Strange Pixels

It’s finally getting chilly here, thank goodness.  This summer has been particularly brutal, and I’m not sorry to see the back end of it.

In SL, my avie can dress for whatever season she likes.  But I find myself dressing for the season in a kind of celebration of it.   Today’s post is very much like something you might find me in, out here in the real world.  Only better, of course.

Sn@tch’s new Miss Prim and Proper set is so cozy,with it’s long cuddly sleeves and oversized collar.  A short flirty skirt (which fit with absolutely no resizing, I might add.) exposes adorable knit stockings, complete with garters and little skully fasteners.  The sweater underneath comes in a variety of colors.   I’m wearing the white, but have put a slight grey tint on it.  The sleeves do not actually have prim cuffs, but I dug around in inventory and found a set from another sweater.  One of the advantages of always wearing black, eh?

These boots from amaama immediately sparked my attention when I saw them on the Free*Style blog.  I must report that, although they look marvelous, they are not 3-dimensionally primmed.  That is to say, the laces and such are textured on to the boot prims.  Still, not much of a deterrent for me, especially considering the price tag ($L 170, a good deal for nicely sculpted and textured boots.)

Today I’m wearing one of the new Doll skins from Nomine.   These skins are as wonderfully shaded as we’ve come to expect from all of Munchflower’s work, and the unseamed version can be incorporated perfectly into less fantasy-oriented looks like I’ve done today.  But worry not, I do have a wicked dolly post in the works for the near future, to feature the seamed version.

As a straight-haired girl in real life, I dream of having fantastic bouncy curls like this new Cake ‘do.  Shush, just shush.  I can hear all you becurled folks just gearing up to tell me how annoying it is, and how you wish you had straight hair.  I don’t want to hear it. :P

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

Didja miss me? >.>

I’ve kinda sorta been on an impromptu semi-SL vacation lately.  I wish I could say I was off doing something productive.  But, no.  Not even a little bit.

Getting back into it just emphasizes for me how strange and elastic SL-time is.  I’ve only been away a few weeks, but I feel soo behind.  Bear with me for a bit, as I probably am going  to be blogging stuff that everyone has already seen.

Edited to add:  Ack!  Well I’ve just found out that apparently Rotten Toe is closed for the time being, and scheduled to open back up September 10th.  I’ll update the SLurl when they reopen.  Sorry bout that. :(  You see?  I’m totally out of the loop.

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

The Moonlit Goddess dress from The Black Canary is so cool and interesting.  It’s graceful and elegant and precious and cute all at the same time.  It made me feel very girly and well… sweet…  to wear it.  Not a look I usually go for, but I quite enjoyed it.  (I admit that my photography falls a bit short with this dress.  You really should see it in person to appreciate it.)

Sorry for the pink and sparkle explosion, by the way.   I was on a roll. >.>

The Moonlit Goddess comes with shirt and pant layers, a prim babydoll skirt, voluminous prim sleeves, prim bloomer bottoms, and neck and ankle ribbons (not shown.)

I think I spent longer trying to find shoes to wear with this dress than I ever have before.  I tried everything from prim feet to combat boots.  I finally ran across these really cute mary janes on XStreet.  I’m not sure if I quite nailed a perfect match, but the shoes are really cute so I stopped looking.  Two hours spent scouring for pretend shooz… why no, I don’t think that’s excessive.  Why do you ask?

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Categories: Hair, Jewelry, Mourna Biziou, Shoes, Skins, Women's Clothing

I was sorting through the huge bulk of DSN gifts I had received in the last couple of weeks, (yes, I’m lazy) when I ran across a very promising sample from She Wants Revenge.  I must admit that I was predisposed to view anything from this shop favorably, as they happen to be named after one of my favorite bands ever.  Happily, there was much more to admire, as they make some very cool latex/shiny items.  The quality and design was very nice, but unfortunately latexy stuff really doesn’t suit me.  I did pick up a few things for when I find myself in that mood, and I grabbed some other goodies including the skirt and scarf that I’m wearing today.

I have a fondness for this kind of disjointed, superflexi style of skirt.  It doesn’t look realistic exactly, but it works with the medium to create an effect that goes beyond what we can have in meatspace.  And it is  just lovely to dance in.

I popped by EtchD to check out a tattoo I saw on someone, and to my surprise I realized that I’d never been there before.  I think I confused it with a different, similarly named tattoo shop.    I picked up a zillion really great pieces, because they are lovely and because all of their tattoos are tintable, which is always greatly appreciated among us fair-and-fantasy-skinned folk.

Which reminds me… Mourna’s tip of the day!  For tinting tats to look faded on pale skin:  don’t just use a grey tint, as it will lay over your skin with a paint-like appearance.  Instead, try to pick up a little bit of your skintone with the color.  Just a smidge of yellowy red in a light grey gives it a nice translucency.

I am in love with these boots from Resurrection, which is saying a lot as I don’t instantly go for a platform in most cases.  But they’re sleek, well made, and quite irresistible.

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

While I was searching for Mutation Industries a few days ago, I happened across Tokushi Avatars.  Besides some really beautiful full creature avatars in a slew of  fantastical designs, they had… these pants.  They were the only clothes that I saw in the shop, but I loved them and bought them in quite a few colors.  All kinds of styles are included.  Shown with the bloomer bottoms, they also had straight hems, and even a belt with a leather tail guard for you nekos out there.  Male and female sizes.

My first thought when I put on the pants was that I had to have one of Fade Dana’s fantastic helmets with this outfit.  They really are amazing…. she somehow manages to make these huge, heavy helmets still feel very feminine and sexy.  And the textures and sculpt work are absolutely top notch.  Expect to see some outfits styled around some of her more ornate selections in the future.

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Categories: Accessories, Costumes, Hats, Mourna Biziou, Steampunk, Unisex clothing, 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

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 was sorting inventory a few days ago, and noticed just what a large chunk of my inventory was occupied by clothing from Sn@tch.   This brought me to the realization that I’ve never really done a  Sn@tch-dedicated blogpost, and I knew I had to rectify that right away.

It would be impossible to narrow down my favorite outfits ever, so let’s just call these my current favorites.

One of the things I love about Sn@tch is that, instead of selling individual colors, Ivey packs up all her color choices together, and sells them for the same prices that alot of folks sell singles for.  So instead of going for my automatic black or red, I get to try out some colors I never would have.

Oh!  And if you’re not a member of the update group, you totally should be.   Besides being full of notices of goodies and such, they’re written very humorously, and are a bright point of my SL week.

This post gave me the opportunity to show off the killer new Hex boots from First Flower in three superb colors.

Also of note are: awesome new tattoos from Silent Sparrow, adorable new hair from Refuge, and cool hair from a new-to-me shop called Foam (where I dropped a bundle, lemme tell ya.)

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