Posted in Eyes, MV-SL-Fashion on May 15, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Shine Lustrous eyes, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.
I just went over to Shine to pick up some of Brandy’s latest eyes… they are gorgeous! For 50 L$ per colour, you get 2 pairs, normal and large. I’m wearing the large version. They give you a somewhat softer look, which I like a lot.
Posted in LOTD, MV-SL-Fashion on May 15, 2009| 6 Comments »
Opposites make interesting looks when paired in an outfit. The Cutesy strawberry mini skirt from ❤ Cupcakes with the red wrap top from the same brand, mixed with Coco’s midnight denim jacket remind me of what a lot of girls used to wear in high school (mind you, mid 80’s). But most of us back then had girly braids or ponytails, making the outfit just sweet… This time I’ve chosen to wear a more bold look, with KMADD’s Army crop, which was made for male Belezza skins, but I don’t really care about that label, because it’s a perfect match with my hair based PXL skins as well. Speaking of which, I’m wearing the latest beta version of Kim in the tan version and it’s going to be so pretty.
For acccesoires I stuck to Genesis’ Annah hoops and MiamMiam’s Retro Chic necklace (currently not available)
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Posted in LOTD, MV-SL-Fashion on May 13, 2009| 1 Comment »
LOTD090513, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.
Sometimes you just don’t feel like dressing up, but luckily I have my virtual closet full of casuals like this hoodie (vintage parka) from Algernon, with pretty awesome shading! Under it I’m wearing the Trompe l’Oeil top from Sugarcube and the white jeans from Celestial Studios. The Mina flats in fire engine red are from Truth.
I’m wearing La Sylphide’s latest skin Poppy light in Autumn Leaves and Maitreya’s Apple hair in Gold Blond.
Pose by Analu.
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Posted in LOTD, MV-SL-Fashion on May 12, 2009| Leave a Comment »
LOTD090512, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.
Some of yesterday’s pinkness got stuck on me, so I was drawn again to the girly stuff in my inventory… although the result is ladylike rather than girly. I started out with the lovely floral tank top that is a group gift at Coco and went in search for a perfect skirt to go with it. I think Iki and Onyx have done a pretty good job in their joint Maiiki line and I chose the skirt from their green strapless dress, and the cerise patent belt (tinted) from, duh, the cerise strapless dress.
Michami’s Ebba white scarf is one of my new accesoires favourites, so that was an easy pick, and I’m wearing Genesis’Aiden bangles, with the pink and the green bangle coloured more intense (edit>edit linked parts>select the prim> add colour… don’t touch the texture part!) and also Genesis’ Annah hoops. I’m wearing Maitreya’s fuchsia slinky stilettos as well, which are a perfect match, but ended up invisible in the cropping of this picture.
I’m wearing one of my old favourites from ETD, Wynn, in chocolate and a new lovely skin from Dutch Touch, Sun, which was released yesterday.
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Posted in LOTD, MV-SL-Fashion on May 11, 2009| Leave a Comment »
lotd090511, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.
Hmm…. you know, apparently it’s pink time again. And Monday…. *sighs* oh well… time flies, so it will be weekend again before I know it. Anyway I’m wearing the Candy Hearts top frm STUFF with the knee length denim from Coco and, also from Coco, the girlish check around the waist shirt. The knee socks are frm the candy set from STUFF again and I’m wearing the Wests High tops in cement, from Truth. The Aemilia earings are from Whippet & Buck, and the Sakura/butterfly tattoo is from Orchid Dreams ( I don’t think this shop still exists…. couldn’t find it back).
I’m wearing Truth’s Angelina in coffee and La Sylphide’s new skin Poppy, in the light skin tone woth the Garden Party make up.
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Posted in MV-SL-Fashion, new releases, skins on May 9, 2009| 1 Comment »
With the first skins of the Evolution line, sachi Vixen, (skin)designer at Adam ‘n Eve, has proven yet again that she’s by no means static, and still developing as a designer. With Evolution she shows that she has mastered the art of making flawless skins with high photo realism, which, although the grid is flooded with photoreal skins, is still an art. Check her skins for seams, or smudges… you won’t find them. After “Man Month” April, in May she’s back with yet another treat for the girls: Beauty. sachi, a blonde herself, told me that with all the skins she has been making, she had not yet done a real blonde one and that Beauty was about to fill that gap. I’ve had the pleasure of beta-ing Beauty, so I’m pretty familiar with her by now, but my initial reaction was that I thought she was gorgeous, and I only think so more now.
Beauty is available in 8 make ups. When sachi asked me about make up suggestions I could only beg her to keep it subtle. Shimmery glosses, hints of eye shadows, touches of colours… but please do not cover this beautiful face under harsh eyeliners, and bold colours. It would make her more “in your face” maybe, but it would also rob her of her Grace Kelly like elegance and chique. Thank goodness sachi shared my opinion on make ups, so all 8 of them, while still colourful and distinct, all have a transparent character… not covering Beauty, but merely underlining her.
Posted in MV-SL-Fashion, new releases on May 9, 2009| Leave a Comment »
WB Gavin, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.
Whippet & Buck have newness! Cozy sweaters in great colour combinations. So what if it is in the guy’s section…? It just looks good on me… and in RL I steal mr Horwitz’ sweaters all the time as well. At 130 L$ per sweater, these are just too good not to get.
I’m wearing them here with the Stein shorts, also from Whippet & Buck and yes, these are from the ladies department.
I’m in Adam ‘n Eve’s soon to be released Beauty (review to follow later today) and Truth’s new Zach hair (Golden).
Posted in skins on May 8, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Iki Ikarus has been busy… after a hiatus from SL, she has been working on skins again. This is Moon. Unlike most of the skins currently being released, where photo realism, no, ultra realism seems to be the trend, Iki opts for hand drawn smoothness. No varicose veines, no cellulitis and no t-zone issues for Moon. Moon comes in 5 skintones in the light/medium complexion range. 4 of which I’m wearing in the make up collage, and the 5th is used in the body shots. Moon has the loveliest lips, most of them in the soft pink shades that Iki is known of and which make such a cute contrast with her urban cloting collection. The 15 make ups are going from really subtle to more bold, but they are never outrageous. Barely coloursd lips through lush wine colored mouths, and very naturel eyes through deep smoldering smokey looks and they come in a version A and a B where B has a slightly heavier version of the make up. There are demos available for all skins and they are really worth trying out on your shape.
Posted in LOTD, MV-SL-Fashion on May 8, 2009| 1 Comment »
LOTD090507, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.
Still feeling pretty gorgeous in the soon to be released Beauty skin from Adam ‘n Eve. This is the Wild Rose make up. I’m wearing it with Reale’s long Floratta tulip dress, which is an absolute perfect dress for a chique garden party. I have accesorised with a pearl choker and a pearl watch from Caroline Apollo and I’m wearing Truth’s latest release Luna, in seaspray.
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Posted in LOTD, MV-SL-Fashion on May 6, 2009| 2 Comments »
LOTD090506, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.
Finally, Whippet & Buck have opened the doors to their shop and officially released the clothes which have been among my favourites ever since Twiggy sent me the whole lot of her plaid dresses for my birthday back in December! Congratulations, ladies!
So… it’s a W&B day. I’m wearing the Valentino Victoria skirt with the ivory Sgt. Pepper cropped jacket and added a bit of contrast with a (tinded yellow) Mraz scarf from Decoy (original colour: sand) and FNKY!’s yellow classic pumps. The hoops are from Genesis.
I’m wearing Tuli’s Faith (group gift) and Truth’s Angelina hair in coffee.
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Posted in LOTD, MV-SL-Fashion on May 5, 2009| Leave a Comment »
LOTD090505, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.
Today is another Paper Couture mash up. I’m wearing the braided finish jacket, which I have tinted in a subtle baby blue, with LeLutka’s white Olimpia pants and Paper Couture’s Blue pastel flower cluster shoes. I re-attached the prim parts of the jacket to be able to wear a necklace (original attachment points of the roses and belt being chest and spine, I re- attached the roses to spine, and the belt to left pec) but then I decided that less is more, and just went with Miabella Foxely’s Natural Stone earrings for LeLutka.
I’m wearing LeLutka’s Petra hair in beach blonde and Sachi Vixen’s smashingly beautiful current work in progress, Beauty, which hopefully won’t be long before release.
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Posted in LOTD, MV-SL-Fashion on May 4, 2009| Leave a Comment »
LOTD090504, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.
Paper Couture has their spring line 2009 out, which means shop binge time for me. I’m wearing their Carnation Jacket, with the black New School jeans from Kari/TorridWear, Tuli’s silver sequin tank and Tesla’s white Kensington boots. The ring is also from Paper Couture’s new collection.
My hair is newness from Exile, Jade in 8ball and I’m wearing Kimberly Pale Natural, from free Speerit.
Pose by Torrid.
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Posted in LOTD, MV-SL-Fashion on May 3, 2009| Leave a Comment »
LOTD090503, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.
Mavis McGettigan, the creator of SkinFlicks, inspires me quite often for an outfit… even if in the end I mightend up with something totally different not containing any of her creations anymore. Sorry Mavis, it’s associative, I start with an idea, and then end up with something totally different. Not today though, the pink floral Tracy dress,or rather, the skirt of that dress is at the base of today’s outfit. I’ve paired it with Très Blah green pinned flower cami and League’s purple hipster belt. The boots are Maitreya’s Dune boots, which are among my all time favourite boots in sl. I’ve accesorised with Lucas Lameth’s Han Hana necklace and bracelet.
I’m wearing Genesis’Candace in Apricot “Fresh Air”today, and Truth’s Angelina in Dune.
Pose by Reel Movement (Luth Brodie)
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Posted in LOTD, MV-SL-Fashion, poses on May 2, 2009| 3 Comments »
LOTD090502, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.
Just a quick casual look today, because the weather is too good outside and I’m going out some. I’m wearing Michami’s Ebba white tank, on Dela’s Stacy jeans capris and CoCo’s dark denim Tailored jacket. The sash belt is from Storin and is called Gwen. I’ve bought the fatpack, and currently wearing TuttiFrutti. I find myself buying fatpacks of things like belts and scraves all the time, I like to have the options for accessoires. Anyway, I slipped into the white flats from Armidi, because my flat white summer sandals from SLink don’t work with the capri attachments, but this is a perfect alternative. No heels for me today.
I’m wearing FNKY’s Angel medium Vixen and Fashionably Dead Sunday Shoelace Peanut hair.
Pose by Analu. She’s right, posers get too little credit on the blogs. But I usually do a lot of photos in one shoot.. and then when I finally get to blog, I really don’t remember which pose exactly is which… looking it up is a full time job in a 2 massively loaded pose stands (there are more than 1500 in total). Anyway, my favourite posers (and their brands) are Torrid Midnight (Torrid), Luth Brodie (Reel Movement), Dove Swanson (Long Awkward Pose) and Ana Lutetia (Analu). Up and coming posers that I totally like for their talent and quirky poses: Newdoll Nikolaidis and Flutter Memel and I loooooove strolling through the Japanese sims and pick up kawai poses here and there.
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Posted in new releases, skins on May 1, 2009| Leave a Comment »
April 2 Bluebell face options, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.
Gala Phoenix has made a second series of her succesful April skins, and although tempted to get another really reasonably priced fatpack, I contained myself *pets own shoulder* and stuck to Bluebell. The main reason for this is the the only thing that I really have an issue with as far as Gala’s skins are concerned, and that is the annoying difference between the face colour and the rest of the body. It makes me look like I stopped applying a foundation that is a shade or 2 too light for my skin, right up my jaw, instead of letting it fade out in my neck (aside from the error to want to apply a foundation that is too light, period) But ok, that put aside for the to die for doll faces I can’t refrain from wanting to have at least one or two from her releases.
For 1000L$ a skin, Gala offers quite a choice: 2 shades per skin tone, 2 versions of the make up, and freckles options for all 4, making a grand total of 8 skins per single pack.
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