Mostly New from Fleur, ETD and (luc) Fashion Jewelry

Between the end of winter term and a lovely 4 days in sunny WARM Arizona, I've been neglecting our blog. However Fury and Elaine seem to have taken up the slack nicely :) Thanks ladies :) And I'm baaaaaaaaaaaack.




The big news is that ETD is open again, with 4 new hairstyles and a few new clothes. I'll show the hair later, but for now here is the classic and perfect Scoop Neck Shirt in Orange, worn with my old favorite, ETD Jeans in Silver. Hair is Writer from Detour in Carrot. It just seemed to go with the top. I was dancing at an art opening and not quite happy with what was on my head. So while others were chattering I was perusing my inventory and trying things on. This is what won for the moment :)

The star of the show is the (luc) Gaea Necklace in Quartz/Lucite. Lucas took a break from SL and has come back with such wonderful new items that we are all panting with joy. Luc--you ROCK!

My skin is one of the new Spring Shoujo skins from Fleur, #4 in my favorite tone, Azalea. These may be anime-inspired, but for my pixels, they are just plain INSPIRED! The soft glow, the yummy lips-more please? Shoes are my old standby from ETD, the Heel Strap Platforms in Linen. They come in many wonderful and useful colors, but we could always use morrrrrrrrrrrre.

My eyes are Miriel's Quiet Green and my prim lashes are usually the Deviant Nation ones from Celestial Studios.

It's spring time!

Spring quietly arrived while I was busy organising my new clothing fair acquisitions, but the weather has been just glorious these last few days, and I was truly looking forward to dusting off my springy outfits. Today I heard that Daylight Saving Time starts this weekend for us Euros, which means that days get realllly long here in Spain. People spend more time outdoors, indoor cafes get empty and meeting points move outside. The city comes to life.

Of course, one could say that in weatherless SL it is possible to wear summer clothes in mid-December -- and in fact I do sometimes, if the mood strikes. But when it's below zero outside (yes, we get that where I live!) I tend to prefer warm and fuzzy sweaters on SL too, and likewise, if the weather is nice, I'll probably be inclined to choose lighter fabrics.


For my first outfit this season I picked two of my last year's favourites: the Helena shirt and waist sash from Persona, and the Boing Fromage Hot Summer BoHo skirt in beige. The skirt is also available in black, but I just love the summery feel that the beige one transmits. As to the sash, I'm wearing it in pink here, although I bought the fatpack in order to get the full choice of bright and happy colours that really make it stand out as a central piece of the outfit, especially when paired with the black shirt. Gone are the days in which I dreaded saying "see you next year" to my boots, and although I miss them (especially when I see SL toes), I think there's rather nice choice of sandals around the grid that will be just as loved by the end of the summer. Here I'm wearing the Dhali Bow Platforms in bole by Armidi Gisaci.



I have no idea why, but I like turquoises as accessories for the warmer seasons, so for this outfit I was really looking forward to rescuing Zaara's Kaya turquoise bracelet from the bottom of my jewellery folder (obviously, because Z goes last on the alphabet, heh). I also recovered the Treasure earrings from Paper Couture, which I bought on a whim ages ago and then never wore. And finally, to divert attention from the really low cut of the shirt, I added one of the goodies included in the LeLutka gift bag for group members, the Grace pendant by Miabella.

The skin I'm wearing is Deviant Nation's Ether-Nothing in the champagne tone (which you can get at Celestial Studios), hair is ETD's Yvette in scarlet and eyes are Miriel's Quiet Green, with Feather eyelashes. All poses used for the pictures are from LAP... I'm already back to my pre-blogger pack ones, I think I prefer them for the attitude they have. Oh, and since I'm still on my experimental phase with picture backdrops, I went a step further and borrowed a springy photo, then edited it.

See full credits on my Flickr. For store slurls, check here.

Clothing Fair freebie megablog, part two

Yay! I've reached the last one of my Clothing Fair posts, I have no more pictures left besides the ones I'll show you today (that's not too bad, I just finished 3 days late!) and will get back to normal blogging soon... I'm enjoying these chronicles a lot, but at the same time I'm aware that, since I'm mostly dealing with outfits that are not available any more, these posts could be considered irrelevant to some extent. Anyways, I've included two dresses that are still on sale, so you may want to pay attention to these.

For this post I've collected all the formals that I got hold of, so if you compare with my previous post, you can see the variety of styles that were available. First off are the two RFL specials from Nicky Ree, which you can now get at the Tropical Orchid main store, and in the middle, a fair freebie:
1. Nicky Ree - Satin shine in lime
2. Indyra Originals - Paulina (golden)
3. Nicky Ree - Satin shine in steel


And to round up, three lovely gowns for the more formal occasions:
1. Kouse's Sanctum - Constanze Relay Fair Gift (which even includes jewellery!)
2. Ookami Ningen - Durga's Promise (ultraviolet, worn with opaque skirt)
3. Sysy's RFL 2009 Faith Gown

Not bad, huh?

Oh, and I nearly forgot... credits for hair, skin and pose are in the previous post, but I should mention that the shoes shown with the Indyra dress are Maitreya's Grace heels in black.

Clothing Fair freebie megablog, part one

Oh dear.
Clothing Fair is over, and I've still got my (*coughs*) booty to show! If you didn't have time to go, don't fret: creators have the possibility - if I understood correctly - of placing the RFL vendors at their main stores for us to buy the specials, and I'm sure many of them will. So if you didn't have time to go and buy the RFL items, give it a shot and tp to their stores -- I know, for example, that the Bleeding Heart set from EarthStones is available at their refurbished main store.
In any case, almost all of the outfits on this post are not available any more as far as I know, as I'm going to show off the fair gifts I grabbed (see? booty!) and consider blog-worthy. I'm sure I missed out more than one, as I did all 9 sims in one day, but I wanted to mention a few of them as a way of saying a big THANK YOU! to every single one of the designers who created a free item, as they served both to attract more people to the fair and to increase the chances of raising money for charity.
I've overheard that there's a big debate about whether freebies kill SL economy, but IMHO, if you place a good quality freebie at such an event and include your LM in the folder, chances are you're letting a whole lot of people see the quality of your business and therefore probably attracting them as future customers. But that's just an opinion, and how it works for me. Anyway, clothes!


This first set includes casuals, from left to right:
1. Diversity - Blossom top (guava) *non-free, RFL special*
2. Moonshine - Bacon Tee and LoRise Denim shorts (dark) (comes with a second T-shirt)
3. Zullay - Cynthia (here in blue, also available in coral)
4. eLDee - Treasure Hunter
5. Sn@tch - Friday 13
Shoes, from left to right too: Armidi Gisaci, Enkythings, Detour, Shiny Things, Maitreya


I have called this second set "retro outfits"... you can see why, right? Again, left to right:
1. Devilish Cupcake - Claire Dress (lucky)
2. StoRin - Julia (wearing: top on jacket layer and light skirt)
3. Ingenue - Bye bye baby (plum)
4. StoRin - Julia (wearing: top on top layer, dark skirt and bolero on jacket layer)
5. A Touch of Ireland - Minnie Mouse Outfit (yes! it's supposed to be part of a Minnie costume, but beyond the mouse ears and the gigantic shoes, the dress is actually quite cute and well made)
Shoes: Shiny Things, Maitreya, Armidi Gisaci (same as above), Maitreya again, Tesla

All pictures: free woman's skin from Belleza (available at their store), Truth's Elizabeth 2 in cranberry, pose from LAP and background from Torley Linden's collection of seamless textures on Flickr-- yeah, I'm going through an experimental phase!

Nice Lyric!

I have soooo many formals that I don't have time to wear them all. I have, therefore, decided to blog some of my favourites as well as anything new that crosses my path.

First up is a Simone dress called Lyric. As with most of Simone's creations it comes with a variety of options to allow the dress to be worn in different ways. In this case I am showing the long, flexi version because this is how I would wear it inworld.

The bodice is a wonderful cut with a very pretty stone detail. The skirt flares from the hip coping well with both dancing and walking. There is lovely shading, 'folds' and 'creases' all in strategic places to give the dress depth and movement.

Other options not shown here are the long system skirt that can be worn alone, giving a truly elegant silhouette, and the short system skirt, that can be worn for less formal occasions.

Altogether a simple but elegant dress.

I have teamed it with ZY Creation black pumps and Truth's Gillian hair to keep the look fresh yet elegant.

Styling:

Shape: Custom, FuriousDesigns
Skin: Fleur Allure Truffle Smudged 1 in Truffle
Hair: *TRUTH* Gillian - Black
Eyes: (Miriel) Eyes - Platinum (Big)
Eyelashes: Cake - Separated Lashes - Tintable*
Dress: (Simone!) Lyric in Black
Shoes: ZY Creations Black Leather Pointed Pumps

Highlights from Clothing Fair, Vol. 4

Next stop: Icing. I couldn't leave out one of my favourite creators on this tour of the Clothing Fair! The dress shown here is called Dame de Lotus - I picked the grey version, but it's also available in red at the fair (more precisely, on sim #4). Adding an Asian touch, the outfit includes the parasol depicted, which comes with its own holding animation. Also from the fair is Alienbear's Zivanit Necklace RFL 2009, which you can buy on sim #3 at a very special price, and which I personally find awesome. Nicely fitting were Dark Mouse's RFL pink tourmaline stud earrings in silver, which belong with the necklace I showed on Highlight vol.2 but I didn't show back then. You won't find these at the fair, but at the Dark Mouse main store. The last piece from the Clothing fair in this ensemble is the bracelet - it was part of the Kouse's Sanctum Constanze set, which is free and you will find on sim #5.
Other items shown are, in no particular order: hair from Truth (Natalia in Cranberry), skin from Celestial Studios (Purple-Smoky in the champagne skintone), shoes from Zhao Shoes (Sadie, an old hunt gift), eyes from Miriel (Aquamarine) and poses from [LAP] (blogger appreciation pack).
The fair closes its doors tomorrow, so if you like any of these items, hurry!

Spring has come to Fleur!

Roslin Petion just dropped 6 of the most gorgeous Fleur Shoujo skins that I have ever seen on me. Each is a total expression of spring and will complement nicely the wonderful floral dresses we are seeing on the grid. I'm going to keep it simple and just show you the 6 makeups in my preferred skintone, Azalea. I hope you can see how totally tender, flirty and gently sexy these skins are:)



Fleur Shoujo Spring Skins 1-6

Only fashion notes are Violet Voltaire's Melancholy earrings in White and ETD Tyra hair in Auburn Burnt.

The Fleur Shoujo Spring Skins will be released tomorrow, Sunday, March 22!