Dark Angel

I dug around my inventory for an outfit that would go best with a cape from Mimikri I wanted to feature for a long while now.  I bought the cape months and months ago, but hadn’t had an occasion to whip it out.

Well, it’s Halloween, and there’s no better occasion than that.  It works for a unique dark angel/vampire/anything-sexy-badass look. I went all out with the look to achieve a dark, grungy edge.

While the cape looks incredibly realistic in photography, it’s a bit odd in-world.  It’s a bit stiff, as it’s made from sculpty prims.  So, don’t expect to get a lot of movements out of it.
 The shiny material of the red latex dress works well with the material of the cape, so I ended up pairing the two.  The red also lends a bold pop of color to command attention.
 The lace body mesh/suit is a special item from Miamai, priced at L$70 (it’s a tatoo layer so it only works on 2.0 viewers); the head-to-toe body lace definitely gives the look some edge.  (By the way, I attached the feathers to my spine, as the cape occupied the chest region.)

If the look is too overwhelming, you can always strip off the lace, the feathers, and the head harness, as shown below. The hair shown in the pared down look is a free Halloween gift from Casa Cheerno.

Happy Halloween.

Credits:
Skin: “08b Paper Skin -Trinity- / glitterSmoky (hairbase)” by Emilia Redgrave of Redgrave
Hair: “The SuperPony – Midnight II” by Lola Marquez of Armidi, & “Femme Hair _Halloween_ black” by Kira Ahn of CheerNo
Lashes: “Eyelashes -6- Natural” by Viola Leigh of Redgrave

Lace Bodysuit: “Halloween_BlackBird Lust” (Tattoo layer, feathers included; L$80 special) by monica Outlander of Miamai
Tube Dress: “Minidress Lacy Red” by Babette Ultsch of Kitties Lair
Cape: “Leather Cape Chest/ Helena black” by Mimikri Kit of Mimikri hot couture

Gloves: “Jills Fighting Talk Gloves in Charcol” by Marni Grut of LeLutka, & “Gloves Long Scarlet” by CJ Carnot of Fleur (no longer available)
Harness: “MMS-Harness(horse)” (old gift) by Thora Charron of LeLutka
Boots: “BOOTS/Black-Leather/Sculpties” by Emilia Redgrave of Redgrave

Toxic

I was having a little Britney Spears flashback and decided to go toxic.

Not sure why I’m using music as an inspiration for my recent posts, but I just think some of the images in music are iconic. Replicating them can be fun.

Plus, it’s Halloween! Trick or treat as Britney, y’all.

Credits:
Shape: “Leanne” by EmilyC Carnell of EmBody
Skin: “08 Lyla Pale Skin / *smoky3″ by Emilia Redgrave of Redgrave
Hair: “The Pasadena Girl (Full-Flex) – Ivory” by Lola Marquez of Armidi
Nails: “Nails – White Tips – Ruby 1″ by Keri Clip of Detour

Body Suit: “Naked Suit” by Ashleey Andrew of Ash’s Trash

Necklace: “Bandit Jewelry Shop Anniversary free Diamond necklace” by Anthony77777 Bandit of Bandit

Exclusive Fall Preview, Part 2 – Meghindo

This is part two of the Meghindo exclusive fall preview.

I’m presenting a fall outfit called “Admiral”, a beautiful head-to-toe look that includes a pair of gloves, a bag and a pair of boots. The militant look is strong and tasteful without being too literal. It’s high fashion and on trend with real life’s fall look. It’s a look that any strong confident woman can pull off without too much effort.

The army green may be a turn-off to some, but it’s actually what makes the look; the army green connotes power and commands attention in a subtle and controlled way. Also, if the top and the skirt together is too much green for you, you could always create/customize a different look with the pieces; the pieces individually are strong enough to stand on their own.

Credits:
Skin: “03 Paper Skin -Trinity- / greenFairy” by Emilia Redgrave of Redgrave
Hair: “Pushed and Shoved – blonde Tones” by Vintage McMillan of VintageWear
Lashes: “Eyelashes -13- Rococo” by Viola Leigh of Redgrave

Outfit: “Admiral ~ Outfit itself” (bag and boots included) by Meghindo Romano

A Touch of Sensual from Meghindo & Fall Preview

If high fashion, luxury and glamour pique your interest, this entry may be something of interest to you.

I received several review copies and exclusive fall previews today from Meghindo. All the items inspired me to create some of my best photography yet. And I’m really excited to show you. I’m also featuring some exclusive group gifts from Meghindo after the page jump; they’re very beautiful pieces.

If you have not heard of Meghindo, please know that it is not a new store. It has been open for quite some time; in fact, I featured a beautiful diamond pink dress from Meghindo last year; the look remains one of my faves that I’ve put together. Items from Meghindo are often inspired by real life Hollywood glam and fashion. Meghindo Romano does a great job of interpreting and translating real life fashion into Secondlife must-haves. Fashion from Meghindo is fashion forward, sensual, sexy and ultra feminine and beautiful. Dresses from Meghindo often comes with accessories and shoes, as well; although, not always.

The first dress I’m featuring is called “Vanda”. It retails for L$450 and comes with flexi and sculpty train options; as you can see in the picture, I prefer the sculpty train. It’s very beautifully sculpted and I love the shape; the sculpty train option isn’t something offered by every designer.

The second dress is inspired by Barbie and comes in a long gown and a shorter dress version; together, they retail for L$500. The sequin patterns are incredibly intricate and luxurious.

The shoulder armour, the texture and sequins of the shorter version of the dress remind me of the aesthetic of the real life fashion house Balmain. Yum. The color is also ultra feminine, an aspect that balances out the strong armour shoulders (on-trend with this year’s real life’s fall militant-inspired look). I paired the dress with a pair of red gloves from Fleur (a brand that’s now nonexistent) and tight thigh high boots from the Meghindo fall collection; it’s one of the items not released yet. The hair is by Dernier Cri from the hair fair; I wanted to feature it in this entry somehow and it seemed appropriate for the dress. The hair is very flirty, seductive and bold.

Now for the exclusive fall preview:

booN at Hair Fair

I just updated to the most recent viewer (2.0)…. Yeah, I know; I’m slow at this. I tried the viewer before and was turned off by the interface and all the updates. And for one reason or another, the viewer just didn’t cooperate with my mac. I’m still getting used to the new interface and trying to figure it out.

Anyway, I marched over to the hair fair today, and despite the lag, managed to grab a couple of hair. (Enough to total over 2k, but who’s counting?) I would show them all off, but my silly self spent two hours snapping the pictures of the same hair. Why two hours? I’m still getting used to this viewer and I had problems getting the angles I wanted…. I was also distracted.

I stripped nude for the shoot, something I don’t do very often. A beautiful long hair I bought from booN titled “VNS660″, something I was eyeing for a while, inspired me to bear it all. The long locks really reminds me of Rapunzel. It’s ultra beautiful and is one of my faves from this year’s Hair Fair; not for everyday wear, but fabulous for photos. I mean, take a look at it:

There are two attachments for the hair, one for the scalp and the other for the body. So, when you detach the one from the body, you get a whole different look. It’s well worth

Entering September

It’s a new month. And, as I’ve previously stated, I will try my best to update the blog regularly. Daily would be ideal and that has always been my intention when I began the blog with the slogan “Fashion Today, Fashion Everyday.” Ideal’s the key word; it’s not necessarily realistic (a little birdy once told me that sometimes when we set too high of a high standard, we can set ourselves up for failure pretty easily).

Since absorbing all the real life fall trends in my August issue of Harper’s Bazaar (Cameron Diaz’s on the cover rocking an off-the-shoulder red dress), I’m pretty excited for the fall. Go figure. This entry’s not covering fall trends right now though. I’ll save that for later, when fall actually arrives. I’m excited though. LOL.  I’m also excited to see what trends SL designers are following/creating this fall. 

Anyway, while I’ve had this blog for a long while now, I’m still pretty new to photoshop.  So, I decided to practice.  I perused my inventory and play around with windlight features and photoshop; I managed to come up with a haute couture look:
I decided to piece together different outfits to achieve the gown.  I love black, even if it’s not considered as ideal for editorials (that’s why I appreciated the Vera Wang Fall 2010 collection; it’s mostly all black).  To counter the idea that it’s difficult to make out details with black, I tried to use pieces with interesting textures.  Playing with textures help work out the details of black ensembles.  The pleating of the top and the ruffles of the skirt are my favorite details of the look.

I’m donning a black hat called Audrey from LeLutka; it’s enormous, yes, and it reminds me of summer, but I love how, when I going through items for the look, I couldn’t take it off.  It’s a nice hat.

The skin is a 1k member group gift from

Diamond Diva

I got bored today while cleaning my inventory…. It’s still a mess, but I found some accessories I haven’t even worn before…. Like that clutch purse from Fleur. I’m not even sure if Fleur even exists anymore. Lol.

I also went shopping today and got myself a diamond dress from Meghindo. The dress was featured in an issue of the Second Style magazine; I saw it when I was flipping through it a couple of weeks ago and decided this afternoon that it was the time to get it. The construction of the dress is pretty neat and looks fab under great lighting; it’s worth the L$250 that it costs.

I complimented the dress with a lot of gold, or at least tried to. It makes for an appealing effect.

I also bought the Kira hair from Laqroki; I took forever to modify it and it makes my forehead ever the more Tyra-Bankish, but I love it.

Credits:

Shape: Custom Shape by EmilyC Carnell of EmBody
Hair: “Kira hair 2″ by Mallory Cowen of Laqroki (Modified)
Skin: Redgrave
Lashes: “Long EyeLashes Flower” by Nikita Fride of Nikita Fride Design

Dress: “Pink Diamonds” by Meghindo Romano of Meghindo
Tights: “Metallic Gold Lycra Tights” by Chloris Hathor of G.L.A.M. (free but no longer available)
Gloves: “GlovesBLACK” from the Christal(black) outfit by Thora Charron of LeLutka

Shades: “Crystal VIP Edition” by Maris Kanto of Kalnins Sunglasses (attached to mouth)
Earrings: “Pasha’ fashion Earrings platin” by Anthony77777 Bandit
Necklace: “Chunky Necklace – Gold” by Khea Karas of MALT
Braclet: ” Bangle “Vicente – b” Gold” by Kuranosuke Kamachi of DeLa
Bag: “Gold Pailette Clutch*” by CJ Carnot of Fleur (may not be available anymore)
Heels: “Tie Me Up (Silver on Gold)” by Stiletto Moody of Stiletto Moody