Shave off some years....

How old is your avi in SL? I seem to be in the 28-35 range, mostly I think because I have my goatee and not so sporty style going on. In RL I actually feel a bit lost and naked without my goatee. (so deep I know!) But I thought to give it a go in SL, and I am glad, cause I look so much younger! ..::MAI::.. Justin skin is great in quality and has a nice charming face, it managed to lure me off my Belleza. I styled myself not so young though, more relaxed stylish artsy kinda way. I'm still in my SHIKI clothes, this is the jacket part of the new coat from SHIKI fall collection, the pants are from the black fall suit, LOVE the color splashes in it. The blue belt was what got this outfit going. The GLOW hats are very elegant, I modded the shape a bit and I really appreciate when you can mod accessories. The FD belt has been in my inv for ages and I love the feel it brought to this outfit. The Shiny Things shoes are so damn good, I want more!

So yeah here I am all shaven and "dapper", quote from Vanity, muah!

Pose: PDA - A Well Respected Man

Credits:

Skin: ..::MAI::.. - ..::MAI::.. Justin Sunrise Skin Vol.2

Eyes: Poetic Colors - Gold Flakes - Olivine (m)

Clothes: SHIKI Design

Coat - Midnight Blue

Black Fall Suit (pants only)

Turtleneck Sweater KIMONO Grey

Belt: (FD) - Shiny Thread Belt

Hat: [glow] Fedora Hat with Feather -Lace

Glasses: (VW) now Epoque - Oversized Shades - Metal (don't know if for sale still)

Shoes: Shiny Things - Murphys - Blue

Socks: Maitreya - Slouch Socks Grey/Black

See you at teatime!

Chance

Skip To The Pose!

I have been heavy in pose making mode and decided to throw someting quick together, before friends started accusing me of being indecent. I've been walking around almost naked, she-male style, male skin/female shape.(no it's not pretty).

It has been a while since I posted an outfit! Lord, it doesn't take long before you feel totally out of the loop. I don't even know how to write anymore, so here follows some random rambling on some awesome stuff.

The see through cotton t-shirt from Doppelganger I saw on the Jewnas Brothers blog first, a total must have! A funny thing, on Fashion Feed of SL I was set as a Jewnas brother, oh I wish they would adopt me so that wasn't just a bug on the site!

Zaara has to make more men's stuff!! Just HAS to! These chinos are unisex and total love love love!.

The hat and hair from MAD Design, I am still wearing(note to self, wash hair)...it's so in fashion atm, specially in RL I see this hat everywhere.

The Miguel skin from Belleza just make me feel kinda smexy, love the fact that it resembles me a tad in RL.(let me dream.....OK!)

Steinwerk, a new brand to me, very sleek design on the glasses and Ubu Drunks shoes, both these items are top class sculptie design/texture work, and both have unbelievablely varied customization menus, you can change just about anything on them. Perfect for matching to what ever you have on.

The Yummy necklaces I bought years ago, but they still rock! They have that perfect male jewellry,"I don't care what I look like, but I wear necklaces"-feel.

Now on to the poses, which made me wanna blog this outfit in the first place!

These two poses are part of a Skipping Stones Hunt gift from PDA, and the whole set from them is just so fun, unique, full of character and quirkyness I feel so cool using them. (I really shouldn't tell you guys bout them, cause I want them all for my self!)

Get on the skip and look for those stones, there are some great gifts out there from some the best bohemian and alternative stores in Second Life.

There are over 50 stores in the hunt, so you will be sure to find lots of amazing gifts and hopefully some new favorites.

It starts here:

Kunsthammer

Happy Hunting!

Chance

Skin: Belleza - Miguel Tan 4 Eyeliner

Hat & hair: : MAD Design - CHRIS

Pants: Zaara - Chinos navy

T-Shirt: Doppelganger Inc. - Last Thread Tee Buttercup

Shoes: Urban Bomb Unit - Drunks

Glasses: Steinwerk - GT Sunglasses

Necklaces: Yummy Adventure Necklace (male)/ "Bro" locket

Poses: PDA - Respectable & Some Girls

A Day At The Beach....

I met some people on the beach that were super cool and casual. They had that relaxed "I'm rich and I have no problems in life" feel about them. (no I'm jealous). Well...since I'm not rich and I do have problems in RL. I decided to go ahead and create that feeling for myself in SL. (no I don't need therapy). Plus I'm kinda happy and proud to have found the CUTEST tattoo in all of SL! Just look at that little tweety, my new easy maintenance pet!

The amazing poses are from Pda, I felt so smexy and casual while shooting. Their names always crack me up too. I also have to mention Smudge, I don't usually wear tatoos at all, but these are so unsual. The selection is fun and quirky, LOVE!

Body:

Skin: Belleza - Miguel Med 5

Eyes: Glanz - ClearGray

Hair & Hat: MADesigns - CHRIS

Tattoos: Smudge - (front) the tweet / (back) the bug Smudge

Clothes:

Pants: Whippet & Buck - Harris Tartan Shorts IVORY

Scarf: The Dogs - Blame Scarf Tarten

Glasses: Shade Throne - AVIATORS LITE 2 - red

Shoes: Kalnin's - Earthshine

Cigarette + box: FNKY! - Cigarette II

Poses: Order by size in pic.

PDA - You live in a Houseboat, You drive an Iroc, Orwell Liberty Dance

A carefree, rich & relaxed greeting!

Chance

Light My Tomoto!

Ever since my little Tweelie was born..lol I have really been inspired to style myselfs a lot more than usual, mostly because she allows me to wear stuff I normally wouldn’t (no there is no multiple personality warning signal going off). I actually have several wonderful looks ready, but ever since Izzy B. from PDA dropped poses on me and my search for the perfect in- world photo lighting started, I can never quite settle with how I want the outfits presented. It has nothing to do with me being particular, I promise!

This outfit though I just HAD to share now because it's such a precious find to me. Plus I'm getting there with the lighting. The pictures in this post have not been altered in any way except for the border shading. The clothes and my avi are untouched. I am looking for that perfect 3d feeling. Standing inside a box with heavy glow and light emitting from it's center seems to be the way to go, I think, in case you wondered. If anyone is interested in this glow box, just IM me in-world and I'll send it over.

Anyway on with the styling!

I saw a post by Beanie Canning on the Beanie Loves Japan blog, and made a quick mental note to go check out the store, since Beanie looked super cute in the dresses. Tomoto was instant love! After entering the store I had to tp friends over to support my shopping frenzy. I don’t even know how many times I clicked that buy button, but lindens were flying in every direction! There was utter chaos for a bit! (how wonderful) I think I might have bought the entire store. I might even have double purchased some items, but I don’t care because Tomo Wachter deserves every L. The dresses in the store are superb. The texturing is detailed, the flexi is beautifully flowy, the sculptie shapes are natural and well made and the designs are quirky and well executed. It's just lovely through and through, and all so cheap! There's lots of free goodies as well, hair and different tops. Yeah, it was shopping bliss an entire evening. Thank you Tomo! ;D

I was invited to a fun formal event and I wanted to go as quirky anti formal but still kind of formal enough in SL couture fun style, hoping I could pull it off somehow. I chose to wear the white lacy dream dress Jour Heron. Once I had the dress on I felt it needed a head piece. The dress comes with a hat, but I didn’t think it fit well with the hair from Tiny Bird. The chandelier tiara by genius hat maker Megg Demina of Chapeau Tres Mignon I own only because I saw it on Thalia Jie's flickr stream. She is one of the fiercest stylists in SL, imho. She never ceases to amaze me and a peek at her stream HERE is always inspiring.

So with a flowery chandelier on my head I wanted to be a bit serious. and nothing is more serious than a monocle. I don’t know how come I have this but when I searched monocle in inventory it was there.(magic inventory!) I couldn’t find it in the store at VintageWear but perhaps it will be available after the rebranding to Epoque is done.

The boots are a perfect contrast because they are tough and heavy, a good root for all that light flowy flexi lacy going on, on top.

All dressed up and ready to go, I tp to the event and nobody's there...fiddle fiddle with outfit looking around...still nobody's coming...umm..ok...wait and zoom around.....nice room..hmm…nobody's here...looking at invitation..time is right...hmm....read invitation again...OH!! I was one day early! (silent silly moment) and total anti couture climax.

Oh well!

Till next time!

Chance

Clothes:

Dress: Tomoto – Jour Heron

Monocle: VintageWear *rebranding to Epoque

Head piece Flower: Tomoto – Jour Corsage Nuit Blance

Chandelier Tiara: Chapeau Tres Mignon - Josephine's Chandelier Tiara

Earrings: Lelutka - Grace *Group Gift

Gloves: Vette's Boutique - V-Glove White

Stockings: ..::DARE::.. - Stocking Vintagey

Boots: The Abyss - NAU Combat Boots Unisex

Body:

Skin: &Bean - The Anger

Eyes: Miriel - Silver Screen

Hair: Tiny Bird - Seashells

Tattoo: Tiny Bird - Smudge Shoulder bird *Freebie!

Pose: PDA- Fried Piper

Memory Loss Is Good Sometimes.

I shop too much! (Oh the curse!)

I bought the new shoes Ubu Drunks from Urban Bomb Unit when they were released and blogged by others, cause they are awesome. Forgot about them, even what they looked like appearantly, cause I thought I put those on, only to find out I had not even unpacked them! OMG, how silly! So what I'm wearing is their not latest but equally great Porn Star Hi-Tops.These shoes have multiple coloring and texturing options, so they go with any color outfit. I got the pants ages ago, totally forgot about them. Jacket is a recent purchase but never worn because of complete lack of inventory order. The hat I didn't even know I had! Each item amazing and together total casual coolness!

I modded the hat from AKEYO to match the shirt, that comes with the jacket from Ju Ju's Closet. The jacket has a non shirt version as well, and different sculptie collar and pocket options. I love it!

In RL I love checkered pants, well, I do so even more in SL! The colors, the textureing, the pattern the everything about these pants is LOVE LOVE LOVE! It seems I went nuts shopping in Meriken last time...and hmm..I think I need to go back and go nuts again! Yaay!

The pose. What can I say. Izzy, your the master of posture! If you haven't checked out pda(Penny Dreadful Arcade)'s poses, it's time you did. Go to Fashion Mode and check out his latest store location! There are other great shops there as well, it's just like a real mall!

Miriel, the sim is closing very soon. A veteran SL artist is closing shop, it's sad that such an enchanting place no longer can exist! It's the same with the sim Polly Jean, it's sad so sad. Specially Marly's shop will no longer be. So please make sure to go to these amazing shops and get everything you can before they disappear! Both sims are worth the visit just for the builds and nature alone!

I want to show the eyes from Miriel. If eyes are the window to the soul, I believe these are the soul of Miriel Enfield, how beautiful! There are so many more to choose from in her shop.

I didn't have any internet connection all day today, so this is what I came up with in Photoshop, yay for no connetion! None of the eyes have been altered from the in-world original picture.

The rest, hmm..just a tad.

                             Silver Screen, Pacific and Sepia

Hazel, Champagne and Strong Green

Body:

Skin - Belleza - Miguel medium

Eyes - Miriel

Clothes:

Pants - Meriken Co.

Shoes - Urban Bomb Unit

Jacket & Shirt - Ju Ju's Closet Branch location.

Hat - AKEYO

Pose:

Young Lions - PDA

Toodeloo!

Chance