I shoved Harrison out of his new house and into the snowy fields around him and said “Just stand there, Imma take some pics.”
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Guest Stylist: Harrison Gearz
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It's Too Big
Gidge has had been having me help around the store, hauling stuff over from the old one, dusting, doing some touch up on the walls where movers scraped the paint and helping with the unpacking. It’s a messy job with lots of running in and out of the building over to where her merchandise was piled up in the snow. It made sense to dress for the occasion in this warm and snuggly fleece from Aitui. I tossed on some old jeans from Zaara that I know are a few years old and all, but hey, when you are bending down and hauling crap around, you need comfortable jeans with some give, the kind of give that only comes from wearing them for a few years, right?
But then she traipses off to ride a pink turtle or pig or elephant or some such thing leaving me to manhandle the last few items into place. Seriously, did she think I could move that globe by myself? It’s Too Big!!! So, I got on the phone, so to speak, and called up Hybie who, good friend that she is, came over to lend a hand no questions ask. She helped wrestle that globe from the crate into the store and didn’t even complain about how cold she must have been feeling in those sandals. She was wearing the new dress from Maitreya. It was the first I had seen it in-world. It so lives up to expectations. As you can see, my feet were far more cozy in these wonderfully warm and dry boots from FIR & MNA.
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Following Your Beliefs
I think it’s important to have beliefs and personal moral tenets by which you live. I for one believe a few basic things.
I believe it’s wrong to treat people badly.
I believe you shouldn’t kill people or steal.
I believe in the value of friendship.
and…more to the point of this post, I do in fact believe it’s wrong to wear real fur.
Now, that being said, man, fur is BEAUTIFUL. It’s beauty doesn’t outweigh the suffering and treatment of the animals who die to give it to us. So pretty much, unless you’re still an indigenous, native, primitive type people, you probably shouldn’t be wearing fur.
I think fake fur, however is awesome. Since it’s made of horrible chemicals it’ll never age, and could absolutely be passed on from generation to generation, like china or crystal. No animal died or suffered to give it to us, and we get the beauty without the cruelty.
In the world of real life, I believe firmly that as a modern person I shouldn’t wear any animal I won’t eat. I eat cow thus I wear leather made from cows. If I eat it, I’d wear it most likely. Chicken might not be so pretty. I digress.
When the ridiculous brouhaha over PIXEL fur popped up the first thing I had to do was BUY it, because, the drama is so silly it hurts me. But, in order not to be a hypocrite I decided to keep to my own rules.
It was really difficult to get this into this pot by the way. It was however, delicious.
Awwwww. I am a messy eater.
Seriously, pixel fur. Love it. Make more.
No fashion details. Just delicious fox.
Venezia
I went to Venice last night and discovered there even more to the City if you walk behind the bridge. How is it that I have been there multiple times and not noticed anything past the tip of my nose? I was probably fixated on how cute my nose looked and could not see past. I wore a gorgeous dress that I popped on earlier when I went to the InMutio extravaganza. Do you always wear clothing by the creator whose show you are going to attend? I sometimes think about it, but generally don’t. I generally focus on lowering my rendering cost so that I don’t spend so much energy on me that I don’t have any left for the models. With the fabulous backdrop necklace that comes with this sexy little dress from Baiastice, it’s not a low prim dress, but I just took it off and left it at home for the show.
Besides, doesn’t this dress just sizzle. It’s one of Sissy Pessoa’s Christmas Collection and I cannot wait to see the rest of the collection. I haven’t had a chance to look yet what with drooling all over the floor at the show yesterday and working on adding new blogs to Blogging Second Life and trying on white stuff for tonight’s White Ball and generally dawdling and frittering. If you need lessons in dawdling and frittering your time, I’m your girl.
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Nulla dies sine linea
Dear Grazia,
Happy birthday! May your day be joyful, full of the love and companionship of friends and family, overflowing with laughter and camaraderie this year and for many years to come.
I titled this post with Pliny’s description of the artist Apelles, admiring his steadfast devotion to his art. While it literally translates as “not a day without a line,” it is generally read as “you’ve got to keep at it.” I hope you do. You are the exemplar of the single photo that says it all sort of fashion blogging. Your photos are captivating and beautifully executed. You are a rara avis and I hope you go on, not a day without a line.
Cajsa
****STYLE NOTES******
- Long Awkward Pose
- [Matrioska] Fae Skin
- booN gathered raised hairbase red
- booN ARK554 hair red
- Miamai_Memento White fascinator
- Miamai_Whisper Dawn
- Zaara ZC : Anaya Onyx Earrings *silver*
- [LeLutka]-2011 lashes/curl/touch me
- Amacci Gaze Eyes – Clear Green – Big
Grazia Horwitz: A Fangirl Tribute
It doesn’t matter how many posts you get under your belt (according to WordPress I have 1037), those who were veterans and went before you remain the people you look to from time to time as not only a touchstone, but as a reminder of how to do it.
I met Grazia Horwitz when I mis-creditted a skin once a long time ago when I was a new blogger. She feared her friend Hart Larsson had been ripped, recognizing his work, and immediately contacted me.
I was TERRIFIED OMG GRAZIA IS MESSAGING ME AND OMG I MADE A MISTAKE OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG.
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Warm, blue
I went to DP**yumyum to pick up these shoes, and spotted someone there with a sweater from the NERD Project. I had to go check out the shop…and really like what I saw! Sweaters for boys, girls, and nerds (of course).
Eyeliner: Schadenfreude deathrock eyeliner – group gift
Skin: fashionably Dead bird skin – winter 6
Boots: DP**yumyum rapid rabbit boots in gold
Skirt: Honey Kitty indigo polkadot denim skirt
Sweater: NERD project Poni-Neckroll Tee 01
Eyes: NP Lunar Eyes in Azur
Gloves: vintage from Fleur
Tights: *an* knit tights in yellow
Hair: Calico Ingmann Creations Paige in dark chocolate
InMutatio
If you even get a chance to attend a MiaMai show – whether a runway show or an exhibition – do whatever it takes to be free and online so you can go. She doesn’t just dress her models and have them walk down the runway to some techno and call it a day. Her shows are works of art in themselves. Today’s show, InMutatio, produced by Moravia Productions, was stunning – reminding people that the potential for great art in Second Life is limited only by our imagination. The show also featured the art of Del May and Marcopol Oh – artists whose work explores the same imaginative frontiers as Monica Outlander.
The show was produced in the old style of the Tableaux Vivant with model/actors in static poses with a short piece of poetry to read – each an act representing one of the cards of the Tarot, but also a meditation on metamorphosis. The show begins with the clear statement of intent:
This is the world where the human form is not fixed; it twists, teases and transforms.This is the world of MIAMAI.
Earthly science has no home within these walls; strange chemistry is at play
That which God made will be unmade, and recreated in our own image. Beauty will be broken, and that which is mundane shall not be allowed to stand.
When you are finally allowed to leave… will you also remain unchanged?
Spilling Over Into The Real Life
I tend not to make distinctions between my SL and my RL except for the fact that I’m so very cute in SL, I’m always the same me, whether driving an avatar or not. Continue reading
The Music Man
My next guest stylist on It’s Only Fashion is DJ Anubis Darkwatch who apparently owns every song ever meant to be streamed in SL. Event after event after event you’ll see his name popping up as a featured DJ. Dubstep? 80s Night? Disco? DISNEY Dubstep? Retro industrial metal as covered by the Pixies in a basement in Prague? No matter, Anubis is spinning and socializing. Continue reading