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I’m Torn About Paying It Forward
Gozii - a dress from Torn. Torn is a new store that opened in April featuring mesh clothing in a rainbow of colors and prints.
Mostly I am torn because I chose to feature a dress from Torn, a mesh clothing boutique owned by Torn Difference, but it’s not just a play on words. You know I am a sucker for community-building projects, so Harlow Heslop’s Pay It Forward Project has a lot of appeal for me. In an ideal world, it would have developed organically and not in response to conflict, but in the real world, conflict is the heat that makes the seeds of change sprout. There is one way in which I would love there to be a sea change in the blogging world and if this helps bring it about, I will be thrilled.
Nails from WTG and bracelets from Je Suis continue the black and white theme.
In my opinion, too many see blogging as a zero-sum game, as though the traffic that goes to a competitor’s blog is traffic that won’t go to one’s own. In truth, fashion blogging is more like Starbucks. When Starbucks first began opening their stores all across America, there was a lot of griping about it killing the small local coffeehouses. The reality is, though, that a Starbucks opening up near a local coffeehouse is often the best thing that happens to them. Starbucks is not just selling coffee, it’s converting people to the idea of high-end, specialty coffee and amplifying the market.
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People Are Talking – Talking ‘Bout People…
I’ll just ignore, but they keep saying we laugh just a little too loud
We stand just a little too close.
We stare just a little too long…
Damn. I thought we were being sly – too. 🙂
There is this great line from When Harry Met Sally, when Harry says “When you meet the person you want to spend the rest of your life with, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.”
Of course, when Sally asks “Who is the dog?” he says, “YOU ARE.” Continue reading
He Had It Coming
I suppose since Gidge and I both were at the Nzuri grand opening party, it makes sense that we both ended up blogging our lingerie today. Totally not a coordinated plan. It was a fun party and the lovely ladies who attended mostly wore lingerie since that is her store’s specialty niche. I DJ’ed for the party a fun set of burlesque and cocktail jazz music with some new remixes and modern electro-jazz. When Tracy Rubble, Nzuri’s owner/creator mentioned that Cell House Tango was one of her favorites, I had to add it to the set.
That was when we got raided.
It’s Only Morning
Nzuri held it’s relaunch party this past weekend and there was a lingerie party held to celebrate. I dithered forever at what to wear, because, while I LOVED everything, my pixel girl is a bit modest when it comes to lingerie and there was SO MUCH super sexy there, I had trouble deciding what to wear.
I settled on a practical bra and panty set with garters called Anya in a gorgeous red texture and nice hand drawn details that make me admire the work that went into it. Perfect for blogging oh say – NEW SKIN.
And with that, let me introduce you to a beautiful new skin from Belleza called Lily. I love Tricky’s work always – and this one is no exception. It comes in 20 different makeups and six skin tones. I’m wearing pale. We blondes bitch and moan a LOT when brows don’t suit us, so girls – RUN DON’T WALK.
Lily also has red brows and dark brows avail on the tattoo layer.
Beautiful work as always, Tricky.
Lingerie: “Nzuri” Anya Lingerie – Red –
Eyelashes: Amacci – Eyelash Tattoo 6
Eyes: Vision by A:S:S – Group gift (mesh) – Hazle
Hair: [elikatira] Here – Blonde 01
Poses: Gidge ~Savoir Faire Shapes~
Skin: -Belleza- Lily V2 Pale 7 (cleavage) NEW RELEASE
Poses: STATUS
Azul for Ashraya
Mami Jewell of Azul is known for her fabulous gowns made of sleek, shiny charmeuse, rich brocades, silks and satins festooned with flowers and ribbons and bows. She designs gowns for runways and pageants and for any woman who wants to feel like a star. She’s also very generous, producing three charity gowns for Culture Shock and for the Ashraya Project this month. With so much community involvement, I hope she has time for having fun. I decided to highlight the Phula dress she made as an exclusive for the Ashraya Project. When I tried it on, its flowing skirt made me think of a flower with its petals undulating in the water, so I headed for open water.
So If You’re Free…
I heard on plurk today that there was a Fibromyalgia Fair going on and thought I had a bit of free time and should check it out. I was really pleasantly surprised, it’s a totally CUTE little fair with VERY NICE items for sale from creators I had heard of.
Basically, that’s a win to me. Also, for those of you who like a fun freebie, there were freebies at every station and many are cute and worth having. Continue reading
Confection
I feel like I am wearing a sugary, sweet confection in this fabulous pink and white ombre dress from Nyu. Nyu is a relatively new store, but one with well-developed fabrication and texturing skills which are evident in this fun and stylish dress. It is the donation item for the Ashraya Project and so is the fabulous posing chair from Behavior Body. Coming in several bright candy colors, the chair is a striking addition to your decor. Even better, it’s full of unique poses and mirrors. The chair is exclusive to the Ashraya Project. There’s no lag at the event, so your shopping will be easy and lag-free.
Please Leave Your Wizard HUD at Home
When your best friend is a great photographer you spend a lot of time envying her skills. But one of the other things I’ve spent a lot of time doing is envying all the cool stuff she’d do tutorials on that my machine refused to do. I never saw the point in bothering with festive lighting stuffs, since my card wouldn’t do shadows.
But then one day everything changed and I could do shadows and I got kind of curious about some of these tutorials she’d done in the past, for instance………using projectors. Continue reading
Looking Good while Doing Good Has Never Been so Easy
Looking good while doing good has never been so easy. There are two huge multi-week events raising funds for great charities. I have talked a lot about Culture Shock and the work of Médecins Sans Frontières MSF (Doctors Without Borders) and wanted to pass on the news that the script gate has been removed now that the first flush of heavy traffic has subsided.
Today, however, I want to mention the other event – The Ashraya Project to raise funds for Ashraya, an Indian charity that works with women and children, providing shelter and support to women and children who are poor, abandoned or survivors of abuse. In addition to fabulous clothing from 80 generous designers, there are concerts, and art expo, auctions and more. Be sure to check out their website so you don’t miss out on anything.
One thing you really do not want to miss out on is the fabulous gold Liree gown from MiaMai. It has such sleek shiny fabric of glittery goodness.