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Credits. Hair: MAU’s & MEJ’s (Sunnivah Jiutai), Skin: Très Blah (Julliette Westerburg), Earrings: Boing Fromage (elka Lehane), Necklace: Paper Couture (Cora Lu), Top: Nylon Outfitters (Nylon Pinkney), Shorts: Ohmai (Anya Ohmai), Tights: SHOP Toshy (Toshy Mohr) , Free subscrib-o-matic flats: Sand Shack Surf Co. (Emma Gilmour).
Vivé9’s new release, Marianne, is very versatile, coming in three tones (here is pale), with eight make-ups in different syles (ranging from very bare and natural, to pinup and slightly funky), and you can choose to wear light or dark eyebrows, teeth or no teeth, and freckles or no freckles. I found it allowed for an incredible number of different looks, to suit your personal taste, mood or whim of the day (which in my case changes all the time). Also, I’m loving Marianne’s soft, thick eyebrows. They give the face just the right amount of what I’d call “character”, without being a distraction or bringing too much attention on them. ❤
Credits. Hair: Tiny Bird (Autumn Hykova), Rose: KOSH (Lynaja Bade), Necklace: Paper Couture (Cora Lu).
I had been itching to feature skins from Detour almost since I started this blog; sadly, no new skins had been released there since I last bought Luca and Kirsten in early 2008, and those felt a little outdated by now. So I patiently waited and hoped for something more up to date to come out someday. Well, last week-end I happened to go and found that all old lines had been retired and in their place was now “Bijou”, which I immediately had a crush on ! There was also another line but I didn’t look at it too closely. This one comes in many tones, like 8 or 9 if I remember, and has about 6 different sets of 4 make-ups each. I hope I’ll be able to enjoy it a while and not jump onto another skin too soon ! I love how it’s fresh, but not too young or too clean, just twenty-something-I-found-my-style hip, and also is just the right amount of realism and hand-drawn goodiness mixed together, not to mention that the basic pack (at 3000L) offers natural looks as well as the usual funky “Detour” make-ups, and it makes me feel as though I should be able to go a long way with that without having to drop big bucks in a spendy fat pack.
Ouf, just in time to be able to cover some of the amazing items at Designers United III before the event ends, though of course being this late, a lot of coverage has been done already. I got my computer back yesterday, and had it not started misbehaving right as I was preparing a first outfit for DU III exactly two weeks ago, I certainly would be featuring a lot more here. But as it is, I’m sure many of you have been in person to the shops already, or have seen some of the super awesome blog posts that have been made, including the recently released LeLutka pieces which I am also casually mixing in here, as those incidentally were the last things that I saw in SL before blacking out during the LeLutka Ultra fashion show. That said, I would like to thank all the designers for everything they sent me, and that I will be using a lot more stuff I saw and loved, but that unfortunately I don’t have time today to put in an outfit. Anyway, enough excuses, if there are three people on SL who hadn’t seen any of this yet, this post is for you ! ❤
Credits. Helmet & Bolero: LeLutka (Thora Charron), Hair: Lamb (Lamb Bellic), Skin: LGF @ Designers United III (Lucifer Berman), Corset: Ohmai @ Designers United III (Anya Ohmai), Flying sushi: Tyranny Designs @ Designers United III (Tyr Rozenblum), Shorts: LeLutka (Azufr3 Catteneo), Tights: Royal Blue @ Designers United III (Marni Grut), Pumps: ANEXX @ Designers United III (machang Pichot).
Credits. Hair: Tiny Bird @ Designers United III (Autumn Hykova), Hair piece: Waffles @ Designers United III (Lu Waffle), Skin: Très Blah @ Designers United III (Julliette Westerburg), Neck piece: Ohmai (Anya Ohmai), Corset: Scribbles @ Designers United III (Radio Signals), Skirt: LeLutka (Valena Glushenko).
Credits. Hair & Hat: Fashionably Dead (Toast Bard), Skin: &bean (Keiko Morigi), Fur jacket: couverture @ Designers United III (chocolate Arashi), Necklace & Mask: Paper Couture (Cora Lu), Tank: Lei (Fade Lei), Belt: Ivalde (Neferia Abel), Skirt: Paper Couture (Ava Lu), Pumps: LeLutka (Minnu Palen).
Already worn by everyone I’ve encountered while out on the grid today, machang Pichot’s amazing shoes are definitely going to be a wardrobe staple for the days to come with me as well.
PS. As I totally didn’t miss SL one bit while being away, blogging may slow down even though I’m back.
Lately I have been changing skins and looks so often, I barely know my name anymore, let alone get to really enjoy anything I wear. So, I thought I’d slow down a little and work on a series of shots featuring just skins. I must say I really loved photographing each of these, and though it was supposed to be just a quick skin shopping guide for newbies at first (versus the fashionistas who already know these stores), some of the shots I took in the process actually made me go “freaking, wow” ! Here I’m starting with a series of dark skins, and will follow up with a couple more of these, featuring each a different range of skins.
Slurls: LeLutka / Laqroki / KA Designs / Dutch Touch.
Hope the slideshow works (click to browse). Pictures unedited, save for a little liquifying and adding the vignette effect.
Credits. Free hair: Maitreya @ LE LOOK (Onyx LeShelle), Free skin: LeLutka @ LE LOOK (Minnu Palen), Scarf: BP* (BettiePage Voyager), Jacket: MG Fashions (Maria Gherardi), Shorts: artilleri (Antonia Marat), Bag: Your Shape & Your Skin (Monicuzza Babenco), Leggings: Ohmai (Anya Ohmai), Boots: DP*YumYum (toraji Voom).
Just a quick post with some nice cardigans of the moment !
Credits. Past 50L Friday skin: L.Fauna (Launa Fauna), Past 50L Friday hair: Lamb (Lamb Bellic). Left. Shirt: Pink Outfitters (London Dailey), Cardigan: ATOMIC (Crushed Clarity), 50L jeans: Oyakin (kinbo Akina), Free tights: Fake (Sabina Takakura), Free boots: J’s (JB Gazov). Middle. Cardigan: Berries Inc. (summse Sands), Skirt: BP* (BettiePage Voyager), Free subscrib-o-matic socks: Mischief (Janie Marlowe), Upcoming Winter Choice CSR 2009 prize shoes: Picnic (nyasyousa Oh). Right. Cardigan: Concrete Flowers (Lynaja Bade), Free group gift boots: COCO (cocoro Lemon).
2REAL Okelli is a new player who presented me with these sneakers today, and they got me immediately excited ! They’re awesome of realism and I love the late 80’s, early 90’s prints on the back of the shoes. There are ten different models to choose from and they’re scripted with a resizer. An eleventh pair is available that lets you tint the parts with a rudimentary HUD (no choice of prints, though). These are, I presume, 2REAL’s first creations in SL, and I look forward to seeing more ! For now, you can check out these babies here.
Spotted this adorable new top in the works by Julliette Westerburg and had to have it! It will become available at the mainstore during this week-end as a limited edition in green, as part of the new StumbleBum Brigade weekly event, and then later in regular colours. Also, recently released is this super cute dress, which comes in many colours and versions, at MNK !
Credits. Hair: Wot (Lili Revnik), Skin: Fashionably Dead (Toast Bard), Jacket: Argrace (AIR Winx), Neckwarmer & Gloves: AM Atelier (aya Huldschinsky), Scarf: AOHARU (machang Pichot), Shirt: Milk Motion @ Trilogy (Marie Lauridsen), Bag: Lotta (Yaya Klees), Skirt: Cupcake (Mimi Coral), Stockings: M-C-H (Homin Mayo), Boots: KAO (Kao Sands).
