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

SOUTH FOR THE WINTER

I admit it. I totally stole the name for this post from these cool socks. But the shoes are delicious too.

Hmm. Read this body language.

Okay I'm really kind of shy and socially clueless. But if I have to be a nerdy librarian, can I be a littlebittasexy nerdy librarian?

Shirt: PixelDolls “Grace” (also includes flowy sleeves not shown)
Shorts: Phoenix Rising “Taylor” (this store is closing soon)
Socks: Tyranny Designs “South for the Winter” (past 50L Friday)
Shoes: G Field “Bow Strap Shoes ‘Kate’ ”
Necklace: Dark Mouse “Wild Leaves” (also includes earrings not shown)
Glasses: House of Curios “Skinny Framed Glasses #002”
Hair: Dernier Cri “Taylor”
Skin: Your Skin and Your Shape “Caroline TDR Sweet”
Eyes: Poetic Color “Night Rain”
Poses: Dismorph, Don’t Freak Out, PDA (store closed!)
Photostudio: N30

Love,
Serene

FASHION NO-NOs: a Blogger Challenge

Fashion No-No: HORIZONTAL STRIPES! What was I thinking? Can I really pull it off? Will fashion bloggers everywhere do a spit take and get me permabanned for all their ruined laptops?

I double dog dare you all to choose what you consider the most binding fashion rules ... and break them all, but make it look steaming hot! I chose horizontal stripes, but you might combine plaid and paisley, wear bling, or patent leather shoes made of non-sculpted prims. Go crazy!

I figured cute girls can get away with anything, but some color at the eyes and beautiful jewelry should pull your eyes away from stripes, stripes, stripes.

Fashion Rules were made to be broken.

Necklace: Mandala “Shaka” (versions with and without shadows)
Earrings: Zaara “Tarika Claw Earrings”
Ring: Yabusaka “10 Ring (Sai)”
Bodice: Just Me “Hailey Top Black Stripes” (sculpted)
Shirt: Tyranny Designs “Find Me In The Rain” (unavailable)
Leggings: Pink Outfitters “The Bandage Pant”
Shoes: A-Bomb “Gidge Shoes Zebra”
Hair: Bishwear “Sweeny” (Hair Fair)
Hairbase: Tiny Bird “Blacks”
Skin: Curio “:GP: Petal [Light] Lovely-Firehouse 2”
Eyes: Poetic Color “Night Rain”
Poses: ImpEle
Photostudio: N30

Love,
Serene

p.s. Please put links to your Fashion No-No's in comments, or put a link in the Fashion Bloggers Group Flickr, so I can list them here! :P

1. Keira Seerose "Dear Serene"

GEORGIE GIRL

Well the hair makes me think of Boy George.

(Indulge me while I think about the eighties. Not exactly Pat Benatar or Heart, not exactly John Cougar Mellencamp before he quietly abandoned his Cougar, more of a flashy Boy George or Stray-Cat-Strut kinda eighties. Fun!)

Admiring my Pony Earrings?

This guitar includes a HUD that lets you control several strums and stances to let you get your Rock on. This version was a gift in the Hunting9 hunt, but Kumaki is rapidly turning into a rockers' dream with guitars and gorgeous drum kits.

Guitar: Kumaki Glasses Style “K_gs MTG/hunting9 version” (guitar/animations/HUD)
Tattoo Sleeves: KatatOnik “(light) Sakura Storm Tattoo Sleeve 2”
Jacket: Touche “Ski Bunny Parka”
Shirt: Tyranny Designs “Find Me in the Rain”
Leggings: Ducknipple “Foul Purple” (on underwear layer)
Socks: Zenith “Star Socks” (gift)
Shoes: Creativ Design “Free Graffiti Sneakers” (free on XStreet)
Earrings: Mauve’s “MB’s Punk Pony Earrings” (DSN sample)
Hair: Posh “Zombielicious” (Zombie Popcorn Hunt gift)
Hair Braids: Exile “Laya Braid Attachment/ violetdawn”
Skin: Garage “Cyber Punk skin ton-3 mk-2”
Eyes: Poetic Color “Night Rain”
Photo Studio: N30

Love,
Serene

I MET MYSELF IN THE WOODS TODAY

And it turns out, I'm a little wild.

So many people are excited about the "Where the Wild Things Are"... it's inevitable that we've seen a few versions of Max costumes (not exact copies, but close enough). I like the rich texture and slightly darker color of this outfit from Tyranny Designs. The outfit includes the furry jacket and jeans, and also furry mittens and a scepter.

Outfit: Tyranny Designs “Wild Thing”
Shoes: Detour “Kickflip Sneakers”
Skin: Curio “:GP: Acorn [Dark] Lovely-High Tea 2”
Eyes: Poetic Color “Night Rain”
Hair: Miau Haus “Valen”
Poses: by Long Awkward Pose
Background Art: Maurice Sendak

Love,
Serene

HELL'S ANGEL

This costume starts with the helmet. This beauty from TonkTastic changes texture on touch to several finishes usable for military, wasteland punk, etc.; but my fave was this glossy black. The shine on the helmet did make it difficult to develop an outfit because the texture is so over-the-top, so I went looking for very shiny leathers, and the shine on this jacket from Heaven4D did not disappoint me. (It did take a while to adjust all the jacket prims to my shape but I don't mind.)

Added these rockin' pants from Goth1c0, which were a tad too lowrise for my taste so I pulled on a pair of my honey's undies. Don't worry, I took a clean one.

... yeah I have horns, I just keep them hidden under the helmet. ;P By the way, the Frick skin is a lovely prize from the Demonology Hunt. It comes in a pack of three skins: this white "Goth" skin, a dark charcoal gray skin, and a hell-demon-red skin. Don't miss.

Leather Jacket and Bra Set: Heaven 4D “H4D Survive02 Leather Jacket + Bra”
Helmet: TonkTastic “Steel Helmet”
Gloves: TonkTastic “Fingerless Biker Gloves”
Shirt: Tyranny Designs “Find me in the Rain”
Pants: Goth1c0 “Giger Leather Pants”
Shoes: Coco “BlackLeatherShoes” (Men’s CSR Prize)
Underpants: Armidi “[Intimizzio] Armidi Classic Briefs” (yeh that's in the men's section)
Skin: Frick “Nemesis – Goth” (Demonology Hunt Prize)
Eyes: Poetic Color “Night Rain”

Love,
Serene