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08
May
10

Purplemoon or why I started loving bags

I was going through search to find some places to take pictures when I got an IM from my friend Hazza saying she had a new store at her mall I should check out.

I TPed over and landed in front of this gorgeous small store (which I discover later is just a satellite store) with gorgeous outfits. From casual to formal these guys just rock.

I can’t resist purple so I decided for the Isabella outfit in purple which – OMG – had the totally awesome handbag and shoes included! Not only that ,but the outfit comes in all layers you can combine and wear in 5 or 6 different ways. And all this just for L$375, can you imagine?

They also just released a line of chin dropping stilettos I show you bellow.

Take your time to give a look around the place too. The Thetys mall is discretely located in a Mayan Temple and there are lots of things to do there, from fishing to an art gallery on the pyramid. You’ll see it will be worth your time :)

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Credits

Outfit+Shoes+Bag – Purplemoon – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Tethys/183/174/85

Skin: Uma Sunkissed – Cyanide http://slurl.com/secondlife/Estival%20Island/154/73/22

Hair: Kate DarkBrown – A&A http://slurl.com/secondlife/Wonderland%20Beach/174/121/24

Earrings: Arpita Jewelry – Mashooka http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Mashooka%20Isle/100/157/23

Poses by L.A.P. http://slurl.com/secondlife/Festivale/84/101/26

19
Apr
09

Monsieur Labisse

Like I posted here, Alpha.Tribe is one of the shops I often go to to check the new creations. If that can be a sign of anything I own every single piece they have there.

It is not what you can call a normal fashionable style, but the creativeness of every piece shows all that SL can makes us develop our imagination.

The skin and outfit I show you bellow is called Monsieur Labisse and the pack (costing just L$500) contains:

- 5 skins in three tones: Bonjour (PG and normal), Bonsoir (PG and Normal) and Bonnuit (shown bellow)

- 3 hairs: pink green and purple (shown bellow)

- 2 skirts

- 1 pair of sandals (not shown)

You should go and check out her store for more wonderful skins and outfits. Promise it will be worth your time! And keep an eye on herblog too. You’ll see the great stuff she is doing.

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12
Jan
09

Alpha Auer and OMFG

I have been reading Alpha Auer’s posts in NPRIL since I started reading the blog. All her discoveries around the grid were simply amazing in creativity and totally different from what we could see around the blogosphere.

Yesterday I was exploring Mainland and came to a place I found interesting to take a picture and didn’t notice someone was there till I was positioning the camera – I hardly pay attention to my Mystitools radar. And there she was, Alpha, just standing.

Well I am a little shy when it comes to speak to bloggers I read and never met, cause I don’t want to invade their privacy, but this time I really had to talk to Alpha and congratulate her about her posts and her new begining as a designer. The place happened to be her store and she was very nice and we talked for a while.

I couldn’t resist taking with me what she had there for sale. Still not much but a promising work is on the way.

So I took all the dolarbie skins (6 I think) and the two outfits I show you bellow.

First the skins are very carefully made with colours and tatoos embeded that I haven’t seen anywhere else. I was really glad that these would suit my shape, cause it is not easy to find skins that don’t change how I look (ok, ok I’m picky, but most skins just make me look so different from what I am used to).

On the first picture you can see the alpha.tribe::: Golden Ammonite Skin, with beautiful golden shell tatoos on the skull and face and the alpha.tribe Basic Leotard (just L$ 50). With all the fuss about the sale on OMFG, I went there and bought the whole store. Kinda thought that some of the gear would look good with Alpha’s outfit, so I decided to accessorize with the Wings of Rust Thorn, the Big Brass Halo and the Hard Coat Venus Boots (recoloured).

Do I look like a futuristic sort of angel or what? hehe

 

On picture two I am just wearing the alpha.tribe Red Ammonite (full outfit). The skin is included and the hairdress moves softly around your head. The one shown on the picture is the small one, there is still a larger one in the pack, as well as an extra skirt just without the snake textured prims. The skirt prims attach to the belt, so you won’t have them sticking out of your butt.

I am not going to put the URL of Alpha’s store here, once it is not yet opened to the public. But keep tuned for further developments. Other credits and slurls bellow the pictures.

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Picture 1
alpha.tribe::: Basic Leotard
alpha.tribe::: Golden Ammonite Skin
[OMFG] Big Brass Halo
[OMFG] Hard Coat Venus Boots (tampered by me)
[OMFG] Wing of Rust Thorn
~GRACILE~ Eyes “Illuminati” Blue
Heavenly Cross Earrings, Midnight – Encore

Picture 2
alpha.tribe::: Red Ammonite (Full outfit/boxed)
skin included

Poses by Body Reactions

06
Jan
09

Vampires and Lucky Chairs

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Since I can remember Lucky Chairs have always been a part of my SL. First by chair hopping and then my first job in SL was calling for chairs to a lovely small store called Sexy 99 that no longer exists. Although I don’t chair hop as I used to, some still call my attention for the quality of the goods offered.

The first time I went to Crimson Shadow was on a chair call and I just fell in love with the store. The clothes are beautifully designed, for both men and women and the whole castle/shop is carefully build giving it that vampire flare not easy to achieve without being too blunt. Gothic arches, blood fountains, cabalistic symbols all blend together to give the correct atmosphere for the store and club.

They are having a sale on the second floor at the moment, most of the things being at L$50, from complete outfits to Boots, for both ladies and gents.

I show you here one of the outfits and the Funky skulls boots in black.

Also you can see the current outfit at the chair, which changes letter every 30 minutes, but you can buy it for L$350 if you don’t feel like waiting for your letter to come up.

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Credits:

Pictures 1 & 2:
(CS) Vogue Skin – Bronzed (Plum – Smoky) Freckled – Celestial Studios
Daimajuseyes 9 – Daimaju Designs
Boots: *CS* Funky Skulls Black – Crimson Shadow
Outfit and Jewelry: CS Spider Set – Crimson Shadow
RONJAS Hair Janin – black – free at Mia
(=CF=) Free Poses

Pictures 3 & 4
Out fit: Top Hat by Crimson Shadow
Pants: LAST CALL: Fatima Leather pants
Hair: Indecent lg – blackgloss – gurl6
Boots: [Armidi Gisaci] Kyoto Boot [Black/Black] – Armidi
~GRACILE~ Eyes “Illuminati” Blue
[LAP] Free Poses!
Skin: same as above
(Cane, Shoes, stockings and top hat not shown on pics, take a look at the picture on the chair)

05
Jan
09

I’m LikeA bird…

Now, did you notice I keep wearing Callie Cline’s jeans? Had no idea why, apart from the fact that I like the textures. Still I could use a change, once in a while. So, off I went to find different jeans, jeans that have a little extra… I would call it spice, but that doesn’t bring up any good images, so let’s just say nutmeg (nonsense, is it? Well, nutmeg is a Lspice, and I should know, I’m Portuguese and we robbed all the spices, at one time or  the other). So browsing around the blogs (love to keep an eye on the competition) I found this quiet little store. Have you ever heard of LikeA? Well it is jeans heaven. And I happened to land right at Wind Meads’ feet.

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Now that almost prevented me from seeing the store at all. We are talking hot avatar here and it was a true effort to drag my eyes away from the owner and into the goodies… denim goodies, I mean (damn he’s good, I also mean). wind2

Eventually I was able to tear my eyes away from Wind and focus on the jeans. Racks and racks of jeans with incredible textures and cute cuffs. One day I’ll make it at SLingo and my laundry line will look just like this: wind31

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Till then I will have to make do with what I can afford, so I bought this yummy (no, not Wind) ripped pair and decided I looked so nice I ended up wearing them to the Undercity concert:
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And there I looked all nice and happy, while I waited for my date that…guess what? Never showed up. So, believe me, to be really happy you need not only the right jeans, but also a man with a watch.
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Hair – *TRUTH* Paris – Burgundy_Dark – Hat tampered with by me

Neck scarf – Based on *Little fish* christmas scarf, texture changed (and probably ruined) by me

Jacket  - sf design winter warmer red Jacket

Shirt – [CoL]- Racerback Cami – Shirt – Black

Jeans – LikeA*Std LIGHT BLUE RD LOWRIZE

Leg Bandana – LikeA* Bandana RED FREE var.2

Boots- sf design Winter Warmer Boot

Glasses – Danielle Black Glasses by INSOLENCE

Skin – []::Tuli::[] Celeste [light/1] ~ dawn

Poses by [LAP] and IZUMIYA
Special Thankings to Wind Meads and Achariya Maktoum
28
Dec
08

The Black Canary

Christmas and season holidays make most of us a bit busy in RL. Therefore this is an already due post, some days past the approximate day i told Morrigan Denimore I would post it. Better later than never, so my excuses Morrigan, and blame it on RL.

Ever since my early days, chair hopping has been an incredible way of getting some goodies without spending lindens. Of course not all things are good, but some are certainly worth it. Lucky chairs intend to draw the attention of the hopper to the store where  they are set, and though not all do the trick, because it also depends on the quality of the item provided and on the quality of the items for sale, sometimes there are lucky occasions where we stumble into creators and designers we don’t know, and that surprise us with the quality of their work. One of these days I was helping someone of the crew to get an item on a lucky chair, and as I wasn´t really interested in getting a woman’s coat, I strolled a bit by the shop, and realised that I really liked the outfits for sale. Plus I was lucky enough to catch Morrigan´s presence at the shop, ask him if I could make him a quick interview for the blog and take some pics, which he most kindly accepted. Was a matter of occasion, profiting the presence of one of Morrigan´s own models, Andel Rhiadra, and we immediately took the photos and made the interview on the spot. No previous work on the photo settings, just right click, shoot. This is what came out of that.

Morrigan Denimore would be what I call a true fashionista. More than talking about fashion and the things he does, he assumes the style he loves, and is extremely careful with the looks, and with the pieces of garment he wears. In his own words, and I quote “I am simply a discerning shopper. I am a man of aesthetics, and I am sure I’ve said it more than once, I am quite choosy of what I purchase.”

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About his work he says, “I have been working with clothes via Photoshop for almost two years now, but on SL my brand has been opened since early October only. It was a bit bumpy at first, I will say, but hard work and perseverance certainly pays off. I enjoy making content for SL, as well as meeting new people who enjoy my work.”

Last but not the least, about his style and the style of his work he says, “Much of my design is inspired straight from the popularized Elegant Gothic Lolita fashion that Malice Mizer was famous for. I wanted to show the side of it, that I think may have been forgotten, something cute but elegant, having a certain air of refinement”.

He certainly does. Just look at the pics, or go to his shop, where he has the most attentive assistants, and some really nice work…Beware…Heavy frill power there.

Andel Rhiadra in “Frill Life”

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Andel Rhiadra in “Porcelain Prince”

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All the credits in this post go to Black Canary.

Acessories such as hairs, shoes, and hats are not included in the outfits.

20
Dec
08

Jolie by OC Orage

…and now is teleporting to find Globe Nr. 100. OC Orage there I go!

I had never heard of this store before and to my amazement I landed in this spacious store full of all these wonderful outfits. When I first set look on the big board on the right of the door I completely forgot about the globe. Don’t you just love leather? And finding good textured leather in SL is not as easy as it may seem.

Hey what is that? Angelina Jolie wearing it? Another good reason to get the outfit. If I can’t have Brad Pitt at least I can have one of Angelina’s gowns, right? lol

Right click… pay! I got it, I got it!

Zooming around the store on the left side of the door I see a bunch of things priced… what? 10 to 30 $Lindens? You can see what’s coming, can’t you? You’re right! I got all the outfits and this just WOW skin that I show you bellow and only by L$ 10! Can you imagine?

Italian designers are the best in the world and Elletra Gausman is no exception. The design, textures and shadows on each outfit just makes you wanna have everything on the store. Most of the prim attachments also come with autofit scripts making it very easy to get the perfect look and you can choose from formal to casual.

So grab your CC and take the taxi to OC Orage. Believe me when I say you won’t regret it.

(oh and I did get that globe *winks)

*OC* Black Jolie (Angelina Jolie) & *OC* Feathered  Jennifer Skin

*OC* Black Jolie (Angelina Jolie) & *OC* Feathered Jennifer Skin

Outfit – *OC* Black Jolie (Angelina Jolie) – OC Orage Creations
Shoes – ‘Natasha’ stiletto SesameBlack – TESLA (not seen on pic)
Skin – *OC* Feathered Jennifer Skin – OC Orage Creations
Hair – esse Black – Analog Dog (free at the store, don’t know if still available)
(CS) Prim Lashes – Size 2 (included in Vogue skin Bronzed Pack) – Celestial Studios
Eyes – ~GRACILE~ Eyes “Illuminati” Blue – Gracile
Jewelry – Alienbear’s design Calla 2nd Anniversary jewellery set – Alienbear
Poses by [LAP]

15
Dec
08

Dress me up: Elora by Gidge

Thank you so much for the idea Gidge, I had a great time putting it together. First I did my homework, as the nice girl I (seldom) am, and turned out the photo by Clayton Patterson:

As you can see the chucks are the only easy part. So a bit more research and a bit of memories (I’d like to tell you I was very young at the time… Think I can pull it off?) and I came up with this:

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 I started by visiting  Sn@tch, one of my favorite stores ever. There was a time of my SL I practically lived there ogling the models (/me waves to Xav). As I expected I already had most of it in my closet, so I moved  on to IZUMIYA to check the wet hair Gidge had mentioned. I bought it but didn’t look greasy enough, still I ended up buying an ear cuff and a great coat (a bargain, really) I’m not wearing here. I always feel like I’m at a thrift store at Izumiya and nothing feels more grunge. So, pretty sure I had enough stone washed pants I went on a quest for the perfect greasy hair and making my very first enemy-creator, after all no one will like me calling his/her hair greasy. But such is the fate of a blogwriter. And the winner is:

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This hair is an amazing creation by Lag Designs, and I just had to add the red highlights. The store is a very nice one and features mainly male hairs, quite affordable ones too. Maybe one day we’ll have a review of these to appease the creator, eh?

So to complete the outfit I just had to find good tight jeans by Callie Cline and a hooded sweater and here it is: 

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Yes, the flannel red shirt manages to increase my already huge bum. Also happens in rl, but no grunge outfit would be complete without one.

Thanks once again to Gidge for all the fun and credits to the designers:

Skin – Elizabeth (fair) – Shy (bl) by::Tuli::

Glasses – Danielle Black Glasses by INSOLENCE

Jeans – SIGNATURE DENIM JEANS “worn”by caLLie cLine’s

Shirt – Punk Trash Flannel Shirt Red at:::Sn@tch:::,  http://slurl.com/secondlife/Pulse/175/220/25

Chucks – inverse shoes by Fenoe Lowey

Hoodie – New RELAX HOODIE – GR-LOGO at ! Girlie-Relax- !

Ear Cuff – Ear Cuff/Black Cat at IZUMIYA

Hair – Laguna Red RV at Lag Designs

 

13
Dec
08

What Should I Wear?

The lovely Achariya issued a challenge that contained photos in underwear and buying new clothes. Now, I do enjoy underwear pics, though I tend to think about this kind model for said theme. I also love to go shopping, so I was tempted to do it right away. Then I re-read it and found out I was the one undressing instead of the one doing the undress. Still it implies finding new shops and designers, dressing in something I wouldn’t normally wear and maybe talking Imso into doing the same. Believe me gals, he has a shape worth undressing (not that I have…). Ok, deep breath and here it goes:

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Seen enough? Now please, Dress me up! It’s freezing in here!

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Rules:

“1. Post a picture of yourself in your underpants.
2. In this post, invite your readers to suggest a particular outfit (or hair, jewelry, shoes, skin, etc.) from a designer for you to purchase and write about. (Designers, feel free to suggest items from your own line – why not, after all?) People who respond should explain why they like these items.
3. In the next few weeks, look back over the suggestion list and incorporate these ideas into your regular blogging, marking these entries with the tag “dress me up.” Post in as many or few suggestions as you want. It’s up to the blogger’s discretion to pick which items to wear, so no complaining if they don’t pick your idea, K?”

11
Dec
08

Bare Rose – The Challenge

What a better way to start than talking about such a great store Bare Rose is? Winter Jefferson launched the challenge so here it goes.

B@R has been one of my favourite stores since my early days in SL. I know the store is laggy, the thousands of textures take ages to rezz and you easily get lost there – in more than one way ;)

However the quality, variety, number of colours and items in each package as well as the originality of each outfit are worth the waiting. And as if all this wasn’t enough the prices are simply shin dropping – I don’t think I ever saw anything above L$150.

Let me show you some of the mixes I do with B@R outfits.

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Coat: White Armor Furcoat – B@R

Dress: Jessa – B@R

Shoes: Natasha Heels Black – Tesla

Skin: (CS) Vogue Skin Bronzed (Plum Smokey) Freckled – Celestial Studios

Eyes: Illuminati Blue – Gracile

Hair: Felicity dark gloss – Gurl6

Necklace: Swerve Rose Necklace – Shiny Things

Ring: Dragon – Baker’s

Poses: KS Creations and [LAP]

Shot at Negresco Jazz Club

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Costume: Leo Lady – B@R

Skin & Eyes – same as above

Hair: Puety Light Black – EatRice

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Outfit: Graffiti Girl – B@R

Wood Elf Leg Knife – B@R

Boots: Clausy – B@R

Skin & Eyes: same as above

Shot at Owl’s Bay




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