Strange Pixels

There she is on the stage
Spinning as she sprawls
Thank God the curtains fall
Her spring is sprung
And dances done
Spinning as she sprawls
Thank God the curtains fall

In the morning, he twists the key quite hard
And ticking, she’s brought to boil
“Relevée, my sweet, on point, en garde!”
Her innards twang as they uncoil

“Gentlemen, this fallen angel is the illegitimate daughter of art and science. A modern marvel of engineering, clockworks elevated to the very natural process which even now is in your blood, racing, your eyes flashing at such irreproachable beauty. Here is Gaia, here is Eve, here is Lilith, and I stand before you as her father. Sprung fully-formed from my brow, dewy and sweet; she can be yours and yours again, for her flesh is the incorruptible pale to be excused from the wages of sin.”

-”Herr Drosselmeyer’s Doll,” Abney Park

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Categories: Accessories, Costumes, Fantasy Clothing, Goth, Hair, Hats, Jewelry, Mourna Biziou, Shoes, Skins, Women's Clothing

Nomine has released a slew of new gothy black dresses in some really unique and beautiful styles.

For today’s post I’m wearing the vampy Lilim dress, and the vampy boy-shaped Achariya. ;)

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Categories: Goth, Men's Clothing, Mourna Biziou, Tattoos, Women's Clothing

PixelDolls might not be the first place one thinks of when looking for gothic-y clothing, but I’ve always thought that Neph’s aesthetic lent itself well to a darkly elegant, romantic look that I particularly identify with.

Helena Stringer definitely needs to make more non-mohawk styles.  Not to imply that her mohawks are not completely awesome, because they are.  But I just don’t have the head shape for them.

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Categories: Goth, Hair, Mourna Biziou, Occulta, 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

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

I walk by her side and the darkness lifts from my soul.
I walk with her, and I hear the gentle beating of mighty wings…

-Neil Gaiman

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

So I threw my back out a few days ago, and I’m posting now from inside the pink haze of painkillers and muscle relaxers.  Here’s hoping I don’t look at this post in a few days and wince.

I’ve been kicking this outfit around for a few days, knowing it needed something but not sure what.  Then Siyu released her new yummy range of hats, and that sealed the deal.  Like all of Siyu’s goodies, they’re scripted with a multitude of colors and patterns.

This skin is a teaser from Nomine’s new revamped Sylvan line, due to be released this weekend-ish.   Start saving your $L up now, because they are magnificent.

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Categories: Accessories, Goth, Hats, Mourna Biziou, Skins, Unisex clothing, Women's Clothing

I’ve mentioned a few times that I have vague list of things I’m always on the lookout for in SL.  Good braids are definitely towards the top of that list, and I am ALL about the braids I’ve recently discovered from Discord Designs.

Combining it with some items from Nomine’s new-ish “Dogwitch” line put me in mind of this whole high-school goth chick look.

Now, I’m not going to tell you that I actually dressed like this in high school.  But this is totally the kind of look I idealized back then, and tried to pull off whenever possible.  (I did own that exact ankh, though. :D)

I should warn you about the skirt.  It is neither mod nor mod-scripted.  The designer chose to instead box up like 5 bazillion sizes.  I had no problem finding one that would fit me perfectly, but it’s something to be aware of.

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