When I tried on this Selene Silver dress from MiaMai, I knew instantly that I was going to wear it with the Diram jacket I wore in the last post – but this time in black. And yes, those Izzie’s Studded Leggings because I like them and am never taking them off.
Okay, so this jacket is not named Briliant! but it should be. Instead it is named bling though only in the 1st life sense. I assure you there is no bling script adulterating the sheer brilliance of this wild and sexy jacket. It is so brilliantly sexy it motivated me to wear a much shorter than usual miniskirt – one that is pure sex appeal.
Now I do have a nightie like this in RL – but only in SL will you catch me wearing something quite this short out of the house. Still, I love the lines of the lace insets and the figure-flattering way they are placed. This is definitely an eye-catching dress.
This is my newbie self and yes, I was fortunate. When I entered Second Life, one of the first people I met was an SL mentor named Lilien Jewell who took it upon herself to ensure that I didn’t look like a noob for long. My 3rd day in SL I purchased the RaC (now LAQ) skin Amy – that she helped me choose and had a decent shape. The white skirt is the second purchase I made in Second Life – after the skin. The swimsuit I got a day later. I thought I was so clever putting a skirt over my swimsuit. The shoes were from Shiny Things. I think I was in SL six months before I knew there were more shoe stores than X3D (Digit Darkes), Shiny Things and Enkythings. This is me at about a month or so. It’s not my first hair which was Brittany from Bewitched, but I deleted that in an inventory purge long ago. You might note I had no jewelry. I really had none. It took me forever, it seems, to find jewelery stores that suited my taste. I searched for jewelry, but it was all too too too beauty pageant princess for me, so I just didn’t get any. From the first, I knew that I didn’t want bling. I also had no lashes. I didn’t even know they existed. I should add that I wore this outfit most of the time. It was my “go-to” outfit for the longest time.
My shape is shorter, with a larger waist and smaller breasts. My face is softer with more of a smile. I still don’t wear bling, and mixing and matching outfits is an everyday thing. I still wear that Mandy hair from Muism – though for this I am wearing a favorite from Amrita. The shoes are Maitreya which has become a favorite of mine for shoes. Back then, I might not have realized that I could wear my boots without the calf prims and would not have worn them because the calf prims intersect the pants. Now I wear jewelry almost all the time – and it’s my worst Second Life addiction.
Then:
Now:
posted by Gidge Uriza
The song by Van Halen went through my mind endlessly as I went through this shots of Cajsa and I at Oubliette wearing our new gowns from Miamai. I have no idea since the song is about oogling girls at the beach and we couldn’t be further from it.
Perhaps it’s just because I thought we looked like beautiful girls.
The crystalline texture of the Cristallo dress were perfect at the winter wonderland at Oubliette. Don’t you think?
We haven’t done one together in a long time. We’ve got to do this more often, it’s fun.
Style Notes
CAJSA:
Photography by Cajsa Lilliehook
****STYLE NOTES******
Promotional Copies are denoted by a Bold R
Poses: Reel Expression
Skin: Belleza Jesse 11 R
Eyes: PXL Creations Glow Yellow Green R
Lashes: Lelutka Diva Prim Lashes
Hair: Tiny Bird The Killing Moon
Dress: Miamai Cristallo Silver
Shoes: Stiletto Moody Pinup R
Jewelry: Kraftika No 112
GIDGE
Photography by Cajsa Lilliehook
****STYLE NOTES******
Promotional Copies are denoted by a Bold R
Poses: Reel Expression
Skin: Symphony Skin SSV3 Pink Diamonds Alto Tone R
Eyes: Poetic Color Lavender Fields
Lashes: Lelutka Photoshoot
Hair: Mirone – Faye in Blonde
Dress: Miamai Cristallo Pink
Shoes: Miatreya Slinky Stilletos
Jewelry: Paper Couture – Pearl and Diamond Menagerie
I dropped into 6Pi the other day – a beautiful sim for the Fall into Decay store and just fell in love. I saw a picture of it in New World Notes – the SL news blog. There was an article highlight Koin-Up SL Explorers group and there were these stunning photos that made me write it down for exploring when I logged in.
I know the Donna Flora pantsuit is a touch dressy for exploring, but that’s one of the lovely things about SL. I don’t have to worry about cockleburrs and dry-cleaning.
PixelDolls Crochet Dress Kit
In plurk yesterday someone asked where folks buy gestures and I snarked that I don’t buy them because I hate them. I have never used the Woot! or Hoo! gestures. In fact, I deleted them as I do most gestures. So of course, friends have had to send me little messages saying Woot! because that’s how the world works.
PixelDolls Marie Lace
Now, about a week ago, I was actually in a position where the Woot! gesture would have been appropriate. You might recall the outfit I wore last week with the black crochet gloves. Folks could not find it, so I im’ed Nephaline Protagonist the creator of PixelDolls and asked if it was still on sale. She said she was going to make it a group gift, but then….the next day I got this off-line IM to email. “Hi sweetie! I tracked down that glove map, and reworked the whole thing a bit- I had quite forgotten what a neat top and stuff that was. I just put some items in my shop that use the maps- I’m sending you copies via Xstreet. Thanks for everything!!! <3”
PixelDolls Marie Crochet
Woot! She released three (four if you count the white skirt options) versions of the older dress, reworked so they are even better. So here they are, thanks in part to you readers asking how to find those gloves, which prompted me to ask, prompting her to revisit those old files. And seriously, these dresses are too sexy by half – whether the daring crochet or the slightly more demure lace, with or without the corset. These are clothes for when you are hell bent on seduction and some of the hottest gloves ever.
I always love a good system skirt like the one with this dress from Baiastice. Sadly, many women avoid them becuase they don’t know how to adjust their shape so they think system skirts give them balloon butts. Well, technically, I guess system skirts do give you balloon butt, but if you shrink your butt before hand, it’s no biggie. I want to mention this because there’s a great tutorial over at What the Fug? If you avoid system skirts because of butt balloonery, head over there right now!!
Oh, this gorgeously pop outfit from Moxie Polano is the pants and top for dancing. I would be ready to head out to First Avenue if I still lived in the Cities. Almost no one who lives there calls them the Twin Cities, we just would say The Cities as if there were no other ones on the planet. First Avenue was a favorite dance club when I was in college – and is well-known to many of you as that is the setting of Purple Rain. It was a short walk from my weekend job at the Planetarium when I was in college and so was a regular Saturday night stop. When I put this outfit on, I immediately thought of the club and wondered if it still existed and what it looked like. So reassuring to see that it has lasted.
Well, I was technically in Error when I shot these pictures – in the Error sim, that is. I really wanted to share with you this beautiful sim. Certainly, it’s not conventional beauty rife with flowers and greenery and lush with life, but a desolate beauty that draws you in. I decided to wear the Creamshop Dalmation dress because its colors were so well-matched to the colors of the island.
So, I wanted to show you how gorgeous the new skin from Genesis is and thought a swim shoot would be ideal. I threw on one of Vogel’s gorgeous bikinis and jumped in the water. Using poses from Niqotine’s wonderful Water Poses set, I shot a few pictures that show off the skin and the poses. Continue reading
