Mar 192013
 

Contemplation

The birds they sang
at the break of day
Start again
I heard them say
Don’t dwell on what
has passed away
or what is yet to be.
Ah the wars they will
be fought again
The holy dove
She will be caught again
bought and sold
and bought again
the dove is never free.

Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack in everything
That’s how the light gets in.

Anthem - Leonard Cohen

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Body
Hair: >TRUTH< Sassy 2 w/Roots – jupiter
Skin: *League* Isla Pale Glamour Brunette (Chest C)

Outfit
Dress: [Etchaflesh] Nocturna Busty Lolita Dress

Accessories
Lolas ::: Tango ::: Mesh Breasts (spine)
Paper Couture; Garnet Nest Necklace – Red (marketplace only)
Paper Couture Vintage Black Earrings (marketplace only)

Poses
PDA

Location
Megastructure

 

 

 

Nov 152012
 

I shopped at Ann Taylor in SL 3Continuing on this Real Life/Second Life theme today, here is my take on Ann Taylor in Second Life.  For any of you not familiar with brand, Ann Taylor and The Loft by Ann Taylor, these speciality women’s stores are what I would classify as classic with a flair.  Along with great pieces for work, the stores also offer great accessories and some fabulous daytime to nighttime transition pieces.  The Ann Taylor store in particular also features cocktail/wedding attire that I really dig. 
I shopped at Ann Taylor in SL 2
The one of the latest accessory pieces at The Loft are flower lapel pins.  Let me tell ya, I loved these in the early 2000s and I still love them now. In fact I saw one in the store very similar to this hair corsage from Tomoto.  Woot, label pins for the WIN!

Okay that’s all I got today, so take care my friends and have a great Second Life!

Body
Hair: >TRUTH< Cyanne – fudge
Skin: *League* Isla Pale Glamour Brunette (Chest D)

Outfit
{mon tissu} Bristol Trench ~ Honey
:FANATIK: Pencil skirt leather coffee

Shoes
Slink Relax Boots Red

Accessories
(Yummy) Michelle Pearls (1 Strand)
Swallowtail Full Prim earring Pearl
tomoto, corsage des fleurs rouges (worn on chest)
*Shai* Virgo Satchel MESH – Sand

Poses
Diesel Works

Location
Mayfair

Nov 062012
 

Elle Portrat 110212

I am ALWAYS late to the party when it comes to Second Life fashion. I mean I try to keep up but with so much other stuff going on in my SL and in my RL, I fall way behind the rest of the bloggers. Plus when it comes to things like SL skins I am so picky. I have never been the kind to buy a skin just to blog it – it has to move me in some way.

Lately I have been really into photorealistic skins but sadly I am in the minority there. Most folks don’t want realism in their SL: They want pretty, smoothed skinned, fresh-faced avatars in their SL, particularly when it comes to Role Play. So I went on the hunt last week for a skin that didn’t make me feel like I was threatening my RP partner with time in the pokey for molesting a child! I looked all over SL and finally found two I really dig. The first I am featuring today – Isla from League.

One of the big reasons I have been drawn to League over the years is her skins have a very distinct look. With so many skin makers using full perm templates created by others out there these days, I haven’t a clue who is truly an original skin designer or not. My guess with Nena Janus though is her work is really her work. But please feel free to correct me if I am wrong :) .

Any who, here today is my take on Isla from League.  Oh the other designer’s works I happen to be wearing are from Truth, Junk and Mayfly. That’s it for now though, so take care my friends and have a great Second Life!

Aug 302012
 

My Neutral Palette
Body
Hair: >TRUTH< Froukje w/Roots – carrot
Skin: the body co. Summer (02 Ivory) red brows-
Makeup: the body co. Summer (02 Ivory) lipstick (fresh)
the body co. Summer (02 Ivory) eyeshadow (soft)

Outfit
tram -peplum top(Mesh)[cocoa]
*BOOM* Miami Linens (nutshell) MESH

Shoes
*COCO*_Thong Sandal_Natural

Accessories
sur+ [strawww hat]
[MANDALA]TAKAYAMA earring/Gold
*League* Wanderer Bracelet

Poses
Diesel Works

Location
Tram

Aug 052012
 

Vintage Fair 2
I really dig the Butterflies from Baffle featured at the Vintage Fair so I just HAD to take a photo of them. Enjoy!

Body
Hair: >TRUTH< Froukje w/Roots – carrot
Skin: the body co. Summer (01 Fair) red hairs
Makeup: the body co. Summer – makeup (star)

Outfit
***ArisAris Rig84 Sunset Stroll Vintage Fair 2012

Shoes
[monso] My Western Boots Vintage Fair 2012

Accessories
Baffle! [Paper Butterflies.] Vintage Fair 2012
Baiastice_Spring mesh straw hat-natural/red bow Vintage Fair 2012

Location
Treptower Park

Jul 102012
 

Ms. Lexington used to spend many an hour of SLife exploring sim, after sim, after sim, after sim. As a nerd girl, she wasn’t exactly getting a lot of bow chica bow bow offers obviously – she ain’t exactly a hot piece of ass, LOL. Because of this exploring was a way she would get rid of all those pent of frustrations she would have from time to time (Hey even nerd girls need some slovins’).  As from the previous post, Elle has decided to go full on retro by letting Lizzie Lexington post these days and art installs were definitely Lizzie’s thing; so to keep in the spirt of Lizzie’s TRIUMPHANT return to the blogosphere, a post on an art installation is definitely in order.

The Inevitability of Fate is a fabulous install by Rose Borchovski & Caer Balogh hosted at Rose’s sim, Two Fish. The story of the install tells the tale of Beth and Lot, mother and son – er maybe a daughter, separated by what appears to be the Holocaust. The install is both haunting and beautiful at the same time and extremely provocative in its sprit and presence. As you wander about the various components and vignettes, one cannot help but want to know more about Beth and Lot and how their lives would have been if they had escaped the war. But honestly, Lizzie should just shut-up and let the pictures do the talking. How about that? I say it sounds like a plan! So let’s take a look, shall we?

The Inevitability of Fate 5

The Inevitability of Fate 2

The Inevitability of Fate 4

The Inevitability of Fate 3

The Inevitability of Fate 1

For the windlight settings, I chose to go with the recommended light design of the creators – Bryn Oh’s Immersive Grey Dust. For only one of the photos shadows were used.  I opted to exclude shadows because I believe that for the most part residents seem to not use shadows for average daily use.  I highly recommend spending an hour or so at least at the install which will allow the visitor plenty time to explore.  That’s all I got folks. So till next time, happy exploring and have a great second life!

Click here to visit The Inevitability of Fate.

Body
Hair: >TRUTH< Marcia w/Roots – carrot
Skin: the body co. Lilac (02 Ivory) red brows-
Makeup: the body co. Summer (02 Ivory) makeup (meadow)

Outfit
Tee*fy Adelaide Basic Romper Splatter Dress Set

Shoes
ANEXX_LoaferPumps_Ivory

Accessories
(Yummy) Fanny Pack EXTREEEME!!! – Dazzling Golden Yellow
LaGyo Summer 2011 gift – Leilani corsage (still in the store too)
LaGyo_Paisley earring gold
Yellow Glasses from art Install
Various attachments from the art install

Poses
Bent

Location
The Inevitability of Fate

Jun 122012
 

A Lady who Lunches

It was almost 11:00am and the woman had yet to dress for scheduled lunch date with friends. She sat in front of her vanity mirror, with a makeup brush in one hand, as she stared at her reflection. “I am thirty-five today and what have I accomplished,” she said to herself as she began to apply her eye makeup. “I am college educated, haven’t worked in over ten years, married well – I live a life that many women merely dream of. So why do I feel so….bored.” She pressed her lips together as she examined her face, noticing the dewiness of a twenty something’s skin was slowly fading. “Blush,” she mumbled, “I need a new shade of blush and that should help bring back that fresh look I used to have.”

After she was done dressing, she stepped outside her New York City apartment and sauntered down the landing stairs. Once she reached the sidewalk, she stopped and looked up and down her Upper East Side street with smile. “Maybe this will be the year I change things up a bit,” she said to herself with a bit of a chuckle. “In fact, I might just take the subway today – I am feeling adventurous.” Throwing her head back in laughter, she began the walk to the subway station. With each step she began to feel once again like that twenty-three year old woman, newly arrived in the city she now calls home.

Body
Hair: >TRUTH< Alessandra w/Roots – carrot
Skin: the body co. Lilac (02 Ivory) red brows
Makeup: the body co. Lilac – makeup (sparkle)

Outfit
Donna Flora ARIEL POP
Maitreya Mesh Leggings – Quarry

Shoes
[PM] Pixel Mode : Baby T’s – Plain – Pale Pink

Accessories
P.C; Paper Couture Ombre Pearls Set
(fd) Fashionably Dead Jackalope Necklaces

Poses
Long Awkward Pose

Location
Mon Tissu at Lula

Mar 132012
 
I was feeling very “Joan” over the weekend so I thought I would express this in my outfit. Besides who doesn’t need to be a bit Joan in their first and second lives. I know that Caburus doesn’t mind one bit! :P

The location for this photo shoot is one of my all time favorite spots in SL. This Mar Vista rebuild is an excellent example of mid century architecture in the United States. Obviously I love me some Vintage, so it makes total sense that my choice of ideal style for my home in my real life will hopefully be in that genre.

Okay kids that’s all I got. So why not channel your own inner Joan one of these evenings in SL. I promise you it will be a ton of fun!

Body
Hair:>TRUTH< Leesa w/Roots – carrot
Skin:  the body co. Lilac  (01 Fair) red brows
Makeup:  the body co. Lilac (01 Fair) – lipstick (cute)
the body co. Lilac (01 Fair) – eyeshadow (everyday)
the body co.Lilac (01 Fair) – blush

Outfit
{mon tissu} Picnics & Flowers Cardigan ~ Orange 1
(Milk Motion) My flounced shirt
{mon tissu} Oxford Pencil Skirt ~ Sage 3
Accessories
Earrings from Dark Mouse Cascading Beads Copper
(W) Wrigglesworths Opal Cat-Eye Readers
(Yummy) Butterfly Collector Necklace
Shoes
[PM] Pixel Mode :  Baby T’s – Plain – Pale Pink
Poses
Olive Juice (closed for now) *cries*
Nov 012011
 

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 ”Mistress,” Tina said while showing me a pieced of parchment she had been glancing over. “Why is a letter tucked into my Master’s receipts for the location in Ar?” Tina was my companion’s slave and had been prior to his return to Ko-Ro-Ba from Ar. We had moved to Ko-Ro-Ba during my seventeenth Gorean year. The shop in Kassau had been merely an outpost for my Merchant mum and dad but Ko-Ro-Ba was their home stone. It was an old and distinguished Merchant House that I found myself a part of as a ward of my Merchant Mum. The main shop was in Ko-Ro-Ba but they also had a very large business holding, largely textile distribution, in Ar. Due to the success of their other interests and my design business, it made more since to move back to Ko-Ro-Ba. Plus, the travel routes to the Sardar were much less complicated from Ko-Ro-Ba and for all intensive purposes; my new customer’s were largely as a result of the quarterly fairs. My true parents reluctantly agreed but I continued to send them quarterly support payments with the employees that traveled back and forth between Kassau and Ko-Ro-Ba.

I was companioned to Tina’s Master at the tender age of eighteen in a quickly arranged contract between my Merchant Mum and my true parents, who were both brought to Ko-Ro-Ba to finalize things. I didn’t understand the need for it but my parents insisted it was to be. My companion was the son of the Lady Merchant, about 50 years older than me too. He was a strikingly handsome man and had never been companioned. Tina was his preferred slave. Oddly I liked Tina from the minute I met her and even though in public I normally act aloof and distant to her, in private she was my closest confidante.

Tina loved Silus, my companion, with her heart and soul and from all indications he loved Tina as well. I was eighteen and completely disinterested in being a doting companion to him so Tina took my place in that regard. I had my designs and my sketches and for now that was enough to make me feel complete. When asked my thoughts about the pending arrangement, I objected and quite strongly. But for the sake of my True family, I went through with it. “Not only will your earnings be yours, Elle, minus our standard fees,” the Lady Merchant said to me, “but you will also raise Caste with this arrangement. You will truly be of our family now and will also be in a position to help your parents if ever needed.”

Tina saved me time and time again from having to lie with Silus at night: He tried and tried and tried to get me to lay with him but every time I came up with some sort of ruse for Tina to intervene. Eventually we came up with a code phrase “Tina, did you wash my night dress today?” and with that, Tina would wield her slave magic upon him and seduce my companion with a mere touch to his strong jaw line.

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We did lie together enough to produce two children, a girl and a boy: The girl during my nineteenth Gorean year, Liesl and the boy during my Twentieth, Aleksandar. At times, Silus would frighten me in the manner in which he would look at me, his lust seething as he examined me with his eyes. So I resisted as much as I could his advances toward me. More times than not, Tina was the solution I sought. I knew as a Free Woman he must respect my decision to not lie with him and on top of that, I was the mother of his children.

Oddly after the second child, he offered me the Wine of the Noble Free Woman stating that the second pregnancy seemed to be hard on my figure. I agreed to take it but couldn’t help but wonder why he cared about my figure – he had Tina to lust over. Due to my repeated rebuffs to take our relationships into the his private room, whenever the year of our companionship contract was up for renewal, I always assumed he would not renew – but oddly every year he did.

All was good with the house. I enjoyed being a part of my Merchant Mum and Dad’s family and with my design business growing by leaps and bounds, I was able to procure my True Family a plot of land outside Ko-Ro-Ba and they happily moved there – along with my twelve younger brothers and sisters. But on that eventful day as Tina and I were reviewing the ledgers, things changed for me. It was during my twenty-third Gorean year when Tina and I found this letter – a letter that altered the way I looked at myself and the reason for my companionship, forever……

To Be Continued…….

Body
Hair: >TRUTH< Isla w/Roots – carrot
Skin: *League* Sia Medium Bloom

Outfit
*LadyLicious* Arrogance (Crimson Sky) including jewelry

Shoes
{AS} Arwen Creations  Ornate Platform Slides~Black Satin & Gold Stars

Poses
Bang

Location
Imperial Ar (under construction)

Oct 242011
 

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Body
Hair: >TRUTH< Billie – carrot (heavily modded)
Skin: Laqroki ~ Alva – [Fair] – 02 Outfit couverture*sucre >Khaki ::Type A

Accessories
[kk] KnickKnack Apron
[kk] KnickKnack The Baker’s Hat (heavily modified)

Shoes
>TRUTH< Mina Flats in Toffee (Not Available but really he should sell these on Marketplace)

Poses
Everglow

Location
Winterfell FNP

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