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Now & Then

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:

  • Poses: Reel Expressions
  • Skin: Laqroki Amy 01
  • Hair: Muism Mandy
  • Swimsuit: Park West Classico Swimsuit
  • Skirt: Nyte’N’Day Raiment Prim Skirt
  • Shoes: Shiny Things Lady Slingback Shoes

Now:

  • Poses: Reel Expressions
  • Skin: Belleza Jesse Sunkiss 15
  • Eyes: PXL Creations Glow Yellow Green R
  • Lashes: Lelutka Diva Prim Lashes
  • Hair: Amrita Ea Dark Red
  • Suit: Paper Couture Snowdrift
  • Top: Part of Shai Midas Evening Gown
  • Shoes: Maitreya Soho Boots Champagne (foot only)
  • Earrings: Kraftika No 114
  • Necklaces: Glow Studio Triple Moon Necklace
  • Gloves: 5th & Oxford Leather Gloves Cocoa

Crazy Arms

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.

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Accessories Make the Era

Sissy Pessoa gives a group gift at the beginning of every month that is always eagerly anticipated simply because you can never guess what it could possibly be. This month it’s an adorable blue dress that is versatile for any era, perfect to pair with your favorite accessories like a statement necklace or perhaps even a stylish wristwatch. And if your wristwatch ever needs a tune-up, there are plenty of reliable watch service in the area to keep it ticking smoothly.

Because I have been highlighting so much from the 1920’s and 30’s I decided to slot this lovely freebie right into that era through choosing accessories that gave it that Bernice Bobs Her Hair look.

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MiaMai: Restraint & Exuberance

Most of the holiday parties have run their course, but Second Life has never limited parties to the holidays and formal events and clubs abound, so whenever you want to dress up, you can and you can find a place to show off your lovely gown. This one is a gorgeous gown from MiaMai with delicate silver tracery on the bodice. This is a dress that shows how sometimes less is more – the upright color poufs are there, but in control. There’s the embroidery – but just a dusting of it.

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Willkommen

So last night was the Vaudeville/Burlesque party at The Deck and Sasy took pictures.  I wore this adorable La Biche Corset Dress from Dolita, though I added a skirt to it that you can see after the cut. It’s another great find at Designers United Vaudeville.

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New Year's Eve – Last Call For Dress Up!

posted by Gidge Uriza

If a fancy cocktail gown is what you are looking for, Ingenue has shared this lovely gown Fraxinus that is perfect for a dressy cocktail look. I love the bright crimson red.

This one is just a quickie – again the suit is the awesome tux from Musashi Do on my hubby Silo. Versatile – isn’t it?

Style Notes

Gidge’s Style Notes

  • Skin – PXL Creations – July- Red – Natural Tone
  • Hair – Dernier Cri – Julie
  • Dress – Ingenue – Fraxinus
  • Hose – Shop Toshy
  • Shoes – Insolence – Marie Jeanne
  • Necklace – Fresh Baked Goods
  • Nails – PXL Creations

Silo’s Style Notes

  • Shape – Laqroki – Aiden
  • Skin – Laqroki – Cliff 03
  • Hair – Diversity Hair – Connal – Crowe
  • Suit – Musashi Do – Party in Venezia
  • Shoes -Muism – Men’s Ankle boots

Ravishing Ravissant

The dress may be ravishing, but the name of it ravissant has nothing to do with that. It means in a half-raised position which is a good description of the assymetrical sculptural collar that makes this dress so ravishing.  A rich wine charmeuse from House of Beningborough – this is truly one of those gowns for the red carpets of life.

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If You Knew Susie

The Designers United Vaudeville exhibition is going on now and is well worth taking the time to visit and shop. I particularly love this playsuit from Milk Motion that has an adorable ruffle on the “chassis” which made me think of the song, If You Knew Susie – a vaudeville classic.

If you knew Susie, like I know Susie
Oh! Oh! Oh! What a girl
There’s none so classy
As this fair lassie
Oh! Oh! Holy Moses, what a chassis

A ruffle accentuates the chassis.

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Nordic Knits

Every year I knew I would get one hand-knit sweater from Santa for Christmas. Mom was a master of the nordic knitwear and she knit me mittens, socks, caps and scarves, but the sweaters were from Santa, so they were special. She didn’t stick to the traditional colors either. I remember one in particular, it was pink, grey and white and was my absolute favorite of all time.  Mom’s sweaters had metal buttons and sometimes frog closures, but she did make a black, grey and red one with a zipper for me. For this reason, I have found the Aoharu releases of

Nordic knitwear absolutely irresistible. It’s almost like getting a present from Santa.

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Star-Spangled New Year

I am not sure if there will be a traditional Black & White Ball for New Year’s in Second Life this year – unless I can persuade Gidge to throw one with me  – but if there is, I know a perfect gown for it and it’s free. Saschi Vixen of Adam n Eve put out a marvelous gift gown for Christmas that really will rock any Black & White ball. I know New Year’s is pretty chilly though, so I added a shawl I snitched off a Donna Flora outfit called LoreDana for a little shoulder warmth.

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