Are You Imagineering? -- Featuring from DOPE Fashion Week "B.I.P.", Maxi Gossamer, and Kyxe Skins & Shapes

It's rare for me to wear a swimsuit. I haven't been to a beach party in I don't know how long. When I was new to the virtual world, pool and beach parties occurred non-stop, along with all sorts of other ways to celebrate and make sure people wore the clothes you wanted, "Best in Beachwear" or "Best in Blue" didn't matter, just a whole lotta strangers, and a few Linden to make it worth the time, even if you didn't meet a someone special in the process.

I work at a much different point of view within SL now and those sorts of parties feel so far away in the distant recesses of my history. It's weird how 8 years has the ability to feel like a lifetime. Many things have evolved. The very look of SL certainly has. These photos, with the waves, and the water's reflection, and the high quality sculpted pieces used to make the props as well as the buildings in the background all accentuate how much they have.

At Disney, they call almost all of the artists on staff, from the artists who work on the movies, to the ones who create elements for the Magic Kingdom and Disney's other properties and investments, Imagineers. I like the notion of an Imagineer at work, always trying to imagine more and bigger and more interesting, and more fun. I don't know how much the people who created SL put into updating and upgrading the experience in their game, their second world, our Second Life.

Maybe it was their responsibility in the past and now they rely on all of us, the avid users, to embrace the tools we're given to create beautiful new experiences. For fashion, that means pushing the edge of all that is 'normal', figuring out how to import the things we love from the world around us, but also finding ways to create worlds that could never exist within our physics.

I believe the only way to overcome some of the frustrating steps that fashion faces, with the eternal lag, is not to continue doing the same things, but find new ways to do things, and new things to do. Each of us can be Imagineers. We have it in us, even the ones who read this and shout, "I don't have a creative bone in my body." I beg to differ. You probably do. You just haven't tapped into something that released it yet. It's there. Find a figment, and figure out how to translate it to the outlet we share in SL. I know you can. We all can be Imagineers.

Nothing I do would be possible without those who Imagineer every item I style:

Featuring from DOPE Fashion Week "B.I.P." Staxx High Waist Shorts Outfit

Featuring Maxi Gossamer Eyelashes Party Inverted Crown

Featuring Kyxe Fierce Black Brow

1. AIDORU: Dream Tiptoe Feet

2. VicE: Powder Pink Silver Bangles

3. AIDORU: Downtown Glasses

4. **Feel** StarDust Nails

5. Kyxe Skins & Shapes: Pearl Skin Tone

6. Kyxe Skins & Shapes: Innocence Spring

7. Kyxe Skins & Shapes: Captivate Bubble Gum

8. KMADD/Moda: Mesh Eyes

9. [[j'adore]] Poses

10. EMO-tions: Harley

I Support Fashion Pride -- Featuring Schoen and blackLiquid -- Also Featuring Retro', Chop Zuey and Bens Beauty

The Fashion Pride event raises awareness on AIDS, HIV, and the people who have been affected by this life changing affliction.

Designers like Schoen, the Kimono seen above, and blackLiquid, with awesome shades, have offered exclusive items for sale to support this event.

You as shoppers will be able to shop till you drop March 10 - March 17.

Other new items include the bag from Baboom!, Chop Zuey's brooch and earrings from Ben's Beauty.

Thank you designers who supported my newest styling!

Featuring *..Schoen..*Kimono Gown Typell for Fashion Pride

Featuring blackLiquid Shades for Fashion Pride

Featuring Retro' Nicole Pink Heel

Featuring ..:: Ben's Beauty ::.. Amulet Nazar Boncugu Earrings

Featuring Chop Zuey Dulcinea Brooch

Featuring Baboom Mesh Bag Gacha Blue Bow

1. Butterflies Tat by Caryn

2. KMADD/Moda: Eyes Confidence

3. Kyxe Skins & Shapes: Lily Skintone

4. SLink: Elegant 1

5. [Mirror's Enigma] (now Morphine): Azuka Butterfly Lips

6. VicE: Dangerous Liasons Bangles

7. .::Shellac Nails Spill

8. Pure Poison: Umbrella Hat Hood

9. Wicca's Wardrobe Poses

Dots and Dashes and Other Camera Tricks -- Featuring Death Rocker Betty Crocker, KMADD/Moda, In-Pose!, and Chop Zuey

I put together a series of photos taken after a challenge was offered to models who'd like to try out, in essence, for the amazing group The Fashion Teller. I did not get the styling done in time to enter, but that didn't stop me from working on the challenge.

It's supposed to be a 'Doll' look. I did a bit of research and think this look came somewhat close to what I found. Great designers sent 'Doll' stylings down the runway in both 2013 and 2014.

My sweetheart is a fan of the Suicide Girls, an alternative group of models who portray a specific lifestyle and theme, and have their own website. Though not all of the girls in this group go with the doll look, many of them have some qualities of that look.

Recent television shows in the states have shown 'Doll' looks as part of the youth culture. It's an overly dramatized face with bright lips, long lashes, and unique clothing options. Some also use tattoos as part of their overall style.

I went with the porcelain face and body tone and did not add tattoos. I thought the dark toned clothing contrasted well with that pale pretty skin.

Designers I used to create this style - Thank you!!

Featured Death Rocker Betty Crocker Medea Bodysuit

Featured Chop Zuey Darkness Falls

Featured In-Pose! Belle Boots

Featured KMADD/Moda June Hair

1. Baubles by Phe: Spike Bracelets

2. Victoria Endersleigh (VicE): Dangerous Liasons Shoulder Roses

3. Death Rocker Betty Crocker Dia De Los Muertos

4. Rock Oil: Cult Nose/Ear Piercing

5. Candy Nail: Rosy Black

6. Kyxe Skins & Shapes: Alabaster Geisha

7. KMADD/Moda: Mesh Eyes

8. Nikita: Long Lashes

9. Osmose: Roses Hair Ornament Red and Noir

10. Eternal Dream Poses

11. Wicca's Wardrobe Poses

It's Getting Better All the Time -- Featuring Luziefee, Hairoin, {{BSD Design Studio}}, and [[Masoom]]

I sometimes wonder how things could get any better than they are at any given moment and then I live just a little longer, meet a few more people, get to share my ideas and dreams with special new friends and I realize that there can be no limit to how good something can get because it can get better all the time.

Featuring Luziefee Jordis Pastel

Featuring Hairoin Pheasant Phlower

Featuring {{BSD Design Studio}} Fashion Show, Front Row

1. IKON: Sunrise Eyes Steel Blue Pale

2. Nikita Frieda: Long Eyelashes Ludic Drama

3. Face Paint: Gidget

4. Sexy Mama Sculpted Nails

5. [Mirror's Enigma]: Azuka Light Skintone

6. Finesmith: Heartless

7. VicE: Powder Pink and Silver Bangles

8. Lynnix Muse: Hanging Diamonds Earrings

9. In-Pose!

It just does. Of course the mundane parts of life stick around. No matter how many times I do laundry in my lifetime, there will be another load to do soon. It's not those moments that I'm thinking of though. The details in life get more and more precious. It's almost immeasurable.

Featuring Luziefee Jordis Pastel

Featuring Hairoin Pheasant Phlower

Featuring {{BSD Design Studio}} Fashion Show, Front Row

1. IKON: Sunrise Eyes Steel Blue Pale

2. Nikita Frieda: Long Eyelashes Ludic Drama

3. Face Paint: Gidget

4. Sexy Mama Sculpted Nails

5. [Mirror's Enigma]: Azuka Light Skintone

6. Finesmith: Heartless

7. VicE: Powder Pink and Silver Bangles

8. Lynnix Muse: Hanging Diamonds Earrings

9. In-Pose!

I put on this amazing gown by Luziefee, the Jordis in pastel, and pulled on the brilliant pink version of Fashion Show First Row heels from {{BSD Design Studio}} and fairly danced around this garden. I twirled and smiled and felt the beautiful recklessness of the moment.

Featuring Luziefee Jordis Pastel

Featuring Hairoin Pheasant Phlower

Featuring {{BSD Design Studio}} Fashion Show, Front Row

1. IKON: Sunrise Eyes Steel Blue Pale

2. Nikita Frieda: Long Eyelashes Ludic Drama

3. Face Paint: Gidget

4. Sexy Mama Sculpted Nails

5. [Mirror's Enigma]: Azuka Light Skintone

6. Finesmith: Heartless

7. VicE: Powder Pink and Silver Bangles

8. Lynnix Muse: Hanging Diamonds Earrings

9. In-Pose!

There's not a cloud in the sky literally or figuratively. I could borrow trouble, or dwell on issues from the past, but I prefer to embrace the beautiful. I travel around Second Life looking for lovely places to take photos and this Zen garden here helps me make my point today.

Featuring Luziefee Jordis Pastel

Featuring Hairoin Pheasant Phlower

Featuring {{BSD Design Studio}} Fashion Show, Front Row

1. IKON: Sunrise Eyes Steel Blue Pale

2. Nikita Frieda: Long Eyelashes Ludic Drama

3. Face Paint: Gidget

4. Sexy Mama Sculpted Nails

5. [Mirror's Enigma]: Azuka Light Skintone

6. Finesmith: Heartless

7. VicE: Powder Pink and Silver Bangles

8. Lynnix Muse: Hanging Diamonds Earrings

9. In-Pose!

Of all the years I've been here, 8+ or so, I've only run into a rare few whom I could not interact with well, and in those cases, I just walked in a new direction. I learned that focusing on the negatives in life keep us stuck in the past and make it nearly impossible to go forward.

Featuring [[Masoom]] Veera for Avenue Fashion Week

Featuring Hairoin Aurora Lace

1. IKON: Sunrise Eyes Steel Blue Pale

2. [Mirror's Engma]: Sapphire Tan Skintone

3. Chop Zuey: MaSonge

4. Felicity: Harlow Stilettos

5. Adorkable Poses

If I could give a smidge of advice, I'd suggest that no matter what memories you have eating away at your mind from your past, the sooner you can let them go, the sooner your life can go forward and begin getting better. Find the bluest sky, the most elegant gown like Veera from [[Masoom]] that will show at Avenue's Fashion Week, the setting you feel most safe and most loved...

Featuring [[Masoom]] Veera for Avenue Fashion Week

Featuring Hairoin Aurora Lace

1. IKON: Sunrise Eyes Steel Blue Pale

2. [Mirror's Engma]: Sapphire Tan Skintone

3. Chop Zuey: MaSonge

4. Felicity: Harlow Stilettos

5. Adorkable Poses

Then actively choose to live in that moment. It's so much healthier. As good things happen around you and you make a point to SEE those good things, more and more will become visible. Light will become contagious, and the energy you feel and share and are makes you brighter and full of joy.

Featuring [[Masoom]] Veera for Avenue Fashion Week

Featuring Hairoin Aurora Lace

1. IKON: Sunrise Eyes Steel Blue Pale

2. [Mirror's Engma]: Sapphire Tan Skintone

3. Chop Zuey: MaSonge

4. Felicity: Harlow Stilettos

5. Adorkable Poses

I've made my share of errors. I do so online. I do so offline. I work hard to manage my actions and attitude so that on those occasions when I do miss the mark, I have the character needed to go back to whomever or whatever went wrong and make it right. I wish that for you also. It's so much healthier than carrying around the weight of errors, the guilt you might feel, and darkness surrounding you.

Featuring [[Masoom]] Veera for Avenue Fashion Week

Featuring Hairoin Aurora Lace

1. IKON: Sunrise Eyes Steel Blue Pale

2. [Mirror's Engma]: Sapphire Tan Skintone

3. Chop Zuey: MaSonge

4. Felicity: Harlow Stilettos

5. Adorkable Poses

I don't have a magic wand or a crystal ball. I don't fabricate the world around me. I just live in it. Even when it's not such a great health day, there's something in it worth celebrating. I just have to find it. And when I'm looking, always looking, I know that it's getting better all the time.

Liv-Glam, the K-Collection, Curiosity, Stella and ~Shadow Moon~

There are so many new things just pouring from the Liv-Glam collaborative efforts. Not only are there new releases from Liv-Glam, you find jewelry from Curiosity (FuLo) and a quirky fun casual array of new items from the K-Collection.

The Roulier Barbie all over print dress  put me in the mood to purr like this classic car's engine. Skin and more skin teases the eye with the sexy cut of this dress.

Basia earrings from Curiosity (FuLo) and dangled from my ears, artistically repeating the silver circle of the hubcaps.With the muted pinks and purples snugly hugging around my hips and echoed in my boots and jewelry, I felt ready to paint the town pink. I wonder if they'd notice!

Some of the most interesting heels came out this week from the Stella line at Liv-Glam They are color-change heels with a studded anklet that's almost two inches wide with fringe like one might find on a cowboy's suede jacket. Since the fringe is long enough to cover most of the foot, it offers the illusion of a boot. The K-Collection Gio Outfit blazes bold colors on the top and pairs with a simple classic cut trouser.

~Shadow Moon~ offered me a blogger package this week that contained elements meant for Valentine's Day. What amused me the most was the dark humor included. The table and chair with traditional hearts accentuate what I would normally associate with this holiday. However, the grey tree in the background, the Dead Tree, delivers the anti-Valentine. Several poses are built into the tree. I chose the gardening pose you see here and avoided the noose option. I have so many goals I have yet to accomplished. I'm not quite ready to cross the river Styx.

A sweet thanks to Kay Weston who owns Image Essentials. She helped adjust the props for the first set of photos so that my tall avi fit. It's a great sim with many prop and pose possibilities and great people to help.


Featured K-Collection Gio Outfit
Featured Stella XiuLan Heels
Featured ~Shadow Moon~ Valentine Chair and Table
Featured ~Shadow Moon~ Dead Heart, Valentine Tree
1. Custom Shape
2. Glam Affair Skin: Jadis
3. Poetic Eyes: Quicksilver
4. EMO-tions: Celie
5. Liv-Glam: Sculpted Lashes
6. Face Paint: The Raven
7. Quintessencia: Winter Fair Square I
8. Curiosity: Heirloom Necklace
9. Poses Built Into Items by ~Shadow Moon~

Featured Liv-Glam Roulier Barbie Allover Print Dress
Featured Liv-Glam's Curiosity Basia Earrings
1. Custom Shape
2. Glam Affair Skin: Jadis
3. Poetic Eyes: Quicksilver
4. EMO-tions: Gloria
5. Miamai: Catwalk Lashes Pink Explosion
6. Face Paint: Love and Care Sneak Peek
7. [SHOCK] Starshine Glitters Nails
8. Victoria Endsleigh: Powder Pink Silver and Pink Bangle
9. Lassitude & Ennui: Nostalgia
10. Image Essentials Props and Poses

Dot-Be Fashion and Two Hunt Items

Dot-Be Fashion provides many opportunities for you to find great little treasures hidden in the store because they continue to participate in a number of grid-wide hunts.

The dark open top comes from the Wolf Hunt and I paired it with a Boho style skirt from the second half of the Womenstuff Hunt. Either top or bottom could be styled a number of ways or paired together as I have.



Dot-Be Fashion Wolf Hunt Top + Womenstuff Hunt (pt2) Skirt 
1. Custom Shape 
2. Glam Affair Skin: Jadis 
3. Poetic Eyes: Quicksilver 
4. Emotions: Falling 
5. Natural Beauty Lashes 5 
6. Face Paint: Smokie 2 
7. Quintessecia Nail WF II Model Square I 
8. VicE: Silver and Pink Bangles 
9. Focus Poses Boho 4

VicE and Midweek Madness

Two more lovely gowns come from VicE this week for Midweek Madness. I had a little fun playing with the styling, making one a fairy...

 and the other a princess...

We all have to dream a little dream now and then. Whatever your whimsy, you can find it here VicE (Victoria Endsleigh) and for more information about the Midweek Madness sale drop by the Midweek Madness Kiosk and enjoy!


Featured: Victoria Endersleigh Gilded Bird 
1. Custom Shape 
2. Paisley Jinn Skins: Blue Fairy Skin 
3. Poetic Eyes: Quicksilver 
4. Emotions: Carol - Plum 
5. Face Paint: Drama Purple 
6. Gaeline Mesh Lashes: Mysteria 
7. Material Squirrel Wings: Isolde - Plum Wine 
8. Juicy: Classic Pumps - Sparkling Iridescent Pink 
9. AP Kitten 11 

 Featured Victoria Endersleigh White Gold 
1. Custom Shape 
2. Rockberry Skins: Apple 5 
3. Poetic Eyes: Autumn Moon 
4. Emotions: Donna - Brown 
5. Face Paint: Silver and Gold + Pure Gold Holiday Sneak Peek 
6. Candy Nails: Chidori Gold 
7. Gaeline Mesh Lashes: Fantasia 
8. Nardcotix: Kurvy Pump - Gold 
9. AP Beautifully Nude 7

VicE and Midweek Madness

Victoria Endersleigh at VicE came up with a new way of selling a gown, or at least it's new to me.

Both the VicE Sakura Gown (with pink cherry blossoms on white) and the Winter Gown with a selection of floral patterns in blue over grey) have the same options. You receive a slim sweetheart neckline, long tube mesh dress. You can see the basic shape around the upper body in the middle picture. There are also flexible pieces added, which add flow and depth to the mesh if you add them to the mesh gown. Or, you can leave off the mesh completely and use the system pieces with the flexible skirt layers, and you've got a different look. If you're not sure about mesh, this is an awesome time to try it, and if you decide you prefer the system pieces, they're right there in the pack for you. You can't lose with this deal set out by VicE for Midweek Madness.

More information:
Midweek Madness Kiosk

VicE

Featured VicE Sakura
1. Custom Shape 
2. Glam Affair Skin: Jadis 
3. Poetic Eyes: Quicksilver 
4. Emotions: Loreen 
5. Natural Beauty Lashes 5 
6. Face Paint: Full Face 1 
7. Finesmith: Nails - French Sky 
8. Artistry by ~E~: Breast Cancer Awareness Month Set 
9. Juicy: Classic Pumps - Iridescent Pink 
10. [LAP] C-Oo-Burn + C-So Sweet 

Featured VicE Winter Gown
1. Custom Shape 
2. Glam Affair Skin: Jadis 
3. Poetic Eyes: Quicksilver 
4. Emotions: Taylor Style B 
5. Miamai Catwalk Lashes: Orange Explosion 
6. Face Paint: Summer Bronze - Brown 
7. Noya: Perfect Nails - French Nails 
8. Artistry by ~E~: The Gloria Set 
9. Sparkling Flower Black Gold 
0. AP Xens Hatbox

Espair Mini Dress from PMHH + AIDORU Boots

I had never heard of the company Espair when I received their female item for the PMHH. The item offered, if you're fortunate and find the hidden treasure, is a precious youthful mini dress that's made of system and sculpted pieces.

I took a pair of very fun and also youthful boots to pair with the dress from AIDORU. The Kyoot Booties in Pinkette really gave me a sense of lighthearted enthusiasm.


Featured Espair: Mini Dress PMHH 
Featured Aidoru: Kayoot Boots - Pinkette 
1. Custom Shape 
2. Glam Affair Skin: Jadis 
3. Poetic Eyes: Quicksilver 
4. Emotions: Anita - Dark Brown 
5. Gaeline Mesh Lashes: Mysteria 
6. Face Paint: Barbara Make-up 1 
7. Candy Nails: Twinkle Pink 
8. Artistry by ~E~: The Alexandra Set - Blush 
9. Victoria Endsleigh: Powder Pink and Silver Bangle 
10. AP Diana MVW 3

Victoria Endersleigh (VicE) at Midweek Madness

An array of dresses treats you to a sample of the skill and beauty that defines VicE designs this week for Midweek Madness.

Each have their own flair. The Lavender gown has multiple layers around the waist dropping to an asymmetric  hem line. The color looks like it should be a sherbet flavor, good enough to eat. The stole at the right shoulder adds pizzazz to this beautiful gown.

The second dress 'Black Roses' looks more like a top and skirt separate when first worn. I added a belt that covered the two or three inch band of skin that divided the top and skirt. Another flutter of material sways around with every step, but the lines of the skirt run from a very short left side to a tea length on the left. 

The final dress offered felt lighter than a cloud. In pale ivory and whites, there was a regal quality. I could have worn a tiara and been Princess Kate? Again the designer made use of multiple lengths in the skirt to give it a beautiful billow effect for a walk on the promenade or dancing all night at the ball.

More information:
Midweek Madness Kiosk

VicE

Featured Victoria Endersleigh (VicE): Lavender Blue 
Featured Boho Fair Reilia Skins - Ann Med 2 
1. Custom Shape 
2. Poetic Eyes: Quicksilver 
3. Gaeline Mesh Lashes: Starlia 
4. Emotions: Annushka - Dark Brown 
5. Face Paint: Abstract Eye Purple + OMG 16 
6. Sexy Mama Valentine Sculpted Nails 
7. N-Core: Caresse - Silver 
8. Artistry by ~E~ - The Barbara Set 
9. Avante Poses: Trini Belle 

Featured Victoria Endersleigh (VicE): Black Roses 
1. Custom Shape 
2. Glam Affair Skin: Jadis 
3. Poetic Eyes: Quicksilver 
4. Gaeline Mesh Lashes: Starlia 
5. Emotions: Loreen - Dark Brown 
6. Face Paint: Deadly Black + Eartha Black Lip 
7. Finesmith: French Sky Nails 
8. ::Purple Moon:: Spanish Lady Gown Belt 
9. N-Core: Coquette - Glitter Edition Red 
10. Artistry by ~E~: The Audrey Set 
11. Avante Poses: Mother's Day Gift 4 

Featured Victoria Endersleigh (VicE): Layla Gown 
1. Custom Shape 
2. Rockberry Skins: Apple 5 Natural 
3. Poetic Eyes: Quicksilver 
4. Emotions: Grace - Lightblonde 
5. Glamorize Lashes: Silver Bead 
6. Face Paint: Marie Smoke 
7. Avante Poses Chop Zuey Female 6 Coat

Victoria Endersleigh aka VicE and Midweek Madness

I worked with VicE designs for the first time this week and I was thrilled with the quality of gowns I got to model for this blog. There are three items out for this week's Midweek Madness, and in my humble opinion, you're going to want all three!

You can find more information about Midweek Madness and VicE at:

Midweek Madness Kiosk
VicE

My thanks to:
Face Paint
Emotions Hair
Chop Zuey (1)
Finesmith (2)
Artistry by ~E~ (3)
N-Core Heels