Belated Yukata

I'm seven days late, but I gave my word to be at the shrine. Happy New Years, everyone!

And as always, thank you, Achariya, for continuing to be one of my sweetest friends and an inspirational blogger.

Outfit (including geta): Mare*kimonoV3*Yayoi_y@M*H from Mare*
Parasol: Dusk Blooms Parasol (animated) from Orchid Dreams *@* [no longer in world]
Hair: Gibson Girl Hair - Raven from (Miriel) [no longer in world]
Ears: *~*Fairy Ears: Naturals from from *~*Illusions*~* [tinted]
Eyes: *CS* Eyes - Mirror Green from *Celestial Studios*
Skin: Galaxies_05 (green) skin from [42]

Paper Cut-Ups, deux

Back at the beginning of time when I had even worse Photoshopping skillz than now (okay it was 2008), I talked Lawless McBride into wearing Paper Couture drag with me. There's something about boy avatars who are this centered in themselves that can pull off drag and still look kinda manly. Recidivist is proof of this pudding. I'm not sure how he doesn't look like a post-parade drag queen in this lovely frock, but he manages to pull it off with aplomb. (I, of course, still look like a goddamned girl.)

My original post with Lawless was a cross between a paeon and a sendup. Everyone was in Paper Couture on the feed that day, and we were feeling a bit left out. Today's post is a big heap of nostalgia with a twist of cheek. Think you can wear it better, boys? Here's the SLURL to Paper Couture.




Doll:
***Hair: Vincent by Pretty Vermin (Nomine)
***Skin: Scarface(B) (Halloween) by Den-Dou
***Shape: Personal/1 Of A Kind
***Eyes: Staind Contacts (Zombie Black) by Nomine
***Earrings: Blood Opals by Sn@tch
***Hat, Dress, & Frills: Starry Night by Paper Couture
***Gloves: Stained Fingerless Gloves (Black) by [Gauze]
***Shoes Eclipse Boots by [Gauze]
Guy:
***Eyes: poetic colors eyes in dark wood - large
***Glasses: Kumaki Glasses Style LittleSteward
***Piercings: FlipSide Mouth attach 10
***Scarf: Paper Couture fabric bead scarf necklace
***Shirt: DP**yumyum simple long T (white)
***Skin: Belleza Ewan v2 pale
***Shoes: Redgrave Aviator Loafers -creme-
***Hair: Maitreya Dylan - natural blond
***Suit: Paper Couture snowdrift suit (also comes with gloves, not shown)

Blogger challenge: Then and Now

Sophia Harlow asked what we all looked like back when. I poked through my inventory and realized that I don't have any of my first clothing, but I do have these dolls! Within my first week of playing SL I realized that lolita fashion was thriving here, and fell in love with all of the extremely affordable dresses at LicoLico. I sat in the camp chairs and collected them all, a godsend to a newbie who wasn't sure whether she was gonna stay in SL. Even now I love LicoLico mall, although time has made some of the shops migrate away from it to Albero and Creators Pavilion and other popular sims… The LicoLico dolls actually had little tiny dressup outfits that exactly matched the dresses. They're still available at LicoLico Mall.

I…yeah, look kinda different now.

Mer-elf madness

Guest-starring Mr. Recidivist Sideways

A kindly friend once gave me instruction upon how to tint one's male parts. "It's always going to be a little rosier than the skin," he said. "Just a touch darker." The same doesn't really apply to ears. Schadenfreude's new Mer-elf ears come in eight different skintones to match the skins in the shop, but are a seamless mix with Nomine's lighter colors too. Only the conch is shaded, as it should be!

Recidivist joined me today to show off some perfect boy basics that are new from Nomine. Great jeans, a wifebeater and a t-shirt with unobtrusive prints are out in the shop, and you can wear them either badass (like Recidivist) or gay as a lark (like me). I'm wearing mine tucked into my gorgeous new Gos 8-hole Docs!




On Recidivist:
***Hair: Carnegie (Rage) by Gritty Kitty
***Skin: 1 Of A Kind Custom by Nomine
***Shape: 1 Of A Kind by Munchflower Zaius & Madagascar Few
***Eyes: Custom shade by Nomine, Custom blind left prim eye by Nomine
***Ears: Limited Edition Lusiphur Av from Nomine (Ears sculpted by Siyu Suen of Illusions)
***Necklace: Dilaudid Silver Necklace by Nomine
***Tank top & jeans: Rusted by Nomine
***Right Bracelet: Bronze Leather Wristcuff by Gritty Kitty
***Left Bracelet: Dirty Biker Cuff (Black) by Sn@tch
***Belt: Classic Belt v.2 (Black) (Female 2) by Blitzed
***Boots: Engineer Boots, Ring (Black) by Zero Number

On Acha:
***Eyes: Poetic Color dark wood - large
***Gloves: Sprawl shove glove (flora)
***Choker: Yabusaka Alphabet belt choker
***Tattoo: Atomic Tattoo_Lucky Basterd (black)
***Belts: Curious Kitties Many Belts - brown - fukubukurou item
***Skin: Boy's Nomine sylvan china white in soul patch
***Shoes: Gos Docs 8 Hole Black
***Hair: Gritty Kitty Owen - black
***Shirt: Nomine rusted tee - bottom, shirt
***Ears: Schadenfreude mer-elf ears
***Pants: Nomine rusted pants - brown superlow

Winter break

Winter came to Orlando! It's cold enough to unpack our warmest gear and air out the mothball scent. The rest of the world is laughing at us right now because, oh my, it's just above freezing. My avatar here has to go back to school now. He was in the islands for a week or two after Christmas and had to tidy up to return to his slightly seedy Ivy League school. Hm, probably Brown, eh? He's wearing the Dutch Touch NiK skin, slightly more grown-up than the Den-dou one he usually sports, and an outfit from a small Japanese shop called Unknown Boutique. This shop doesn't have a ton of stuff, but I really like the construction of this jacket (which comes with a shirt-and-tie beneath it) and skinny pants. ( SLURL to Unknown Boutique, in case you can't find it. )


***Eyes: Den-dou midnight blue
***Earrings: FlipSide Tunnel Ear Set
***Scarf: Muism Crinkle Scarf - silver
***Shirt: Schadenfreude white oxford shirt
***Jacket: Unknown Boutique 3b Tailored Jacket
***Pants: Unknown Boutique Skinny Jeans *white*
***Skin: Dutch Touch NiK cream Style 3
***Shoes: Redgrave Aviator Loafers - Creme -
***Hand tats: ~silentsparrow~ Fledermaus set
***Hair: Maitreya Malou in sandy blond
***Suitcase: Picnic trunk case (blue) CSR gifty

EPIC

Miss Strawberry Singh (left) and me (right)

I managed to talk Strawberry Singh into my underpants. Aren't I a lucky person? She wears them well! We're both in our undies to show off HUZ tattoos. Berry has on the Cracked tattoo, a brand new one from HUZ. I'm in an old one, the rosary neck tattoo. I really love Hunain's creativity -- the Cracked tattoo truly does make Berry look a bit like a well-loved Ken-doll. Anyway. Thank you, Berry! (Catero, I never touched her, I swear!)



On Berry:
Shape: Manifest Shapes by Catero Revolution
Skin: Dutch Touch Mace Olive EBBlack Style 2 by Iki Ikarus
Hair: [Uncleweb] Daniel-Hair Meteoric swarm by Din Raymaker
Undies: INTIMO_BSB_DesignNo001 @ House by Vitamen Hax
Garter Socks: VITAMEN Men's SocksGarter by Vitamen Hax
Choker: [HUZ]-Holy Urban-Choker by Hunain Bellic
Tattoo: [HUZ]-Cracked-(FBD) by Hunain Bellic

On Acha:
Skin: Den-Dou Eito Light /01 clean
Hair: Gritty Kitty Carnegie - Blond
Undies: INTIMO_Frosted Undies_Frosted Lemon
Eyes: Den-dou eyes light grey
Earrings: FlipSide Tunnel Ear Set
Socks: Picnic v-suspender socks in grey
Tattoo: HUZ rosary neck tattoo
Nails: Schadenfreude green glitter manicure
Glasses: GOS butterfly sunglasses

When I looked to the moon, it turned gold

When I got my morning notices, I sat up and took note: Ingenue just came out with this pair of perfect little round-toed shoes, ruffled and high and ribboned, just the thing for the ISO dance. These are some of the first shoes from this designer, and Betty has done an excellent job of interpreting the style into SL. I'm wearing these shoes with a new release dress (comes with a hat), Ingenue's Fraxinus. The cape was an advent gift -- I had to put it on because the sim was so snowy that my avatar was shivering. The Exodi skin with its flawlessly drawn lips seemed perfect for the look. How did ladies in the 40s get their lipstick so precise? She's all ready for the dance…

Blue moon, you saw me standing alone...






***Hair: Ingenue Myrna Noir Black
***Gloves: Vintage (Fleur gloves long black, no longer made)
***Skin: Exodi Sienna Soleil Poker Face (Dk)
***Earrings: Miel Lun Earrings, 50L friday item
***Frock: Ingenue Fraxinus Crimson
***Shoes: Ingenue Paquerette Crimson & Noir
***Tippet: Ingenue 34th street capelet red & grey (Christmas gift)

An authentic soothsayer should be shot on sight

These are photo sets from the 3DCC CosmicTravellers installation. They're by JASstore, and come in Ice Cave, Cosmos, and Desert Planet varieties. The sets are studded with a number of poseballs so that you don't even have to bring your own. I especially love the dust raining down on the Desert Planet -- it creates a fabulously sepia-toned pulp-fiction backdrop. The skins, boots, helmets and backpack are by different 3DCC designers at the same installation. Just call me Podkayne of Mars. ( SLURL to the installation here )

I liked the underpants version damnit

~silentsparrow~ Fledermaus tattoos, take two! I took a completely different picture yesterday and got snickered at. Y'all have no appreciation for plasticine boy undies! Anyway, now with more pants… this really lovely bat tattoo. It comes in a version without the swirlies too, and (my favorite part) hand and feet designs. (Find the new tattoos here.)



***Lip ring: FlipSide Piercings - nose attach 3
***Necklace: Grasp skull necklace /mens
***Tattoo: ~silentsparrow~ Fledermaus tattoo in spiral version
***Hair: Maitreya Bo - Silver
***Pants: Grasp leather pants /02/womens
***Eyes: Schadenfreude Skeletonflake eyes (50L friday item)
***Skin: Den-dou silverboy gatcha skin

With a smile on your mouth and your hand on your...HUH!

It's Lady Gaga night at the local gay club, and I am too old, tired and married to go. Instead, I'll pretend to be a preraphaelite princess in SL. I'm in a gown from Falln in my favorite old rusty orange, and new hair from Gritty Kitty. The poses are awesome ones from Del May -- I like how the movement of the poses still doesn't distort the joints or clothing. Now let's all go hum some Lady Gaga lyrics… or would you like some Christina Rossetti instead?

She clung about her sister,
Kissed and kissed and kissed her:
Tears once again
Refreshed her shrunken eyes,
Dropping like rain
After long sultry drouth;
Shaking with anguish, fear, and pain,
She kissed and kissed her with a hungry mouth...

I'm not sure which is dirtier. (Just kidding. It's Lady Gaga; Christina Rossetti was perfectly innocent.)







***Boots: Grasp si*na boots leather black
***Skin: Curio Moonbeam Winter Cashmere
***Outfit: Falln Maman Brigitte gown in orange
***Eyes: Schadenfreude Crowflake Eyes
***Poses: by Del May

Fukubukuro from Curious Kitties

Curious Kitties just came out with this New Year's lucky bags, also known as fukubukuro! There are options to buy a 1,000L bag or a 3,000L bag -- I got the cheaper version, and was totally happy with it. There are at least three full outfits in each bag, including shoes and a belt and a hat and a man-purse, and while the contents of the bag vary because it's a 'lucky bag', the one I got for a friend had the same general outfit elements, so it's possible that you'll get this one too. I love the Crazy Ameshin Jacket and the Multi-feathered skull coat + shirt set and the Cyber Punk Full Outfit, as well as Ameshin's unique take on doodled brocade on her Sy Leather Shirt. These are an excellent value, and there are lucky bags for girls (in 'cute' and 'goth' flavor) as well. (read more about it here) ( SLURL to Curious Kitties )







***Piercings: Deviant Kitties Antic Set
***Hair: Calico Ingmann Creations Mason - Dirty Blonde
***Skin: Eito Pale /05 Eyeliner (bald)
***Eyes: Schadenfreude Swineflake Eyes (50L friday item)

3DCC: We Leave You in Pieces

This is the second of several posts about Cosmic Travellers by 3DCC, the 3D Creators Collaboration. As I mentioned, 3DCC has created two complete avatars, male and female, and all of the strangely beautiful accessories to go with it. Miasnow created skins, eyes, jewelry and outfits, JASstore created a photoset and particle-spewing boots, GROLLWERK made beautifully chunky space gear, The Stringer Mausoleum made a fancy dress and hair, Sofia London created a cute little world-turtle hold, and Xcentricity made an elaborate handbag -- not all of these items are shown in these pictures yet!

[ Go see the vast coolness. The installation opens today. ]

3DCC: We Come in Peace

This is the first of several posts about Cosmic Travellers by 3DCC, the 3D Creators Collaboration. This group of designers got together and created fascinating space-inspired elements for two complete avatars, male and female. Miasnow created skins, eyes, jewelry and outfits, JASstore created a photoset and particle-spewing boots, GROLLWERK made beautifully chunky space gear, The Stringer Mausoleum made a fancy dress and hair, and Xcentricity made an elaborate handbag -- not all of these items are shown in these pictures yet! The avatar is beautiful and alien, and the designers are truly talented to collaborate yet maintain distinctive styles.

[ Go see the vast coolness. The installation opens today. ]