Gidge’s husband Silo had his Rez Day party on Saturday. Since I was DJ’ing, I went over early to put out a couple dance balls and noticed that Gidge had put out a psychedelic dance floor that reminded me of a new dress I got at Baiastice. Suddenly, I knew I just had to wear that dress that matched the dance floor – and so, here it is – the Yoyce Dress from Baiastice.
I love the Forrest [sic] Nest dress from Boudoir for many reasons – in particular the lush forest green color and the intricate cutwork lace in the bodice. My mother taught me this lace making technique and I could spend three months making insets for the upper front bodice. Of course, it could be machine made, but it has the look of hand made lace. With it I am wearing the glorious Whiskey & Wheatgrass necklace and earrings from Balderdash.
1800 miles due east of Portland is where I grew up – in the Northwoods of Minnesota. It sounds much closer in longitude. Only 26 degrees away. However, here thoughts of spring are in the air. In the courtyard there are some crocuses popping up. There’s a small bed of daffodils blooming alongside the church across the street. My best friends camellias are blooming and there’s pregnant buds on the magnolias. Back home, a blanket of snow covers the ground and it’s a frigid -6 degrees Fahrenheit, that’s -21 to the rest of the world. I am so glad to be here where I can think of spring and put on such a lovely gown as this vernal confection from Lady Thera.
I was going through my unread notecards last week and saw a request from a store to come take a look at their offerings. I was so delinquent that by the time I read the notecard the store had moved and changed its name to Atelier La Bubu. I have no idea where the name came from, but it’s a memorable one. That’s a good thing as you will want to check it out. There’s a nice selection of some very lovely clothes and at such a bargain. Everything is only 75L (or 50L for group members) even delightful ball gowns like this one called Bordeaux.
One of the hallmarks of Paper Couture is bold design. Strangely enough, there’s just a bit of hedging the bet with this gorgeous Roaring Green Ruffles dress as they offer the sheer bodice in sheer black or sheer black with polka dots, but seriously, we have to choose the dots, don’t we? Without the dots, this is a lovely dress, with the dots, it’s a lovely and dashing dress. So let’s go for the Crazy Arms.
Who doesn’t love a shearling coat? When the wind is cold and piercing you will feel as snug as a bug in a rugh if your have a good shearling. But if your shearling is this chic, you will be a beautifully snug bug, too.
Agnes Finney of My Precious knows something that we don’t. There are butterflies in the snow!!! Well, at least Snow Butterfly dresses. And you know, if those butterflies knew they would look this good in the snow, they might not fly south for the winter.
Snow has fallen at Embryo and there’s a chill in the air. Nonetheless, it’s an extraordinarily beautiful place to stop and snap some pictures. Silly me, though, I forgot my coat.
Nothing like fooling around a bit to warm you up. I could not resist the candy cane antlers from Studio Sidhe. They’re adorable and flexible. You can wear them and go shopping and walk around as normal until you feel like surprising your friends with the pose and simply run the animation. Besides, everyone knows laughter warms you up.
This lovely and evocative outfit from Stylissimo is called Out of the Ashes – and of course, you can see the small red flame bursting out of the gray ashes of the gauzy moire top. Several designers produce these gathered sculptie tops – their RL counterparts being quite fashionable at the moment. Most however, show less restraint and our form is lost in an explosion of gathers and poufs. Here, using fewer pieces, the sculpts contour to the shape beautifully and remain feminine and flattering.
I love plaid and this plaid skirt from COCO is delectable. This is the Royal Stewart tartan and is one of my favorites. The asymmetrical skirt is one of the best sculptie skirts I have every seen and looks great walking, posing and dancing – the ultimate sculptie skirt test. The blouse is a present I received last year – a lovely woman’s shirt from Alphamale.