Humming along...

This post could also be titled "I (heart) Beaning Canning." As well as "I (heart) Samara Cioc. The reasons will be come clear :)

The post started with the check gauze shirt in blue from ::humming::, which came to my attention via Beanie's blog, Beanie Loves Japan, a resource for all of us who enjoy the Japanese creators in SL, but lack the language skills or time to seek out what Beanie so generously shares with us. The texture and collar are totally sweet. I paired the shirt with the Whippet & Buck Stein tailored shorts in Indigo and my favorite summer soles, SueShoo in White from Periquita.

My poses are from [pda] aka Penny Dreadful Arcade. Samara Cioc's poses are full of quirkiness with many drawing on film imagery. It was fun to break out of the modeling pose range for this outfit. So many thanks to Beanie and Samara :)

Other details:
Earrings: Retro Daisies from Dark Mouse
Hair: Olivia in Henna from Amacci
Skin: Parfait 1 in Strawberry from Fleur [only at their Rue D'Antibes store]

New Dreams ...

Estelle Parnell's new Glamazon Monique corset and feather skirt in blue is an amazing concoction of feathers and laces. You get three very different light and feathery skirts. In the middle image I am wearing the glitch pants for the closed skirt because I wanted you to see just how feathery the feathers are and how careful Estelle has been with the details, even those you don't see.

Jori Watler, of Pretties has taken to jewelry design with as much éclat as she did to shoes. Her new brand, > alaMood <, will open soon. Keep an eye out! This is the Alkahi Dew Choker & earrings.

Other details:
(Shiny Things) Tuli Pumps - black with blue bows [color change]
PXL Creations-Kim Natural Spring/Red
fri.day Allison in Jealous Red

"Needs a Title" Post

After Fury's last fabulous post title I am at a loss. However, what I am showing you is far from that state. It involves a number of my favorite fashion houses as well as a sparkling new necklace from ICoN, the jewelry outlet of the very creative blogger, Surarin Piek.



I'm wearing MichiMi's Noomi dress in coffee/mint with the new ICoN necklace in Jade and Gold. ICoN's jewelry is always fashionable and never boring. AND it is not expensive -- only L$200. for the necklace in Jade AND Rose. And am I the only one that thinks that Milla makes the best browns on the grid?

Other details:
Samara shoes in Jade [Adam n Eve]
Truth Elizabeth2 hair
PXL Creations: Kim Natural/Spring Rose
Poetic Color Eyes

A Feast of Undies

After seeing WTWs new underwear on Beanie Loves Japan! blog I popped over there and took a look at the new creations. I picked up 3 sets that appealed to me. All the underwear from WTW has excellent textures, colours and design. They are sexy, girl next door type undies…not out and out sex siren. I love them.

This purchase coincided with my visit to Attituede and being like a kid in a candy store, it was a question of restraint. I picked up the Swing! which is a wooden seated swing with flowers and four poses. I thought it an ideal way of showcasing the underwear.

Then I had a meadow full of flowers in my head as a location shoot. It had to be somewhere I could rezz objects too. So, I scanned one of the Flickr groups until I saw such a location. It’s wonderful and I will go back to explore more:

http://slurl.com/secondlife/feast/173/12/24

Arty shot here...lol:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/furystapleton/3915277006/

Styling:

In General:
Shape: Custom, FuriousDesigns
Skin: Fleur Allure Cinnamon (Fury Holiday Custom)
Eyes: Miriel) Eyes - Platinum (Big)
Eyelashes: Cake - Separated Lashes - Tintable*

Poses: -:Attituede:- Swing!

Picture 1:
Hair: Cake - Faith - Black - Flexi Hair
Underwear: WTW lingerie ver23 Brown
Shoes: SKG Black Stiletto Slingback Pumps

Picture 2:
Hair: ETD Loraine 2 - Black
Underwear: WTW lingerie ver24 Slip Flower Purple
Shoes: Juicy Classic Pump – Orange

Picture 3:
Hair: ::69:: Model Hair 02 - offblack -
Underwear: WTW lingerie ver24 Slip Flower White
Shoes : AC Vintish Shoes Teal

Siren Sam

When sachi Vixen of Adam n Eve asked on Plurk if any blogger would like to review her new exotic skin, Siren, I thought what the heck. So I'm normally pale and redheaded -- let's give this a try. And I have to say that Siren is pretty amazing.

The face modeling is a bit dramatic, with a very small beauty mark. I photographed the Berry & Cherry makeups as they suited my avi better than the naturals. I wore my usual eyes and hair colors. I tried the darkest tone on first and was stunned. VERY different, but still Sam. For me Tones 2 & 3 are very wearable so expect to see me wandering around for a bit in them :) I love the eyeshadow on both Berry & Cherry. Thanks to sachi for letting me see Sam in a new and lovely light!



Top l/r: Siren Tone 1 Berry [ETD Jasmine]; Siren Tone 2 Berry [Truth Ivy]; Siren Tone 2 Cherry [Truth Ivy]

Bottom l/r: Siren Tone 3 Berry [fri.day Allison]; Siren Tone 3 Cherry [fri.day Allison]; Siren Tone 4 Berry [Armidi Pasadena Girl]

Last Days of Summer

Short and sweet...sorry :)

Styling:

Shape: Custom, FuriousDesigns
Skin: Fleur Allure Cinnamon (Fury Holiday Custom)
Hair: Cake - Faith - Black - Flexi Hair
Eyes: Miriel) Eyes - Platinum (Big)
Eyelashes: Cake - Separated Lashes - Tintable*
Bikini: sf design caribbean crochet ..bikini, white (dress also included)

Golden Breeze

It started with me browsing the fashion feed and coming across, imho, the most amazing set of in world jewellery I have seen in a long time. I wanted this set badly…lol…and, as I don’t normally wear jewellery, this was an event for me.

The set in question was Gems & Kisses – Satin in Gold. After I had bought it I got rl sidetracked so did not open it for a couple of days. When I did I was eager to see what the pieces looked like. First, I wore the earrings, a crazy circular mesh of gold balls, with long piercing posts…wonderful. Then I tried on the necklace, choker in fact…not seen here….and loved the twisted circles of gold that wove around my neck. It contains a resize script so I adjusted slightly. Lastly, I tried on the bracelets, these match the choker in design.

At this point I was disappointed as the bracelets were too small and even after repositioning them they still did not fit. I tried editing them only to find them ‘no mod’. I was gutted. I decided to im the creator, Deliziosa Vendetta, to see if she could help me. What a star! She resent the bracelets with the resize script in them….wonderful! The bracelets now fitted. I only wish more creators were this helpful, Deliziosa was prompt to respond and very sweet. Thank you!

I was wondering what to wear this beautiful new set with when my partner in crime, Samara Barzane, let me know that Zaara had released a new colour in her Black Swan dress, Vayu. We tp’ed to Zaara and stared at the beautiful breeze blue dress. I have to admit I baulked a little at the price but after 24 hours I was still in awe of it so I went back and purchased it.

When trying it on I knew I wanted to wear my new jewellery too, in the end without the choker. Using one of Fleur Shoujo skins, Miriels Eyes and ETD hair I knew my look was complete.

I ended up shooting over at Fotoscope http://slurl.com/secondlife/Fotoscope/78/139/22. There are so many photographic bits and pieces that I knew I’d find an ideal spot to do my look justice. Appearing true to form I ended up in the water…lol.

PS: Arty shot here http://www.flickr.com/photos/furystapleton/3891840637/

Styling:

Shape: Custom, FuriousDesigns,
Skin: Fleur DNB Azalea Shoujo 3
Hair: ETD Sofia - Ebony
Eyes: (Miriel) Standard Eyes - Shallow End
Eyelashes: Cake - Separated Lashes - Tintable*
Gown: ZC : Vayu dress gown *breeze*
Accessories: Gems & Kisses - Satin - Gold – Set