When I saw the amazing Passage to India dress from Violator, I decided to take the expression “Birds of a feather flock together” to the extreme, adding peacock earrings and hair to the mix. I suppose I could also have added peacock shoes, but a different pair of shoes came to mind. In fact, when I saw the shoes at the Shoe Fair, I said to myself, “Self, now you can finally shoot that wild outfit from Violator!” You see, I finally have shoes wild enough to match the wild energy of the dress.
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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It’s a fair question. Where DOES a Zombie girl get her hair did? Well, after I swaddled myself in some gorgeous rags from Show Me On The Doll I decided that my staple food for hair EXILE was the obvious choice. Continue reading
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If you think my SL blogging planning is an insane jumble of busy you oughta see my RL planner. I’m so far behind I’m first. So it was with absolute joy that I slipped into something comfy as soon as I could get home.
Something comfy like this awesome new release from Phoenix Rising – the Oxygen shirt in Ice and the Tiffany Shorts. The shirt also has a prim attachment for a baby doll look but I wasn’t in a baby doll mood, I was feeling comfy and just shy of that prissy. You can see it HERE.
Yeah I know, I’m messing with the creators vision. But I LOVE Phoenix Rising and think that they will understand that I had a new tummy that I’m in love with and didn’t want to cover up. Continue reading
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Real Life has reared her ugly head and is sending me off packing to go to work. WORK I say. Complete with work clothes and phrases like “Reach Out To” and “That’s a Win for Everyone” or “It is what it is”.
I’m trying to introduce phrases such as “lolz”,”Full of Win” and “I K R!” but so far they’re falling on deaf ears.
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Sometimes when you see a design you can trace its roots and inspirations in the choices of fabric, color or textures or in the shape and forms it assumes. In this dress from G Sloane Couture, you can see two inspirations at work. The print in the fabric draws pays homage to the fabulous art of Gustav Klimpt. In particular, it reminds me of the Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer though it is clearly not a copy of that dress or his work, but something inspired and re-imagined from memories and admiration for Klimpt’s work. The form of the dress is very original, with its squared lines and offset angles – and in it I can see the architectural work and Art Deco influence of Frank Lloyd Wright.
International Fashion Week is winding to a close and so are my highlights of some of the lovely designs on offer there. I could not miss out on showing you the lovely Milena dress, an IFW10 exclusive, since MiaMai is a long-time favorite of mine and always produces luxurious and beautiful gowns. The Milena is no different. It has a back that dips into the Tropic of Capricorn and a bodice that dips to the Tropic of Cancer and entire continents of ruffles. Now as to those best-laid plans….
Hybrid Ansar sent me the best gift in Second Life on Friday – a notecard full of places she likes for taking photos that I will be incorporating into my own notecard. When I put on the La Memoire dress from Aleida for International Fashion Week, I wanted shoot it someplace really different and found that at Drill Factory where high in the sky there is an inspired merry-go-round that is the Merry-Go-Round of Dreams.
It’s an amazing site and I will definitely go back to explore the many hubs and stations of this galactic carnival at Drill Factory.
When I saw the Safari Dress from ROC (Ranena Olivier Couture) at International Fashion Week, my first thought was “Sheena Queen of the Jungle.” So were my second, third and fourth thoughts. This is one hot steamy jungle dress and I knew I wanted to shoot it someplace fierce. With the great timing of Second Life Serendipity, Hybrid Ansar dropped a notecard with some of her favorite landmarks on me yesterday, so I had to see if there was someplace fierce on the list. Oh, my, there surely was.
So here I am at the fierce, fierce, fierce Scorched Earth where you can find an amazing butte that glistens and an active volcano and some eerie fires and the scorched remains of fallen forests. I suppose with the forest burned, that’s why I could not find any leopards to pose with my leopard skin dress – they do like trees, you know.
Pssssss! Come Over Here!
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Seldom Blue doesn’t disappoint with the release of the Sylvia Bandage style swimsuit. Like most of you, I’m a bit of a swimsuit fiend and when I find one that makes me ooooo then that’s even better.
It comes with a very sassy hat and sarong or not options which allows you to wear the ruffle, the sarong or both. I’ve opted for both above 🙂 .
I also chose PXL Creations CANDY in Bronze Lips and Sunkissed tone for my day in the sun.
I love Candy skin on me. Muwah. Now I’m off! Have a great Friday all!
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