More Than Meets the Eye

Green, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.

Anyusha Lilienthal from Ibizarre makes some pretty fine clothes lately. The other day I showed you the orange vest. This time I got creative with her Paloma knit dress.While it is perfectly cute on its own, I combined it with the green Xanadu leggings from Truth, the yellow patent belt from Fleur, which I dyed in a matching green anf the Mraz scarf from Decoy, tinted as well. The locket is from Yummy. I didn’t recolour however the brown billow boots from Maitreya.

The skin is Indie, from Dutch Touch, which I like for the creamy body and the sexy mouth and the hair with beanie is Babyhoney from Truth

DNB Azalea Shoujo 6, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.

On Saturday at 2 pm SLT Fleur will re-open and will present their new build and the latest aditions to their vast skin range and massive make up collection.

I couldn’t resist posting this photo of a new skin in the Shoujo range. Roslin and CJ have added a slightly darker skin tone to this range for which I’ll be them for ever grateful. I love the pale Lotus and Lily, but Azalea is about the perfect complexion for these skins as far as I’m concerned.

LOTD081129_c, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.

When I saw this pair of aubergine Sgt. Pepper trousers from TOSL, I immediately had this look in mind. It’s perfect with the blue military coat from Muism, which I have bought ages ago, but never really found good use for. The look gets completed with the black glam tank from Michami, the pink border fringe stole from Massimo, the black gloves from Fleur with the Everbloom ring from Paper Couture and ETD‘s blue Heather boots.

The hair is Exile‘s Kaori, in blizzard and the skin will be released later on Saturday (2pm slt, do not miss out on that!) and is the lastest addition to Fleur‘s Boutique skins: DNB Shoujo 6 in a slightly darker complexion (Azalea).

LOTD081128, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.

I spotted these feathers on an otherwise quite outrageous outfit (Raindraa) at Barerose, and I wanted them. Luckily everything in that place is so convenient that you can actually afford to buy a set for just a feather collar.

I mixed it with the jacket of Paper Couture’s Nightengale outfit (dyed in a rich burgundy to match the feathers) and added the cuffs of the Raindraa outfit as well. Then I hopped over to Maitreya to get Maiiki’s black strapless dress with that gorgeous black patent belt. I really hope GLAM wil be back soon, because everyone should have their metallic tintable tights (free) which are just perfect to wear with a festive little outfit like this. The shoes are among my fave, the Laques from Storm Schmooz. The jewelry is from Muse, Marguerite Peakock feather.

Luth is the sassy short hair style that I’m wearing, from Philotic Energy and the skin is Fleur‘s Allure China Femme Fatale 1.

LOTD081127, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.

I really start to believe that Samara Barzane and yours truly might be twins, separated at birth. We have the tendency to be working on similar blog posts at the same time, although we hardly ever discuss what we are doing. This time I saw Sam’s latest blog entry popping up in my feed, when I was composing my outfit, with the same vest, only I picked another colour. All in all it has become quite a different outfit then hers though.

Anyway, on to the goodies: The vest is from Ibizarre, and I am wearing the mudcake t-shirt from Truth with it (for the boys, but I like the colour). The jeans are the new school jeans made by Torrid for the Kari/Torrid/Starley/Zyrra project. I should have bought the fatpack of the Creamshop mufflers straight away, because by now I have bought almost all the separates, this being the orange. The old laced boots were the first I ever bought at Shiny Things. The necklace is Carollin from Luc, and so is the bangle from the Hardwood set. The cap is from Kari.

My hair is Harlow, the latest from Maitreya, and the skin is Celebrity in Sugar, from Chai.

LOTD081126, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.

I like these glasses that Antonia Marat made for Artilleri, because they give you the intelligent, somewhat serious look. It reflects my mood. Not feeling funny or witty, but rather pensive and serious. That’s what you get when someone is dissing a friend out of spite. It’s pettyful, and eventually what goes around, will come around, but I won’t get carried away by it.

That being said, the skirt is the latest from Dela, the lovely basic old school turtleneck is from CKSD, the thin Electro belt I picked up at Kyoot Army, the tights are from Sheer, the shoes are my beloved black Tuli Pumps from Shiny Things and the necklace is from Icon.

The hair, Tiana, is currently a bargain at ETD‘s ongoing sale, and the skin is a beta but already a masterpiece from PXL Creations. Not yet finished, but such an amazing level of detail already. I’ve witnessed the loving creation of every single layer on this skin and it’s going to be amazing and unique.

LOTD081125, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.

This weekend it snowed in my part of the world, winter wonderland images all around, but today it’s all gone again, and it’s dull November weather. To stick a bit to the feeling, I chose the Winter White military coat from Aoharu, and SySy‘s Diamond’s dress. Together with the silver Emme boots from Jaywalk it became a pretty pristine outfit. A touch of contrast was added with the tintable tights from GLAM (currently unavailable) as well as with the ML necklace and earrings from Icon.

The black yuruponi hair is the latest from Shop Seu and the skin is Pink, from Cake (skintone pearl)

LOTD081124, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.

Funny that this weekend one of SLsecrets was about veteran designers not getting any attention, because I feel that is true. Or at least, they’re are not always getting the attention that they deserve. I mentioned it in an interview that I did with Alta Moda last June, and I do try to give the designers that have paved the floor to SL fashion walhalla a platform as well. Especially if they have managed to still be on par with the current standards of SL fashion. Speaking of which, Nephilaine Protagonist from Pixeldolls has always been one of my favourite designers, and with her rez date mid 2003, I think you may say she’s… uhm… ancient? Her designs are not rusty at all though, and in my past 2 years blogging, I have more than once shared her designs with my readers.

I started this outfit with Pixeldolls‘ 2811 velvet long skirt and the dito top. It is a versatile and classy base for a number of outfits. Then I combined it with a lovely top from a relatively new designer, the gold Maitri jacket form Zaara. The jewelry is from the gold Florina collection from Shiny Things, who’s designer Fallingwater Cellardoor is also from 2003, and the gold ballet flats are from Armidi.

The hair is Nico in Autumn from Maitreya, and the skin is Innocense (soft ivory) from Pulse.

LOTD081123, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.

Sunday calls for a relaxed look and this shirt from Blaze is a perfect base. I believe it’s still available when you join the update group. I’m wearing it with the brown suede trousers from Celestial Studios and the gold glam tank from Michami, that I dyed in a matching brown. the boots are Melisande, from Jaywalk. Accesoires are the Mraz scarf form Decoy (sand, dyed) and the patent leather turquoise belt from Fleur (made a bit darker). The casual Chakra necklace and earrings are from Luc.

The skin is Alice, from Free Speerit and the hair is Zoey, the latest from Philotic Energy in honey.

ICING Sequined Starlet, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.

I think I have about every piece that Miko Omegamu from ICING has in her shop. Maybe I missed one or two pieces, but I think I have pretty much the whole inventory covered. Yes, I’m a fan. And this sequined dress caught my eye for the season. What a perfect little cocktail dress. It has feathers, it has sequins, it has a fantastic butt hugging skirt and a delicious cleavage. What does a girl want more? Well, some stunning pearls, in this case the Margaux from Muse, some lovely satin gloves from Fleur (the white ones were a sim opening freebie and are not available in the shop, but do go for the other colours!) and some elegant high heels like Storm Schmooz’ Desir Noir (with matching seamed thigh highs). The clutch was a 2007 RFL special from Muse and is not available any longer.

The shape (shameless self promotion) is a work in progress and I really like how this voluptuous frame is coming along and how well it works with almost every skin in my inventory. I’m wearing it here with Jadzia Sol from The Abyss and the -excusez the pop language- absolutely friggin’awesome L$ 30 (no typo) No 37 hair from W&Y (oh, and that is for L$ 30 for 4 colours)