I adore a good textile pattern in SL, so these new Olive sweater dresses from Ducknipple had me frothing at the ads.  They come in a variety of stripes and colors, so you should definitely check them out.  I love Ducknipple for their lovely textures, and for their prim clothing and accessories that always fit me perfectly right out of the box.   Belts, especially,  take a good bit of fiddling of linked prims on my part before I can wear them, but what you see here was edited not one bit.

This dress immediately reminded me of the ubiquitous, beloved Old Boots from Shiny Things.  I marvel that with all the advancements in sculpts we have now, these boots can still hold their own and hold it well.  How many other pairs of shoes from years ago would still look good today?

Also take note - fabulous new skins from Nomine!  The Mosaic line is a departure from what I’m used to from Nomine,  as they bring a touch more smooth realism.   I personally love both styles, but get a hankering for each at different times.  And of course these skins come in the Nomine skin tones and makeups that you know and love - including some previously Limited Edition makeups!  I’m particularly in love with the lips; just look at how soft and plump they are.

skin ~ Mosaic Skin China - aeolian black ~ Nomine
eyes ~ fairy eyes - frog king gr bright ~ Poetic Colors
ears ~ Fairy Ears: Natural ~ Illusions
hair ~ Berlin - Chestnut ~ Cake
lashes ~ Fantasy Curls ~ MIASNOW
dress ~ Olive - Brown ~ Ducknipple
necklace ~ ::LEO-NT:: <3 BED of ROSES ~ Needful Things
tights ~ StockingsE[brown] ~ bijou
belt ~ viking Belt - Brown ~ Ducknipple
boots ~ Old Boots - warm black ~ Shiny Things

Poses

Since I’m showing so much skin, I decided to make it an interesting one.  This is the Manna-Kin skin from MIASNOW, with tintable scales tattoo from HUZ colored to match each cool makeup.

Corset from Rotten Toe, with cute little prim frill and bow attachments.  I love how clothes from Rotten Toe seem to accentuate a thicker type avatar

Elegantly deconstructed Valerian undies from Plastik, along with the fab new posture collar.  Like everything from Plastik, these are available in a whole slew of rich prints and colors.  The collars come plain, with straps, with buckles, or with feathers.  I’m really in love with the collar and I’ve been wearing one of them pretty much nonstop since I got my paws on ‘em.  It’s divinely sculpted to fit around the neck and shoulder area perfectly.

Ok, this is a bikini.  But it could totally be worn as undies.  The adorable batkini is available in a billionty colors, and it has these cute little prim ties to really finish it off.

The constants:
skin ~ skin ~ MANNA KIN -(gold & greens/blues & blood) ~ MIASNOW
hair ~ Estris II - Sterling Midnight (tinted) ~ Calico Creations
eyes ~ fairy eyes - cinderella gr dark (l) ~ Poetic Colors
ears ~ Mer-elf Ears ~ Schadenfreude
tats ~ Scaly-Tintable ~ [HUZ]

pic #1 (green)
corset ~ Burlesque…white ~ Rotten Toe
panties ~ Horror Business Panties ~ Sn@tch
gloves ~ Leather Gloves - L *black* ~ 5th&Oxford
choker ~ Nana’s Cameo, Scripted ~ Shameless Designs
stockings ~ black stockings (from the bloomers and stockings set) ~ Rotten Toe
boots ~ Imogene ankle boots - black ~ Lassitude & Ennui

pic #2 (gold)
undies ~ Valerian - Black ~ Plastik
gloves ~ Leather Gloves - L *black* ~ 5th&Oxford
boots ~ thighHigh Boots (Black) ~ J’s
collar ~ RecluseCollar-Bound-Differenz ~ Plastik

pic #3 (red)
undies ~ Crimson Batkini ~ Schadenfreude
gauntlets ~ Crimson Geraldine gauntlets ~ Schadenfreude
choker ~ Batheart Ringlets ~ Red Queen Designs
boots ~ gooshers Combat Boots Tux (tinted) ~ Sn@tch
lip piercing ~ Obsessions piercing ~ Little Boy Blue

Farewell, mein Lieber Herr.

It was a fine affair,

But now it’s over.

And though I used to care,

I need the open air.

You’re better off without me,

Mein Herr.

Details ~

Hair ~ “New 88 type B” ~ **W&Y**

Eyes ~ “Galaxy” black-light veins ~ FNKY

Skin ~ “Grady” (custom skin) ~ Nomine

Cap, Headphones, Jacket, Skirt ~ “Panzerlied” ~ Le Petit Prince

Wristwatch ~ “Comet #34″ ~ Chronokit

Shirt ~ “Sence” shirt-black1 ~ Crazy

Tights ~ “Long Leggings” black ~ Maiiki

Boots ~ “Ultimate” black ~ PixelFashion

Set ~ Grady

Text ~ From Cabaret

Thanks to Lili Brink for the killer bewts tip! <3*

*whispers

Her blog is awesomepants, go see!

I apparently wasn’t quite through with the Valentine’s look yet, and I’m like a dog with a bone when I latch onto a theme.

Did I overdo it with the hearts?  Yeah, probably.

skin ~ Sylvan China White - mourna red ~ Nomine
eyes ~ eye love valentine freebie ~ Poetic Colors
hair ~ new 51 A (no mod)~ waka & yuki
cleavage ~ v2.6 SuperLight ~ AYUMI
piercing ~ Heart Charm ~ skinPoP
shirt ~ Anticipation Sweater ~ PixelDolls
corset ~ Chandra Corset ~ DE Designs
jeans ~ Rusted jeans - valentines superlow ~ Nomine
belt ~ Rowdy Leather Belt ~ Sn@tch
boots ~ gooshers Combat Boots red ~ Sn@tch
gloves ~ Gypsy Ratty Armwarmers - black ~ Nomine
wrist straps ~ Symbiote Cuffs ~ SiniStyle
short necklace ~ Heart Repaired Necklace ~ Nomine
long necklace ~ HeartAttack Necklace ~ skinPoP

Poses

This new dress is not one of them, but it still puts me in mind of that day for some reason.  I think because it’s deceptively cute, while still capturing the slightly macabre nature of giving out pieces of your heart to those you fancy.

Lassitude & Ennui has released some fabulous new sculpted ankle boots!  How exciting is that??  I hope this heralds more new releases to come from one of my favorite stores of all time.  (No pressure or anything, Jackal.)

The Imogene boots come in a variety of tantalizing colors, each with a HUD for customizing button and heel color.

After Grady’s beautiful last couple of posts featuring W&Y, they were definitely on my list to stop by.  I was pleased to find that the shop has really grown since I last visited! (It had probably been about a year since I gave them a look-see.)  I was… less than pleased to see that they’re releasing their hair no-mod now.  I have a few reservations about blogging no-mod hair.  But as I’m seeing this restriction more and more lately, I don’t see how I can avoid it and still show you the lovely craftsmanship and variety that I find.

But hair-makers, PLEASE:  if you’re going to make your hair no-mod, at least use the resize script that allows you to fiddle individual prims!  There is such a wide array of avatar types in SL, you really limit your sales if you don’t give customers some way to fit the product to their avatars.

W&Y sell their hair in scripted hair-packs, where you can change between 4 colors via popup menu.  Now that’s a feature I can support!

skin ~ Hope (goth) 02 PU ~ Tuli
eyes ~ fairy eyes - cinderella gr bright ~ Poetic Colors
hair ~ W&Y HAIR New92 A (Black/Choco in color pack) ~ Waka & Yuki
outfit ~ Dust Storm Dress - BleedingBlack/BleedingWhite ~ Nomine
necklace/bracelets ~ Blood Rubies Set ~ Schadenfreude
boots ~ Imogene ankle boots - red ~ Lassitude & Ennui

Dancing to Giu’s tracks…

with Juana and Lorek and Neo and Sandusky and Apo and Wise and Xeno and Slash…

…when I started to feel sort of…faint.

OBVIOUSLY time for some “stimulant”.

ahhhhhhhhhhhh……..whoa!

THAT says hello!

The evening looks even BRIGHTER now!

Details below ~

Hair ~ “New 88 type B” ~ **W&Y**

Eyes ~ “Galaxy” black-light veins ~ FNKY

Skin ~ “Glam-Adamant” (custom version) ~ Nomine

Necklace ~ “Dopestick” - blood (female) ~ Nomine

Top ~ “Sence” shirt-black1 ~ Crazy

Jacket ~ “Blood Relative of Sorrow” ~ Le Petit Prince

Shorts ~ “Blood Relative of Sorrow Shorts” ~ Le Petit Prince

Injector Gun ~ “Injection Gun” (with HUD and anims) ~ Le Petit Prince

Tights ~ “Long Leggings” black ~ Maiiki

Boots ~ “Long Boots” round ~ J’s Boots

Shot on location in Suffugium

marked by lovers and styles of clothes.

Things that you held high and told yourself were true,

lost or changing as the days come down to you.

Down to you.

You’re a kind person, you’re a cold person too.

It’s down to you.

It all comes down to you.

Details below ~

Hair ~ “HAIR 15  New *B*” blonde ~ **W&Y**

Skin ~ “Grady nude” blue (custom) ~ Nomine

Eyes ~ “Galaxy” black (light veins) ~ FNKY

Earrings ~ “Syringe Earrings” ~ Relentless Unknown

Coat ~ “Affetto” ~ Le Petit Prince

Hosiery ~ “Pantyhose black ER fishnet” ~ SHOP Toshy

Boots ~ “Prestige” black ~ Bax

Shot on location at Battery Park, NYC

Lyrics ~ “Down to you” ~ Joni Mitchell

My thanks to Miho Andromeda of Pink Spider for location tips. <3

Many cool things to show you today.

Firstly, a super-closeup of my mug to show off the new peepers.  Poetic Colors has released a series of fairy-tale inspired eyes, all in luminescent, ethereal colors.  I am in freakin’ love with this set.  All available with or without a glowing golden ring around the iris, a light or dark outer eyeball, and a matching glow prim to attach to each eye.  They’re gorgeous and hypnotic.

I went a little curly crazy today, but Silent Sparrow’s amazing new(ish) Gloomy line just inspired me.  There are so many pieces available: suits, jeans, different skirt styles, jackets, corsets.  All sporting lovely Burton-esque gothic curls in Hya’s usual compliment of rich, deep colors.  In this post I’m wearing the shrug jacket and the kilt-style skirt.

The hair and necklace I’m wearing today were picked up on 50L Friday.  I adore the idea of 50L Fridays, but unfortunately my schedule rarely allows me to take part. :\ Happily, I was able to sneak inworld for  a bit last Friday night, and I see now that I’m going to have to try every week.  Such an awesome haul!  I feel a little bad blogging some of those things now, but everything is still available in a different color and/or at regular price.  And honestly, I would have paid full price for any of these things.

More fantastic new boots from Lazy Places, available at the 2009 Footwear Expo. I love love love these boots!  They give you all the coolness of the animal-leg style boot, but with a sleeker, sexy, feminine shape.  Lazy Places continues to push forward in their niche, and put out some really awesome, innovative footwear.   I’m always excited to see what they have to offer.

skin ~ [Moon] Gypsy 1 - Porcelain ~ Deviant Kitties
eyes ~ pc eyes by LL - fairy eyes - cinderella gr dark (l) ~ Poetic Colors
hair ~ Whoop Dee Doo - Blood Fruit (tinted) ~ !lamb
ears ~ Sachara Elf Ears Outy Chains n Rings ~ SLink
lashes ~ Lashes - Swirl ~ [glow] studio
corset ~ Crimson Strix Corset ~ Schadenfreude
skirt ~ (lust) Gloomy Kilt ~silentsparrow~
shrug ~ (lust) Gloomy Shrug ~silentsparrow~
boots ~ Lola Boots - Paws/Equine/Cloven - Black ~ Lazy Places (Shoe Expo)
necklace ~ Some Place to Be Flying Necklace (raven) ~silentsparrow~

Poses

…Kitty.

Take a load off?

*smiles

Don’t mind if I do. It’s been a long day…

…and I hear the coffee is good here.

G’night Kitty.

Sounds like my ride.

Don’t scratch the tourists ok?

Details below~

Hair ~ “Lulu” short hair nacre ~ MrS Hair and Clothes

Eyes ~ “Pretty Puppet” small ~ Tacky Star

Skin ~ “Grady” nude, blue (custom) ~ Nomine

Cleavage ~”Cleavage v2.6″ Superlight ~ [AYUMI]

Cigarette ~ “Flat Electronic Cigarette” ~ Ko Industries

Coat/Sweater ~ “Joy” women’s black ~ ARGrace

Pants ~ “Long Leggings” silver ~ Maiiki

Boots ~ “Pomskie boots” black fur, white ~ Kookie

Bag ~ “Stylish Bag” white ~ punk’d

Shot on location in Primitive City

The skin is new from Deviant Kitties, where they have released some beautiful skin tones with cool, edgy makeups.

The Shredder tank is from Plastik, and is offered in their usual variety of juicy colors and patterns.  The great shredded pattern continues up the back, but I somehow missed getting a picture from the back… sorry bout that.  :\

I love this skirt from Schadenfreude, with its amazing little coffin, batwing, and skull details.

The Footwear Expo is in town, and not to be missed are these killer Ankou boots from Lazy Places.  LP was one of my favorite finds from last year’s Expo, and they’ve wowed me again this year by releasing a digiboot with a human style foot.  Aren’t these awesome?

skin ~ [Moon] Gypsy 5 - Porcelain ~ Deviant Kitties
eyes ~ eyes by LL - quicksilver - large ~ Poetic Colors
hair ~ Mia - Black A ~ Magika
ears/nose chain ~ Sachara Elf Ears Outy Chains n Rings ~ SLink
manicure ~ Nail Candy (Black/Red Stripe) ~ Sn@tch
tank ~ Shredder Tank-Pinstripe ~ Plastik
skirt ~ Black Noir Striges Skirt ~ Schadenfreude
shrug ~ ShearedMinkShrug_Black ~ *COCO*
choker ~ Jerry’s Flight Collar ~ Schadenfreude
wings ~ Black Lucent Batwing ~ Schadenfreude
boots ~ Ankou Boots - Fae - Black ~ Lazy Places (Shoe Expo)

Poses