Strange Pixels

It seems like every time I admire what the lovely Juana Manuel is wearing lately, it comes from Violent Seduction.  When I finally had the time to shuffle myself on over, I discovered that it was the interesting Ikaru that I blogged a while back, rebranded and full of new awesome.  Most items are sold in full sets, but I feel like they just begged for mixing and matching.  So today I show you the fantastic bloomers from the Necromantic set, combined with the Aesthete Waistcoat from silentsparrow.  Under that, Schadenfreude’s fabulously versatile oxford in white.  I felt a quasi-piratey look coalescing, so I pulled out some lovely big French cuffs from a Gauze ensemble, and my favorite pirate belt from Illusions (which is definitely one of my wardrobe staples.)

I’ve been on the lookout for a pair of spats lately.  The closest I’ve been able to find are these boots from Refuge.  They are quite adorable, and conveniently scripted with a number of different colors and patterns.  But they are also attached to the shoes, and no-mod.  So if anyone sees any spats around, drop me a line, would you?  I am still on the hunt.

I saw this hair from Another Level on Dakota Lubitsch the other day, and I just fell in love with the way it twirls into two adorable little dollops on top of the head.

Last but not by any means least:  NEW EARS!  Yay!

SLink has released a darling series of elf ears in a variety of ear shapes and jewelry styles.  They come with the awesome SLink Omnihud.  If you’ve never seen it in action on their prim feet and shoes, it is just dead easy to use.  You can choose a greyscale or flesh colored texture base, then tint to match with an eyedropper much like the SL interface.  Where it excels over the SL interface is that you can store about a dozen of your color presets in quick-grab swatches.  So you only have to match them once to all your favorite skins.

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

I’m being a bit naughty today.  I don’t generally blog items that are no longer for sale, but these fantastic skins from Gauze were only available at the Harajukubox Skin Faire (which was over too quickly for me to blog it.  :( ) Being named after the Shiva Creator and Destoyer aspects (respectively,) they particularly appealed to me.  I don’t practice Hinduism, but Shiva has always held a special place in my heart.   And the daring cut of the awesome Tamed outfit from Blue Blood was just begging to show off some interesting skin.

I love the design of this outfit.  It alternately drapes you in Ghanima’s trademark silky cloth in some places, and flashes skin up to the thigh in others.  It’s bold and sexy without being tawdry.  It also looks great with or without the cloak.  The Tamed set in black is a group-only special color, btw.  Join the Blue Blood update group for a small fee, and get access lots of great specials and exclusives.

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Categories: Fantasy Clothing, Goth, Mourna Biziou, Skins, Women's Clothing

When I spotted the amazing Ishiko hair in the Philotic Energy booth at Hair Fair, I knew I didn’t even need to try a demo.  An elegant geisha style, bedecked with bones and skulls… I had no choice but to own it.

Then I discovered that Yukio Ida of [Gauze] had created a kimono inspired by the hair.  Ishiko is a companion to the Ghost Hakama from [][]Trap[][] (which I blogged previously,) and both pieces rank among some of the most stunning and creatively interpreted clothing I’ve ever worn in SL.

I have an urge to go read Japanese ghost stories, now.

In other news, today marks one year to the day since I started Strange Pixels.  I wasn’t even sure at the time if this would stick.  I do have a tendency to start projects with a bang, only to fizzle out and slink away shortly thereafter.  This little corner of the web that I began on a lark has become one of the most enjoyable ongoing projects that I’ve ever counted myself lucky enough to be a part of.  Many hugs to Grady, Dan, and Recidivist for the love and attention they’ve dedicated to SP.  Without this combination of voices, our conversation would grow quiet.

Thank you to all of you readers who have indulged us as we learn, grow, and find our path. <3

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Categories: Costumes, Fantasy Clothing, Goth, Hair, Historical Clothing, Japanese Clothing, Mourna Biziou, Skins, Women's Clothing

So… I kind of suck.  I’ve been trying to get to a post on the Fantasy Faire all week, and I haven’t been able to until now.

Well, better late than never.  With only 3 days to spare, I can finally post some of my favorite finds.

Sharp strips of fabric, lush tufts of fur, exposed midriff from neck to belly, and some of the most voluminous pants I’ve ever worn… this is Trap’s unique and dramatic Ghost Hakama outfit.  I don’t even know how to classify this ensemble, but I love the edgy feeling it gave me to wear it.

Kitheres’ Breanne coat in black, with its shiny, textured leather that you want to reach out and touch.  I just love the interesting sworls and symbol embellishments.

The cool boots (Caverna Obscura) and wings (Material Squirrel) were also obtained from the Fantasy Faire, althought I don’t believe either are new releases.

Over at Illusions, Siyu has reissued her wildly popular prim ears to include texture-matching to many popular skin brands.  If you’ve hesitated to try them out before because of the difficulty of matching to the skin of your choice, you should hop on over and give them another try.  I’m a happy Mourna, because all of the newest Nomine lines are in the match list.

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Categories: Accessories, Fantasy Clothing, Mourna Biziou, SL Locations of Note, Unisex clothing, Women's Clothing

I don’t have a THING to wear!

Once moths get into a girl’s closet it means a whole new wardrobe!

I blame Momo.

It’s all her fault.

She let them in!

Details below, with the Raid ~

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Categories: Accessories, Boots, Eyes, Eyewear, Grady Echegaray, Hair, Punk, Skins, Women's Clothing

The Miss Murder set from A-Bomb is an adorable little plaid number with tie, suspenders, stockings, and a flirty little skirt.  There is also a corset included, but I thought it looked cuter and showed off the suspenders better without it.

I was pleased to discover that the black & red plaid fingerless gloves from Sn@tch matched almost exactly.  (I love Ivey’s gloves because she includes fingernail polish on the same layer, so you don’t have to choose.)

Now if you’ll excuse me, I made and consumed a great portion of goat cheese and roasted red pepper pizza tonight, and now I have to go fall into a food coma.

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

After Grady’s fantastic last post, I tripped over myself in an effort to rush over to Nomine.  I can’t believe I missed this new product announcement.   Munch’s new dresses are daring and awesome.  Alternately swathing you in beautifully textured black fabric, or exposing your bits through a thin scrim of  gauze or fishnet.  (For this photo set, I’ve doubled up the gauze layers to make them more opaque.)

These cool tentacles from Gauze wiggle and lash about with a life of their own.  Hard to photograph, but so much fun to wear.

This ensemble reminded me of some of the cool costumery from The Cell, so I decided to show off this mask from FallnAngel.  It’s an oldie, but still a goodie.

For the next few posts, I’m going to be focusing on poses from some of my favorite shops.  Today’s poses are from AnaLu.  If you’re looking for natural-looking poses that don’t distort the clothing, it doesn’t get any better.

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Categories: Accessories, Fantasy Clothing, Goth, Mourna Biziou, Poses, Uncategorized, Women's Clothing