Strange Pixels

The wonderfully striped and gothy Lost and Damned dress from Sn@tch comes in a pack with red, purple, or black.  (The gothic rainbow, as it were.)

I love this outfit so much… it really suits me.  And there’s something very pleasing to me about how well the buckles on the corset, the boots, and the collar all match.

The jewelled ankh (also from Sn@tch) changes colors with a click, so it can also be matched quite easily.

Also of note is the newish Fader hair from Gritty Kitty.  Oh Gritty Kitty hair, how I love thee.  Truly, you can do no wrong.

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Categories: Accessories, Goth, Hair, Mourna Biziou, Women's Clothing

I’m not sure what impresses me more about Schadenfreude:  Allegory’s edgy-cute rockstar aesthetic, or her precise technical skill.  Her latest creation, the aptly named Electro-Cute, demonstrates both by the bucketful.  I’m modelling the skully set (of course,) but there is also an octopus, bird, bat, owl, dragon, alligator, goldfish, and elephant in candy-cute color combinations.  As we’ve gloriously come to expect, there are also all kinds of options and layers.

I was searching for the perfect thing to wear with this adorable dress, when I remembered the Cat-Person Parts from Mutation Industries that I’d been meaning to pick up for some time now.  After searching through numerous inworld locations with no luck, I finally located them on XStreet, so I’ve included the link with the SLurls after the cut.

The hair is from Deviant Kitties, a Hair Fair selection that I never got around to blogging and which is now in her shop.  The right side is scripted to texture change, with what appears to be every color she offers.

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Categories: Accessories, Critters, Eyes, Goth, Hair, Mourna Biziou, Women's Clothing

Two more new hair fair acquisitions, and two older Silent Sparrow releases to remind you about hyasynth’s stupendous half-off sale!  If you haven’t availed yourself to this bargain yet, you’ll have to hurry.  Sale ends tonight at midnight.

Edit:  Apparently the sale ends tomorrow.  Wednesday, 6/24/09.  Whoops!

The “Cog Mistress” hair from The Stringer Mausoleum was just too perfect a match for Silent Sparrow’s “Toxine” suit.  And the cog hair ornaments are a separate attachment, so you can wear the hair without them.

Mourna a blonde!? That might just be one of the signs of the apocalypse.

I always have the most difficult time choosing my colors at Silent Sparrow. They’re all so beautiful and rich, I stand there in a muttering little flutter of indecision for what seems like an eternity.  Then I usually default to my standard red or black for easier mix-and-matching.  But this great sale as afforded me the opportunity to pick up some different colors than my norm, as seen above.

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Categories: Accessories, Boots, Eyewear, Fantasy Clothing, Hair, Mourna Biziou, SL Locations of Note, Steampunk, Women's Clothing

You know, it’s funny.   Girls in SL have about ten times more available content than boys do.  And yet, when I see something cool that’s just for the boys, I throw a squalling jealous fit.  Such was the case when Winter Jefferson blogged Arcavim a while back.  After pouting for a few days, it occurred to me that the tops at least might also work for women.  So I hied  myself over forthwith, and lo and behold! I has new vests!

Because I’m only able to show you still pictures here, some of the coolness factor is leeched from this outfit.  Both the wings and the hat are full of awesome animated turny twisty bits and gears.  I urge you to check them out in the pixels.

This awesome belt from [NC] is full of all kinds of cool scripted options:  different metals, conch stones, and buttons and pins for the bag.  It’s also scripted for size, as well as being fully modifiable .  Ahhh, accessory bliss. <3

PS:  I was listening to Abney Park while photographing this set, to put me in the mood.  If you haven’t heard them… well why not?  They are awesome.   Start here, this song rocks.  The title of this post is also pulled from a song of theirs.  (Thanks Viv!)

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Categories: Accessories, Boots, Costumes, Eyes, Eyewear, Hats, Men's Clothing, Mourna Biziou, Steampunk, Women's Clothing

I was whining to Acha the other day that I’ve felt rather blah and uninspired lately, hence the gap since my last post.  So she challenged me to put something together wearing a color I rarely wear.

Well… for me,  it doesn’t get much rarer than pink. :P

I must admit, I got a little carried away.  Dashing across the grid, tping to all of my favorite shops, eyes scanning for any flashes of pink. I think I’m only wearing about half of what I bought. :o

Thank you, Acha, for the inspiration to try something different. <3

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Categories: Goth, Mourna Biziou, Punk, Women's Clothing

I’ve been listening to a lot of Dresden Dolls and Jill Tracey lately.  Then I picked up one of the awesome new feather boas from Schadenfreude, and this look just kind of fell into place.

I’ve recently discovered the skins from Cupcakes, and I was delighted to find that they suit my av quite well.  They have a smooth  porcelain coloring, and lovely dark eyes and luscious lips.  I went a little crazy buying them last night, so I will definitely be featuring more in future posts.

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Categories: Accessories, Goth, Hair, Mourna Biziou, Skins, Women's Clothing

Strange Pixels has a new home!

Huzzah for a new server, a new theme, and lots of shiny pretties to play with!  Thank you so much to Kavik for everything he’s done.  :heart:  You rock big time, Mr. Brock!!

Now on to the bloggins…

I know some people dress for the seasons in SL, but I just can’t bring myself to care about that in here.

It’s starting to feel like spring outside, but that doesn’t matter in here.  I can have autumn if I want to.

Hopefully everyone knows that Aki Shichiroji sells stunning plants, trees, and landscaping items through her shop Organica.  But did you know she also sells avatar accessories under the Kitheres brand?  Today I’m wearing a pair of her awesome sculpted boots, scripted with tons of colors.

Achariya pointed me towards this lovely jacket from Juju’s Closet.  It is unfortunately made for men, so the prim lapels just couldn’t be persuaded to cooperate.  But it is made well enough to be worn without and still look great.

The skirt is newish from Sn@tch, and I love the unique shape of the square prims.

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Categories: Accessories, Boots, Hair, Men's Clothing, Mourna Biziou, Skins, Women's Clothing