Don't Hate the System Skirt!

I am a confirmed lover of the system skirt. It’s really the only way to get the long, lean look of a pencil skirt. There’s no skirt shape more flattering and sexy than a pencil skirt at least in my opinion. Like most people, I found the initial look of a pencil skirt in SL a bit disturbing because my derriere just ballooned when I put on a skirt. That’s because the system skirt floats above the mesh instead of laying flush on it. I quickly learned to create a skirt shape that fixed all that and have been loving system skirts ever since. It’s not that much work and you only have to do it once – make a copy of your shape, make the edits and save it as Skirt Shape and you’re good to go. There’s an awesome tutorial for you from Miko Okegamu on youtube.

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Here you can see the gorgeous The Wave dress from Donna Flora – a system skirt. Wearing my skirt shape, the dress lies beautifully and there’s no ballooning bottom in sight. The dress is a gorgeous silk satin with a narrow skirt ending in a flounce at the knee with a sheer embroidered layer on the bodice and part of the skirt that is so delicately feminine that it demanded dainty, delicate shoes like the Poison #7 shoes from Bella Donna that lets you choose your jewels.

I added the lovely crystal jewelry set from luc fashion jewelry and an updo that has a retro flair from LAQ. I chose a relatively subdued makeup from Dutch Touch in order to keep the focus on the amazing dress.

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