The Real Housewives of New York traveled to Missoula, Montana, because nothing pumps up the drama like making a bunch of women who can barely tolerate each other travel together and be in each other’s company for days on end. Normally the women of New York are impeccably dressed for wherever they go, but with a few exceptions, the RHONY crew did not pack well for Montana. They were more Ralph Lauren New West than the real West. When they went to the rodeo, more than one wore a white prairie skirt. Rodeos are dusty and dirty events — and let’s not forget port-a-potties — where white skirts are downright silly. Watching, I realized I was seeing what city people think country folk wear. Either that or they all wanted to be Laura Ingalls once upon a time.
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Join the Hair Fair Demo Group!
I love that picture from Anya Ohmai and am borrowing it to remind you that HAIR FAIR is coming sooner than you think. It opens July 12th, that’s less than 100 hours from now. The opening of Hair Fair can be a bit of a scrum – actually it is completely a scrum – but you can avoid being trampled underfoot as rabid fashionistas chase the latest and greatest hair by joining the Hair Fair Demo Group and can try out the new releases at your leisure in the comfort of your living room or even sitting in your bathtub. You could even host a Hair Fair Demo Party and play “I Like Your Hair” while all putting on the same demo at the count of one-two-three – hair!
You can get all the information about Hair Fair at the Hair Fair blog. To join the group, you can TP here or enter this in chat secondlife:///app/group/2e30d166-f3e5-e2de-ff72-b3da2d06ded2/about or just search Hair Fair Demo Group in Search. The group is free. Hair Fair will never charge a fee for the demo group.
Things Go Awry
Lately I have been having more trouble shooting on location than usual, but I really wanted to get off my platform, so I hopped over to Sky Neist Point and found this little beach and took a few snaps. I was dressed for wandering with this lovely linen dress with embroidery from Gizza. The jacket is attached to the dress and has a HUD giving three color options for the jacket. The dress comes in six options, this Boho style in pink, blue or creme, gingham and a floral print. Continue reading
Lights Will Guide You Home

One week ago, a friend of mine in RL sent me and four other people a text message. After he hit send, he put a bullet in his head.
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From Blogger to Creator
I am always excited when a blogger becomes a clothing designer. I think of Milla Michanaga who formed MichaMi and Elysium Elide who started elymode and recognize that both of them focused long and hard on construction quality. I think that, being bloggers, they had this pre-formed set of standards that created a daunting hurdle to overcome before they began to release. Having noted construction flaws in other work, they felt an obligation to do as they say and held themselves to higher standards. So, when Thalia Heckroth™ told me she was moving into clothing design, I was excited. This is her first release and I am pleased to say she continues the tradition.
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Second Life Synchronicity or Ballaké
Second Life fashion is full of moments of synchronicity and this is one. It all started with the dress from Baiastice. It was released in many solid colors and prints, but I was most drawn to this earth-toned batik. I was fidgeting about, trying to choose hair and MiaMai released some gorgeous turbans with an Afro-centric inspiration and this tobacco version is perfect with the dress. Meanwhile, Kunglers released a necklace in a coffee color and of course, coffee and tobacco are the peanut butter and jelly of louche lotus-eaters. And then, if that were not enough, PXL Creations released a Jazz quartet of skins for Rhapsody. All events have no causal bearing on each other, but they are uncannily in synchronicity.
The combination of pieces made me think of Ballaké, a classic of African Jazz by Bembeya Jazz National— after all, Jazz developed in America from African roots and American music traditions. Then it migrated back to Africa and found a new iteration. These pieces draw their inspirations from Indonesia and Africa but are modified and changed in translation just as the music was. Continue reading
I Suppose I Should Read the Instructions
So when Siddean Munro released the new Slink Physique mesh body, I rushed to message PXL Creation’s Hart Larsson to urge him to make appliers as soon as possible. Since he just released a new skin, I was hopeful. Sure enough, the new appliers have been released. Best of all, they will apply his skins to the body, hands and feet, so there’s no need for triple HUDDing to change skins. I eagerly put them on and then pushed the buttons and
nothing happened. I sent an panicky IM to Hart – “It does’t work!” He said do this, do that, take off this, put on that and I think he was beginning to freak out, too, when all of a sudden I pressed the special breast customization buttons and there it was. I was doing it wrong! It worked perfectly from the beginning, but I was not pressing the right buttons. So, to make it work, press the silver buttons that select small or natural breasts and freckled small or natural breasts. That big circle in the center is just there to show you the skin tone. So now you know!
Dearest Gidge…
Do not stand at my grave and weep,
I am not there, I do not sleep.
I am in a thousand winds that blow,
I am the softly falling snow.
I am the gentle showers of rain,
I am the fields of ripening grain.
I am in the morning hush,
I am in the graceful rush
Of beautiful birds in circling flight,
I am the star shine of the night.
I am in the flowers that bloom,
I am in a quiet room.
I am in the birds that sing,
I am in each lovely thing.
Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there. I do not die.
-Mary Elizabeth Frye

Wearing:
Mon Cheri – Sachi Flair Dress in White
Exile::Rain or Shine: 1. Blacks Hair
Juxtapose – Posy Was A Good Girl (2) (pose prop and pose)
Oh Mah Gacha, Becky!

There is a wee gacha festival opened up on Jersey shore and I popped over this morning to distract myself from my impending day of being an adult. While I wasn’t able to do MUCH shopping, I knocked off one item from my list immediately.
The glasses from Hopscotch are truly must have. This way ladies, you can tell if he’s got the goods – in his inventory.
The hair is from Alice Project and I think I forgot she has a new HUD. I like it better. SO SIMPLE EVEN GIDGE CAN USE IT!
That’s all for today my lovelies. Pop over to Jersey Shore for a little gacha fun.
Gidge Is Wearing:
Hair: *Alice Project* Summertime Sadness [S] – Basics – For Rhapsody
Glasses: *~*HopScotch*~* X-Ray – for Oh My Gacha
Head: Slink Visage Mesh Head – Becky
Skin: Adam n Eve Skins – Siobhan T1 Candy
Gin & Tonic
The bright lemon and lime colors in the top and skirt from Tee*fy make me happy. It makes me think of hot summer days and cold summer drinks. I have a real love for gin & tonic and that crushed fresh lime is so wonderful. I love salads made with some fresh squeezed lemon juice or lime juice and generally buy a 3 pound bag of lemons every month. I used to buy about a dozen limes every month, too, but they have gotten too expensive, doubling in price since last year.








