Strange Pixels

Siyu Suen of Illusions has recently released the viney and fantastically twisty curly leafy Hedera silks.  Ok, that was a lot of adjectives.  And yet, still not enough to express how much I adore these silks.

(I conjectured all kinds of meaning for the name Hedera when I first saw them.  I’d finally settled on some woodland nymph or nature goddess.  Then I Googled it, and found it that it was actually a kind of ivy!  Which is, of course, incredibly fitting.)

This set comes with top and bottom clothing layers, a prim leather loincloth, and a zillion different prim vine parts that twine about different parts of your body.  They are modifiable and are fitted quite easily.  But truly, not much fitting was needed.  I’m not sure what kind of magic Siyu used to coil these so perfectly around the avatar shape, but perfectly she did it.

They also look.. *ahem*… quite nice without the top.

The beautiful tattoos are part of the impressive new Sphinx skin from Trap.  I picked it up at the Harajukubox Skin Fair, which ended so quickly I didn’t get a chance to blog it first.  But Selos assures me that they will be available in the store today-ish.

The combination of the silks, the skin, and the faun bits is just too perfect.  I feel like a member of a hidden forest tribe who paint  their bodies with ash and minerals and run around with bows and arrows and pan pipes and whatnot.  It’s very idyllic, I assure you.

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Categories: Costumes, Critters, Fantasy Clothing, Mourna Biziou, Silks, Skins, 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 born when you kissed me. I died when you left me. I lived a few weeks while you loved me.”

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Categories: Costumes, Dancien Graves, Hats, Men's Clothing

When the notice for this fantastically striped Voltaire Suit went out yesterday from Silent Sparrow, I hopped over almost immediately.  Of course, I ran into Achariya there. :D

Seeing how super-hot Boi Acha looked in the leather color, how could I resist posing for a set with him?

Boi-Acha is wearing the new Sylvan guy skins from Nomine, due to be released soonish-like.  Let me tell ya, my boy alt is chomping at the bit to try these out.  They look to be every bit as impressive as the female Sylvans.

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Categories: Accessories, Goth, Hats, Mourna Biziou, Unisex clothing

For a few days now, I’ve been tinkering around with a post featuring Tokeo.Plastik.  Then Achariya issued a Posemaker Challenge, and I knew they would work well together.  This outfit is just the kind of thing I go pose shopping in:  Simple pants and a top, hair up and out of the way, to best see the poses and how they affect my (somewhat oddly shaped) avatar.

The challenge:  show a five-pose sampling from one of your favorite posers.

I deliberated over this challenge a bit.  Do I show some ecclectic finds from a favorite little out-of-the-way shop, or do I feature one of my solid favorites from a place more well-known?  When I looked through my pose stand to see who I had the most poses from, there was one clear winner.  The fabulously talented Dove Swanson, and her shop Long Awkward Pose.

Dove’s poses just suit my avatar so well.  Quirky without being crazy.  Fun without contorting the avatar too much.  Full of attitude, each pose seems to tell a story or convey a definite mood.

Oh yes, and back to Tokeo.Plastik:  they’re running a big sale as they prepare to clear out stock and move to a new location, so run on down there.  Their lovely displays of interesting  items in a candy-like array of colors is like shopping crack to me, I just can’t resist.

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Categories: Accessories, Boots, Mourna Biziou, Poses, Unisex clothing, Women's Clothing