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It’s a Bird……

Posted in Accesoires, Art, MV-SL-Fashion, Whippet & Buck on August 11, 2009| 1 Comment »

Someone stop me… I’m in a blog binge mood today. I was talking to Dakota Buck just now, and she told me about her and Twiggy’s upcoming release, and then she said… “Did I show you our brooch?” and she send me this beautiful, intricate, primalicious bird, with a subtle shadow baked into it. Now a lot of comments about the content in SL lately is that there is little that makes you jump up and think “OMG… I have to log on.. I MUST have this”, but that exactly was my first reaction when I saw this pretty… but then, Buckie sent it to me already…. so yay!!!

I decided to shoot some pics with it, on the second one you can actually see how tiny it is, but by the time I came back to SL, Dakota had logged off. I went over to Whippet & Buck, but I have not found it in the shop yet, so I’ll assume for now, it’s an unreleased piece. But OMG ( yeah, that’s the 2nd time in one post, I know) keep an eye on Twiggy & Kota’s blog, because you’ll want this!!

PS: if you have plenty of prims at your disposal, you might want to blow it up and put it on your wall…. makes great art as well!

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Look of the Day, August 11, 2009

Posted in Armidi, Boom!, Exodi, LOTD, MV-SL-Fashion, Shiny Things, Truth, Tuli on August 11, 2009| Leave a Comment »

LOTD090811, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.

I picked Boom’s summer sarong in tan as the base for today’s look. I decided to leave the sash on the hip in my inventory as it makes the sarong more dressy, and that’s not the look that I wanted to achieve today. I’m wearing it with Tuli’s worn capri’s and Intimizzio’s (Armidi) Chiara di Luna in black on the shirt and underpants layer. HUZ’ Ugra tattoo felt just right to wear with this. For the accesories I went with good ole Shiny Things stuff. The Zeyla necklace and the Nico bracelet, because they have this chunky, somewhat tribal look that I wanted.

I’m still wearing Lily, the new skin at Exodi from my review earlier today, and the hair is Truth’s Ingrid in Chocolate.

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Lily Was Here

Posted in Exodi, MV-SL-Fashion, skins on August 11, 2009| 4 Comments »

Well, she is, not was… but the name of this skin triggered some musical memories: Dave Stewart & Candy Dulfer

It’s fun to follow a creator in their new ventures, especially when they are talented like Ms Ryker Beck from Exodi. Ever since she has created her first skin a couple of months ago, she’s been a force to reckon with, and with the realisation of Lily, her latest, I think it’s fair to say that she has deserved a place between the more seasoned skinners of SL.

Whereas a lot of people, who also do well in retail, and are blogged frequently, for me remain mediocre and produce skin with a lot of flaws and issues (but the face is cute, so who cares that the body is full of seams and the textures don’t match and the make up is a tad smudged and blotchy, right?) Ryker has been working her ass off to make every skin better, ironing out the things that she felt could be done better in her previous skins, and give every new skin which she creates a character of its own. Pooping rainbows much? Well, I think it’s some well earned praise for someone who’s working hard, and has made huge steps in the development of her product.

Lily is a beautiful skin, combining realism with the smoothness of a hand drawn skin. There probably will be some photosourcing in Lily, but it’s very well blended and never hard or ugly. Lily comes in 4 skintones, like shown on the above picture, and 8 different make ups… or should I say 16, as every make up has a faded version included in the pack as well? Also, Ryker is known to make pretty dark eyebrows, but for the more fair haeded she includes a light brow version as well. Anyway, they are beautiful, and they’re also a good deal. Retailing at 800L$ for a single skin (4 really, since you get the regular and the faded make up, in the dark and light eyebrow version) it’s really value for money and the fatpack for 5000 L$ for all 8 make ups in a skintone equals L$ 625 for a single skin.

Bootie shot after the cut, because Lily has a cute bum, and because this skin is about more than just the face! (more…)

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Fabulous Fashion with Angie Mornington…. and ME!! :-D

Posted in MV-SL-Fashion on August 10, 2009| Leave a Comment »

I’ll be on Fabulous Fashion Accesories Spotlight with Angie Mornington tonight!!! I’ve picked a couple of my fave, no clothes designers, to feature on the show, and I’m so looking forward to it.

If you want to come cheer me and London Dailey, the creator of Pink Outfitters, Cherry, Sugar & Spice and Chinese Takeout, and this week’s featured designer, then join us at the studio at 5:30 pm slt, or watch Watch Fabulous Fashion TV Live here: http://archive.treet.tv/programs/fabulous-fashion.

Hope to see you tonight!!!!

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She’s So Unusual Photo Contest

Posted in Contest, MV-SL-Fashion, She's So Unusual on August 5, 2009| Leave a Comment »

She’s So Unusual Shoes feels it is time to celebrate and hosts a photography competition with the sizzling theme ‘Unusual Summer’.

Rowan has put on her party hat and offers very exciting outrageous prices! She asked me to be one of the judges, so hey… gimme a hard time picking the winner, will ya!

THE RULES

– Your picture must focus on She’s So Unusual Shoes and/or other products from She’s So Unusual;
– Your picture must fit within the theme ‘Unusual Summer’
– Your picture may feature none, 1, 2 or a 100 persons;
– Creativity and originality are highly appreciated;
– Post-processing (in Photoshop or any software of your choice) is allowed;
– Maximum 3 entries per person;
– Pictures must be posted in the She’s So Unusual Shoes group on Flickr;
– Pictures must be tagged “She’s So Unusual Shoes Photography Competition Summer 2009”. (Please make sure you tag it with the quotation marks so the tag stays one tag);
-Pictures must fall within the ‘safe’ restrictions of Flickr;
-You agree your picture will be possibly used for several marketing outlets, credits will be given.
-Though the selection for men is smaller, we do encourage you blokes to participate as well!

The contest runs till August 9, 12am PDT. Any submissions after that are not accepted in the contest.

On August 16 we will announce the winners in the flickr group, on the SSUS blog and the inworld groups.

THE PRIZES

The Grand Winner:
– A gift certificate of 1000 L$ to be spend at She’s So Unusual Shoes
– 1 pair of shoes for each contestant in this competition*

Second Place
– A gift certificate of 750 L$ to be spend at She’s So Unusual Shoes
– a $500L Gift Cert to Tea Lane

Third Place
– A gift certificate of 500 L$ to be spend at She’s So Unusual Shoes
– A $300L Gift Cert to Tea Lane

*A minimum of 20, a maximum of 150 pairs of shoes. Count is by individual contestants, not submissions.

THE JURY

The competition will be judged by:

Rowan Carroll – Owner and Designer of SSUS
Grazia Horwitz – Blogger, Stylist graziasl.com (Yay… that’s me 🙂 )
Miskat Qinan – Photographer, Artist and builder of the store miskatqinan.com

Hey! You noticed the winner gets as many shoes as there are contestants?
Better get your friends involved!

If you don’t have shoes just yet from SSUS (shame on you!), visit the store and get a fab pair for as little as 95L

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fri.day soon

Posted in fri.day, KA Designs, LOTD, Maitreya, MV-SL-Fashion, new designers, new releases, preview, Sey on August 5, 2009| Leave a Comment »

fri.day soon, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.

Oooooh… such speculations… I’ve heard many… who are the people behind Fri.day??? It is the question of the week and of course I do have my own idea about the creative forces behind this brand, but, does it really matter? If a content creator, or a group of creators, decide(s) to startup a new brand, under an alt, breaking free from their previous image and conventions, or not, whatever pleases them… should it all keep us captive for days? I don’t think so, people. I’ve heard the wildest assumptions, culminating in the inevitable “it’s Ginny, I know for sure” . For me counts what I see though, and what I see is original and well made content. Basics for now, but with obvious feeling for style and a knack for crisp textures.

I’d like to congratulate the fri.day crew with what is already looking like going to be a very succesful launch of their brand, and can only express my hope that they will not neglect their original SL projects.

Clothes and hair by Fri.day, Accesoires: Scarf left by Très Blah, coin necklace by Armidi. Scarf right by Sey, belt by Nylon Outfitters. Skin Anne by KA Designs.

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Look of the Day, August 3, 2009

Posted in KA Designs, LOTD, Michami, Mirone, MV-SL-Fashion, PXL Creations, Tesla, Truth, Zaara on August 3, 2009| Leave a Comment »

LOTD090803, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.

A quick look today, equestrian inspired, since I love the elegance of that attire. I’m wearing Truth’s 2nd hand jacket (duck egg) with Michami’s Laila skinny pants and sheer shirt in cream. Not visible, but perfect to go with this are Tesla’s bronze Kensington boots. I’m also wearing Zaara’s latest addition to her awesome jewelry collection, the Sarayi wood hoops.

I have never worn KA skins before, but this fair Charlize looks cute on me I think. The blue manicure which matches the jacket perfectly is from PXL Creations and the black Faye hair is from Mirone.

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Look of the Day, August 2, 2009

Posted in Adam 'n Eve, Artilleri, Boing Fromage!, Dutch Touch, LOTD, Maiiki, MV-SL-Fashion, N-Core, Paper Couture, Whippet & Buck on August 2, 2009| Leave a Comment »

LOTD090802, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.

Black and grey are always in style, and so are pencil skirts. Can’t go wrong. I’m wearing Artilleri’s Simplicity black pencil skirt with Whippet & Buck’s Taupe grey Hykova buttoned tank top today. The large belt is from Maiiki’s Strapless & Patent. The impossibly high heeled, lolita-ish Highschool shoes from N-core with tintable socks are perfect with this understated look. I’ve accesorised with one of my very oldest jewelry purchases, the Cameo & Sautoir set from Bong Fromage!, which, even though pre-sculptie, is still looking up to par to newer items. The cute clutch is from Adam ‘n Eve. Someone give Damen Gorilla an award for his sculpt work, or at least a bag of his favourite cookies! The man is so good!

I’m wearing Dutch Touch’s Dune Vamp tanned and Paper Couture’s Princess Heidi hair, which I modded to take the bun off and tinted the roses grey.

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Look of the Day, August 1, 2009

Posted in Adam 'n Eve, LOTD, Michami, MV-SL-Fashion, Uzuri, Whippet & Buck on August 1, 2009| Leave a Comment »

LOTD090801, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.

I was just pondering doing a nude colour look of the day and bought these creamy Mistral pumps at Adam ‘n Eve, when Twiggy Whippet of Whippet & Buck sent me their latest, a cute little frock called Haver in 8 yummy colour cominations. This one is Champagne and totally fits the defnition of nude colours! So that was element 2. While adorably cute as a frilly mini dress, I wanted to dress it up a little and did so with the bottoms of Michami’s beige Anouk Jump suit. The gorgeous necklace and earrings are the Anganasa set from Uzuri.

I’m wearing a natural blonde skin to go with it, Beauty T2 wild rose from Adam ‘n Eve and Truth’s latest addition to his obese hair inventory, Ashlynn, in dawn.

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