I'M MELTING!

Time is flying by and there are only a few more days before most of the Holiday events close! I still have a few more things to show so I'd better hurry right? This dark and lovely jewelry set from Eclectica is fully customizable with different textures but my favorite colors came right out of the box. I matched them with a plush brocade jacket by Goth1c0, and some nice toasty warm boots. Here I stand indoors by the fire with my sweet Olaf. He thinks I am worth melting for.



Jewelry: Eclectica "Nightblooms" (at Gothmas by Gaslight)
Jacket: Goth1c0 "Salazar Aristocrat Jacket" (at Gothmas by Gaslight)
Boots: Venomous Rage Designs "Frost Bite Boots" (at Gothmas by Gaslight)
Leggings: Tee*fy "Lacey Duotone Leggings Purple" (vintage)
Hair: D!va "Daisy" (last year's Gacha)
Skin: Essences "Ingrid"
Eyes: Ikon "Ardent"
Lipstick: Dead Apples "Balm Stains Fall Colors Luscious Grape"
Lashes: by LeLutka
Ears: Mandala "Staking Ears Season 5" (at the Men's Department)
Hands: by SLink
Fingernails HUD: Third Time's the Charm "Tsy Gothic Nail Hud" (at Gothmas by Gaslight)
Snowman: MishMish "Snowman w/light" (at Inspiration Point Hunt)
Pose: by Label Motion

Love,
Serene

SNOWBERRIES

A few more of my favorite things from Gothmas by Gaslight. Just because it's gothy doesn't mean it can't be festive! I could get the pieces of the outfit to match the red in the dress because the wreath, jewels and tattoo are modifiable. I feel like Briar Rose all dressed and ready for a midnight ball.



Gown: Senzafine "Isadora" (Gothmas by Gaslight)
Jewels: Eclectica "Gothic Pearls" (texture change)(Gothmas by Gaslight)
Tattoo: Fallen Gods "Brier" (tintable)(Gothmas by Gaslight)
Wreath: Le Poppycock "Cardinal Love" (modifiable)(gift at the Chapter Four)
Hair: D!va "Giz"
Skin: Essences "Loulou"
Eyes: Ikon "Horizon"
Lipstick: Pink Acid "Overly Transparent Lip Gloss"
Ears: by Aitui
Hands: by SLink

Love,
Serene

LAST CALL

Last call today for Fashion for Life! It closes tonight at Midnight SLT. We've done so well! Thank you all for your fabulous support of this great cause. I have a few more outfits I bought there that I didn't write up but that's OK. We have a little more time!

Shoes from left to right:
Hollyhood "Blackberry" (at Fashion for Life)
Bliensen and Maitai "Bolero" (at Fashion for Life)
Essenz "Tampa" (at Fashion for Life)
Eclectica "Bohemian Salon" (at Fashion for Life)

Bags from top to bottom:
Duh! "Traveler's Bag" (at Fashion for Life)
Frogstar "My Safari Handbag" (at Fashion for Life)

Love,
Serene

TAILCOAT AND BREECHES

I picked up this loverly Tailcoat and paired it with some brocade breeches that I already had in my closet. Boom's Tailcoat is also available in a men's version and comes with a wonderful HUD that lets you customize the shirt, vest, buttons and tiepin. This is a keeper ladies!! Go try it on! You won't regret it.



Tailcoat/Shirt/Cravat: Boom "Sixty-Two Jacket Set" (w/ texture-change HUD)
Breeches: Panda Express "Cut at the Knee"
Pocketwatch: Eclectica "Mechanika Fob Watch" (recent gift)
Shoes: Lassitude and Ennui "Versailles" (tinted a darker shade of black)
Stockings: Atomic "Twinkle Tights"
Jewel: Plastik "Lys Circlet" (RFL version)
Hair: Wasabi Pills "Darienne"
Skin: Pink Fuel "Drow Night Pure" (w/ a whole bunch of appliers)
Eyes: Dead Apples "Shattered Silver"
Hands: by SLink
Lashes: LeLutka "Photoshoot II"
Horns: Half-Deer "Aventine Horns Black Magic" (gacha)
Poses: by Adorkable and Diesel Works

Love,
Serene

INSIDE AND OUT

It's easier to look good than to be good, isn't it?



Tending to what moves you on the inside is so much harder than applying that lipstick and mascara. Just try to be classy and treat each other well, okay? Don't be a monster.



Parasite: Death Row Designs "Spine Centipede" (Horrorfest)
Dress: LIV-Glam "Walk on By"
Necklace and Earrings: Eclectica "Opulence"
Hair: booN "WMO003" with gathered raised hairbase
Skin: Essences "Amaterasu"
Lipstick: Dead Apples "Balm Stains - Fall Colors" (YUMMY LIPS!)
Eyes: Ikon "Horizon"
Lashes: LeLutka "Photoshoot II"
Hands: by SLink
Fingernails: by Adore and Abhor
Poses: by Frozen Panty and Glitterati

Love,
Serene

QUIRKSOME

Are you afraid of my hat? Are the Animal Print lapels just too much? Have you seen shoulders this large since the nineteen-eighties? Were you even alive in the nineteen-eighties?



Do you mistrust people who wear black lipstick? Do you despise mismatching primary colors? Do you hate retro and vintage hodgepodge?



:D

Jacket: LIV Glam "Laurette Jacket" (part of new outfit)(texture change)
Necklace: Nylon Outfitters "Mrs. Smooshyface" (@the Arcade Gacha)
Hat: La Gyo "Hilda Headpiece" (@the Arcade Gacha)
Collar and Cuffs: Ladies Who Lunch "Red Trench" and "Teal Trench" (@the Arcade)
Earrings: Eclectica "Rhapsody in Blue" (@ Genre)
Ring: Maxi Gossamer "Atlantis Moon" (@ Fameshed)
Glasses: Baiastice "Candy Shades - Romantic Flowers rose/peach" (@the Arcade)
Sweater: Milk Motion ""My Crow Cardigan" (vintage)
Skirt: Aura "Ruffled Pencil Skirt" (vintage)
Shoes: Ingenue "Delphine Teal" (@the Arcade Gacha)
Hair: booN "ZGO223"
Skin: My Ugly Dorothy "Madam Black" (@the Dressing Room Fusion)
Eyes: Ikon "Ardent"
Lashes: LeLutka "Photoshoot II"
Poses: by Adorkable and Flowey

Love,
Serene

FASHION FOR LIFE 2013 five

If I'm going to show you all my delicious swag from Fashion for Life before the darn thing closes this weekend I'm really going to have to hurry ... 

Feathery Foufou: Feel "Black Swan" Set (Fashion for Life)
Dress: Sassy "Julia - Violet" (Fashion for Life)
Bodysuit: Sassy "Lace Bodysuit" (Bewbapalooza)
Undershirt: homemade
Ring: Eclectica "Bibelot Ring in Lilac and Gold" (Free*Style gacha)
Hair: Lamb "Witch"
Skin: Pink Fuel "Gacha -01-Purple Stripe" (the Arcade Gacha)
Eyes: Ikon "Horizon"
Pose: by Posesion (Fashion for Life)

Love,
Serene

FASHION FOR LIFE 2013 three

Relay for Life raises great sums of money every year for cancer research. Year after year. Sometimes it might seem as if the work will never be over.



But I think back. When I was a kid, the word "cancer" was roughly equivalent to the word "death". It isn't quite that bad anymore. We've made so much progress!



Let's keep on keepin' on :)

Jacket/Pants: Liv Glam "Etro Linen Outfit" (Fashion for Life)
Bodysuit: Nemesis "Friendship" (old)
Jewels: Eclectica "Bibelot" pendant, earrings and ring (Fashion for Life)
Shoes: J's "Ankle Boots Square"
Hair: booN "UUT664"
Skin: Amacci "Emma (Pale) - Rose" (Fashion for Life)
Eyes: Ikon "Horizon"
Lashes: Lelutka "Photoshoot II"
Poses: by Marukin

Love,
Serene

LAVENDER FIELDS

I'm sure I've said it before. I have a crush on Purple and Green, separately but even more together. My favorite color combination Evar. So please excuse me while I indulge myself.



Those of you who haven't visited the new Free*Style shop, you really must!! The prices range between L$0 - 50 and these strings of pearls from Lassitude and Ennui are amazingly one of the free gifts. One of my other favorite jewelry stores, Eclectica, has some lovely earrings there too, but I switched them out at the last second for these beauties from the mainstore. Go Free*Style now, what are you waiting for?



Top: Sassy! "Intrigue Blouse"
Pants: Lush Limited "Sherlock Pants - Forest"
Belt: fri.day "Wide Waist Belt (Sugar Plum)"
Shoes/Feet: SLink "Vintage 2-Stap Pumps" and "Medium Height Barefeet"
Earrings: Eclectica "Pearl Mixables Midlength Earrings"
Necklaces: Lassitude and Ennui "Stacked Pearls" (at Free*Style)
Hair: booN "YNO421"
Hairbases: booN "Gathered Raised Hairbase" and Tiny Bird (unavailable)
Skin: Curio ":GP: Moonbeam [Dark] Pout-Melancholy Baby 2"
Eyes: Ikon "Horizon"
Lashes: LeLutka "Photoshoot II"
Poses: by Adorkable

Love,
Serene

NIGHT ON THE TOWN

Ready for a glamorous night on the town? Loovus Dzevavor will have three new glam gowns at Vintage Fair. Fabulous, metallic, clingy in golds, silvers and coppers.



Eclectica's antique art nouveau jewels are lovely, elaborate and come with a HUD that both retextures and tints the tiara, earrings, necklace, bracelet and rings. Adore!



And I just had to photograph this classic car parked in the Monarch shop, suitable for Hepburn or Bacall. But they also have vintage military vehicles, limousines, taxis, even an old curtained hearse. Stop by for a visit!

Gown: Loovus Dzevavor "Novo Vestito" (mesh)(Vintage Fair)
Puff Sleeves: Bliss Couture "Puff Gloves" (Vintage Fair)(I cheated and wore only the puffs)
Jewels: Eclectica "Nouveau Leaves" (Vintage Fair)(texture/tint/shine HUD)
Hair: booN "DARE82"
Skin: Mother Goose "Dirty Dolly" (chosen for the pencilled eyebrows)
Eyes: Ikon "Horizon"
Shadow: Cheap Makeup "Zeitgeist Eye Makeup"
Lipstick: Redbird "Candied Lips Apple"
Poses: by oOo Studio (Vintage Fair)
Car: by Monarch
Location: Vintage Fair ... opens August 4th

Love,
Serene

IN THE DROWSY WOODS

The woods may be drowsy, but its Queen is not. I stalk the kingdom, assuring myself that every inch of it is always under my sway.

There is nothing left but the wild beasts of the wood and a few crumbling buildings that will soon be overcome by weeds and fungus. Few of the people who walk through even dare to speak.

But the Drowsy woods are still well worth seeing if you have the courage.

When I went to Chic Management's Back to Black Event I fell in love with this jacket from Molichino and I knew I had to style it into an Evil Queen's gown. I had fun swapping out pieces of Peqe's black outfits with all their sculpted pieces, and the gorgeous Lassitude and Ennui boots with their delicious stitched details. I will have to show one of the other colors of boots in brighter lighting :D ... please go see all the yummies!

Jacket: Molichino “Hope Jacket” (Back to Black Event)
Skirt: from the Peqe “Back to Jet” Gown (Back to Black Event)
Bodysuit: Nemesis “Friendship Bodysuit”
Leggings: from the Bare Rose “Luchador del Ruedo” Outfit
Lacy Undershirt: PixelDolls “Tintable Cami” (unavailable)
Boots: Lassitude and Ennui “Flutter Boots” (Back to Black Event)(mesh)
Crown: Eclectica “Regency Tiara” (texture change gems)
Tattoo: White Widow “Dream” (Zombie Popcorn Hunt prize)
Hair: booN “YNO421”
Hairbases: by booN and Tiny Bird
Skin: Mons “Back to Black Skin – cream lips” (Back to Black event)
Eyes: Ikon (aka Fashism) “Sunrise”
Lashes: Hebenon Vial “Dramatique”
Poses: by Long Awkward Pose and Marukin
Location: Drowsy

Love,
Serene

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