Taille's Tales

Sublime Harmonies.

2009-01-12T17:07:00.005Z

It isn't often you happen upon a store that rocks you on your feet, particularly in Phil's Pad, as most are "been there, seen it, got the shirt and read the book" kinda setups. Sadly. BUT, on an up note, I'm pleased to report yet another wonder that has only recently come to my attention - Discord.

A phenomenal build - dark, gothy and creepy - beautifully textured and placed; it looks stunning. So much so that my little photographer's heart swelled and burst with joy, and I went a bit trigger happy trying out different settings and fiddling. :D

Then the clothes, hair, the accessories and the AO driven weaponry... By all that's good, everything in the store is magnificent, and there are very few items costing over L$250 (if ANY, indeed), with most set at a remarkable L$80 or L$99, with wigs starting at L$50! Yes, kiddies, that's right, L$50 fer fecks sake!

The creativity of Orange Meili has to be seen to be believed, and if you're an elf, neko, vampire, goth, or just into something a bit more interesting that might raise a brow or two, go and take a look. Hell, even if you're just curious, go have a look. You won't be disappointed.

Red Outfit - JOU-YOU L$99 (includes everything except the boots, and skin - comes with a hat that I decided not to wear).
Pink Outfit - DA-TEN L$99
Hair - [M-AO] Midnight Black & Metal Grey L$70

MAU's & MEJ's

2008-12-12T10:16:00.012Z

There are a few designers on 'the grid' that deserve our attention, for the items they make are, undoubtedly, extraordinary and beautiful. Some are builders of extraordinary talent, some are clothing designers with an eye for those things that make us all grab for our wallets, and some make skins of unparalleled beauty. There are even those that dabble, with both hands and every other digit, in a multitude of diversity, the most notable being Mej Shojo, Julia Hathor and Sunnivah Jiutai of **MAU’s & MEJ’s** emporium of utter delights.

Every item is crafted with great skill, and their landscape articles are utterly ravishing (check out their plants!), as well as unusual and cheap. In fact, cheap, quality for money, is what denotes this place of wonder, meaning that you get, to quote our American cousins, more 'bang for your buck' than many other places. In common with Bare Rose, **MAU's & MEJ's** is often overlooked, passed by or, simply not noticed amongst other gaudier presentations. Which is a damn shame...

I, for one, have always used this shop as somewhere to find the fantastical, particularly hair, and costumes, and the items have always proved to be versatile, with many layer options, as well as inventive and original. The other thing going for this sim is that it doesn't have the 'I'm-going-to-batter-people-to-death' lag common to some others. It’s a lovely place also, worth visiting simply for the tranquillity surrounding you as you wander, as well as providing much good shopping and bargains aplenty. So, my dears, I exhort you, plead on bended knee, scuffing my oh-so-carefully applied Crimbo prims, to take a stroll, and another long hard peek at one of Phil's Pad's overlooked treasures.

Stuffz:

Outfit - **MAU’s & MEJ’s** Fashionset *Ice Birdy* L$149
Jacket (part outfit) – SOLANGE! Kadin Blue/Silver L$750
Skin – [Rockberry] POE free
Hair – Calico Kitty POE free
Shoes – 24 Shoo, part of a set of freebies available in store
Jewellery – (Caroline’s) POE free
Tattoo - **MAU’s & MEJ’s** TribalTattoo tintable L$5

Homage.

2008-12-05T11:39:00.005Z

Here's my take on the Bare Rose challenge...

What can I say about June Dion except that she's an astonishing designer with a real eye for the exotic, amazing, and sometimes good old fashioned, bog-standard clothes, we all need. She's invariably cheap, and can be relied upon to produce great textures, and stuffz that you can always mix and match. She is deffo one of the best on the Grid, and I salute her. More power to your tablet, lady, says I...

Three cheers: Hip, hip, hooray, hip, hip, hooray, hip, hip, hooray!

In the pics I is wearing Night Magic, which comes in black, red, and blue, and Scorpio Lady. The shots were taken at: Solange Fashion and The Wastelands.

Winter is a-coming...

2008-11-28T10:52:00.003Z

It is cold at the moment, and not just in RL, but on the grid too, with many sims reflecting the Season of HUMBUG that will be upon us all too soon. Now, I'm not a grinch, but I do find the constant references to said to be tiresome, particularly with the exhortations to buy, Buy, BUY! we have shoved down our necks. However, I found some nice things to cheer me up, and I thought you might like to take a looksie at 'em.

First up, some rather splendid shoes by a new store (to me, anyhoo) with the splendid name of Riddle. They come in many, many colours, and have several sole choices included in the pack for a measly L$150 - which is fooking cheap, folks. They're also very well made.

The outfit I have decided to pair my shoes with is the rather splendid Carlyle by a Piece of Candy, priced at L$250, which has millions of layers. I am particularly enamoured with the sweater and the cowl neck as they fit like a dream and look fabboo. It's also a reason to dress snugly and channel my inner hippy, but the less said about that the better, methinks. :)) There is also an ongoing hunt at the moment for Blue Diamonds containing skins that are based on the Nora stuffz that you can read about in one of my earlier posts. At a L$1 each, this is a great way to spice up your look if you're on a budget.

I'm also wearing an Aveda hair by ETD, which I snagged in the sale for L$50, and the Bad skin (black) by MinaJunk which was lots of moolah... L$1000, but for something so damn gorgeous I don't care.

Happy shopping, and remember to fight off the crowds with something sharp and shiny.

Just Some Skins

2008-11-04T13:57:00.006Z

Now, I know that Eloh and her skins, and all permutations thereof, are old hat but, it must still be acknowledged by all that she revolutionised the availability of good skin when she gave out her files for NADA. I remember all too well being a noob, hankering after skins beyond my reckoning, drool leaching its way down the pixels of dreams... Ahh, sad times, my friends.

Anyhoo, while on my travels, I wandered to a sim called Maske, which is quite an industrialised sprawl, favouring Steampunk and Lolita odds 'n' sods. And found these little treasures all for the taking.

First up is {{Uncle Wiggily}}, who gives out all manner of cool stuffz for nothing. I'm particularly loving the wings and horns, as demonstrated by moi, but there's plenty of other things for the taking if they takes ya fancy. Leave a tip - I did.

On to the skin. Zero monies, they are an Eloh mod - quelle surprise - and a good one. They are called Another Mod - Full Perms Asian Skins, and are ably done by Chav Paderborn, the designer for The Steamstress and Burando. Again, lots of other free goodies, but you will need to look rather than beam in and out.

Fly Me to the Moon

2008-10-25T12:17:00.009+01:00

I've become addicted to Koinup, which leads me to explore any number of amazing places and to wear stuff that I would never consider before. Having always been an SF nerd (we all have our addictions), I scooted off and bought some Steam Punk gear for the recent competition hosted by said photographic site and thought I would show it off. Having said that, what I really want you all to go and look at is 109 Prims, which specialises in all manner of groovy things, including costumes, and the cutest dollarbie kitty to wear on your head. The build is also, without a doubt, abso-fuckin-gorgeous! If you don't believe me, go and have a look... So, muchachos, without further ado, what the hell are you waiting for? Go. NOW!

Clobber I'm wearing:

Skin - Minajunk exotic Red L$1000
Outfit - DE Second Coming L$395
Steampunk Wings (orgasmically good!) - Mochi Products L$100
Tanker Helmet (with goggles) - Mochi Products L$150
CyberArm Rusty Steampunk - PrimtroniCs L$269
Hemp rope tech belt fem - PrimtroniCs L$290

Here be Pirates... Arrr!

2008-09-19T17:59:00.005+01:00

My pirate name is:

Bloody Grace Bonney

Every pirate lives for something different. For some, it's the open sea. For others (the masochists), it's the food. For you, it's definitely the fighting. You can be a little bit unpredictable, but a pirate's life is far from full of certainties, so that fits in pretty well. Arr!

Get your own pirate name from piratequiz.com.
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Antiquity Tortuga is an awesome sim, and everybody should go there just to get the true feel for what it's like to be a Pirate buckling yer swash on the seven seas. I loved it, and took some pretty good piccies while I was there too, then did some shopping for the basque and the cutlass you land-lubbers do see. So, folks, some shopping - not much - but pretty amazing tourist stuff. Go have an adventure. :D

Super Exploring & A Bit of Shopping Too!

2008-09-07T17:40:00.003+01:00

Go to Cilix, because it has great stuff to buy and it is a bloody gorgeous build. There are any number of fantastically great bargains to be had and, as well as some of the better known designers - such as J of J's Shoes - there are some who are not well known but whose work is more than admirable. The dress I am sporting was a mere L$95 from SD Boutique, and is really lovely workmanship (that's the main SLurl, btw, cos I wants yas to take a look at the sim).

I have no idea who the brat in the picture with me is, he just appeared while I was trying to do my modeling thang and was looking for his 'mama' (???). So... if you're out there, 'mama', please can you come and collect the sprog. Thankee kindly.

Parting is such Sweet Sorrow

2008-08-30T11:18:00.006+01:00

As anyone knows, if you follow the blogs, Nora has shut up shop and buggered off, which is a shame as I have always liked her work, even if this av doesn't wear much. However, she has left a gift that is incredibly generous and pretty fucking amazing... skins. Not just any old skins, but excellent, beautiful, and detailed and they are FREE! She is also offering the PSD files here.

I ain't gonna get the puppies out, even if they are just a collection of pixels, but suffice to say, you won't be disappointed. I'm not, and I count myself as a serious skin whore, being completely entranced by Minajunk to the extent I wear nothing else. But I will be wearing this - you can count on it.

So... come and get 'em while they're hot!

Summat to Say - at last!

2008-06-20T16:12:00.006+01:00

Been away long time from the grid and the blog, but it's all because I rediscovered a previous passion i.e. writing. And not just some bollox about clothes, but stories, real fictioin with a SF bent. Now I ain't saying I'm good, but it does feel fine to be doing something with my head apart from working the live long day.

So what is the silly bird raving about, I hopefully hear at least a minute number say? Well, it's like this ya see, I was reading the blogs (like ya do) and I was suddenly stricken with the need for a shopping trip. Here are my finds:

QueenQueen outfits are so great, and while I like the pink number (ONE PIECE L$150), I have to say that the bodysuit, Psychedelic Number L$150, is just about my fave thing for ages. I had never heard of this designer, but the way the whole piece is put together is sexy. I'm wearing it with *aN* sweet pumpkin in black (sadly, this is no longer available as Anju Enoch doesn't seem to be making wigs now), minajunk skin Live Nolip01 L$1000, and Maitreya's Boot-alicious Suede Red L$250.

The other hair is from a great place called Little Heaven, and as soon as I saw this gorgeous pixie cut I had to have it. It was L$200, which for three sizes and all the wigs to fit male avs too, is pretty damn good. There are some camping chairs about too, which means this is a great sim to visit. I got me a free hair and backpack for my trouble, plus the sim itself is awesomely slummy and it is pissing down with rain. Go look, you will like it.

Oh yeah, plenty of poses for sale, and plenty of pose balls knocking about for all you budding would-be photographers.

Byeee...

New Kid in Town.

2008-05-20T22:25:00.007+01:00

I've been kinda desperate for something to show on this here little bloglet of mine, as I haven't a snowflake's chance in hell of beating the big boys at their game, so imagine my delight at a notice that turned up from FashCon for a little place called /AXEL with a freebie top attached. It caught my somewhat jaded attention after wading through the shiteloads of spam that you get so I shrugged my shoulders and went to take a look. And I have to say it ain't half bad, kiddies...

This little number is a very nice outfit that has two types of skirt - a sculptie version (shown here) and a rather nice knee length flexi skirt that could be worn with plenty of other things. I'm afraid that sculptie skirt attachments are totally impractical, although they do look damn good in the piccies, which is a shame. Suinna Outfit L$175.

I bought another top - Argyl Cardigan (Blue) L$75 - from the shop as all the items are reasonably priced so there is no unexpected kidney extraction to pay for any of it. I hope when the "shop proper" opens (only a temporary outlet at the mo) that this will be maintained as being well-dressed in SL™ should be something we all strive for diligently! Skirt shown on the right is the flexi version from the first outfit.

The free top is rather niftily modeled - if I say so myself, and I do :P - below. I must say that it is a rather sweet little thing and well drawn, as are all the items, with good textures and maybe, if I'm being a picky bish, some very small seam issues.

Rest of the stuff I have on my bod are:

House of Heart Hair 1st May New release Pack- Free gift
TESLA shoes - Jane Leopard L$50
ETD shoes - T-strap Peep Wedges L$100
*MM Luxe* Jewellery - Quartz crystal Circle Bangle (scripted) L$95
*REDGRAVE* Pale Skin 02 - Emma *oldrose* L$990
[SG*] Tote Bag - L$0

The necklace I seem to have mislaid; something incredibly easy to do in the vast reaches of a scarily deepening inventory. Take heed, do not be afraid to trash stuff! LOL

Baby, I'm BACK...

2008-05-10T09:52:00.004+01:00

So no blogging for some time, but then I ain't good at it, and oh my word, what terrible shennanigans there have been in the metaverse since my unscheduled absence. Minnu being depth-charged for plagiarism, and all that other bish-fest stuff... Wow. I'm just sad I managed to avoid it as there is nothing I like better than a bit of a brawl, provided I'm also on the winning team, that is. (Cowardice, you are my friend and I like living, so the maxim "live to fight another day" will NEVER apply to me. "Live to run" is more my style.) ;)

So what do I have for you to look at, then? Well, I like it, hence why it is here, so on with the descriptions and locations. Today I am mostly wearing:

A coat as a dress from a great little shop, AOI-YA, in JapaTown for the ridiculous price of L$40. The whole thing is adjustable, and the belt is a cute little thing attached to the skirt. Buttons are a separate prim attachment. This designer has got other things in the shop for sale that are cheap too, so browse as you may find something you like.
Tights are from *Sheer* and are L$100 for a "torn and lady-like" pack.
Free Tesla shoes, Shiny Felicity *Red* Slingback Stilettos, but these are probably not free anymore. Sowwy, folks.
Glasses from Nea-Ban for L$225 - Fujikat's Eyes.
Hair L$175 from House of Heart Design - the awesome Feral, which I HAD to have or I would've just curled up and died. You get five colours in the pack, so a real bargain plus this is a great group to join as there are regular freebies. Thanks, Sheltered Heart, from the bottom of my... er... heart. *coughs*
Free bag courtesy of (CS), and it is the lush, long-time-ago freebie, Hobo in Cherry Patent.
***REDGRAVE* skin, so NOT free, people, but beautiful and expensive, though not sooo bad that you need to sell a kidney, L$990 Pale Skin 02, Emma.
And last, my earrings are the lovely group gift from +plus *White Pearl Earring*. If you haven't been there, you must as the jewellery is utterly wicked.

Eat your heart out, George!

2008-04-21T17:47:00.006+01:00

I haven't been about for a few days and have missed all the hunts, finds and general mayhem on the grid for well over a week, so needed to spend, spend spend, just to make myself feel better again. Anyhoo, that's my excuse even if it is pathetic and feeble :P and, I decided I wanted a "LOOK" to make sure I overcompensated properly. I wasn't certain what look, and it took me an age to scour the sims for something to take my fancy, so here, mes amis, for your delectation and delight, is my take on the 80's without scary shoulder pads!

The clobber what I is wearing is a frock from !tb (though it's marketed as a jumper???) and was a canny L$100, and the hair is from Hiccup (you gotta love that gal, Tilly Tokyo) for L$175 - Aint Born typical - in the platinum pack. I have to say that this is such a great short cut that I'll prolly never take it of me head...EVER!

Tights were a problemo, but I managed to find something that really took my fancy from a designer I have never seen before. They come in loads of colours, and are very well made indeed - lovely textures. Plenty of pretty undies in the shop too, so go and check it out. Oh yeah, be prepared for surprising lady stuff on display; it made me laugh like a drain. LISA MARIE'S Flower Grey Socks were L$90 and have a sussy belt in the pack too.

Shoes are, of course, Armidi, and are the delectable, delicious, delightful and desirous Dhali Bow Platforms in silver, L$325. Not cheap, but soooo lush and requiring of alliteration that I will have to snap my own fingers so I type no longer.

I got the hat from Periquita, who has LONG time been one of my favourite shoemakers and seems to be extending her not inconsiderable talents towards other areas including sunnies and jewellery. Take a look at Free*Style if ya don't believe me. I had to fiddle with it so it would sit on the back of my head but I think it looks ace. Big Bow Hat L$100.

+plus is another new designer for me and I was impressed with the cost of all of the lovely items in the shop. My gorgeous new bangle was a measly L$60 so I got one in copper as well, and I had to have the fabboo giant patent clutch in grey for L$120 or I would probably have carked it there and then. I ain't much of a bag gurl, but I do like the odd one or two and this works quite nicely with my AO, which can be a right PITA when they don't. ::Tuli:: supplied the necklace for a further L$100, with two in the pack so's ya can choose an attachment area. Useful, particularly when you wanna have something else on your chest like maybe a prim skirt? Or a man??? LOL

Skin was ROSEMAR creampuff in almond Group giftie - /me blows kisses at Rosemary.

Retro Trash Slut :P

2008-04-11T01:04:00.005+01:00

BLAND is a new store and has some fine, fine things in there that I like muchly, sooo muchly that I bought a dress with a system skirt. Now considering the PITA that Wind-effing-Light is causing with system skirts I thought it was pretty bloody brave of me... And boy, am I pleased my hunch paid off.

It's a lovely dress, bright and cheery, and it is also styled with great flare. The only thing I'm sulky about is that there aren't many layers, and I do like 'em so cos you can mix and match the pieces every-which-way. Cost L$200 but I don't care as now I know everyone'll see me coming. LOL

I teamed it with the rather good Eloh another skin mod from Fancy Fairy called Marilyn, which comes with a nice shape that rather accurately portrays the sex icon to a "T" - available for L$100 (however, the Taille you see is all my own work). A damn fine price for some quality work, and it makes a gal look hotter than that tin roof - smokin'! There happen to be some other really fine pieces there too if you are into the fairy thing, and the scripted wings selling for L$200 are simply beautiful with hand painted textures. The bra peeking over the top of the dress is from Fancy Fairy too and is as free as a bird. Look for the Spring Lingerie set cos I know you won't be disappointed with its sheer loveliness.
Hair is from booN and is the great freebie that's still available in store, NMR32. I decided on blondie-locks to make certain I had that whole tartlet look down pat. Now, I think it works pretty damn good, but then I would. :D

Shoes and necklace both from *JetDoll*, and I blogged 'em previously so I hope you were paying attention to the cost ('cept I just remembered I couldn't find the shoes - meh) as I ain't repeating meself. Oh no...

Have fun and nighty, night all. xxx

Tree of Second Life™

2008-04-07T23:50:00.006+01:00

Not so much a fashion exhortation as a "Go and take a look at this awesome place...!" Not only are there great clothes - not for the fainthearted as they are stylish, beautiful and fairly pricey - including shoes, and jewellery, but there is the most stunning build and lovely gardens to explore and wander about. This has to be one of the prettiest places I have been in SL™ and, believe me, I've travelled the metaverse a fair old bit.

I did take a couple of "fashion" piccies cos I thought it would be a waste of a great opportunity. I am wearing today [Random] new Bow Tunic in cream, L$125 and the L$1 Very Skinny Jeans from the GNUbie Store (the very top floor of the shop). Hair by (JUNWAVE), wolf_short Black, L$60, and my skin is a ::Tuli:: S5 group gift and looks perfect for this casual look.

A quick word about (JUNWAVE)... the hair is cheap, and very, very good. Go there immediately!

Necklace from *JetDoll* for L$60, and it is sooo cute. Mmmmhmmm, I do love her stuff.

Have fun, my lovelies. xxx

Sleazy Motels.

2008-04-06T20:37:00.006+01:00

After a godawful day when the grid was as temperamental as an old 'ho, between crashes, no logins, and various other signs of borkdom, I finally managed to get on line to take a looksie at the new Starlust Motel and I was not disappointed. There are some great stores and the look of the place is just downright grimy - I LURVE it - there is even a corpse (or maybe one of THOSE dolls - ya know, the rubber sort? :X) in the pool, how cool is that? Some great freebies to be had, catering for a wide range of tastes, and I was well pleased to see another *Thimbles* store, as Melatonin Hax is fast becoming one of my fave designers.

I'm wearing the blue Awee Baby dress from (dress available at Starlust) *Thimbles*, which was a L$0, and on the desk there are a number of other items that cost zilch/nil/nada. Everything about this dress just shows what I love about *Thimbles*, from great textures, a sense of quirky styling and value for money. Even the full priced items are a bargain and very, very versatile coming in a number of layers making options pretty damn good.

I teamed it with the lush booN HNB27 L$220 in black, a gorgeous Fleur Vivant skin - Pin-up 3 Almond L$500 - Slink tied shirt in white, some silver leggings in a long-time-ago gift (Glam Rock dress) from *Punch Drunk* and the oh-so-lovely blue striped Anchors Away! heels from *JetDoll* and can't-recall-the-price-of-cos-I'm-a-twit, which I'll admit to drooling over. Kitty Pidgeon is also holding a 50% sale, so get a move on.

Necklace is from Tekeli-li!, who I had never heard of before (prolly cos it caters for fantasy) and it is the Sacred Heart piece at L$100. I think it is a complete bargain as the metal and gems are scripted to change colour so there are any number of outfits you can wear this with.

Cute bag is **Baby Monkey from her Great Big group gift and is the Grab Bag Peacock. Thanks Pixie, you're a real doll!

Enjoy the shoppin', muchachos! xxx

P.S. Windlight is a bish for lighting. Gah, experiments needed, I can see.

Too Lazy to Type.

2008-03-31T12:30:00.005+01:00

Sometimes I hate Firefox, especially when the damn thing decides it is going to throw a wobbly and crashes so that the stuff you've just written is lost. So now I am in cranky old cow mode and need to type everything again. /me takes a good swipe at the stoopid bloody engine.

Two lots of goodies for you today. First is a little retro dress from *pop feel* that was L$160 and is brand new on the walls. This is a designer that I have seen before and started to take a looong look at; she has other things of loveliness there too and there is some really competitive pricing going on. I liked this frock cos you could use the collar separately as a piece of jewellery with other outfits, and the top is sweet on its own teamed with a pair of jeans. Hair is the long-time-ago freebie from RaC, and I'm wearing a Cupcakes skin (Mimi Coral is a goddess - fact) that was L$100 for 8 skins - Love Pearl Marilyn - a bargain in anyone's book. It is also gorgeous, and glowy, which I absolutely love. The little crystal bracelet is from *MM*, L$95 - Pearlie Pedro - who make exquisite pieces that are very reasonably priced and come scripted so the metal changes colour. The tights are the free set from G.L.A.M., which is situated in the same sim as *MM* - so great shopping to be had there.

The second of my little finds is from the Sleepy Hollow sim, and I went there to check out Grim Babies because the whole concept made me howl like a drain. Sorry, I have a fairly sick sense of humour... well, I'm not really sorry cos I am actually pretty perverse. :P

Anyhoo, a great gothy sim with ace clobber to be had and some fabbo doll stuff, like keys and special skins. The clothes are awesomeness too. This outfit is from Go Ask Alice (**GAA), and was L$150, which is not a bad price at all when you see how much work is there. I love it and wore it with an Eloh Another Shop mod skin (Bella Morte) - I cannot for the life of me recall where I got it, though - and L$1 hair from Diversity, Stephanie. Looks pretty damn fine to me. The boots are from !!!Miyu design*, and are the long old boots 06 L$250.

Oh, oh... before I forget, the outfit comes with a great tophat too, but it wouldn't fit on my big hair.

WRONGNESS!

2008-03-30T12:04:00.006+01:00

Wow... on a roll here; two posts in two days. Anyhoo, I don't claim to have the greatest eye for fashion or stuff, but OMG, you have to ask yourself "WHY?" None of these looks is good, so don't go there, folks, please. The middle pic seems a tad ironic given where it was taken - a rather tasteful and highly popular emporium frequented by many a fashionista - so one can only hope that better boots were purchased. As for the sliders (bewbs on 100 are not good), hair, oil and general tackiness of it all, it's just too damn much. Sexy should be subtle, unless you really are trying for top whore?

Now I know style is an individual thing, and as such should be celebrated in all its variations, but I do despair of some looks that abound in SL. Ho hum... lemme know what ya think, if ya dare to.

No Eggscuse at all.

2008-03-29T19:54:00.006Z

Well, I have really, cos I've been busy in RL doing Glastonbury stuff - no sky dancing, folks, too damn cold! - which is an amazing place and if you have even the slightest leaning towards spirituality you should go see for yourself. It also has great pubs. :P

So, I was away for 6 days and when I came back a lot had happened in SL. No shit, I hear you cry. I missed so much good free stuff, I was busy chewing the back of my chair in plain despair. Well, almost. However there is some truly greeeaaaat stuff about now that Oestre has departed us, so take a looksie at these little gems...

First up, a new store by the name of BLAND, which is anything but. I bought a couple of absolutely gorgeous items, but the freebie box is so damn worthwhile I implore all to go get it. There is a dress, some undies/'kini and a T-shirt all for the stellar price of L$0. They are good too. Really good, hand-drawn textures with lovely details. Fabbo, dahlings!

The next freebie was from another new store I have never heard of before - VOGART - situated at a sim by the name of TRILOGY (216, 205, 598). It's a great place to look round too, and as the weather is a bit wet take a brolly and some wellies. Or a snorkel... take your pick. LOL The freeb is a lovely red gingham cami, with a little prim skirt that is moddable. Sadly, I had to wear my skinny Taille to wear it but it still looks really cute with ROSEMAR's free jeans. The skin is also a freeb from ROSEMAR (I love those skins, dammit) as a group giftie. JOIN, I tell you; Rosemary is generosity itself. The last item on my list was a group gift from the awesome, original and totally gobsmackingly good *KUROTSUBAKI* for March. Beautiful textures, seams and design, plus the little yellow flower in the free Bewitched hair I'm wearing is KEWT! The only not free stuff I have on today are the new shoes from Adam n Eve - Clomps - which are being flogged for the cheap as chips price of L$100 for a limited time. Get your booties to that there sim, kiddos! Jewellery does not count. Hehehe. Be safe all. xxx

HEADS UP ALL!

2008-03-15T12:39:00.002Z

I went over to take a look at the new ROSEMAR skins today, mostly because there is a great freebie offer on, and met their creator, Rosemary Galbraith. She is a lovely lady, and we got chatting about this and that despite her being completely knackered as she was WAAAY past her bedtime. Anyhoo...

The long and short of it is that you need to join the ROSEMAR update group as Rosemary will be giving all who join a FREE skin of their choice.

I suggest you get there quickish, and make sure you drop all your prims if the sim is busy! It's only polite. Oh yeah... be nice, people. This is a truly generous offer.

Four for the Price of None!

2008-03-15T10:34:00.011Z

I wanted to do something a bit more unusual today and show how you can get four great looks from two spectacular dresses that I have had sitting in my inventory for a bloody age. Separately both are what can be described as "The Mutt's Nuts" (just let your mind wander to the attention a male dog pays to certain parts of its anatomy - you'll get the reference), and look fantastic. They were also freebies, which makes this an even better deal.

In this shot I'm wearing the *Fireflies Boutique* dress top - Cosette - with the GHOST! - 7AM big ruffly, red skirt and glitch pants. They look as if they were made for each other. I also look like a gal that's been let down by some random wanker who couldn't be bothered to turn up, but that's another story... :X Personally, and you make your minds up medears, I think this is an awesome look, plus it reminds me of that dress Carrie from "Sex and the City" wore in the final episode? Don't ya LOVE that show?
The next shot shows the tops and bottoms reversed, and with the freeb (group giftie - go join!) belt from (PixelDolls) - Empress in black - I think it is another really great look. This is more salsa and cocktail where as the other is pure princess. Glad I shaved for this shot, and didn't do a Julia Roberts.

The skin is my fave freeb, S.Y.D. Autism, and I will wear it till all my pixels decay. LOL

Two sets of hair were used for these shots, both from ETD, and were a purchase I'm particularly fond of. The updo is called Shanna, L$175, and the long, black 'do' an AVEDA style (main SLurl) - Long Wavy - and retailed at L$100. AVEDA is also available at the ETD sim should you wanna risk the lag hell at the moment. Great freebies, btw, so get your hunting hat on and remember to say "ta muchly" if you see Elikapeka Tiramisu about! Thanks, Elika.

Shoes worn are my beloved ETD Heel Strap Platforms in red.

Remember, too, that you can just shift these back to the way the designers intended, hence four for none! I recommend everybody does this as it is a helluva way to make those Linden's go further. Same as in RL, a few pricey pieces and mix'n'match. Or, as here, free, free, free. LOL Enjoy!

Getting an Act Together!

2008-03-13T22:53:00.007Z

I'm not much of a blogger, me, cos they remind me of the pointless diaries I had given to me as a nipper from some well meaning reli at Crimbo. I never used them - still don't - and have only ever found the bizarre public holidays for other countries to be of interest. There's something to be said for those holidays though, and I believe it should be on the political agenda as Very Important Indeed. Are you listening, Gordon?

Anyhoo, enough rambling and on with the outfit. I love, love, love this dress because it is so not subtle, and I wanted loud. The texture on this dress isn't just loud, it is LOUD. No pathetic squeaking here, thankee greatly ma'am. Oh no... It's 60's style loveliness is from *DP Serendipity, a shop I have bought a few things from before. I recommend it highly as all of the things sold there are ace and there is a good range of price, though this little number ain't exactly newb friendly as it retails at L$160. The only complaint is that it doesn't come as a scripted skirt and will fall away to show midriff when the AO is attached. Being somewhat chunky for an av makes this a feckin' PITA. However...

As you can see, it is quite demure from the front but the back is a different matter as it shows off pretty shoulders wonderfully (er... not that I'm bigging mine up... even if they are LOL).

Because I'm a tramp, I'm wearing *Sheer* torn white tights, which are L$100 for the pack. There are a wide range of colours available as well as a couple of really awesome freebies. Go collect them because they will look great whatever your outfit is and visit the *Sheer* outlet at Le Zoo, where everybody should go cos it's great.

The curly hair I'm wearing is a giftie from the Bewitched Update Group that I have previously blogged. I have to admit though that I had no idea I had this cute little 'do' on my inventory until today. Which is a damn fine lesson about keeping on top of everything in there! If you let an inventory run away with itself, eventually they will be an event horizon from whence you will never return.

My skin is the lovely Wax Poetic Java Joe and was L$200, which is a very fair price indeed for this quality. Damn, I'm greatful there are some excellent skinners in SL now who put their work out for such a bargain.

Jewellery, bangle and earrings, was free from Rue D'Antibes ({JUNK})when the sim opened so I'm not certain if they still are. I hope everybody got the chance to explore this great place and pick them up, but if not go anyway as I love it there.

Beige snakeskin platforms came from Kitties Lair and are the much blogged new Tease! No, they were not cheap, but as I've pointed out before I am a self-confessed shoe slut of the first order and my soul went off to the devil a looooong time ago! /me clears throat... Um, L$290 - and cheap say I, defensively. I fell hard, medears, really hard.

Well, now I've managed to get an act together, I will hop off and do some more searching. Good hunting, my lovelies. xxx

Fly Me to A Sim...

2008-03-07T21:54:00.009Z

I like Minajunk, I really do, because she makes ace stuff and it looks effing great. Just look at this simply beautiful headpiece, which is completely FREE! That's right, muchachos, free. I feel certain that if she made shoes or any other thing then I would be there in a heartbeat. Mina has talent, I tell yas, real, bona fide talent. The little butterflies at the bottom are flexi and move when you do. Sweet...

The lovely dress is from Total Betty Boutique and is something I've had a while, just sitting there in my inventory, as you do, gathering pixelated dust until this very moment. I got it at the boutique in Son (175, 208, 27) when that sim opened, but the main store is now in Plush Rho (see SLurl) - this dress isn't available anymore as a freebie, sadly. However, there are some excellent dollarbies, and also a 50% sale going on. Worth a visit, definitely, as all of the clothes are good quality items and reasonably priced.

Hair came to me by way of a group gift from Bewitched, and I recommend that this is a group you join as you get many items to try out. It's a subscribe-a-matic so won't cost you one of your precious twenty five. The hair I have on is a pretty flexi number and long - I don't do long usually cos I'm not certain the mush (= face) can take it. Prefer to stick to short darks, but as you can see from the piccies, it do look damn fine.

Shoozies are a freeb from *ICING*, and are still in her little wardrobe (= closet), thank all that's good. They are colour-scripted so you can chop'n' change 'em as much as your greedy little hearts desire. Er... not that I think anyone is really... er... (/me throws away the shovel, and looks at her hands) Sowwy... :P There are some other fabbo freebie items and, if you are really really new, the great Jack 'n' Jill starter packs are there too. Buy *ICING* - bloody amazing, and utterly gorgeous, so much so that you should rifle any lurking man's pockets immediately.

As for the jewells, well what can I say apart from OMG, how LUSH and (ugh) SQUEE! They are part of the St. Paddy's day gifts from Sparkle Skye Designs (/me waves at Sparkle) and Alienbear Gupte, and you MUST join their groups to be able to get these special items. The location is at Member shop (ALienbear's Design) , priced at L$1. Remember to wear the group tag or you will be turned down flat. Oh yeah.. Sparkle's dress for this giveaway is really rather special, and I am saving it for the right moment. TY for some great gifts, ladies.

Skin I'm in is another freebie that has been blogged to death by all and sundry. Sadly, it appears I too must get on the bandwagon and rave, or salivate, about the sheer greatness of it all. Available at the Skin Fair from Wax Poetic it is the Emo Queen Frostine. Looks pretty damn good, methinks.

Well, my lovelies, I would have included a SLurl for Wax Poetic but I can't. The grid has finally declared that it wants nothing to do with me and booted me off. In other words, it crashed. Dammit! Ho hum, it's getting a bit late and I have stuff to do in RL so maybe it's a hint too?

Nightie night, all. xxxx

The Flowers that Bloom in the Spring?

2008-03-03T23:05:00.009Z

I always thought that lilacs bloomed in May, which happens to be one of my favourite months, but apparently Mimikri Kit had other ideas when she created this luscious little outfit way ahead of time? I bent the (self-imposed) rules of buying cheap because I truly NEEDED (like water to a dying wench) to have this ensemble. I feel certain there is some understanding about that? There is, surely? /me sighs...

Rightio... on with the important stuff. *Mimikri hot couture* has long been a favorite of mine and always produced some bloody fantastic pieces of clothing, with great flair and a keen eye for unusual trends. Mimi puts out lovely freebies too, and is a very approachable lady as she enjoys a chat with her customers if she's not too busy. The outfit comes in a number of very sultry colours, and is a lovely texture of extremely sparkly sequins. The skirt can be worn on its own with a plain top, so would be great to mix and match with other stuff from an inventory, making it very versatile. It also has that great new high waist on a jacket layer, giving even more options. Skirt comes in at L$150 and the jacket at L$110 so may be a bit beyond most newb budgets. Sorry folks.

However, at her Rue D'Antibes shop there is a gorgeous little posh frock for L$1, and while you are at it make certain you check out all of this sim. There is great shopping to be had, and it is a lovely place to meet friends for a stroll. Both the necklace and earrings were from the Rue and were a L$1 each (I ain't saying where, as it'll make you look).

My hair is from BP*, a grand little shop in Osaka with some cool lucky chairs. I just loved this style as it's quirky enough to set off Mimi's Joy outfit and give it a 20's twist. Available only in black and L$100 for two sizes in the pack. Osaka is definitely worth exploring as there are lots of things to be had for very little, and it is a lovely, lovely place too.

The shoes are from ETD, as blogged previously, and are the Heel Strap Platforms in steel. At L$175 I think they are a bargain - still! :D
The back view of the skirt and jacket, showing that unavoidable fault of system skirts i.e. making even a sensibly sized arse look as if it is akin to a continent.

Skin is the S.Y.D. Autism freeb.

Have a great time searching, exploring and shopping, my lovelies. Byee. xxx

To Be Free?

2008-03-01T23:24:00.006Z

Today I read a disturbing blog about how ungrateful the herd is to the designers that work in SL for the benefit of us all. I read that there are folk that actually demand changes to the freebies these designers give out, or abuse the staff that work in their stores. I am completely astounded that there exists a group of ill-mannered and ill-bred boors who believe that it is their right to have whatever they want delivered instantly. It appalls me.
I am, by admission, a freebie whore but, I can guarantee that as my alts, I have spent enormous amounts of money in many different stores across SL, and I have always found the designers to be helpful and polite. Yes, they may take time to get back to you if there is a problem, but they are busy, because, and here it takes a certain amount of imagination to access this information, they are making stuff for we who would otherwise be naked. It's true that I have not IM'd a designer to thank them for a freebie, but I have always done so if they have been present in the store, and allowed them to know how greatly I appreciate their work. So, for all those freebies I've taken, and not said thanks for, please accept them now.
Nuff said...

This outfit isn't free, so much as cheap, and I really like the look. Well, I would, wouldn't I?
The top and the jeans are both by Aleri Darkes who makes and designs Diversity Hair. The *AD* label is something I hadn't really looked at before, but it is really good as you can see from this rather gorgeous top I'm wearing. This is the neutral version, which retails at L$25. The jeans are L$13 and hug my arse like a sex-starved bloke.
The back view shows the amazing detail for the free lingerie that is available at Dutch Touch through the subscribe-a-matic group thingy-wotsit. And it is ace, my lovelies, abso-fuckin-lutely ace. Iki Ikarus makes wonderful clothes and if this av was a neko, or goth, I would own everything she's made twice over. Her skins are pretty bloody smashing too.
The skin I'm wearing is a gift from ***Digit Darkes***. It has a pile of other stuff in the folder to go with it, including another 3 skin tones, and tintable nail varnish, as well as several brow options. I love this skin; it is sexy, and smouldering, and makes me look HAWT. Which I am, in case there is any doubt... :P
My hair is another freebie from *booN, that I got the other day. It comes in a wide range of colours, and I wasn't sure till I wore it with this skin. Now I think it looks fine, fine, fine and boys can wear it too, but I think it looks way cute on ME!
Bracelets are from :::Sn@tch:::, who is a fine designer btw, as well as a generous one.
Shoes: see my previous blog, and the other bits of jewellery are ages old freebies from the Fash*Con Day when SL crashed. That necklace is my utter fave tho... ;)

Right, must away to beddy byes. Enjoy, people. xx

Shoes, glorious shoes!

2008-02-29T21:55:00.009Z

Today I will be mostly blogging about shoes. Why are they so expensive? Why do you need to have so many, and why does the latest sculptie offering result in almost complete heart failure? First though, I wanna know why some outrageously amazing designer hasn't copied Irregular Choice, which is my RL shoe crack (well... almost, along with a number of other designers - lots of other designers)? /me grips a random designer and shakes 'em hard screaming, "LOOK at the beauty of them...!" Please, please, please, someone... make these. (Pitiful, aren't I?)

Anyways, I have found the closest texture to these belongs to a sweet little set of shoozies from Aphrodite Creations that I promptly bought, thus breaking my solemn vow to be a cheapskate. I love AC footwear, and not just because Aphrodite gives out regular freebies to her update group - Machiavellian, moi? - but also because she puts real heart and sole... er... soul into them. They are beautifully realised, and make even SL feet look grand. These pretty little things come in a wide range of colours, and retail at L$150, which is damn good for shoes of this quality. Look for the Rosette pump; I feel certain you will be happy.

Yet another designer I have watched is Periquita, who has developed into - IMHO - one of the best shoe creators in SL. My alts possess a number of her creations, but Taille is blessed with a pair of Pink Elephant shoes that were the staggeringly good price of L$49. The textures are fucking amazing and the shoes look fabboo in the extreme. Judge for yourself, and while you are at it, head out to the shop. Erpla has a kind of funky, whackiness to her shoes that I just love and that makes me want more. These remain some of my fave shoes ever.

Imagine my delight when browsing Fashion Planet last night I saw that Tesla was offering up her Jane pumps for L$50. The Lindens were burning a hole in my pocket. Hot? Nay, my dears, they were positively radioactive. So I did indeed hotfoot it over there and purchased a pair of my fave animal print shoes (at the moment, I have a thing for leopard in RL too, with real designs on a pair of shoes from Faith) and gloated happily over them. They are so fine and as I lusted wretchedly after these shoes when they first arrived in SL, I can only tell you that I lurve them with all my heart. Purrr...

The next pair of shoes were a freebie from **Baby Monkey and I think this is a lady who is bound to become better known for her design. This particular pair are very, very pretty indeed, and I didn't take them off my toes for at least a week. This, I hasten to add, is good, as I am a shoe junkie and have been know to change them within the hour. I blame my goldfish attention span and the need for regular fixes of shiny. Look at the bows, the pretty flowers, and the really excellent stacked heel. All yummy goodness as far as I'm concerned.
Pixieplumb Flanaghan has an update group and she regularly gives out stuff to her fans, so it is definitely worth joining, and all these gifts come with a bag too. Good bags, I might add, very good.

Right, my lovelies, I hope you will go and take a look, and buy too, for there is much delight to be had in the purchase of a new pair of shoes.

All designers sucketh! ('specially the good 'uns)

2008-02-26T16:17:00.009Z

Last night I went shopping. Now, those who know me will understand that this hardly passes as a momentous event, or one that is truly noteworthy, but for this av (Taille shakes her butt at being referred to in the third person) shopping with money IS an event. In fact, I was so excited by what I found that I blew L$500 in less than 30 minutes! OK... not the most enormous budget you've ever seen spent at once, but this was supposed to last me for a month, people. Meh... I blame the shoes, and the skirt, and the hair, but most of all I blame the designers and the blogs for leading me into bad habits. Shame on you all, I cry.
First though, as I don't have enough money to buy a photosphere (/me watches sadly as her last few Lindens bleat piteously in the vast cavern of an empty purse) and it is an essential item when you are blogging clothing, I want to recommend that you stir your stumps and head to CF Plaza - A public use photo studio. They have everything you could want and it is all free - yes, that's right, FREE!

Onward with the clobber though:

the gorgeous skirt is from a new sim called AOHARU that Free*Style blogged about a couple of days ago. Just look at its total scrumptious taffeta-y-ness (no that isn't a word, but I don't care), and the way the fabric seems to drape so beautifully. The top is a freebie from KUROTSUBAKI, and is as lush a little number as you could ever wish to see. If you've never been there before, then it is worth a long visit as the main shop is set out like a house where you just wander from room to room. I found it charming and hugely different from the usual SL-chuck-em-at-the-walls stores, so much so that I bought a cardi - used flower - in red. It comes in brown too, but for some reason I need red. SOOO purty, and the print is simply... damn, not enough superlatives. LOL
My skin is the utterly sublime freebie -Autism Awareness light - from SYD/LaynieWear in response to the nonsense about autism, and the research, being spouted so fervently. I could so get on a soapbox about this as in RL I work with the autistic and more research is needed to even begin understanding this disability.
Hair is from SLink - a designer I've only just come across - and my how I adore this glossy, black look, called Space Oddity. And finally, but by no means least, are the new, gorgeous, wonderful and really very cheap indeed, covered Heel Strap Platforms in red (no, I don't have a thing about red - honest :P) from ETD. The new sim was lag hell last night, but geez on a stick, it was worth it. So worth it, that I've mugged my alt with all the gelt and am off to get another pair. Now... what colour shall I have???

WTF!

2008-02-24T12:36:00.011Z

Last night I decided I would go and do a bit of freebie collecting as I haven't been able to go on-line properly for a few days, due to RL stuff, and my, my, the grid was... er... busy. Now, I should know better, being a European (Brit, but what the hell), than to actually expect SL to be functioning normally at the weekend, but hope does, as they say, spring eternally. I took a few shots to show everybody just how borked it was; it is my belief that it truly surpassed itself last night.
That's me floating in mid air, waiting patiently for the sim to rez, which it did, after about 8 MINUTES! A girl could die waiting to get her free hair, and don't talk to me about TP. I SAID DON'T TALK TO ME ABOUT IT! My friend and I tried every-which way to get to places - the map, lm's, SLurls, begging for help (nearly) - and eventually had to go a circuitous route to get anywhere. Kinda one hop(e) at a time. :P
Anyhoo... here is a pic of my freebie outfit, which I thought looked way too cool not to add to my general gripe.
The jacket and top are both from Japanese sims:ECS katurin Park
and MoonCat Izumo, IZUMIYA, who manages to make clothes at ridiculously good prices . Shoes are an Adam n Eve cheapie (Stompi L$50) that can only be found if you lift your eyes above shoulder height, that is, second shelf: skirt is ::SC, and has red and blue in the pack as well : free Valentine Day hair from RaC (sadly, you need to get the dosh out of your creaking wallets for this now): skin and jewellery as before.

Take a look at this last shot. I have no idea what was happening as I had just got down from a cute kitty swing, and the grid sent me into some kind of gymnastic seizure where it would seem the lack of a backbone is of prime importance. /me shakes her head and constantly wonders why the hell she goes back to SL? Meh... such is 2nd Life. ROFL

2008-02-24T00:07:00.008Z

Little Town - Women's Clothing is a place I found quite by accident after getting some rather gorgeous freebie shoes from +tricolore+ update group. I had decided to check the sim out and wandered rather aimlessly until I found ::LT::. Now I ain't saying that all the clothes in here are top notch, or even of a style you don't see often in SL, but they are cheap and within the range of Newbies who are still camping for their cash. A nice little touch was the wall with instructions on how to edit your skirts so they fit, and who, when we were still walking round in system skin, wouldn't have KILLED to have that information at their hands?

Anyhoo... everything in the shop is no more than L$80, come with prim shoes (which are a personal choice I have to say, but what the hell) AND this cute-as-anything check number was L$30! I love the detail as it is really good with pintucks and lace on the bodice, and no seam issues that I can see. Here I've teamed it with the free skin from (IS) Eva Este - Valentina, and the bootiful boy hair from ETD (L$1) - Sleek.

The ever-so-sexy stilettos are from Maitreya at G.L.A.M. in response to the random and increasingly annoying thieving that seems to be such a big part of SL at the mo. All I gotta say to that and the arseholes doing it is : "Get a goddamn life and learn to do something for yourself!"
Earrings are from Miriel and have been blogged about a million times by lots and lots of other folks.

2008-02-17T11:57:00.006Z

This is <3>, and one of the best places to shop on the grid bar none! I kid you not... :D Mimi Coral is a goddess and has the most amazing clothes you are ever going to see - they are always beautifully textured, designed flawlessly, and make you look cuter than a very cute thing indeed. And let me tell you, there are plenty of cute things out there on the grid. LOL

Anyhoo, this here post be not about Cupcakes - oh no, indeed not - but about a little shop situated across from it named **The Closet** (main SLurl). Oh my... lions and tigers and bears... blah blah. Lovely, lovely things to go into a groaning, and simply horrid dysfunctional inventory (that is, already there's too damn much in it, grrr).

Look at this little blouse; it is so sweet and pretty... It was L$150 and makes you look like butter couldn't possible melt in your mouth, or indeed in or on any other part of your anatomy! It comes in a number of colours, and would look fab teamed with jeans or a skirt and little flat pumps.

However, this dress that I'm wearing - deadleaf - is so scrummy I could just scoop it up and eat it with a spoon. In every aspect it is beautiful with great texturing and a lovely boho chic feel. LS200
It has a prim belt that sets it off beautifully but I wore it with the new jacket layer belt from Nyte 'n' Day (a snip at L$49 with two colours in the pack), and a pair of freebie fishnet tights from (CS) as part of the Valentine drive. The bag is a group freeb too - (CS) Hobo in red, red patent - as is all my jewellery. Shoes, which you can't see, and I will blog later, are from **Baby Monkey.

So ladies, if you feel you wanna embrace your inner hippy, go take a look at **The Closet, I don't think you will be at all disappointed.

Oh yes... look who has mastered putting in the SLurls? What a clever piece of Taille I am.

2008-02-13T00:29:00.000Z

This is one of the displays for an excellent little shop I found while exploring, going by the name of Thimbles. Its main store is on a great new sim called Cherry Buttons & Moon Doggies that also has some of the cutest picnic areas I've seen in SL for quite some time. As you can see, the look is almost artilleri, but not, yet has a retro, rockerbilly loveliness I adore.

At the moment, Thimbles has a really great couple of freebies - socks and a cute set of pink Valentine T's - that have really good textures and finishing. I particularly like the frayed edges on the sleeves and neckline.

There are a number of other places worth a look too, like CG Couture, who is selling some mods of the Another Shop free skins for a snip. Well... I think L$25 is a steal, and when I think of how hard it was to be a noob over a year ago, things have moved on quite a lot! And this is despite all the hoo ha about contents theft ... (/me climbs off soapbox) ... er ... anyhoo, the pic on the right shows what I mean.

http://slurl.com/secondlife/MoonDoggies/176/48/27

This ere be the SLurl, and when I get better at putting these damn links in it'll say the place properly. For now, I'm certain any readers will forgive my incompetence and point a finger and laugh.

2008-02-09T11:23:00.001Z

This dress is a freebie from Vintage Clothing Reproductions. It screams Lucretia Borgia to me, and all I need is a small (or large... not sure which would be better) vial of poison... er... PERFUME. The hair is a group freebie from Calla; the skin - Tuli S5 - is also a Group gift. This look is scrumptious and totally right for a ball, or a special event, maybe even Valentine (sticks fingers in throat)?

Total cost is L$0

The jewellery is also free and from that amazing sim AMOREPACIFIC - worth a visit just for the location and the views. FabFree http://fabfree.wordpress.com/ blogs about it in real detail with some links to the specific areas so you can pick up more than the sparklies.

This shot shows the stunning details to the bodice.

2008-02-08T17:39:00.000Z

Well, a friend has suggested that I blog about my time in SL and I suppose that she is right as I really do spend most of my time shopping there. I used to spend an absolute fortune inworld but now I've found that you can really get some absolutely bloody amazing stuff for free or practically free (YAY for the dollerbie, say I). This has opened up a whole new way of life (hmmm?), and sorta broadened my SL experience.

However, what form this blog will take is anybody's guess. So, with that note, I say keep looking here... There may be interesting developments (she says darkly). LOL