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Photo Contests and Me

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I have a love hate relationship with photo contests with emphasis on the latter. Mainly I love to look at the winners and hate to do them. More accurately, they make me mad at myself. Because however many times I think I will do one, I procrastinate and forget it and then remember it the day they announce the winners. However, there’s a photo contest ending Friday that did inspire me to enter…this will actually be the third contest I will have ever entered despite a two-year stint as a photographer. As I said, I generally remember the contest the day they announce the winners. The main reason I am inspired to do this contest is that the designer is a good friend of mine with whom I have spent hours giggling. Add to the that the  recognition that the dress is smoking hot.  From Tres Jolie, this is L’Amour Ultra-Mini.

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Beach Bunneh – Thanks to the Designer Showcase Network

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posted by Gidge Uriza

So Cajsa pulled me along with her to check out Miss Muffet who she was introduced to through the Designer Showcase Network. I still don’t belong……I guess I need to now that I actually know what it is. (Thanks for the link Cajsa, I was too lazy to go back through the feed  find it).

Besides picking up the sweet dollarbie I put on Freestyle today, I spied this across the room. I love the colors, so bright and summery and it COMES WITH THE BUNNEH! Continue reading →

Designer Showcase Network, Part 2

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Here is another example of the Designer Showcase Network at work – reminding me of a store I already know and showing me something new. It’s been a few months since I have visited Elate and this item from the  Designer Showcase Network reminded me that I like Elate’s design sensibility and inventiveness.  Most of what I have seen from there has been brighter than this subtle and reflective skirt and blouse – and seeing this new mood in Elate’s designs is exciting.  This morning’s example was the DSN introducing me to a completely new designer, this afternoon nudging my memory and showing a different side of a known store. I look forward to the growth and expansion of the DSN and don’t forget to check out the web site because it explains the effort made to make sure designers all reach the same number of people and that participants receive new items, from different stores. Continue reading →

A Travel Piece by Gidge Uriza

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Sooooo, last night in an effort to DO something besides just shop I started just messing about in SEARCH. I put in Greece, thinking it might be lovely to putz around some Greek Island or what have you……and well – I found CRETE – a MINOAN ROLE PLAY SIM!

OMG I had to go!  One of their Role Play requests is that you dress in costume (provided for free at the entrance) and that the females BARE THEIR BREASTS – in respect for mother earth, of course.

Well, when in Rome (or Crete.)

This got me to wondering…….how does one ROLE PLAY Minoan?

“Wow that Minotaur, he’s bad, huh?”

“Yeah….baaaad. Hey let’s stop by the temple of the bull and sacrifice Jim.”

“Nice boobs, who does your nipples?”

You know…….stuff like that.

I started off doing the usual touristy stuff, worshipping their gods, going through their market, general sight seeing stuff.

But then I got adventurous and decided to DO THE LABYRINTH!

I Started Out In Laqroki Classic 2 Hair but Switched to Tekeli Lis Melange

I took a couple of wrong turns in the labyrinth, ending up with some sharks once and in a pit of fire once, which wasn’t all that pleasant. But eventually I got out alive.
WHO RULES THE LABYRINTH? ME! THAT’S WHO!
Relaxing in my new Home Away From Home, The Minotaurs Labyrinth

Relaxing in my new Home Away From Home, The Minotaur's Labyrinth

We now return you to your regularly scheduled Fashion Posts.

Style Notes:

Hair – Down Hair style is Laqroki Classic 2 in Sunkissed, Up Do is Tekeli-Li’s Melange

Outfit – Freebie given at Gates to City – You gotta wear period clothes!

Skin – PXL Creations Grace Fair Wine

Eyes – Poetic Color – Lilac Blossoms

Dressing2Shop

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I think when you’re shopping you should dress well enough that you don’t feel all pathetic and underdressed and end up buying out the store. However, I do think shopping in a ball gown is lagtastic. I like to dress the way I would in RL, comfortably in chic casual clothing with some layering in case the air condition is on. This little mashup of items form Anuenue, Kookie and Canimal is just right. The shoes, by the way, are from Kalnins and it’s worth it to make a size 11 foot copy of your shape and toss in the folder with the shoes for easy dressing.

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Fukmi Sideways – No, Seriously

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posted by Gidge Uriza

Is it me, or do I look like I’m being stalked in this picture? GET AWAY!

Just kidding.

I’m making my way through the VIP hunt gifts and this one is a little out of order – it’s from the creator Fukmi Sideways who, although I knew her from Plurk, I’d never visited her store until the hunt. While there I picked up a cute bikini for my beach time this Memorial Day holiday! Continue reading →

Blacklace Whimsy

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posted by Gidge Uriza

It was really Ivey Deschanel’s fault. She made these huge floopy boudouir slippers that required new lingerie to wear with them. I’d had them a few days and already felt bad for having nothing new to parade around the house in with them. So I slipped over to the SXY2nd Sim and into Blacklace to check out what I just hd to have and ran into this SWEET little set. Continue reading →

Ad Parnassum

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So after shooting that lovely gown from ROC yesterday, I figured I probably should go look at the store. It’s in a store called The Secret Garden, shared with another designer of lovely women’s gowns. However, my eyes definitely strayed to the ROC side and just about popped out of my head when I saw this dress – called Jazmina.  Although closer inspection reveals it has nothing to do with my favorite painting in the whole world ever, it still made me think of Klee’s Ad Parnassum and I had to have it. Had to! The colors, as you can see are completely similar – and the stones are the same size, but other than that, the similarity is coincidental as I asked the designer Renena Olivier and she had not heard of the painting before. That is a portion of Ad Parnsassum in the back.

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The Greatest Spectacle In Motor Racing Fashion

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posted by Gidge Uriza

First and foremost, when dressing for the Indy 500, you gotta consider your feet. It’s gonna be a hell of a walk to your car, even if you have a sweet party house nearby that you call base camp, it’s still a mile or more in urban landscape. So sneaks are in order. The Urban Bomb Unit’s DRUNKS are only my second purchase from that shop but still, those two pair of shoes remain among my favorites. Scripted like mad with color change options on EVERY PART of the shoe, you can truly make an unimaginable range of sneaks out of this one pair of shoes. Plus they are size scripted, so no messy modding going on – truly appreciated. Continue reading →