Monthly Archives: February 2009

Color My World

I know I told you how much I love Iki Ikarus’ use of color the other day before promptly showing you an outfit she made that was all in brown. Well, here’s a truly colorful outfit from her – though just as atypical of her usual color usage as the brown outfit the other day. These are bright colors and she usually uses desaturated colors – but despite that difference, the same understanding that color and pattern need to be freed from old habits come in to play. She understands that sometimes you just want colors to come bursting out all over – rich, saturated, vibrant rainbows of color.

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Crave Your Weekend

posted by Gidge Uriza

Shopping with Cajsa the other night, we flitted to one store after another from the feeds, looking for something she wanted.

I forget what.

But what did happen is that each time we went to another store……there I was picking up SOMETHING cute and new. My 5 minutes at CRAVE were no different.

This complete outfit from CRAVE includes torn jeans, striped tee and a  distressed Urban Bomber Jacket. Continue reading

I Didn't Get Skin…At Ray Skin

posted by Gidge Uriza

It was at Ray Skin that I was Serenaded by a foreigner, crooner tunes by the PLEASUREMAN Gunther and I have to admit it was distracting. After all, despite liking an outfit, I like to sort of understand it as well. And I couldn’t concentrate on figuring this out with all the “oooo you touched my tra-la-la” going on.

I have no idea what this is.

I mean, I LIKE IT. I actually like it a lot. I like the color and the construction but like…….Retro? Vintage? Neko? Harajuku? Barbie Armegeddon? Urban Primitive? (ok not the last one) Continue reading

Agent Provacateur

A friend on Plurk mentioned being a bit tired of multi-layered outfits on the feed – which given she’s from Texas makes perfect sense to me. However, living in a place that goes from chilly to steamy in the course of a day, I love me some layers. Besides, I feel an ornery streak coming on and want to tweak her nose a bit…even if she did give me at atta’girl today. What can I say, I am a provacateur.

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Wherein I Pretend to be Phoenix Chapman

Posted by Gidge Uriza

Scene: Sitting in my computer room

Characters: Silo Uriza and Gidge Uriza’s RL selves, each logged into their own PC side by side.

ACT The First

RL Silo Leans over and glances at RL Gidge’s screen and says, “Where are you shopping?”

Gidge Replies, “Merlynn’s Closet.”

Silo returns to Civ, asking “Oh, got a lot of pointy hats do they?”

Gidge looks over, “Remarkably few, actually.”

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Catch Me In the Slipstream

Today I am wearing clothes from some of the best design houses in Second Life – Casa del Shai, Maitreya and Tesla – and it shows.  It’s gold, babe.

Some people never recognise it
Though it’s right before their eyes
And shines in all its glory
They never ever see
They choose something that looks just like it
And it may glitter all the time
But gold it will never be
I guess you never held on to quality
Or you woulda recognised by now
Something so special so true
When it’s standing right in front of you

I’m gold babe
Catch me in the slipstream
Passing by the fools who just don’t know
Pure gold babe
You’re looking at the real thing
If you knew my worth you wouldn’t let go.

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Quick Look: ICON Jewelry

posted by Gidge Uriza

I was strolling around shopping one night, trying to decide if I wanted new shoes at Juicy, trying to decide if I wanted this or that, when I wandered into ICON. Featuring jewelry in sets and bags, and other accessories, I was surprised I hadn’t found them before.  The purses are what first caught my eye and somehow I got out with one though! How’d THAT happen?

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One Day Only Freebie At Lemania

posted by Gidge Uriza

Red and pink have been the color of the season so I was kind of tickled to see such an icy winter blue being given away at Lemania to her group.  Like so many of her designs, it’s a fancy – there’s nothing practical about it.

Which is exactly what I like. Good grief why play on the Grid and be PRACTICAL? (note – I think this dress is being retired also based on the description on it) Continue reading

How to Tell if Your Friend is a Wannabe/Sometimes Fashionista

posted by Gidge Uriza

  1. She notices straight away your shoe bases aren’t on.
  2. She knows if you bought the color that was reduced price when the new release came out.
  3. She knows what size your head needs to be, to fit various hair shops.
  4. She tells you your necklace is floating.
  5. She knows whose shoes you have to have and whose are ok.
  6. She never takes you to a BIAB store.
  7. If you tell her your budget she knows exactly where to take you to spend exactly ALL of your money.
  8. She recognizes fashion bloggers while they are shopping
  9. She tells you when you forgot your glitch pants.
  10. She digs this pose like mad. Continue reading