posted by Gidge Uriza
I can also wear blue.
Pixie from Sascha’s Designs is a formal ball gown but don’t let the name fool you. While her skirts still dance beautifully for those of you with a ball room penchant – there is NOTHING small about them. I think I’m weaing the GRANDE FLEXI. It also comes with the BIG SUCKER skirt (I swear that’s the name, or something close) and the “WHY YES CAPTAIN BUTLER I WILL DANCE WITH YOU” Battleship Skirt. Continue reading
House of Hucci! I love that store name, bringing to mind Gucci and Hoochie Mama at the same time and boldly declaring that you will definitely find some hoochie at Hucci. Everytime I see the store name I smile at the wit behind the name, wit that I tangle with on plurk from time to time as Eboni Khan of
House of Hucci! I love that store name, bringing to mind Gucci and Hoochie Mama at the same time and boldly declaring that you will definitely find some hoochie at Hucci. Everytime I see the store name I smile at the wit behind the name, wit that I tangle with on plurk from time to time as Eboni Khan of House of Hucci is one of those wonderful people who can discuss politics and disagree without being disagreeable. One of the joys of plurk is lively disagreement that stays friendly. Here, though, she applying her skills to bring us a lovely, flowing summery gown that I thought deserved a fantastical and wildly surreal venue for the shoot.
I went to a list of sites recently sent to me by Hybrid Ansar who we all hope will be back in SL soon. One of the links she sent me was to Antenmaria, an amazingly beautiful fantasy world. There are these long purple strings hanging down that sound like wind chimes and glow is everywhere. I guess I could not resist the purple terrain and knew this was the site for this dress. Continue reading
posted by Gidge Uriza
I love the classic rock-a-billy and retro inspired fashions swirling around A-Bomb. And what do I love to do with them? MESS UP THE CREATORS VISION BY PUTTING ON SOME BIG FOOFY HAIR AND BEJEWELLING MYSELF MIGHTILY.
Well, it’s one thing I love to do with them. Continue reading
Memento Mori is a specific art piece – in any style or genre – that has the specific purpose of reminding us of our mortality. It says “Remember you must die.” The gown I am wearing is called Ange (Angel) and its rose color and loving detail is more a celebration of life, I thought it might be interesting to shoot it in the white on white Memento Mori – a complex and stunning cathedral build all in white that is alive with light shining through the countless windows.
As a reminder of mortality, a cathedral is an obvious choice. It is where the rites of life’s passage happen from christening to burial, the parentheses of life. It also evokes the immortal promise of the sacred for those who share that belief. Generally, the immensity of a cathedral reminds us of our own insignificance as well as our mortality. The Memento Moril build at ChouChou V succeeds on all levels.
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KWZ features the designs of Kariwanz Felisimo. AT KWZ you can find everything from the Victorian to the Post-Apocalyptic, from the Gothic to the CyberFuturistic. Yes, you can find everything except the banal. Her designs are fully imagined and well-executed with a total commitment to quality and detail. This Omega Dress, for example, has exquisitely detailed embellishments and embroidery and its texture has the sort of depth that makes you think you could feel it through the screen.
I wanted a special place to shoot it and what could be more special than the newly opened ChouChou? ChouChou is not the easiest place to shoot – not only because they disallow building AND scripts so even pose HUDs won’t work, but because there are always so many people there. Thankfully Emerald has the Derender option and I was able to derender the dozen or more people around me. Continue reading
Today’s the last day of International Fashion Week, which come to think of it, should probably be International Fashion Long Weekend or International Fashion Four Days. I wish it were a week – which would give me more days to spread out my posts about the designs I want to highlight – so I am not posting 4 times in one day. But I suppose there’s reasons for a shorter event – events like these are often balancing acts of meeting competing needs such as finding good times for people from around the world to participate in an event that spans every time zone. So in honor of all the concerns of designers, customers, bloggers, models and anyone else that must be juggled by event organizers, I thought I would shoot this dress from Orage Creations in Olive Juice’s Ball Pit – where there are many balls in the air – and they are in very delicate balance.
The Second in a series of posts illustrating why the label Alternative is too tight a fit for Sn@tch designs. The point of the series is not that the label is inaccurate or insulting – just that Sn@tch has a wider range of clothing than will fit in that label. For example, for this outfit, you could, if you like, pull out the Retro or Vintage label.
If you spend more than 10 minutes at Sn@tch, you will discover that Ivey has a thing for floral prints. A lot of the time you will see that love expressed in rich floral brocades that can be classified as Gothic – depending on how they are styled. On the other hand, there are some occasional flashes of pure romanticism such as this recent release of summer sun dresses in the loveliest of French floral prints.
Lizzie Lexington is a great source of ideas for places to explore in Second Life. She’s an intrepid sim explorer, always finding new and fun places. I was all set to shoot this dress the other night and she im’ed and asked if I have been to see the Hybrid Productions sim build yet. It was on my to-do list, but I decided that if she was following up, it had to be better than usual so I popped over there and in one of those moments of SLerendipity – it was the perfect place to shoot the dress I was wearing, much better than my original plan.
Actually, it’s not a dress exactly. It’s a fun little mash-up mixing the new Baiastice Arina swimsuit with the LeeZu WhiteStar skirt. Seriously, could I have found any place better? The thing is, if you want to see it, you need to go quickly as the sim closes after July 11th. It’s been created for the launch party of a new album. You can see the details here. Go while you can – and shoot lots of pretty pictures, because it is beautiful.
