This gorgeous gown from LIV-Glam at Vintage Fair is a perfect dress for the jazz clubs of the past filled with smoke, gin, torch singers and taxi dancers. Made with a combination of mesh and flexi, it combines the best of both.
The deep, swooping back is a torch singer favorite – and adds so much drama. All the poses are from the Rouge (based on the red carpet) Set from oOo Studio for Vintage Fair.
Can we take a moment to talk about colored jeans?
I love them! I’m so excited that colored jeans have made a comeback in the real world. I’m a child of the 80s who spent her youth decked-out in an array of colored pants (or everything, really), from neon to jewel tones. I think that’s why I still love color so much today.
Luckily for me (and you!), there have been plenty of excellent colored jeans released in SL recently.
Vintage is such a flexible word. When you watch the red carpet and a dress is described as vintage Versace or Galliano, it could be as little as two seasons old. In general, though, vintage means clothing that’s 25 years old or older which takes us back to 1987 – the year the Speedo became the most fashionable swimsuit and big, bold graphic shirts over leggings were ubiquitous. So were bright colors and lots of embellisment. This top from Loovus Dzevavor’s clothing label LD Major screamed 80s to me, so I dug out some leather leggings from Peqe and decided to get physical.
She was the walking incarnation of the karma wheel, was Milly. She did good things, good things happened. She did bad things, bad things happened. Yet just like the old witchcraft rules, her evil returned to her threefold (although who is doing that counting is always somewhat suspect to me).
Born in the coal mining hills of West Virginia, the 9th of 13 children, Milly was born into poverty. Her exhausted mother looked at the two nurses who had just come to the house to deliver her and asked “What are your names?”. Sister Imelda and Sister Ann they were, and thus – Imelda Ann was named – called Milly. Continue reading
“How can you see into my eyes like open doors..
leading you down into my core
where I’ve become so numb without a soul my spirit sleeping somewhere cold until you find it there and lead it back home”
I can certainly understand this. Wanting someone or something to bring you back to life….. Continue reading
Purple Moon sought retro inspiration for Vintage Fair in the classic little wool suits of Coco Chanel drawing on the familiar Chanel motifs – richly texture boucle wool fabric in classic colors and prints, piping on the seams that emphasize the structure and fit, and easy elegance. Aptly naming her suits Jackie after the woman who popularized the look in America, she featured two dramatic looks for Vintage Fair.
Y’aint got no right
No no you don’t
Ah to be so exciting
Won’t need no bright lights no no we won’t
Gonna make our own lightning Continue reading
“Now, if you ever have the opportunity to go to Los Angeles, why don’t you take a pencil out, sharpen it, and shove it in your eye. Cause you’ll be better off sitting in a hospital emergency room holding the pencil steady, wondering what you’re going to look like in a jaunty eye-patch, than to spend a minute in that town…….. Continue reading
Every week Ivey Deschanel releases a new note card with another play on her stores infamous name. I’m not sure how she keeps it fresh, but I always secretly giggle a bit. Cajsa helped me with my inventory when I was sick once, and she was horrified to discover hundreds of new release notecards from Sn@tch.
They entertain me, what can I say? Continue reading
The red sequin cocktail gown from CIA Designs for Vintage Fair is a torch singer’s perfect accompaniment.
I’m a very very complex person
I try to improve but you see how I worsen
I’ll do anything to make you adore me,
or deplore me, but never ignore me
I got senses that I cannot control
My stomach’s like a bottomless hole
My desires command me like a slave
I’m a knave, I can hardly behave Continue reading