CABOCHON BRUNETTE

It starts with a worn and dark fluttery bird texture on my silentsparrow suit. This color of the Corbie Suit was a limited edition but there are several other colors available. I layered in Mr. Poet's shirt because I adore the ruffled collar and pinned the cabochon brooch on my lapel.

I'm not really much for long tails so I exhaled and buttoned on my corset.

Yes these Lassitude and Ennui boots again. They are modifiable, so I was playing around with tint. I love them in two-tone, don't you?

.. And I really wanted to show you the elaborate braiding on this delicious coif. BooN has a growing collection of hair that is intended for wear over a hairbase. I also wanted to mention that they have three sets of hairbases which I love because the hair is pulled back three ways to the crown of the head, the back, and down to the nape of the neck. I wore two hairbases together to get a look that I like.

Jacket: Silentsparrow “(penny) Corbie Jacket”
Shirt with Frilly Collar: Mr. Poet “Pleated Shirt”
Pants: Silentsparrow “(penny) Corbie Suit Pants”
Gloves: Silentsparrow “(penny) Corbie Gloves”
Brooch: Silentsparrow “(penny) Corbie Brooch”
Earrings: Lassitude and Ennui “Oreb” (with texture-change HUD)
Corset: Phoenix Rising “Echo Button Corset” (tinted buttons)
Boots: Lassitude and Ennui “Thecla” (tinted)
Skin: Curio “:GP: Acorn [Light] Sweetheart-Rose 1”
Hair: booN “KED937”
Hairbase 1: Tiny Bird “Blacks Pack Hairbase” (worn underneath)
Hairbase 2: booN “gathered raised hairbase”
Eyelashes: Exodi “Eyelashes”
Alpha Layer: Imabee “System eyelashes – begone!”
Eyebrows: Curio “:GP: Sweetheart Brows-Black”
Eyes: Poetic Color “Night Rain”
Poses: by Animazoo, Snooky’s and Long Awkward Pose
Photostudio: by N30

Love,
Serene

THE ART GEEK

Earthbound.

But always dreaming of more.

Maybe if I paint it well enough, someone else will catch my dreams.

I wish there was a chair tall enough to lift me into heaven. I don't have wings.

I liked the Kanji Shirt when I saw it in the window, but in the interest of fair disclosure there is a little bit of seam showing at the waist, so I grabbed my Sey hoodie and tied it around my waist to hide that little bitta schmutz. Off I went to the Museum. I haven't been there for a while and there are several new displays. Loved it!

Brush: Sanu “Year of the Rabbit Calligraphy Brush” (Magic of Oz Hunt Prize)
Totebag: Vooner “Marti Bag_art”
Shirt: SE*Designz “Kanji Doublelayer Shirt”
Shorts: Phoenix Rising “Taylor Shorts” (25L at the endless “Closing Sale”)
Tied Hoodie: Sey “maki2 hoodie_v3 [check] 9color” (texture change scripted)
Earrings: Concrete Flowers “Black Flapper Girl”
Scarf: MiaSnow “Flannel Scarf Grey” (OK, so I lied when I said I was giving up grey)
Hat/Hair: CheerNo “hair DUDU” (the Dressing Room)
Eyelashes: Glow Studio “Innocent.eyelashes – pure”
Alpha: Imabee “System Eyelashes – begone!”
Hairbase: booN “gathered raised hairbase pink”
Skin: Curio “:GP: Petal Frex [Light] Sweetheart-Rose 1”
Eyes: Poetic Color “Night Rain”
Poses: by Long Awkward Pose
Location: the Primtings Art Museum

Love,
Serene

ARE WE THERE YET?

Are we at Spring yet? I am going nuts from cold weather and being cooped up. I am finally hating all the blah blah blah colorless weather so I slammed together some prints and textures and bright colors, and went on the grid looking for something visually exciting.

I am still stuck with sweaters and knits for another month, but no more grey for a while. Not for me !!

Sweater: Ducknipple “Olive”
Leggings: MIU “leggings009 (star navy*green)” (gacha)
Glasses: Miel “Bella Peepers”
Belt: fri.day “Wide Waist.Belt (Teal)”
Boots: FIR & MNA “Wellies SH” (last Seasons Hunt)
Skin: Curio “:GP: Petal [Dark] Sweetheart-Rose 1”
Hair: Dernier Cri “Taylor”
Eyes: Poetic Color “Night Rain”
Eyebrows: Curio “:GP: Sweetheart Brows-Black”
Alpha: Imabee “System eyelashes – begone!”
Poses: by Dismorph and Glitterati
Location: Lunamaruna

Love,
Serene

THE COLOR OF LOVE

Red? Pink? No and no.

That's right, Chocolate.

I love candy, doesn't everyone?


Happy Valentines Day darlings!

Outfit: Bare Rose “Chocola” (everything including chocolate shoes!)
Earrings: Pididdle “Heavy Sleep”
Alpha: Imabee “System eyelashes – begone!”
Skin: Curio “:GP: Acorn [Dark] Sweetheart – Rose 2”
Brows: Curio “:GP: Sweetheart Brows – black” (tattoo layer)
Eyelashes: Glow Studio “Innocent.eyelashes – pure”
Hairbase: booN “gathered raised hairbase”
Hair: booN “QPT129”
Eyes: Poetic Color “Night Rain”
Poses: by Animazoo and Long Awkward Pose
Photostudio: by N30

Love,
Serene

FLEURS NOIRS

Je suis arrivé au château dans l'après-midi.

L'architecture était très vieux. L'art et la société ont été avant-gardiste.

Dans le soiree, je me tiens devant des flammes.

Hairpin: bubble “Antibes Hair Pin”
Jewels: Lassitude and Ennui “Bleeding Heart” (with texture change HUD)
Beaded Yoke: Whippet and Buck “Neelia Beaded Yoke Tank”
Dress: Gisaci “Silk Organza”
Leggings: Teefy “Floral Vintage”
Boots: CheerNo “Yaji Snake Black”
Hair: Clawtooth “Could I Resist?”
Skin: Glam Affair “Jadis Natural Dama” (TDR)
Alpha: Imabee “System eyelashes – begone!”
Eyelashes: Glow Studio “Innocent. eyelashes – pure”
Eyeshadow: Natural Beauty “Makeup set 14-makeup 4”
Eyes: Poetic Color “Night Rain”
Poses: Long Awkward Pose
Translator: http://translate.google.com/#enfr

Love,
Serene

BRONZE & TEMPERED STEEL

I bought this cute little jacket and shorts a while ago from L'Abel and finally found it. (Pfft I should be more prompt.) What I find intriguing about it is the combination of old fashioned with futuristic touches as there are flaring cuffs on the jacket and shorts, and angular shoulder pads. There is also a dramatic upstanding collar but I opted to wear the demure shirt collar instead. I think the Hat and Whip make it look more like a riding outfit.

Perhaps she is a time traveler who forgot to remove her glasses? This careless oversight may disrupt the space-time continuum.

(Mmm ... boots. Thank you for the delicious craftsmanship Ms. Ennui.)

Hat: Curio Obscura “Top Hat” (gift in store includes several colors)
Suit: L’Abel “Valja”
Shirt: Pink Outfitters “Bella Camicetta”
Socks: Tyranny Designs “Grandma’s Crusty Socks” (unavailable)
Boots: Lassitude and Ennui “Thecla”
Whip: Albion Importers “Hunting Whip” (unavailable)
Monocle: LPP “Doll Scouter” (comes with two versions)
Skin: Glam Affair “Eva Skin Winter Makeup 1”
Hair: Maitreya “Zoe”
Hairbase: booN “gathered lower hairbase”
Eyes: Poetic Color “Night Rain”
Alpha Layer: Imabee “System Eyelashes Begone!”
Poses: by Diesel Works and Snooky’s
Photostudio: by N30

Love,
Serene

MENstuff 4 of 4: Details

I don't usually go for this many piercings but this set was really well made. It's not looking perfect in this photo, but that's because Inotto's shape is freaky and assymetrical. I love the piercings in the bridge of the nose but I think I'll unlink and ditch the nosering ... and oO these eyes are a keeper! Yum.

I have to tell you, what wins me the most to a piece is craftsmanship. If I fall in love with beautiful details, I'm willing to step outside of my usual style to try something different. This vest for example? Its a little more "Southwestern" than my usual, or could be used in a "boho" look which isn't my usual either. But when I tried it on I took a closer look at the notions on this vest and my mouth hung open for a second.

The buttons on the front ...

... and the cinch on the back of the waist. The texture of the vest fabric is realistically puckered as you would expect if it was cinched. Job well done.

Skin: &Bean “Dear John Can of whoop-a**”
Eyes: MADesigns “Eyes_Nature – Nature Run” wow.

Piercings: Razorblade Jacket “Sweet Spiked Face” and “Spiked Ear Piercings”

Vest: Connors “Denim Vest Red” (with sculpted buttons and a buckled cinch in the back)
Shirt: SF Design “Virginian Dress Shirt” (part of outfit, not wearing collar)
Pants: Evoke “Wrecked Jeans”

Love,
Serene

MENstuff 3 of 4: Quirky Everyday

What's quirky about a sports jersey, you ask? The team I guess ... a guy who wears an obscure team isn't just on the bandwagon. I really wouldn't have wanted a Lakers shirt.

And why a picture of walking a dog? I have no idea.

Hockey Jersey: Violation Inc. “Ovechkin”
Pants: Evoke “Wrecked Jeans”

Shirt: arnadi “Tshirt Let the Dog Out”
Pants: Love-In-Idleness “Rocker Jeans”

Skin: &Bean “Dear John Can of whoop-a**”
Eyes: MADesigns “Eyes_Nature – Nature Run”

Everything shown is from the MENstuff hunt. Before you hunt you might like to peruse the official Landmarks and Hints page and view pics at their Flickr page.

Love,
Serene

MENstuff 2 of 4: Just for Laughs

It's a pretty sure thing that if something gives me a hard bellylaugh, I tuck it away in my inventory somewhere. I thought this chainmail would fall into the Roleplay category, until I saw the booty shorts. ;P Still, I had fun dressing the outfit up with shiney Helmet and Sword.

Chainmail: Prodigal “Rame Mesh Shirt w/ Chest Sling Gold”
Shorts: Prodigal “Leather Shorts w/Zipper”
Beard: Valiant & Sacred “2.0 Beard V1 – Tintable” (tattoo layer, more colors included)
Harbinger and Stormie “Rarius Fate” Sword (not a hunt gift)
Mysts of Time “Copper Hoplite Commander – Spartan Helm” (not a hunt gift)

Love,
Serene

p.s. I have to put Vitamen's pearl thong into the "Just For Laughs" category, but there was not a chance I was taking a picture of that. ... with my luck, I'd get pubes tangled in between the pearls. Ouch.

MENstuff 1 of 4: Roleplay

While selecting what to keep from this men's hunt, it suddenly occurred to me that the things that I keep usually fall into one of four categories, which seem to be perfect to talk about in four instalments of bloggity bloggage ... so part one is Roleplay gear.

So check out this military kit. The TShirt shows an old miltary-political propaganda piece, and you can't go wrong with camo and another set of kicks.

I love these, even though they don't meet all the benchmarks I set for my fashion boots. The boot construction is a bit old-school; each is made of two pieces that attach to the foot and the lower leg, istead of one piece with an alpha mask to hide the foot like the newer ones are made. These boots arent made of a zillion prims, with separate parts for each eyelet and section of shoelace. These boots have the shoelaces painted on. They don't change on touch to 15 colors. But if you like to Roleplay in a DCS or CCS sim with dozens of scripted weapons and combat meters, you might want to keep your boots simple. And if you look up close, the textures are beautiful.

Unless you're really new to Second Life, you know that there are roleplay communities for every genre of literature and movies. This one seems more or less old-west but if you lose the hat, remove the arm-bands, and swap out the collar for a frilly cravat, you could repurpose the rest of the outfit easily.

Here's another pair of shoes that is old-school in construction, but you never know when you will need gold-stitched paisley brocade. Right?

Shirt: b[ELLE]issima! “Propaganda Muscle Tee”
Pants: b[ELLE]issima! “Jeans – Cargo Pocket – Camo”
Boots: Deco “Test Boots – Newsprint”

Suit: SF Design “The Virginian”
Shoes: Fear & Clothing “Frankie Shoes – Paisley Gold”

Skin: &Bean “Dear John Can of whoop-a**”
Eyes: MADesigns “Eyes_Nature – Nature Run”

Everything shown is from the MENstuff hunt. Before you hunt you might like to peruse the official Landmarks and Hints page and view pics at their Flickr page.

Love,
Serene