Now we are 3!

Fury has accepted our invitation to blog with Noena and myself. Hence the new blog name "The 3 Fashionteers" and the motto "All for Fashion, Fashion for All" [Thanks Noena:)]


Fury is my SL friend of longest standing. I met her in my second month here. I've watched her develop as a photographer over time as she has helped get me out of my noobie hair, skin and clothes. So, with Noena we now have two fabulous photographers and 3 fashionteers. We hope you enjoy the ride!

FYI: Noena and I work at ETD, which is where I met her. All 3 of us work for Fleur Skins. We blog honestly, but an avi has to have some favorites ;)

My first namesake dress from sachi Vixen

Sachi Vixen of Adam & Eve made an absolutely stunning dress and called it Samara! Now I think my friend Jaydie put her up to it, but still -- I am hono[u]red beyond belief. It's taken me a while to blog it, both because I didn't know how to do it justice and, believe it or not, I'm a private person. It was sort of really MY dress until I blogged it LOL. [OK tell me I need therapy, but you'll have to get in line to do that ;)]

It is not only a generous gesture on sachi's part, but Samara, yes MY name, is a lovely silky, handkerchief-hemmed stunner of a dress.




The first photo-collage was designed to show off the detail on the bodice as well as the beautiful uneven hem and textures. I am wearing Samara in Buttermilk with Damen Gorilla's Lotus shoes in popcorn. My hair is a Bewitched freebie, Kristin in brown. You do NOT want to know what the ARC is on that one, trust me. On the far left I am wearing ETD Maaliyah in cinnamon. In all but the far left photo I am wearing an Adam & Eve skin, Grazia in tone 2, Sky.

The dress comes in several wonderful colors, including apple green, which I ran out and bought.

But sachi didn't stop at the dress -- she made a luscious lingerie "teddy" with the prettiest scalloped edge to the panties. Same fashion credits apply!


Thank you so much sachi HUGS -- my namesake is a delight to own and wear :)

Now this I can live with ...

As you can see on the left, one of my treetopping friends has daintily tucked her toes into the floor. On the right we have moi, feet merrily dangling in midair. While I look a little silly, at least I'm not getting splinters in my toes LOL.

Fashion Notes: On the left we have Maitreya's wonderful Grace heels in black, on the right the Buckled Ankle Boots from Shiny Things in deep red.

Paving the road ...

So much for good intentions! RL has all but swallowed me whole :(

I really appreciated Tymmerie's comment emphasizing the POSITIVE aspects of SL for the short of avi. Flying is wonderful, even with the challenge of those red ban lines. And not having to hem skirts and trousers -- well yeah!

I just dropped a new coat off at the RL tailor yesterday. It was a "petite" and over 2 inches needed to come off the sleeves:(

On the other hand those popular ruffled cuffs in SL often need a bit of *tweaking* before going out in public. After all you wouldn't want to drag them through your virtual soup would you?

And then there are the "full length" formal gowns with no-mod flexi skirts -- one of my biggest SL pet peeves. In my case they are "full and a half length" and I spend the evening dragging my skirt through the floor behind me. Sometime a picture does better than words. [taken at my gallery, Souvenirs at Park Galleries.]

[If you can't see the picture, my skirt extends well below the opening in the floor. ] Perhaps designers might consider providing two sizes? I have seen that in a few cases recently and it is MUCH appreciated in these here parts.

My world and welcome to it!

There are plenty of challenges in Second Life as demonstrated in this video. Once you get past those there is slow rezzing, lost inventory and regions crashing, not to mention avis crashing. When you add a forest of 7 foot avatars to the mix, a small avi could get lost! [A frequent comment I hear from my friends is "Where are you Sam?"]

Well of course, you say, she could be 7 ft too! And that's true. But my choice to remain small wasn't really a choice. I am short in RL and am happy thank you very much, so I saw no reason to suddenly shoot up 2 whole feet. But I DO have to confess that recently I *tweaked* my avi all the way from 5'6" in heels to 5'7" -- how daring!

Sure I get noticed -- I've been asked if I am a child avi [let's not go there:(] The comments range from funny to a bit rude, but being short in SL helps me keep my RL & SL well connected. And I'm pixel proof that being 7' is not necessary for grid happiness. [A new hard drive would help though...]

Okay what will this blog cover after we run out of short jokes? I will deal with some of the problems of being short, but also with a bit of fashion as well as reflections on the pixelated universe our avis inhabit. This will not be about my "Real Life", but, of course, who I am and how I think will come through. Sam is, in every sense that matters, ME.

I welcome comments, but will reserve the right to remove bad short jokes LOL.