posted by Gidge Uriza

Reasonable Desires has WORLD CUP FAN outfits out at their mainstore location for 1L a piece. I just had to break out this TEAM USA outfit that my friend Austie dropped on me in honor of a wager I have going with Prad Prathivi!

I’ve offered up some genuine Georgia Praline Pecans if  England kicks the ass of  Team USA. I’ve suggested he bring me the heart of Adam Ant if we win. But I also said I’d accept some candy instead.

I don’t particularly think that Team USA is going to win. But Europeans nearly stroke the fuck out if you even SUGGEST Team USA might beat them, so it’d good times all around in my world. I mean, they don’t care if we beat other teams from the Americas -but BY GOD WE ARE NOT BEATING ANY EUROPEAN TEAMS. You guys can admit that I’m ...

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New Shoes, New Shoes, New SHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOES.

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Filed under: Fashion Feed of SL, Fashion Planet, INQ, MV-SL-Fashion, MV-SL-General, Nocturne, Second Life, Shopaholic Feed, Stylish

I remember consulting with image experts for a new branding campaign for an organization several years ago. Our logo and materials were all red and white and the consultants wanted us to add blue. I wanted to avoid using exploitative associations with the flag to attract support. The consultants explained that red, white and blue ad campaign color really had nothing to do with the flag, but with trying to draw both genders. Women are drawn to red and men to blue and it’s likely that our membership was 65% women was due as much to our color choices as our program. Well, that’s not true, there is a gender gap on social and economic policy, but adding blue did result in increasing the percentage of men in the organization to around 40%. I think that’s just wild that a color could do that, but I have to acknowledge that ...

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Long ago and far away I read a book  called The Octopus by Frank Norris – a story of the exploitation of the wheat growers of California. It’s central truths, though, were as applicable to the farmers of the Midwest that I knew and their history that lead to the creation of the Grange and the Farmers Union – so I have a soft spot in my heart for that book, even though it is not very well written. One of the most memorable things about the book for me were the occasional bits of expository meanderings that began “The Wheat! The Wheat!” I saw those four words and knew it was here-we-go-again time.  “The Wheat! The Wheat!” has forever been able to send me into a fit of giggles ever since. So, of course, this post featuring the lovey butterdish sim and this glorious combine has that phrase running ...

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Callie Cline released a cotton-candy sweet confection called the little glitter dress. Perfect name. It’s little, especially in length and it glitters with all the soft pastels of spring. I adore the dress and thought it was perfect for the softly romantic new Chloe skin from Exile.

The shoes are from Kookie – a fun pair of wedges that I have found irresistible lately.

I don’t know about you, but when my dress is that short, I have to wear tights. I chose one of my favorite pairs and now I have to apologize because they are no longer for sale. These are the G.L.A.M. Metallic Lycra Tintable Tights. They come in three shades of silvery gray that allow me to tint them to the color and shade I want. There are alternatives at many stores and you can search for tintable tights, but for me. I love these. Love, ...

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Back to the 70′s is what it feels like for this post, and I LOVE THESE JEANS!

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Filed under: Fashion Feed of SL, Fashion Planet, INQ, MV-SL-Fashion, MV-SL-General, Nocturne, Second Life

There’s nothing like showing a little strategically placed skin to up the OOOH Factor in a dress. Did I say little? The Ohara dress from Elisea Carter takes the strategically placed concept to the ultimate level.

This is not a dress for shy people as there’s glimpses of skin from head to toe, but with fabric in all the necessary spot’ it’s arrestingly beautiful without getting you arrested.

The back of the dress is what initially drew my eye in the store. I love the two necklaces that come with it. They were however, much too large and since it was no mod and did not have a resize script. I was able to return them to the owner (this is a no copy/transferable dress) who sent me replacements with resize scripts.

The outfit is one of those complete head-to-toe outfits complete with jewelry and shoes. Generally, I prefer to ...

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Sometimes an outfit is just dreamy with soft, gentle colors – all flowing and romantic. That’s the case with this one, though the dreaminess begins with the stunning hair from BOON. The new XFE275 hair from BOON is an amazing confection that I like think came out of dreams – nice, misty dreams or roses and romance.

The Mirage dress from SwanSong combines a corseted bodice with a full multi-layered skirt that makes me think of ballerinas and dancing on clouds. The back of the dress laces up as you can see in the first photo.

I added the Nishar leggings from Zaara (50% off sale at Zaara this week) as I loved the way the cherry blossoms up the leg connected the shoes to the dress so beautifully. The shoes are new wedges from Kookie and I am loving them.

The jewelry is from Illusions – an old set I have had for about two years, but still lovely as ever.  The makeup is Brooke from 5th & Oxford – a very romantic and gentle skin with the softness I wanted for such a dreamy outfit.

Now, I don’t usually edit the photos much in photoshop beyond cropping and adjusting levels to get the light right – but this was such a dream outfit I could not resist using the one really fancy filter I have called Dreamy Photo – it’s a free filter that you can download from AutoFX – and that link goes right to the filter so you can see what it does and download it if you like. The filter’s present makes the photos too blurry so I dialed it back from 70% to 20% on the blending to make it less blurry – but still dreamy enough.

****STYLE NOTES******
Promotional Copies are denoted by a Bold R

• Poses: Reel Expression
• Skin: 5th & Oxford Brooke Fair Subtle 3 R
• Eyes: Poetic Colors Caribbean Reef Medium
• Lashes: Lelutka Diva Prim Lashes
• Hair: Boon XFE275
• Nails: PXL Creations
• Dress: SwanSong Mirage Dress
• Shoes: Kookie City Wedges
• Leggins: Zaara Nishara Leggings art prints white
• Jewelry: Illusions Rosalyn Set

Tagged: 5th & Oxford, Boon, Illusions, Kookie, Reel Expression, SwanSong, Zaara

Flachra Lach of Essentia sent me a this incredibly delicate and beautiful necklace and earrings with an announcement that there was a 50% off sale at Essentia through June 7th. I haven’t had a chance to get the picture up until today which means you have one more shopping day at 50% off. When I saw the necklace I knew I really wanted to show it – and so began to build a look for it. My first impulse was something Southwest with the feeling of Taos and deserts and all that, but I quickly decided that was too obvious and started wandering around my inventory folder. It was a fun exploration that helped me clean up a bit of the inventory, too. In the end, though I abandoned Taos for India and indulged in a lot of casual Zaara which is really timely because there’s a 50% off sale at Zaara as well.

I put on the Zaara Isis blouse in white – a gorgeous and flexible blouse that allows you to wear it tucked or untucked. I then thought I would find some nice wide-legged pants or palazzo pants for a super casual patio look, but these Satin Pants from Lelutka caught my eye. With the tight buttoned cuff below the wide legs, they remind me a bit of the uniforms from the Raj. I then added a jacket from Zaara and as soon as I put it on, I changed the blouse from white to lilac to tie everything together better.

That meant I just had to pop over to Zaara to pick up her new shoes. They are scripted to allow you to change the colors across the top so you can really have fun with your outfits. With the teal bottoms, I chose the purple tops to tie the entire outfit together with one item.

Colorful eye makeup from Lelutka and the softly casual updo from Detour complete the look. Here you can see exactly how delicate and intricate the earrings are with the finely made golden feathers.

****STYLE NOTES******
Promotional Copies are denoted by a Bold R

• Poses: Reel Expression
• Skin: Lelutka Ife
• Eyes: Poetic Colors Night Forest Medium
• Lashes: Lelutka Diva Prim Lashes
• Hair: Detour Beloved
• Nails: PXL Creations
• Jacket: Zaara Inka Jacket
• Top: Zaara Isis Shirt
• Pants: Lelutka Satin Pants
• Shoes: Zaara Iliada Mojri
• Jewelry: Essentia Montana Feather Necklace & Earrings R, Zaara KAshiti Bobble Ring

Tagged: Detour, Essentia, LeLutKa, Reel Expression, Zaara

Flutter Memel of Flowey has caught the building virus and has made a couple of  ueber cute sky boxes. This is one of them”White.Lies” It’s 7×7, so really  fit to be on any plot.

For the decoration I turned to Art Dummy! from Gala Charron and LISP bazaar from Pandora Popstar.

From Art Dummy!: Chalk Dust bed, Sitting Dummy Candle, Standing Dummy Candle, Pandora’s Wooden Legs chair

From LISP Bazaar: Rattan trunk  (with 2 loose, texture change cushions), Message in a Bottle collection, Life is Beautiful molded shelf (with candles and pottery), Nautical Rug, Montmartre white Easel.

Other used items: LP2 flower color 3, Nocc Ivy

Filed under: Art Dummy, Builds & Interior design, Flowey, LISP

After the wall and window, a billboard just had to be next, right? I found it hilarious that the background sky in the stock image was so clear, devoid of any clouds, it had me wanting wind light in there, which is funny, because with my settings so that I see things the way I need to, I don’t have clouds either, pretty much other than the tone, that is exactly how I see the sky day to day.

One of the hardest things with clothes making to work with I think, would have to be prints. The way the mesh works, and distorts, and then of course the upper and lower portion of the top half of the body. Who knew you had to make the bottom part larger to get it to match? well luckily for us, many creators do know that, and LeeZu actually did a great tutorial on just that recently on her website.

Click HERE to read more at Sasypants.com .

Filed under: Fashion Feed of SL, Fashion Planet, INQ, MV-SL-Fashion, MV-SL-General, Nocturne, Second Life, Shopaholic Feed

1006, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.

During one of my many attempts to downscale my inventory, I came across this dress again. It has been in there since… well.. I think since September 16, 2006, which is the day after I originally rezzed, and it was kinda old back then already. It has survived every inventory cleaning so far though and I think that it still looks pretty amazing after all this time, right?

Chip Midnight was one of the first designers around, and probably, the first ever to make photoreal skins commercially available to SL residents (many still use his templates for skins). I don’t know if he ever logs in these days, my guess is, he doesn’t because his profile still links back to onrez,  but his shop is around still (charter members got a plot of free land for life) . It is like a step back in time, vendors with models in system hair (he actually still sells some textured system hair models!), skins which now look bad, but at some time were top of the bill (do consider the fantasy skins though, they are still wonderful, though to today’s standard, expensive), some clothing that just makes me smile when I look at it because… well, because it’s just so very 2005…. But among all the fossils of SL, there are also a few gems like this dress. If you like SLvintage, Chip’s shop is definitely worth the TP.

Anyway, I am rambling, lets just jump to the credits:

Hair: Kasumi in sand by KIn
Skin: Candy sunkissed (beta) by PXL Creations*
Eyes: Brown green by Fashionably Dead

Dress: Soft Cowled dress by Chip Midnight
Belt: Cinch belt plum by fri.day
Purse: dream.catcher bag in pink, by fri.day
Shoes: Baby T’s in berry by Pixel Mode
Jewelry: Celestial in platinum by alaMood*

Slurls are listed here.

Filed under: AlaMood, CMFF, Fashionably Dead, fri.day, LOTD, MV-SL-Fashion, Pixel Mode, PXL Creations

Well, don’t tell their spouses and partners, but I think that Saschi Vixen of Adam n Eve, Sissy Pessoa of Baiastice and Chance Greatrex of DARE must have had at least a mental mènage á trois because their creations work together so perfectly. When I saw the Adam n Eve Chrome skin I immediately thought of Baiastice more avant designs with a futuristic edge. Putting them together, I knew I wanted a different aesthetic for the poses than the usual and pulled out DARE’s magnificent homage to the art of Robert Longo. I love what the three create together in the pictures I shot at Omega Point. I shot most of the poses in the set if you care to click through to see the rest.

I wanted strong, editorial shoes as well so I chose the Gos Dare Booties with color scripted toes. Yes, you can color your toes chrome, it just takes a few tries. It was easier than I expected thanks to the several preset tones including a white/near white tone.

Baiastice’s Luna outfit combines futuristic form with very traditional fabrics. The corset top would as easily suit a saloon girl in the 1890 as this chroma-girl of the 2890s. The rich brocade prints are equally vintage in design, but they are cut, shaped and fitted into a completely futuristic form in the pants and jacket.

The Chrome skin from Adam n Eve is beautifully contoured to highlight every movement which lends itself delightfully to the unusual shapes and movement of the Robert Longo poses from DARE. I love how the sheen accentuates the poses.

A melange of silver jewelry from Rozoregalia, +plus, U&R Dogs and Kraftika blend into a powerful addition to the outfit.I really wanted strong jewelry so doubled up, for example, with the Rozoregalia Hydra Handring and the DeLa bangle on this hand – and U&R Dogs Rings and a +plus bangle on the other.

The small details matter, too, so I hopped over to Poetic Colors to find eyes that would work with my idea. The Fairytale eyes don’t have the normal whites of the eyes so they seemed the perfect choice – especially as they are half off this weekend. The lashes are from MiaMai – No Alpha No 4 and have lovely little gems set into the lashes.  The hair is from Tami McCoy – a soft style with a strong schock of white. By the way, since we are zoomed this close, take a look at the marvelous detail in the shoulder fabric. Beautiful!

***STYLE NOTES******
Promotional Copies are denoted by a Bold R

• Poses: DARE R. Long Poses R
• Skin: Adam n Eve Chrome Natural R
• Eyes: Poetic Colors Cinderella Fairy Tale Eyes Medium
• Lashes: MiaMai No Alpha No 4
• Hair: Tami McCoy Reckless Coconut
• Outfit: Baiastice Luna Azure R
• Shoes: Gos Dare Bootie R
• Jewelry: Rozoregalia Hydra Necklace, Rozoregalia Hydra Handring R, Kraftika No 117 Turquoise Earrings, U&R Dogs Novellette Ring, +plus Wide Bangle in Silver, DeLa Vicente Bangle b

Tagged: +plus, Adam N Eve, Baiastice, DARE, Gos, kraftika, MiaMai, Poetic Colors, RozoRegalia, Tami McCoy, U&R Dogs

One of my favourite things as a blogger, is when colour palettes just work. Even more exciting is when one has nothing to do with the other, and yet somehow they match.

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Filed under: Fashion Feed of SL, Fashion Planet, INQ, MV-SL-Fashion, MV-SL-General, Nocturne, Second Life, Shopaholic Feed

Look of the Day, June 5, 2010, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.

Hair: Cricket in sand, by Kin
Skin: Candy (sunkissed, cateye, pale lips ) beta by PXL Creations
Eyes: Zbilja leaves by Exodi
Shape: custom, made by me. Not available

Blouse: Prairie blouse in brown, by So Many Styles
Skirt: Seaside sweetie skirt in robin, by 5th & Oxford
Shoes: Zimmy flats in brown by Shiny Things
Jewelry: Wild leaves in copper by Dark Mouse

SLurls are listed here

Filed under: 5th & Oxford, Dark Mouse, Exodi, Kin, LOTD, MV-SL-Fashion, Shiny Things, SMS

Tiny Bird: Painted Bird Dress, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.

Tiny Bird is offering some really cute things for 50 L$ Friday this week. One of them being this Painted Bird dress. Autumn Hykova recently ventured into making clothing, next to her renowned hair collection, and so far, her designs are totally cute and well made.

After today, this dress will be available at the normal price, so go get it while it’s (extra) cheap (and buy the purple one and the 2 new Mykonos tops too!!)

Other need to knows: skin Taylor by League, Hair cricket by Kin and hemp boardwalkers by Surf Couture.

SLurls are listed here

Filed under: 50 L$ Friday, Kin, League, MV-SL-Fashion, Surf Couture, Tiny Bird

The Petal Dress from Modern Gypsy is such a delicate color and billows so softly around the body that wearing it, I felt like I was wearing a cloud. It’s a cloud with a more solid satin inner cloud and a diaphounous, soft and sheer outer cloud, but it’s a cloud.

I wore the lovely DeLa Stella sandals with the huge floppy bow. The only proper attire while wearing clouds is shoes with bows.

Of course, if you wear a cloud you need delicately made jewelry like this set from La Forgia which is unironically named Delicate.

The hair is from 0 Style and the skin from Tuli – the marvelous Tuli skin with makeup suited for a cloud.

****STYLE NOTES******
No promotional items in this outfit

• Poses: Sweet Lovely Cute
• Skin: Tuli Eva
• Eyes: Poetic Colors Night Forest Medium
• Lashes: Lelutka Diva Prim Lashes
• Hair: 0 Style Salla
• Dress: Modern Gypsy Petal Dress
• Shoes: DeLa Stella Pumps
• Jewelry: Delicate Set by La Forgia

Tagged: 0 Style, DeLa, La Forgia, Modern Gypsy, Sweet Lovely Cute, tuli

New @ Truth 100604, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.

Yesterday there was somewhat of a panic on plurk. Truth hair day… but…. where is the hair??? Oh my, we are so conditioned to Thursday Hairday that people plurk around frantically to see if they can get their weekly fix.

Best proof that regular, scheduled releases work!!

Anyway, today I woke up to an offline from Truth with the wonderful words: Truth Hawks has offered you ‘TRUTH New Release 4 June 2010′ in Second Life. Log in to accept or decline the offer”

Now I am not going to pretend this is as good as early morning sex, but, for your resident hair addict, it gets close. And Mr. Hawks is a top hair crack dealer… he always knows how to make me happy.

This week’s hair clockwise, starting with the updo: Tina, Lourdes and Marni (streaked and non streaked included in the pack)

<3, Grazia

Filed under: MV-SL-Fashion, Truth

This week’s designers are:

Tres Blah – http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Horst/119/139/25

Young Urban -  http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Bill/203/79/43

Duboo* -  http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SUEDLAND/131/128/22

RC Cluster - http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Salchicha%20Harbor/79/156/22

Sand Shack Surf Co - http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/artilleri/131/175/24

Katat0nik -  http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SUEDLAND/131/128/22

Pididdle -  http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Horst/70/237/21

Reek - http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SUEDLAND/131/128/22

Tiny Bird – http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Festivale/156/81/24

League -  http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Duende/153/133/39

The Loft -  http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Loft%20II/127/241/21

HAPPY FRIDAY!!

Filed under: Avanista, Bargain – Sale!, Events, Fashion, Fashion Feed of SL, Fashion Feeds, Fashion ShopaholicFeed, Fashion World of SL, Fashionista, Furniture, Hair, LAgroove Ragu, Lifestyle, Makeover, Music, Nightlife, Second Life Fashion, Summer, Travel

Look of the Day, June 4, 2010, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.

Skin: Gina by Tuli (The Dressing Room exclusive available for 2 weeks, starting Saturday, June 5, 2010) (preview) *
Hair: Model Hair 20, type A by Waka & Yuki
Eyes: Glow blue large by PXL Creations
Shape: Lola by /GEEZ/. Normally Tuli’s skins inspire me to create sweet/soft looks. But this time around, I am rather pleased with the strong and more mature look Gina has, using my Lola shape.

Sweater: Where is the Line pullover (gray/gray) by EHA
Trousers: Chaldea spring by Lelutka
Shoes: Mercy white by Orange Creations*
Jewelry: Kalnera Lapis by alaMood*

Slurls are listed here

Filed under: /GEEZ/, AlaMood, Armidi, EHA, LeLutka, LOTD, MV-SL-Fashion, Orange Creations, Tuli, Waka & Yuki

posted by Gidge Uriza

Yaaaaawn Stretch. Hiyas everyone. You all have Callie Cline to blame for my transformation into the most spoiled kitty on The Grid. I just went over to buy a couple of dresses, but there it was, the tail by Psychotic Neko for Callie Cline and the diamond Nekoture ears…….and I was hooked. Come on, how could I not love something THIS girly?

I thought I’d torture you and make you follow the glammiest, prissiest kitty ever around for a day. There are even two SUPER SPECIAL GUEST STARS in today’s post, but you gotta WAIT for them!

To start our kitty day, we need a bath. NO, we are not afraid of water. As long as the water comes from a fancy roman bath…….quit staring, you bum lookers.

After that I’m ready to start my day. I’m a fairly lazy kitty, but I like a bit of outdoorsy fun,so I head off to play some tennis.

Yes I always play wearing all my jewels. Don’t you? After I got all sweaty and gross playing tennis I headed off to the day spa to relax and get beautiful. And after a massage and a style I felt much better.

I felt so good, as a matter of fact, that I decided I should go have a nap on the beach at Artilleri.

I’m a cat, I sleep a lot, what do you want from me? After I napped for a while I decided that it wasn’t a proper day out on the grid without some dancing, so I popped into a random place and danced with strangers.

While dancing with random peoples who weren’t as pretty or as prissy as me, I realized that I actually knew someone who owned a club, and I really ought to patronize his place, especially since he just built this NEW club. But when I got there, I was too tired to dance, so I laid out by his pool instead.

When I’d had my fill of sunbathing and lounging, I decided I was hungry so I rang up my friend Clio and we headed to the sushi bar.

We stuffed ourselves on the most giant sashimi you have ever seen. I highly recommend this place. And the sushi vendor was extremely well skilled…..for a hair designer named Kavar . He must be moonlighting………..

Random Pic of me and Clio.No,my hand didn't vanish into my thigh.You are imagining that.

After dining on delicious sushi I headed over to our friend QXI’s gallery THE HOUSE OF QXI to enjoy some of her erotic art. Pervy, eh?

After SUCH a busy day, it was great to get back to our place, mainland or no, and just chill out with Silo.

And now come to think of it, I believe you’ll have to excuse us if you don’t mind. Please enjoy the style notes while we have some private time, okay?

Style Notes:

Ok THERE ARE A BUNCH HERE WE GO:

Neko Gear:

• Ears- Nekoture Diamond Neko Ears by Callie Cline
• Tail – PSYCHOTIC NEKO for CALLIE CLINE – Extreme Tail

HAIR AND SKIN

• Skin – Laqroki – Jennie 07 FAIR
• Hair – All Hair from Pocket Mirrors

JEWELRY – ALL Jewelry – from Callie Cline – THE ROCK Collection

Clothes:

• Chemise – Blowpop – Felice in Snow Leopard
• Bedroom Slippers – 5th & Oxford – Little Miss Maribou
• Tennis Outfit – Nick Ree – Anita
• Tennis shoes – A-Bomb – Nazumi Sneakers
• Spa Outfit – Top – SN@TCH Superstar bathing suit top, Pants Artilleri – First Mate,Shoes – A-Bomb- Nazumi Sneakers
• Bikini – SN@TCH – Superstar Bikini
• Club and Sushi Bar Outfit – Top – Adam nEve Kitty Tank, Pants – Cupcakes White Jeans, Belt – Callie Cline Rocker Girl Belt, Boots Callie Cline
• Formal Gown – Sascha’s Designs – Bejewelled
• Lingerie – Kunglers- Rachel

AND THANK YOU TO OUR SUPER SPECIAL GUEST STARS LET’S HEAR IT FOR ………….

THE BEAUTIFUL and TALENTED CLIO CARDIFF…..

And the handsome and also VERY talented Mister KAVAR CLEANSLATE!

Thank you both for being good sports and putting up with my silliness today!

Now the rest of you………go away, really!

Tagged: 5th&oxford, A-Bomb, Adam N Eve, amacci, artilleri, Callie Cline, Cupcakes, fashioin, fashion, Kunglers, Laqroki, Nicky Ree, Pocket Mirrors, psychotic neko, Sascha’s Designs, Second Life, Sn@tch

Sweet Lovely Cute is the name of a pose store that Gogo introduced me to the other day. The poses are adorable, making it a very well-named store. However, I think the name suits this dress from Modern Gypsy equally well. I love floral prints for summer – they make me happy.

What could be more fun with a floral print than a pair of shoes with a big flower? These Bubbles Bizarre shoes from Baiastice are a fun choice.

The necklace is a group gift from Happy Mood from when they first opened. I added the wind chime earrings from Bliensen & MaiTai.

A soft spring color makeup from Baiastice and a casual updo from Clawtooth complete the outfit.

***STYLE NOTES******
Promotional Copies are denoted by a Bold R

• Poses: Sweet Lovely Cute
• Skin: Baiastice Casting Peach R
• Eyes: Poetic Colors Night Forest Medium
• Lashes: Lelutka Diva Prim Lashes
• Hair: Clawtooth Love Momo
• Dress: Modern Gypsy Mivera Day Dress
• Shoes: Baiastice Bubbles Bizarre
• Jewelry: Happy Mood Duck Pendant – group gift; Bliensen & MaiTai Wind Chime Earrings R

Tagged: Baistice, Bliensen & Maitai, Clawtooth, Happy Mood, Modern Gypsy, Sweet Lovely Cute

Look of the Day, June 3, 2010, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.

Skin: Elle Dark Mocha 5 by Belleza
Hair: Many in sensitive black by fri.day (scarf colored)
Shape: Grace by /GEEZ/ modded
Eyes: Glow by PXL Creations (large, blue)

Dress: Bloem swim dress blue by Designing Nicky Ree
Belt: Cinch belt blue by fri.day
Shoes: Basic pumps cobalt by fri.day
Glasses: Greta white by Artilleri
Purse: Dream catcher bag cobalt by fri.day

I did this look before I saw this plurk by Parvarti Monday, announcing a summer sale starting this friday!! So yeah, good reason to stack up on some of their goodies.

Slurls are listed here

Filed under: /GEEZ/, Artilleri, Belleza, fri.day, LOTD, MV-SL-Fashion, Nicky Ree

Posted by Gidge Uriza

This is just a quick note to say Welcome Back to one of the mainstay stores on the Grid and a thanks to a couple of my favorite creators. Sachi sent out a gift bag to bloggers with skins and clothes and hair to announce their grand re-opening a few days ago but I’m sloooooooooow posting.

So welcome back and we’re glad to see you back with such fun and enthusiasm. Click this link for their blog and to see the really festive metallic skins she’s recently posted!

This is more of a congrats on your grand re-opening than a fashion post

CONGRATS!

Style Notes:

• Shape – Gidge Custom Shape
• Hair – Adam & Eve blogger gift – Willful
• Shirts - Adam & Eve  blogger gifts – hoody and tank
• Jeans – Yak & Yeti ripped jeans
• Jewelry – Dark Mouse-Twisted Bangles
• Boots – Dark Mouse – ...

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I feel dotty, oh so dotty
I feel dotty and witty and bright!
And I pity
Any girl who isn’t me tonight!

Well, it’s not a perfect fit for the I Feel Pretty lyrics, but this Princess Dotty dress from Modern Gypsy is definitely dotty, witty and bright, so why not? It’s certainly a fun way of looking at it.

Sticking with the fun theme, there’s the fun and witty and bright Studded Wedge Sandals from J’s. Particularly fun was my efforts to adjust the skin tone as I have become so used to shoes with the entire foot adjustable, I was so proud of my matching job until I realized that that’s actually my foot and it’s only the toes that are adjusted. Luckily, they matched as well.

Another fun element to this outfit are the Pretty Hands from Page 3. A prim nail set with color control hud ...

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100602, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.

Hair: Arq (black out) by Ploom
Skin: Elena 01 (peach) by LAQ
Shape: custom by /GEEZ/ for Elena (not available as of yet)

Dress: Floral Tulip Dress (pink) by So Many Styles
Blouse: Front knot shirt (blue) by Aoharu
Scarf: Mraz scarf (kiwi, colored) by Decoy
Shoes: Baby T (lime) by Pixel Mode

Slurls are listed here.

Filed under: Aoharu, Decoy, LAQ, MV-SL-Fashion, Pixel Mode, Ploom, SMS

WOOOHOOO Mannequin skins, with a kind of kinky twist I guess lol.

While I won’t be needing the xrated version of these skins, they do make great RP skins, or work perfectly for showing products. So as I had doing a window display in my head for the past few days now, this was the perfect excuse to give it a whirl. I am not a hundred percent happy with my layout, for one I should have a door in there somewhere so that the windowdresser person can get in and out to change the windows, but lets pretend these ones open from the front, and that if that was true the window wouldn’t be too heavy for the hinge and fall and crush my foot.

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Chrome Byte, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.

Chrome Byte is the name of this new specialty skin from sachi Vixen of Adam ‘n Eve. Honestly, I want that name for an alt!!

This skin is also available as Chrome Natural (without the chip “shining” through) and also in a gold version.

Fun for styling or RP, or just, because sometimes a silver accessory is just not enough.

Filed under: Adam 'n Eve, MV-SL-Fashion, skins

Look of the Day, June 1, 2010, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.

Another quick look:

Hair: Yuki in black ash by EHA
Skin: Grace (cream – Robin 1, make up not available) by Atomic
Shape: Grace by /GEEZ/

Blouse: Dress shirt (part of Rose Sweater) by Connors
Vest: Tea Hawks vest in Van Cleef by Whippet & Buck
Jeans: classic blue jeans by Zaara
Shoes: Ilaida Mojri saffron by Zaara

Scarf: Tanya Dupatta rut-aqua by Zaara
Earrings: Io earrings by Sigma Jewels

Slurls are listed here.

Filed under: /GEEZ/, Atomic, Connors, EHA, LOTD, MV-SL-Fashion, Sigma, Whippet & Buck, Zaara

On the 4th of June the Black and Blue Fair – Fashion for Mental Health Awareness -
will open it’s doors, or at least open it’s airspace to the public, seeing as I don’t think I actually noticed a door while there.

Keira Seerose and her team have put together an amazing event, combining space for dozens of stores all over Second Life, some familiar and some new to me brands, which makes this event a MUST ATTEND. All of the items are available only at the fair for it’s duration, but it is not only the range, but also the pricing that will have you right click buying everything in sight.

Click HERE to read more at Sasypants.com .

Filed under: Fashion Feed of SL, Fashion Planet, INQ, MV-SL-Fashion, MV-SL-General, Nocturne, Second Life

This outfit is all about the pants – even though with the high boots you only see a bit of them, that bit is enough because these are Pants of Power.  Well, actually, I just made that part up. Still the new Graphic Skinny Pants from Modern Gypsy are cool enough and simultaneously hot enough to turn heads 360 degrees – so that makes them  Pants of Power in my book.

Pants of power must be handled with care, so to reduce your exposure I wore a long tunic from Ce Cubic Effect and the shortest of J’s ThighHigh Boots. This kept exposure to a minimum to make sure no one’s pacemakers were damaged or some such.

After restraining myself so much with the pants – I went all out on the jewelry side with the YinYang Suri set from Ganked. I added one bracelet from Zaara instead of wearing ...

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House of Dashwood has produced a couple amazing dresses inspired by Alice in Wonderland – and my favorite was the Dark Hearts dress that is perfect for any Queen of Hearts with an edge.

I indulged the Queen’s wild side with the new Bare Fay fetish pumps from Stiletto Moody – with a wild zebra skin with a black and white texture that winks while echoing the black and white stripes of the sheer overskirt fabric.

Assorted pieces of onyx and silver jewelry from Zaara and a lovely updo from Clawtooth complement the wickedly regal look.

The smokey eyes and pale lips from this Keirak makeup option from Dutch Touch completes the look dramatically.

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Promotional Copies are denoted by a Bold R

• Poses: Reel Expression
• Skin: Dutch Touch Keira
• Eyes: Poetic Colors Night Forest Medium
• Lashes: Lelutka Diva Prim Lashes
• Hair: Clawtooth Love Momo
• Dress: Dashwood Dark Hearts ...

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I like this one even more than the other, I am going to have fun with this background etc.

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Filed under: Fashion Feed of SL, Fashion Planet, INQ, MV-SL-Fashion, MV-SL-General, Nocturne, Second Life, Shopaholic Feed

posted by Gidge Uriza

Anyone who has read this blog for any amount of time knows that I am FROM Indianapolis and that as far as I’m concerned the only reason the month of May exists is so that cars can scream around the Speedway for my pleasure.

I dug into my closet and came out with this excellent Seaside Sweetie set from 5th and Oxford to wear today to celebrate my favorite racing event. You gotta wear black and white, there are rules – especially if you are going to any sort of GOOD party. Plus, you may not know this, but the good people of Indianapolis cannot SEE the race, which starts in 31 minutes AS I type this.

Nope – they are blacked out. Can’t watch until about 6pm or so tonight. Isn’t that lame?

I am also bringing you some fresh new poses today, which is ...

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Look of the Day, May 30, 2010, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.

Clothes:
Jacket & blouse (including scarf) Voyage by June Dion @ bare Rose
HighSkirt by Onyx Leshelle @ Maitreya
Mercy shoes by Nut Barak @ Orange Creation

Jewelry:
Earrings l’Isle Joyeuse by Ruriko Jewell @ U&R Dogs
Ring Petrouchka by Ruriko Jewell @ U&R Dogs

Body:
Skin Grace (caramel, simplicity 1) by Ivy Graves @ Atomic
Hair Siri (bistre) by Onyx Leshelle @ Maitreya
Hair base black by Iki Ikarus @ Dutch Touch (SL2.0 only, not separately sold but included in the newest skin packs)
Eyes Allure Cocoa 3 by Launa Fauna @ L.Fauna.

SLurls are listed here.

Filed under: Atomic, BareRose, Dutch Touch, L.Fauna, LOTD, Maitreya, MV-SL-Fashion, Orange Creations, U&R Dogs

After the third crash I had to come back home, it was fun while it lasted though. Callie Cline just finished her latest build, and an impromptu party occured, a good old fashioned barn raising I think you would call it. I had to come home though and type this up, lots to do, lots to do.

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Filed under: Fashion Feed of SL, Fashion Planet, INQ, MV-SL-Fashion, MV-SL-General, Nocturne, Second Life, Shopaholic Feed

A reader commented that she felt cheated because I edit the pics on my blog, that in reality the textures looked all wrong and not looking alive. I am actually glad she commented this because truth is… I do… sometimes, edit pics that are featured on my blog. Like yesterday when I bloggged the Mercy shoes from Orange Creations, but I think you’d have to be blind not to realise it is edited.

What I never edit though are my LOTD pictures, other than that I crop them and add a border. I simply lack the PS skills to edit all my pics (it would take WAY too much time, and suck the fun right out of me) and besides, I think that products featured should reflect the actual quality as much as possible.

So to illustrate how I work when I take pictures, here is… a picture:

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Whippet & Buck Bonita Eyelet Dress, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.

It is no secret that I am a hard core fan of the work of Twiggy Whippet and Dakota Buck.  Kota is a long term friend of mine and I have been following her designs from the beginning ( I actually still have my Savvy? collection neatly tucked away in my inventory, and if it weren’t so mean to use items that are no longer available on the grid, I would use them in my outfits as well, because the designs still rock) and since Twiggy joined Kota in their current bran Whippet & Buck, the quality of said designs have only improved. The ladies have found their own, unique, style of laid back casual fashion, with amazing textures and a great fit of prim parts.

This is also the case with their latest release, the Bonita ...

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Mercy!, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz. Image edited in photoshop

RAWR!!!!!! Have Mercy indeed.. these are the new heels from Nut Barak, owner of Orange Creations. The previous heels were great already and these are better yet! On Mercy, Nut has enhanced the foot texture, adding a bit of a sheen, which makes the match with most skins better and there is an updated skin preset notecard available as well. These heels come in 14 colors and oh well, what can I say… I’m having a really great shoe weekend!

Filed under: MV-SL-Fashion, Orange Creations

This little cocktail dress is not Baiastice Neat, but a lovely little Baiastice Cocktail mixing one part Baiastice with one part Malt. The skirt is Baiastice’s lovely taffetta stripe skirt and the top is from Malt’s Florentia dress – and add-on frill that some perfectly complements the skirt that it looks like they were made to be together – a perfect martini of an outfit, stirred not shaken. I prefer gin and you stir gin martinis and shake vodka martinis, unless you’re just copying James Bond without knowing why he wants his shaken. Bond’s a vodka martini man, the poser!

The Electric Blue Saffron Pumps from Lelutka are a great option – tying it all back to the blue at the top after the purple and black stripes at the bottom of the skirt.

The Florentia frill is the perfect blue, but even more it has purple highlights that make ...

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