottom hem of the top.
Top: Kara Top by Vaxer (the full perm model is CBB106 by Cool Big Bird )
Accessories: Good Kitty Collar by The Sugar Garden/tsg; Heart Charm Necklace by Bowtique (Marketplace link); Endear Ladies Key Necklace by EarthStones; Giftwrap Garter and Cuffs by Sweet Thing; Armour Waist Chain and Seacrest Waist Chain by La Sirena (Marketplace store); BoHo Style Hand Jewelry Butterfly by SilveryK
Another vendor who took the Gunshot Baude top and created a nice texture for it is ArisArisB&W, who applied a pretty denim pattern. I created a matching version for the skirt across all three texture bands.
Top: Nicety top by ArisArisB&W (the model is the same Gunshot Baude top as I used in the Snowflake image above)
Accessories: Dragonfly necklace by Pixel Box; Elaine Belt and Garter by Nanika; Armour Waist Chain and Seacrest Waist Chain by La Sirena (Marketplace store);
Arm Harness by L’Emporio
And finally, back to lace, this time with a rose tint and a slightly Victorian look (is not sure the Queen would approve). Here I used the actual Gunshot Baude top with the Angel skirt, modifying the lace pattern from Snowflake to be a little softer in color (as well as a bit more see through… blushes!).
Accessories: Jabot collar by Cog & Fleur; Lolita Lace Cuffs by Sweet Thing; Armour Waist Chain and Seacrest Waist Chain by La Sirena (Marketplace store)
Pose: The Irie Series – Four (m) by an lar (closed)
While these examples of re-texturing have been pretty simple, they’ve been fun in allowing me to make things that are just right for what I want. 🙂 In future installments of Do It Yourself I hope to show you some more complex examples.
Back to Photoshop! More lacy and frilly things await! Cheers!
The stars are out! Well I feel like a star anyway, in this cute confection I concocted. The central part of the outfit is the Kokoro Symphony dress by V-Tech, a gothic lolita style accented with lace. The perfect match for it was the Kawaii Doll Boots from Candy Kitten.
Kokoro Symphony comes in eleven single colors as well as a fat pack, while the Kawaii Doll boots include twelve colors that can be mixed and matched among the heels, laces, bows and trims, and socks (or no socks).
I supplemented the main items with full perm ribbons colored to match, along with lace applier gloves, and some cute neck accessories.
From the back, one defining feature of the Symphony dress is this huuuuge ribbon with the shiny heart! There is a matching ‘necklace’ with ribbon to go down one’s back but alas it does not really fit one’s neck terribly well, even when resized. So instead I turned it into a hair accessory! Which I think actually works much better. 🙂
Outfit: Kokoro Symphony by V-Tech, for Maitreya, Hourglass, and Maitreya with Bot Chest Mod.
Second Life is a world where we can be just about anything we want to be. One popular variation of this is to turn back the clock a bit and be a young girl again, with all the innocence and joy that represents. While one can do so with the widely used mesh bodies like Maitreya Lara, there are also more specialist mesh bodies for this as well, such as Tweenster. Here I would like to show you some adorable dresses from Dolly Daydream, who have a delightfully warm pastel color palette to their offerings. Their products are primarily oriented toward the Tweenster body but they have also recently begun adding Maitreya versions, as well as V-Tech.
The Elizabeth dress comes with a 20 texture HUD and also a pair of panties with its own 10 color HUD. I think I’m ready to step into the carriage and be whisked off to a fantasy world of pink!
Elizabeth also comes with both opaque and sheer versions of the dress, which is giggly-cute when the panties are showing through. Hmm, wonder what came in this giant doll case box?
The Summer Florals dress is my favorite, with such happy patterns including these butterflies! And pretty lace sleeves too! The dress includes 12 textures and nine sleeve textures, with the option to turn the sleeves off. The dress also includes cute little shoes with tall leg strappies, in seven colors, though here I used my fave boots, the Candy Lolita.
Sometimes you find outfits that are simply gorgeous but are not necessarily practical to wear out and about. Such is the case with my two offerings here from Moon Amore, the Midnight Illusion Cinderella gown and the Angelic Souls gothic lolita outfit. Both feature stunning designs that appear to float on the wind, making for some stunning pictures. Alas, as they are static mesh pieces, they also do not actually float and thus bounce around as you stand with your AO on or when walking. But they look pretty! And thus I had to take some pictures with them for you. 🙂
The Midnight Illusion gown comes in five colors, in a single mesh size, so one needs to play around a bit to make sure it will fit. I was able to successfully fit it to my Maitreya body. And of course I am waiting here for my true love to cross the bridge to me…
