Pretty and Prim In Pink - Featuring Danielle's Exclusive from Rock Your Rack, *~Damesfly*~ and HOLLYHOOD at 24 Squared and Opal at Designer Showcase

The darling dress comes from Rock Your Rack, Danielle's Exclusive Charlotte in pink. Though it looks like layered items, it's textured to trick the eye and fits easily without having to figure out which size on which layer so you don't have things popping out where you don't want, and you have pieces that look like they flair out and it's a beautiful optical illusion. Classy design and cleverly drawn. It's beautiful. I'm not usually an all pink girl but it fit perfectly with the fundraising for Breast Cancer Research Foundation. Rock Your Rack continues through September 15.

Designers contributed work like this dress to raise funds, but you can also donate directly if you follow this link: https://www.stayclassy.org/fundraise?fcid=283425

From 24 squared, *~Damesfly*~ has a gorgeous full bodied flowing mass of hair, Shyanne. I think this is more hair than I've owned or worn in years. My hair used to be about this long off line and I recall how much work it was to keep it groomed. Isn't it wonderful how the online world allows us to skip all those little life knots and have the beauty without the work? Additionally, you will find HOLLYHOOD with two different styles of SLink compatible heels. The Kitten Heels are wooden wedges, and the other style glitters like fine diamonds with a variety of colors. Oh la la!

Opal continues to have items at Designer Showcase month after month, and each month there's something fresh and lovely, a new treasure to be had, and at the discount room, the treasure won't break your bank. Sea Star earrings and necklace are offered in two different colors, and add a playful bright bit of color to a casual outfit. With the pink woven into the set, I thought it helped accentuate the overall styling wonderfully well.

Featuring Opal from Designer Showcase Sea Star Gold

Featuring DANIELLE from Rock Your Rack Charlotte Pink

Featuring *~DAMESFLY*~ from 24 Squared Shyanne

Featuring HOLLYHOOD from 24 Squared Teal/Pink Kitten Heels

1. Face Paint: Aphrodite Pink

2. Kyxe Skins & Shapes: Marigold Skin Tone (Laila)

-- Jewel Nails

3. MG: Full Thick

4. SLink: Elegant 1 Hands

-- Feet High Female

Summer Fashion Festival (Last Day): ArisAris and Blue Couture - Designer Showcase: [Opal] and Moondance Boutique - Plus Zibska and KANDINSKY

Today marks the last day of the summer fun event, Summer Fashion Festival and I've two more items to show you from there before the day ends. If you'll notice, there's a simple black dress with white dots as the basic element of my styling. The dress is ArisAris, and its simplicity with just a few fine details like those around the bust are one reason I enjoyed this dress despite the fact that it looks similar to many I have worn. The accessories I used are from Blue Couture, and they were designed to accompany a night gown / lingerie set. Instead I pulled one of the feathered arm pieces, the unique belted posture collar and the belt and added them to spice up the dress.

Designer Showcase runs a month at a time and always brings new designers to the table, as well as providing a great venue for more well known designers to offer special prices and expose new faces to their great quality items. This styling includes items from two different jewelers, both with several pieces at Designer Showcase July. Moondance Boutique's Gaia earrings shine just a bit and lit my cheek up just a smidge when I was standing with the sun setting. It was a neat lighting effect. The ring comes in several color options from [Opal] and worked well into my shades of grey styling.

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Zibska made this 'ball and chain' type hat for an event that occurred recently and I had not quite figured out when to use it. I almost used a different hat, but my sweetheart who's been home all weekend and thus eyes over my shoulder at times asked me, "Why would you wear a flower pot on your head?" So instead of explaining to him that it was couture and sexy ~grin~ I went through my box of hats that I haven't blogged yet and asked, "This one?" about 11 times before he said, "Yes!" So Zibska, like the judges on all these reality shows say, "You made it through." The hat's name is Sadie Noir. I just think it looks a bit like the old ball and chain used in some movies to represent poor old married folks, and in this case, the ball and chain helped me make a decision for this styling, so with tongue in cheek, yay!

I still have an array of items from KANDINSKY that I want to show. They're also from an event that concluded recently but I couldn't bear to through them away as they seem to mirror some of my favorite items from Game of Thrones, and for that alone, they get a bit longer in my inventory before I separate and discard, and low and behold, the Willow heels for SLink mid-high feet fit this style exactly! With all the puzzle pieces together, I really loved the overall look. Black and white stay in style every season. I promise to make the next blog POP with color but this time, shades of grey won the day.

So many great designers are represented here. Thanks to each of you!

Featuring from Summer Fashion Festival (Last Day) ArisAris Dots Tube Dress

Featuring from Summer Fashion Festival (Last Day) Blue Couture Sexy Night Set

Featuring from Designer Showcase [Opal] Tango Black & Silver Ring

Featuring from Designer Showcase Moondance Boutique Gaia Earrings

Featuring from Zibska Sadie Noir Hat

Featuring from KANDINSKY Willow Mary Janes for SLink Feet

1. JUMO Armorial Lips Black

2. SLink: Elegant 1 Hands

-- Female Mid-High Feet

3. Kyxe Skins & Shapes: Alabaster Skin Tone

4. KMADD/Moda: Mesh Eyes

5. EMO-tions: Pria

6. Gaeline: Natura Lashes

7. Manifeste Poses

From FASHIONART Faire: !Lyrical B!zarre Templates, [Opal], {NanTra} also New from EMO-tions and Moondance Boutique

I tried a different approach last night and I was not sure it was clear to me so I really worried it was unclear to the rest of the world. One of those days where a super idea fell apart under the pressure of trying to make it happen.

So I will run each photos series I do for any of the events, like the FASHIONART Fair by Glamourist seen here, I do in my smaller segments like I do the rest of my blog and I will keep my wits mostly and not lose one or two of you along the journey.

I opened the gown shown here from Lyrical B!zarre Templates and noticed it had two color options. I'm always the one that travels the less used road, so I immediately unpacked this option. The bandage dress really had a sexy appeal to it with a froth of light and fluttery linen around the ankles. It's a lively spring gown and promises a whole lotta fun to the special someone who can unwind you out of the dress for... well my imagination runs...

EMO-tions has two new releases this week and this Keanu had a look that appealed to me as a unisex style might so I found a way to pair it with this gown. The [Opal] jewelry set comes from Designer Showcase. More of the {NanTra} Poses are shown, as I wanted to work through all the single poses over a series of 5 or 6 blog entries. And for new in the way of accessories, you'll find Moondance Boutique represented in the pretty nails art Addiction.

Thank you Designers:

Featuring !Lyrical B!zarre Impressions Dress (Blue) from FASHIONART Faire by Glamourist

Featuring [Opal] Izumi Wave Jewelry from Designer Showcase

Featuring EMO-tions Keanu

Featuring {NanTra} It's a Mod Mod World from FASHIONART Faire by Glamourist

Featuring Moondance Mesh Addiction Nails

1. KMADD/Moda: Mesh Eyes

2. Kyxe Skins & Shapes: Candice Marigold Skintone

-- Kyxe Frost Lips

-- Kyxe Electra Aqua Shadow

3. KaTink: Backgrounds