Eat your heart out, George!

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

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™

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.

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.

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!

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.

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