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Monday, March 28, 2011

Rock the Ganesha!!


It was just the right time for the sun to fall into it's slumber for the next few hours. She was wearing a simple outfit, one given to her by a friend from the adventures in the land of the Taj Mahal, and she was going to have some fun tonight. She wore her heels, and her hair pulled back, and even had her cigarettes with her. Oh yes, the nightclub was definetely going to be her ring. She was much more than ready to claim her title, as the greatest beauty of the night. She walked past the cafe, tried not to look inside, but failed. There he was, the man that could have been, but never was. He was sipping coffee, while talking to an older lady. She sighed, and walked past the cafe, while thinking pretty things. This was not going to be a good night after all. She got the lighter and drew a cigarette from her clutch, turned it on, took a drag of air, and walked on to the club.




Worn by Irina:



Skin: Fashionably Dead- Slasher 4. (Freckles) , Eyes: TB- Tres Blah! Jejune Eyes in Blue, Pididdle- Eyelashes, Alphavillain- Ipcress Glasses (large), Dress: Nylon Outfitters (NO): Ganesh Dress from the Culture Shock Project Theomery Event, Earrings: Nylon Outfitters (NO): Snowflake Earrings. Bangles: Zaara- Nizam Choodiya gold *white*. Nails: -Tb- (Tres Blah!) Nail color in Shoes: Anexx- Studded Jewel Heels in black . Hair: (POSH) Vindicated in Scarlet, Clutch: Duh! Little Black Beaded Clutch from the Season's Hunt (Previous hunt item).















Location: Nighthawks at Primtings. Love that painting so I had to do a blog post with it. It makes me feel slightly lonely, therefore the excerpt from the nowhere novel, is slightly just that.





Sunday, March 27, 2011

Fields of Gold

She had heard of the fields since childhood. She had even seen images, but till now she had never seen the land that was to become hers. The Golden Fields, as they would name them, were to be the greatest gift from her father to her, and thus her whole inheritance. Today she finally decided to walk the long path to the empty greenhouse in the fields, to the very olden train that had brought her family into the very town she now lived. The ashes of a life long past, memories long forgotten, dreams that would fail, and hopes that would feed into her lifeblood. Today she stood up straight and tall, and found her identity amidst the past long forgotten in the golden fields. This would be a future.

Worn by Irina:


Skin: Fashionably Dead- Slasher 4. (Freckles) , Eyes: TB- Tres Blah! Jejune Eyes in Blue, Pididdle- Eyelashes, Alphavillain- Ipcress Glasses (large), M.O.C.K Makeup Turquoise 2 Chocolate, Hair: (Posh) Love Rush in Scarlet, Top Zaara: Kavi *orange* worn with the long version and the prim, Skirt: Part of the Surf Couture Sway Dress in Swell. Shoes: Ah Flou- Origami Love Pack Flats in Spiritual Origami (Pacifique Crisis Fund Raiser Item). Earrings: [[mixxES]] Feather Earring 01, in turquoise. Bangles: Mady by AliciaKay Kilara from a Touch of Ireland, Wood Emerald Bracelet. Nails: -Tb- (Tres Blah!) Nail color in Yellow.


Place: 1st Photo taken in Camomile Sim where (Tokid) is, 2nd to 4th in The Far Away.





Sunday, March 6, 2011

Le Imagination

Did I not say that I had twenty million pictures of me wearing nice stuff in my inventory that I never even looked at twice? Ah well, here I go with some of these images. Mind you, some are month's old. Some are just a little old. Memory is usually good with me, so I have a feeling I will be able to give you where things come from in the images, and also what inspired me. But this post is just random for now hehe.


This picture above, was taken at Tableau and is a simple idea I had. I had always loved teacups. and TOSL created a lovely dress with the shabby chic idea of teacup prints. I of course had to wear a cardigan because my arms needed to be covered up. Yes an rl peeve I have that follows me in sl usually.



Items:

Skin: Slasher 4 from FD
Eyelashes: Pididdle Eyelashes
Hair: Lamb - Breeze (Red Lobster Buffet)
Nails: Tb Nail Polish (Pink)
Dress: TOSL *High Tea* Dress v2.1 (English Garden)
Cardigan: Ohmai! Basics Pocket Cardigans (Sunny)
Necklace: Paper Couture Heirloom Pendant
Earrings: TOSL *Chandelier* Earrings v1.3 (Murano Glass)
Bag: Baiastice 2009 Croccodile Bag (Gold)
Shoes: Periquita Stilettos Colorchange (In Dark Green)

Tunes:

Broken Social Scene: All to All
Cat Power: Naked, If I Want To
Crystal Stilts: Departure
Eels: My Beloved Monster
Epstein: A Lost Animal






Someone's knocking on the door...


The Labyrinth of SL and RL had me caught within it's trappings for months on end. But even a long labyrinth has an exit or an intermission. Thus here I am again talking about some of my findings in sl. First and foremost, I have realized that to me sl and rl fashion is not just about the names of the designers but about what they design. Not every darling designer is one that I adore. Many times, I buy their pieces and then end up never wearing them. So I have learned that much like rl, there are some pieces that are just, "NOES!!!!!!!!!". Just because Chanel is Chanel does not mean that all of the new designs are great, sometimes one must wonder, "What were they thinking?" when you see some pieces. So here is a look I did come up with today. It is relatively simple, I often times am elaborate and I have realized that simplicity is sometimes the key to a great look. It is also summery and ultimately is a great look for a summer resort outing in sl. Or just an idea to wear for rl.

The design of the skirt is relatively simple in mind. It is a somewhat pleated white and red skirt with a simple gray tank and a gold chain necklace. The hair is long and shows the amazing breeze in the beach, and the flip flops are gold. The bag is a somewhat odd combination of an older gingham bag that was lying around in the house. See simplicity is key in this look. Not too many layers of clothes and just one necklace. No overuse of color except on the skirt.

Or a Mexican Riviera holiday, what do you think? Tableau was a great sim to have the images taken it. I have so many wonderful pictures from that sim.


The List:
Skin- Slasher 4 from Fashionably Dead
Lashes: Pididdle
Hair- Clawtooth Easy Breezy (Sunset)
Nails: TB Nail Polish (Tragic)
Tank: TB Loose Tank (Grey)
Skirt: LaViere Long Skirt (Red Stripes)
Necklace: (Yummy) Chained Heart Necklace
Flip Flops: Surf Couture - Freedom Flops (Gold)

Tunes:
Friendly Fires- Jump in the Pool
Chapterhouse- Something More
British Sea Power - No Lucifer
Arcade Fire- Ready to Start
Beach Fossils- Daydream
Ariel Pinks Haunted Graffiti- Round and Round
Dead MAN's Bones- Pa Pa Power
Home Video - The Tundra




Monday, October 18, 2010

Le Fleur De Autumn



I am quite sorry for not updating the blog more frequently, but my oh my, I have quite a few blogs to post. My first overall thanks is to the designer behind Milk Motion. Her clothes is exquisitively made and very hip. On Sunday I actually went to her store to see the new items. And I found that there was still the Linden Friday's add. I of course bought too much right then and there. But then I saw her Project Theomery collection and I had to, HAD to get it. Wonderful colors and quite frankly a great look to have in both worlds. I got home and began to play.


So I pulled out older stuff and added some new and fun items. Let's begin with the list shall we:


Skin wise is Slasher 4 from Fashionably Dead. I like freckles, they look phenomenal in sl. In a way they add dimension to a person's face.

Eye Makeup is actually a Cheap Makeup item. I have several of the makeups, but this particular one is Bright Lights 10.

Hair is from Bubbles Clawtooth of course. That darling, darling Clawtooth creates the nicest and quirkiest styles. This one is actually French Connection - Sunset which I bought during the Hair lagtastic Fai (I wore my ninja black tank and undies for that and went Sinead O'Connor like).

Tank, Jacket, and Scarf come together as a one jacket layer in the Nylon Outfitter's Velvet Magic set in black.

Skirt is from Milk Motion for the Project Theomery. Get it while it lasts. It looks darling and is a great fall staple.

I added the Tram Classic Necklace (Red) to add a slight romantic touch to the set.

The Clutch from Milk Motion could not be left behind, this is another Project Theomery item. The bag has this lovely pin and it looks great in the set.

And the finishing touch was the Bax Coen Gold Boots in Copper with Dark Jean top.


Overall, I think it was a great buy. Pictures Taken at the Velvet.





Lots of love and kisses,

Irina

Thursday, June 17, 2010

Because, I can… and I want to


Crash, boom, pop, fizzle, plump; those are the sounds that I make the moment I was welcomed into the world of Second life. My birth came one April day in an lost island where my main objective was escaping the labyrinth that it was; and escaping by all means mind. I had to learn to walk, run, and even fly to escape the retched buildings. And yes, I did learn it rather well, but the moment I escaped and drifted to a new isle I realized I had entered a universe that was completely different to ours.
I met certain individuals at my during those retched days, individuals that were not to kind, others that were stellar and still remain friends with me and those that were well, standoffish. I also learned about the camping, and well, certain ways of acquiring funds that were a bit nonconventional. Weeks I was there, learning the ropes but never the ones surrounding the creative aspect of the grid, thus my attire was simple but not fashionable to say the least. To tell you the truth, I didn’t think the grid had that much quality in the works, at least in the stores and dungeons I ended up in.
Eventually through situations, and boredom I decided to rest for a while and take a Snow White sleeping drought in until I could better handle the grid. That was about six months of collecting ash on my prim blue hair, and seasons changing from Summer, fall, winter, well….. you get my drift. One day, when the birds chirped in the rl world, and the boredom from reading ten books straight was too much for a dream, I opened up my eyes again. And thus began the real SL adventure.
Being reborn again, I now looked at the world with a new pair of eyes that also looks rather dashing to say the least, and I kept on camping and collecting funds and well, freebie shopping. I was then suddenly bitten by a vampire and converted to one in a sim, it was called Covenant and through that family I learned the basics about this world and about styling yourself even if you have slightly tacky freebies. I became a succubus pretty soon and well, later was converted into an Elf through way but sometimes one has to leave home and venture the world. And thus, I did just that.
I looked through myriads of isles, until I found another smaller hometown where vampires were admired but could roam and protect the citizens of the area. In that town, which was called Land of Vampires, I grew to admire individuals for their stamina, vigor, and determination to do absolutely anything they want, even if the world does not let them. (I mean this in a legal way, smiles). I protected, and nurtured many infants, and eventually I too became more of a healer than a fighter. I would heal them, and help them pick themselves off the floor. I wouldn’t truly fight because I didn’t like war. And truly never would. Months passed, friendships were created, but eventually one must move on.
The Epiphany or well, at least the apple that fell from the tree
One day, a few days after I went to the other isles to discover the world, I met a young boy. His name is Shodaime and instantly a friendship was born. He was a creator, and thus his view point of the world was a bit different. He told me that I was pretty but I wasn’t the maximum I could be due to my own creativity and thus, the waters of creativity flowed into my brain and drowned it. Though at the moment, I was not willing to change, it was a comment which made me look into my own choices and reflect on them. It wasn’t until a couple of weeks afterward that I happened to completely change.
Midian is an amazingly detailed isle that I discovered on a shady afternoon, said Isle had odd but rather welcoming individuals that aided me in the short time I was there. One of them, was a lady, Justine, whom had a gorgeous black dress with orchids attaching in a diagonal line across the bodice. It was breathtaking, and it made my brain go to mush as I stalked her for a few minutes until I was able to get in range to speak to her. This was the day where the hypothetical apple fell on my head.
In a way, Justine was the white rabbit which I chased and thus entered into the world of Wonderland a.k.a sl fashion house. Within two weeks my credit card bill rose by quite a bit in that store. But not only did I receive a great shopping trip through Icing, but the stores in the same sim as the Mainstore. It was rather fun, new shoes, clothes, stockings, followed. Then, I went to Dr. Life for a skin the skin Justine was wearing and well in no time I looked completely different. It was like an extreme makeover episode.


Then, began the trips to Icing, Paper Couture, Baiastice, all of the region of Tableau; and finally Starlust. In essence, my wardrobe is extensive. Yet, I did not stop with clothes. I then moved on to houses, and well. I went house hunting in Barnesworth Anubis (please marry me dear! *wink*), Not So Bad, etc. Oh dear, the list goes ever long.
This all lead me here, to start a fashion blog with pics of myself, and others, and pics of houses etc, that all make me feel quite fond of the Wonderland I discovered. And thus, passing it along to the little individuals that well, are reading this.