Events Galore - For All the Right Reasons - Featuring Pink Ice at Fashion For Life; October's 4Seasons and Skin Fair 2016; [SWANK] and Chop Zuey

So many things to share, so many places to visit...

#FashionForLife - join a great cause, get involved, go shopping and support this annual charitable fundraiser. Money goes to finding the cure for cancer. #RelayforLife, #AmericanCancerSociety. Designers like Pink Ice have created new and exclusive items for this very special event.

The Skin Fair 2016 - just two days away and oh what a treat October's 4Seasons stands at the helm, a terrific sponsor and leader in skins creations in Second Life.

[SWANK] and the Luck Of the Irish brings all sorts of great new items including a beautiful new release from Chop Zuey.

Featuring NEW Fashion For Life Items

From Pink Ice Exclusive Nadine

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Fashion%20For%20Life4/56/102/25

Featuring NEW Items from Skin Fair 2016 (opens March 11)

From October's 4Seasons Catalina Lily Skin Package - Makeup 5

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Alanya%20Bay/232/126/22

Featuring NEW March Items From [SWANK]

Theme: Luck Of the Irish

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Manatoba/188/11/2001

Chop Zuey The Fair Olivia Set

IKON Sunrise Eyes Steel Blue Pale Truth Dasha Gaeline Mesh Lashes Fantasia

Breathtaking Beauty at !Lyrical B!zarre Templates

Elegance and creativity continue to mark the merchandise sold at !Lyrical B!zarre Templates. Every time I see a new item, a new set, a new collection, I'm in awe that Lyric continues to turn out original mesh and a whole array of it in so many different themes. Whether you're looking for something personal or something to personalize and sell on your own, there's something new and fresh from which to choose.

Featuring NEW !Lyrical B!zarre Templates
Steam Candour Mesh from the Steam Love Collection
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Jasmine%20Hills/234/237/21

Chop Zuey Dirait-On Texture Change Set
Truth Alison
IKON Sunrise Eyes Steel Blue Pale
Gaeline Mesh Lashes Natura
October's 4Seasons Guiselle Lily
-LOUX- Sensual Lipstick 10

Find a Friend, Find a Smile - Featuring NEW Chop Zuey and [SWANK]: ~PPC~ and [Selene Creations]

Everything at Chop Zuey brings a smile. The Heart & Soul Texture Change Set gives you sparkle and shine and beauty all in one.

Live, Love, Laugh. This is a good way of life. The blocks on this shelf spell out this statement as a suggestion. Even if you come into your Second Life with a frown, find a group of friends, people who treat you like you deserve, and spend time with them. Pour out of your good energy, your good heart, your good stuff, and live, love and laugh. In no time, you'll find yourself free of your frown and feeling good once more.

Take a few minutes to check out the 50 Shades of Red theme at [SWANK] before its too late. Great deals, great new merchandise, and a whole array of options bring you many reasons to visit. Like this shelf and table from ~PPC~ and the gown Anastasia in red from [Selene Creations].

Featuring NEW Chop Zuey Heart & Soul Texture Change Set
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Chop%20Zuey/43/141/26
Featuring NEW February Items From [SWANK]
Theme: 50 Shades of Red
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Manatoba/188/11/2001
~PPC~ Love Wall Shelf
~PPC~ Serenity Table
[Selene Creations] Anastasia Red

Truth Ana
Gaeline Mesh Lashes Magnificia
October's 4Seasons Guiselle Lily Skin Package From February Makeover Room
E C R U Ritz Stilettos

Is It Too Late (to say I'm sorry?) - [SWANK]: Purple Moon and {AnaMarkova}

It's that LOVE holiday. Expectation seems to loom large. Urgent rush to the Hallmark card section, the florist, even the jewelry store. (He went to Jared's) We're inundated with a message that love comes in a box and when packaged prettily, anything can happen. 

Justin Bieber has not one but two songs at the top of the US pop chart. In both songs, he's talking to women, or a girl in particular. He muses in his music, "Is it too late..." and he wants the girl, whoever she is, to give him a second chance.

I'm not a strong supporter of marketing ploy based holidays. I just don't think a calendar needs to tell me when to share my love or celebrate my sense of patriotism. I don't even care for religious holidays that mean to remind me of my faith. So stating that, I'm still aware of the overwhelming need to experience life with all the bells and whistles, to feel loved, not alone, and to be special to someone.

I hope that whoever enters my life and yours finds a human soul willing, even eager, to allow for love and all its beauty and all its wonder. I also hope that you and I have the ability to forgive, to give second chances, and to know that it's really never too late to say I'm sorry. A feeling evokes powerful energy. My heart's desire leans ever towards positive powerful energy to be shared effusively with everyone. If a holiday like Valentine's day helps to encourage that powerful exchange of positive energy, so be it. Embrace it. Give yourself and others a second chance, or a hundredth. It doesn't need to be too late.

50 Shades Of Red at [SWANK] might inspire you to look and feel your most positive self as you enjoy your Valentine. The Jade Leather Dress, in Pure tone, by {AnaMarkova} and the Cameron Hat by Purple Moon are just two examples of items you can find at this monthly event. Amazingly, over 80 designers created hundreds of things, and with those numbers, you know you can find something to inspire a beautiful holiday.

Featuring NEW February Items From [SWANK]
Theme: 50 Shades of Red
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Manatoba/188/11/2001
Purple Moon Cameron Hat
{AnaMarkova}Jade Leather Dress Pure

Truth Hair Paige
Chop Zuey The Razor's Edge Bracelet
Chop Zuey Glorianna Earrings
October's 4Seasons Guiselle Lily Skin Package from the Makeover Room February
Image Essentials Studios and Pose Stores Background Studios

X-Files Swanky Back In the Day and Now - Featuring [SWANK]: LEGENDAIRE, [RnR]Swag, BluPrintz and Outside the Box

Sometimes I call styling for Second Life 'playing barbie' because it's a little like getting something new for a doll and spending the afternoon dressing your doll in all the new fun things. At other times, I like to take it to the next level and imagine what the doll will do once dressed to the nines, all swanky and ready to killit. 

One place I've noticed a lot of fancy, high end costuming occurs in really good (and really terrible) spy flicks. I'd love to be brilliant and beautiful, licensed to kill, and deviously working with my team to secure details and data that will ultimately save the day... in heels! Last night I was watching this week's new episode of the X-Files. Scully, the quintessential beauty that she is both in the 1993 and in 2016, commented that they used to do the dark AND stairs and she did them in heels! Of course a sexy spy or in her case FBI agent peering into every dark and unusual corner of the world will always have the right look and it almost always includes heels. Sexy with a side order of sexy, of course.

I had to look up [SWANK] to be sure it still meant the same thing in today's lingo as it did the last time I looked in a dictionary. Loads of words have double entendres, hidden meanings or just mean the exact opposite of what they used to mean - back in the day when I did darkness and stairs in heels. Swank still means the same thing - to display one's wealth, knowledge, or achievements in a way that is intended to impress others. Every time I prepare a new look with items from [SWANK], I keep this definition in mind. Today I have on a new dress from [RnR]Swag called Timber. The heels, because of course they must be included! are from LEGENDAIRE, from the Rose Gown set that has a gown and heels included. I put out some of the decor created by some of the [SWANK] designers as well, the hearts on the wall are two different cute 'post it note' displays called C.L. I Love You (yellow) and C.L. Heart (red) made by BluPrintz and the Hippie Shelf and Crate 2 come from Outside the Box.

My $up3r P0W3r$ - Featuring [SWANK] [R]Allure and Baboom

Super powers have been around for as long as humans have been telling tales, passing down oral tradition and letting the younger generation know what came before theirs. Sometimes it was as simple as retelling a story about a hunt, enlivening the story a bit by exaggeration, the animal so big, the creature so fast, and yet with cunning and creativity, the hunt was yet successful. Ultimately, the super power in a human boiled down to the ability to think through things to overcome obstacles. Rarely did we outclass other species with quickness or strength, but almost always, we could outthink. 

In modern society, much of life is lived within four walls. Our daydreams contain our super powers, the feats it takes to merely get through the day. We tell stories of overcoming adversity, plowing past stereotypes and winning against slurs that hurt. The phrase "what doesn't kill us makes us stronger" remains a truth. Even if much of what we battle seems far removed from those hands on moments of our forefathers, we still muster great personal energy and strength to overcome battles. We still seek within ourselves a super power, an ability to make it in our world.

Fantasy is fun. Seeing through something with X-ray vision or throwing lightning bolts with fingertips entertains us. Media saturates our world with the super-crazy shenanigans of the mighty heroes with those fantastical otherworldly powers and we cheer and root for our favorite. At the end of the day, however, I'm sure that our super powers remain in our ability to think. If more people stopped to do so, perhaps there would be less negative energy to overcome with those real super powers we exert every day. If we didn't have bias according to race and creed, sexual orientation and other stuff that doesn't define anyone honestly, all that thought and energy could go somewhere useful. I maintain that my super power is love. I wish I could say that I had the ability to love unconditionally but I still fail at times. I do my best, however, and think that in those moments when I succeed, I've truly embraced the biggest super power of them all.

This month at [SWANK], designers contributed items according to the theme 50 Shades Of Red. We celebrate St. Valentine's Day and the color red and love. As I continue to style outfits, I continue to think of my super power, and how I might touch my world with it. I'm wearing the new Red Dream dress from Baboom and beautiful Tristan heels from [R]Allure.

Featuring NEW February Items From [SWANK]

Theme: 50 Shades Of Red

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Manatoba/188/11/2001

[R]Allure Tristan High Heels Black

Baboom Red Dream

Truth Hair Freya

Gaeline Mesh Lashes Phantasmagoria

October's 4Seasons Guiselle Lily Skin Package from February's Makeover Room

Beloved Jewelry Chantelle Gold Ruby Earrings

Corpus Poses

Beachy Fashion Fun Will Melt Your Popsicle - Featuring A.F.I Designs and Featuring [SWANK] Ravens Blade

Every time I try something new from A.F.I designs, I know it's going to be fun, a little daring, and a lot provocative. It's just built into every new look, just like the latest Glam Love dress. From the front, it's a cute mini, another glance reveals more.

It's a dress that begged a trip to the beach. By the time February comes round, many begin thinking about Spring Break, summer beach fun and how to get a healthy bit of sun before it arrives.

Playful heels from Ravens Blade, part of the Truffles set at [SWANK] for February, complete the look. (In addition to the shoes shown here, Truffles also includes a dress.)

Featuring A.F.I Designs Glam Love Dress
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Kmadd%20Enterprise/199/39/4002
-and-
Featuring NEW February Items From [SWANK]
Theme: 50 Shades Of Red
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Manatoba/188/11/2001
Ravens Blade Truffles Heels (Dress and heels included in Truffles set)

Truth Hair Dasha
Maxi Gossamer Lashes Party Swallow Wings Red/Black
October's 4Seasons Guiselle Lily Skin from February Makeover Room
*+Crie Style+* Cantabile Glasses
.:JUMO:. Nuit Clutch Black
[Modern Couture] Jewelry Pietra Black
Gala Fashion Design Love Potion Necklace
Vestige Poses - Female Noir Set

Everything On Point At [SWANK] - Featuring Belles Parisiennes and Moondance Jewelry Boutique

Featuring NEW February Items From [SWANK]

Theme: 50 Shades Of Red

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Manatoba/188/11/2001

Belles Parisiennes by Cashandra Tenue Be My Valentine Red - This elegant gown will have everyone at your party seeing red.

Moondance Jewels by Kathrin Dassin Elegant Aurora - This jewelry set from Moondance Jewelry Boutique contains a whole array of pieces sure to accentuate your 'love is in the air' look. Two sets of earrings (the small floral set -and- long dangles) come with this and I layered them so the flower sits over the lobe and the long dangle hangs behind, making it look like yet a third set of earrings. You will also find a necklace, bracelets for both arms and a ring for either hand. Major gleam, major glam!

Truth Hair Aida

Gaeline Mesh Lashes Illusia

KMADD Mesh Eyes

October's 4Seasons Guiselle Lily at Makeover Room

Corpus Poses

Another Stunning Piece From Lyrical Bizarre Templates At Ferosh Fashion Week

Beauty abounds at Ferosh Fashion Week with another great piece from Lyrical Bizarre Templates. This is Shaz III, part of a collection of new designs released especially for this event.

Featuring Lyrical Bizarre Templates from Ferosh Fashion Week
== Shaz III

!Dark Horse Style Gold Tip Fall
Truth Feronia - Variety
Gaeline Mesh Lashes Natura
KMADD Mesh Eyes
October's 4Seasons Guiselle Lily MOR
HOLLYHOOD Holly Peach Vernice Heels
LOUX Sensual Lipstick #10
Chop Zuey A Wee Bit o Easter Rose Earrings

Honesty With Sabra Style, Honestly! Also BOABA

A monochromatic layout for someone who's anything but... Kylie Sabra and Sabra Style - Second Life Fashion have a beautiful vantage point and in that sense of beauty creations she makes always make me feel elegant, refined and something better than myself. When someone can do that, it makes the thing they do that much more special. It's difficult to put into words. Maybe it could happen in the world off line if I got to meet Michael Kors or Vera Wang and then had an item from their collection and got to wear it and then got to talk about it, blog it, tweet it, and every other way to shout out to the world, this thing I got to do was radical fun and this person I met made it better than fun! That's not likely to happen in my world off line but I'm blessed beyond words that it does happen to me in my Second Life. 

That girl right there, the amazing one who works on so many projects in Second Life that have meaning, who creates clothing, who pauses to say hi, how are you feeling, in the throng of her busy crazy day, that's one of those girls I adore and thrill at sharing her wares. Honesty in Gold. Honesty is such an intense name for a dress, but in this case, it's perfect. I paired with a hat that BAOBA shared with me some recent weeks ago called Delicacy Yellow and finally found a time I could wear October's 4Seasons metallic Copper Lips.

* Sabra Style Honesty Gold
* BAOBA Delicacy Yellow

- Chop Zuey Betty 2.0 Necklace and Bracelet
- October's 4Seasons Copper Metallic Lips
- October's 4Seasons Diva Golden Apple
- LIKE DESIGN 24 Exclusive Shoes
- Truth Lunara
- Maxi Gossamer Party Inverted Crown Eyelashes

Standard Items:
-- October's 4Seasons Chocolate Cosmos
-- SLink Hands and Feet
-- KMADD Mesh Eyes

Sexy and Sweet, All Because I'm a VIP At Carrie's Lingerie - Carrie's Lingerie, -{ZOZ}- at Sneak Peek, Chop Zuey

Beauty from Carrie's Lingerie, the January VIP gift called Val just looks angelic and demure, yet naughty and playful at the same time. New shoes from -{ZOZ}- at Sneak Peek, and some more elegant pieces of jewelry from Chop Zuey.

I can't tell you how much I love the Chocolate Cosmos skin at October's 4Seasons. Since I nailed down a favorite, I've had so much fun photographing her, and this time was no different. Gorgeous. Art. Sexy. Fun!

* Carrie's Lingerie Val VIP January Gift

* -{ZOZ}- Roxie White From Sneak Peek

* Chop Zuey My Father's Heart Necklace

- Chop Zuey Moon Crystals Earrings

- October's 4Seasons Ocean Depth Sparkle Shadow

- October's 4Seasons Shine White Silver Shadow

- October's 4Seasons Kinetic Pink Rose Kiss

- Gaeline Mesh Lashes Illusia

- Truth Aida

- Vestige Creations Poses

Standard Items:

-- October's 4Seasons Chocolate Cosmos

-- SLink Hands and Feet

-- KMADD Mesh Eyes

Safari With Me To A Land So Far Far Away -- Rams Wear, Mag (Heart). B at Four Seasons Market, and Wicca's Wardrobe

After a number of styles constructed with the deliberate holiday themed look, I pulled this casual combination together tonight after one of those long long days that sometimes happen during the month of December as a result of rushing to and fro to visit and be visited, to share and celebrate, to eat and exchange gifts, and while it was all wonderful, including a brand new grand-nephew to ooh and ahh over, I came home pehhh-zausted.

A cup of tea, eyes with smudged makeup and probably swollen puffy pockets of fluid under both hide well behind the sunglasses I found. I went with a safari theme, Zebras and Elephants, rocking in a recliner, kicked back with dreams of warmer weather, romping in the wild, visiting life at a different pace than this crazy pelmel holiday season inspires. For a moment, I could almost smell the fresh grain of springtime on the wind, and imagine the wild beasts roaming with young offspring ready to take on the world.

Rams Wear sent out a notice recently, seeking bloggers. I'd worn a few items in various events from the store but had not consistently followed his sense of style. I love mixing things up, with the pretty princess look some days and the casual country girl other days. The long sweater, Kenitra in Wine, offers options, long enough to cover the hips if you wanted a playful short bit of knitted fluff on for clubbin', but also might be worn over tights as shown, leggins or even your favorite jeans. Wicca's Wardrobe created several pieces for the J&A Expo that ran recently and in her mini collection for that event, she had the 'Adventurer' hat and the Gambler Heels. Zebra prints added a touch of the wild to both. And the clever new tights found at Four Seasons Market by Mag <3. B, with the knee patch caught my attention immediately because I love the whole hipster layered look and this pair of tights with the heart shaped patches appealed to me and suited the overall aesthetic I wanted. One other accessory I pulled out of a folder of -in the wild- style items were a pair of shades, VB Shades Zebra RED, sold by BSD Design studio. All in all, I was able to weave the story in my head, close my eyes and take a jaunt out into the world to a land of far far away for just a little while, and now I might rest and carry those daydreams with me into sleep.

* Rams Wear Kenitra Dress - Wine
* Mag <3. B Cozy Dark Green Stockings from Four Seasons Market Event
* Wicca's Wardrobe "The Adventurer" Hat from J&A Expo
* Wicca's Wardrobe Gambler Heels [Zebra] from J&A Expo

- Chop Zuey Elephantus Maximus Set
- {{BSD Design Studio}} VB Sunglasses - Zebra RED
- Dark Horse Style Silver Glitter Striped Dark Nails
- Maxi Gossamer Party Inverted Crown Black Lashes
- Truth Short w/Bangs Black
- Taken at Carrie's Lingerie VIP Christmas Display (poses built into props)

Standard Items:
-- October's 4Seasons Chocolate Cosmos Skin Tone Laila Face
-- SLink Hands and Feet
-- KMADD Mesh Eyes

Peace On Earth Hunt 7 - Still Time! Chic and Sweet Tea At (POE 7) ; Plus New Lybra!, Unrepentant, and Wicca's Wardrobe; October's 4Seasons Keiko

More holiday fantasy this morning with The Peace On Earth Hunt 7 (POE 7). But first, the element of holly and holiday red... I took the fun little hat that Wicca added to her Red/Green gown and I kept doubling it in size until it took on the size of a playful winter's napping spot.

Also, my little shoulder friend, I'm pretty sure it's my very first wearable pet I've ever owned though I have had friends who owned all sorts of critters over the years. This one comes from a long lost friend who's come back to Second Life to take it by storm. Drop by Unrepentant and see the clever creations she's brought to life.

The Aran Christmas sweater from Chic has been hidden as have the tights by Sweet Tea for Peace On Earth Hunt. It's not too late to get all the information, the list of stores, and go hunting for holiday treats.

Keiko now has a new skin tone. Sexy, alluring, sweat and devilish in only the best possible way. October's 4Seasons makes sure every skin tone, every new face, each detail, works well together in its best hope of tempting you!

* Lybra Christmas Gift Earrings
* Chic Xmas Aran Outfit From Peach On Earth Hunt 7 (POE 7)
* Sweat Tea Let It Snow Tights Blue Peace On Earth Hunt (POE 7)
* [UN] - Unrepetent Ratcoco Marie

- October's 4Seasons Seduction Gloss
- October's 4Seasons Soulful Brown
- Maxi Gossamer Swallow Wings Party Lashes
- Truth Sian

Peace On Earth Hunt 7 (POE 7) Is Still In Progress - Find This Belladonna Couture Item If You Know Where To Look, Also New Truth and Maxi Gossamer

You may notice that I didn't change much from my #HandsUpDontShoot photo and this set. These photos actually came earlier in the evening but then I got focused on the PEACE campaign and put this aside for a few hours. This morning, I share with you.

Belladonna Couture created this Reindeer Mini for Peace On Earth Hunt 7 (POE 7). You can see that without the jacket, the reindeer is right at the heart of the sweetheart neckline and perfect for a fun holiday festivity. Truth hair still has its 50% off sale in progress through 15 December, and every single hair style is on sale from the new releases to old favorites.

I chose Raquel along with a few others because you could never have too many hair styles. Maxi Gossamer created the fur and has her furs also on sale right now with a mega discount. I use her lashes all the time and have ventured into other things she's created. Bangles seen in the Don't Shoot photos are also Maxi Gossamer, her holiday gift.

Sales and gifts abound this holiday season. Now all you have to do is go out and scoop them up!

*Truth Hair Raquel
*Belladonna Couture Reindeer Mini From Peace On Earth Hunt 7 (POE 7)
*Maxi Gossamer Fur Bolero Yolanda Natural Furs
*Maxi Gossamer Boho Bangles

-Chop Zuey Love Struck White Gold
-.:JUMO:. Riyadh Heels Silver
-October's 4Seasons Seduction Gloss
-Gaeline Mesh Lashes Fantasia

So I Met This Reindeer -- Featuring ~ghee and Loovus Dzevavor

So I met this reindeer...

It's a good way for a Christmas story to start, isn't it? I met this reindeer at Image Essentials Props and Poses. I hadn't been over there in a while to see the new displays and pose studio updates and happily discovered a furry friend. I had a jacket in storage, something from Loovus Dzevavor that was just waiting for the right moment to appear, and paired with a comfy warm top and leggings/tights set from ~ghee. Heels from -{ZOZ}- capped off the casual dress.

And then there were antlers. Bodza created them as part of an outfit from Whimsical Imaginarium called Merry Snowflake. So festive!

*~ghee Olive Turtleneck and Pants/Tights
*Whimsical Imaginarium Merry Snowflake Antlers

-Loovus Dzevavor Uptown Jacket
-Truth Kalista Hair
-ZOZ Ria Heels
-Chop Zuey Betty 2.0

It's Friday!! -- Featuring !Lybra, Chop Zuey and Truth

After a week of ups and downs, it's finally Friday again. Yay! I hope you fill your weekend with fun, family and friends, and always embrace those you love dearly and make sure they know. I recently watched Werner Herzog's From One Second To The Next, a documentary that's only 35 minutes long, but so intense and impacting. It covers the topic of texting while driving and shares several family struggles as they related to the topic. I love Werner Herzog's point of view and had seen several things he created prior to this and knew this would create energy and make a sincere point. It succeeded. It's not one of those things you would rush out to rent, but if you have access to it via Netflix, HULU or Amazon Streaming you should see it and share it.

This morning, I want to show you a beautiful new addition to the collection at Lybra. Such a fashion now style, this gown has the long flourish of a formal gown with the frisky mini showing lots of leg as well. Natalia from Lybra blends the formality of a long gown with the playful nature of a miniskirt. I paired the new gown with the Betty 2.0 Set from Chop Zuey. You'll have options to change the metal as well as the stones in this set, making it multifunctional. I've tried to wear this cute new Truth Sian, a new cut that ended up being a bit more challenging to do because the style is playful, fun, short and somewhat casual. With this outfit, however, I thought it fit perfectly. I loved the hair and just waited for the right time to share.

Featuring !Lybra Natalia

Featuring Chop Zuey Betty 2.0 Texture Change Set (Gifts)

Featuring Truth Sian

1. SLink Elegant 1 Hands

-- Female Feet High

2. blackLiquid Autumn Nails

3. Maxi Gossamer Inverted Crown Lashes

4. KMADD/Moda Mesh Eyes

5. October's 4Seasons Limited Edition Milk

6. Countdown Poses

New At The Couturier's Dock - Expansion Coming Soon -- Featuring Baoba from The Couturier's Docks and Whimsical Imaginarium

The Couturier's Dock event displays an array of designers each month, allowing each designer the opportunity to advertise limited quantities of the item they display. This month, Baoba has a lovely bowed hat called Divina.

Whimsical Imaginarium, also on the Salimar Sim, brought home the Sugared Skulls collection from one of the recent events and now you can get it in the main store; La Novia shown in photos above.

The Salimar sim announced recently that their group project - The Couturier's Dock - will be expanding in the next few months, exciting news from an already great program.Vestige Fashion created a set of 10 poses called Female Noir and I've shown two more from the collection in this series.

Have fun with it and enjoy your world! Thank you for being a part of mine.

Featuring Baoba Divina from The Couturier's Dock

Featuring Whimsical Imaginarium La Novia

1. October's 4Seasons Limited Edition Angelina Milk

2. SLink Elegant 1 Hands

-- Female Feet High

3. Silken Moon Matrushka Nails

4. HOLLYHOOD Godiva Mesh Red Heels

5. Truth Dasha

6. Vestige Fashion Instruments Female Noir Pose Set

Chop Zuey Girl Live Contest Day 1 -- Featuring Nya's Shop

It was a lot of fun to put together this outfit last night. I was preparing to work at Chop Zuey but even more so, I wanted to wear something new and awesome to the Chop Zuey Girl first live contest this morning.

I pulled together a dress from Nya's Shop called Happy Dress Sangria, sold at this month's rotation for The Instruments The event. I just bought the hair as well, new from Truth Hair called Aida.

My heart beats a little faster when I try to find pieces from Chop Zuey, play with them to repurpose, relocate or use as a different type of jewelry, and in this case, I took a set of bracelets and used one as a choker.

Featuring Nya's HappyDress Sangria from The Instruments

Featuring Truth Aida

1. MG Full Groomed Lashes

2. KMADD/Moda Mesh Eyes

3. SLink Female Feet High

-- Elegant 1 Hands

4. October's 4Seasons Pearl Skin Tone Laila

5. Liv-Glam Natasha High Heels

6. Chop Zuey Impromptu Bracelets (One repurposed as a choker)

-- Zigeunermusik Earrings

7. PosESioN Irish Pose Set

Lots Of Pictures, Lots Of Beauty, Lots of Fun -- Featuring Sabra Style November Releases, Featuring Truth Sian

Kylie Sabra has an array of hats she wears, and everything she does, she attacks with passion and energy and influences the world around her as a result. Besides being a tremendous designer, she works in one of the finest Art Galleries on the grid as curator, the Rose Theater Art Galleries. http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Angel%20Manor/106/154/29

I've had the joy of spending time with her, in public spheres and private spheres and I admire everything she touches. The clothing collage I put together displays an array of items she's created and has for sale this month at Sabra Style. I don't know how she manages to keep up with everything, but look at how well she does!

If you've never visited the gallery, I encourage you to go. Are you an artist? You should drop her a note card. Have you seen her collection of clothing she's created? You must go. When someone works with as much passion as she exhibits, you know that you're going to love something if not everything there is to love about what she does. Visit. See. Invest. Enjoy!

Featuring Autumn Sabra Style (a & b)

Featuring Truth Sian

1. Dark Horse Nails Gold Stripe Polka Dots

2. SLink Elegant 1 Hands

-- Female Feet High

3. October's 4Seasons 55L Thursday Special Edition Cinnamon Skin Tone Giselle Face

-- Golden skiss Gloss

4. FuLo Bangles and Watch Set Gold

5. VIOLATOR The Dark Note

6. KMADD/Moda Mesh Eyes

7. Corpus Poses

8. Gaeline Fantasia Lashes

#c Chelsea Blue, -{ZOZ}- Ria Heels Cocoa Middle, Kunglers Medusa Earrings

#d Gayla Grey (Includes Special SLink Nail Applicator)

#e Celestine Blue Without Skirts

#f Collette Sweater Red Pin Stripe

-- Collette Slacks Mocha Plaid

#g Evelyn in Red

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New Tech, New Rules - October's 4Seasons Joined 55L Thursdays: An INCREDIBLE Deal - Bombshie from Designer Showcase and New WTB

This morning I read an article on the camera drones that are under 500 USD, so inexpensive that the average joe could afford one and it seems many many average college age joes and joettes have bought one and operate them everywhere from the beaches to the center of their home team football field for Opening Day games. In the last few years, new technology appears on the market so quickly that the regulators related to the new technology have to run to keep up with what's created, try to make rules associated to that tech make sense, and yet keep the freedom of commerce and fun in the original product so people are happy. If the young people or old people or in between people own and operate these drones on their own private property, the risk for danger factor remains relatively personal, and if a crash occurs, a failure of the tech in the drone, it's usually to the detriment of the private operator. However, when the same tech is deployed over a stadium filled to the max with 106,000 people waiting for kick off (and this is happening over seas with loads of football matches as well), the risk for danger factor exponentially escalates and the rules to limit or control the tech have not been clearly defined so there's a massive loop hole right now and I can only imagine that this will continue to be the case in the years to come with tech coming at us as fast as light and faster.

Yesterday, a friend of mine came to me with a couple of screen shots she'd taken while traversing Second Life, searching for information on a newly released bit of tech for the mesh products we're all trying to sort out for ourselves. In her travels, she found a place that specialized in littles aka children/girls who have a very specific role in Second Life according to the TOS. They're allowed, but only in certain areas, never in areas related to sexuality and the acts considered sexual in nature. Yet she found a whole new slew of items created to add breast and hip attachments to the child avatars. It's another example of how tech is ahead of the rules and ahead of the people who are out there trying to analyze content creation in such a way that they encourage creativity and do not stifle the interest creators have in the virtual world, but also keep the rules set in place by the TOS. As far as I remember, the TOS went through a major overhaul in 2007/2008 because of several lawsuits, and part of that litigation included regulation of the child avatar, where it was permitted, how it was permitted to be used and to interact in the Second Life community. Having accessories that attach to child avatars to in essence give little girls breasts and hips steps very close to a line that seems contradictory at first glance. When I saw her notes and images, I could see how she perceived that accentuating the sexuality of a child/girl might be a contradiction of elements related to that change in rules of the TOS and the use of child avatars. But at the moment, professionally analyzing just the content creator, the tech, they're in the same type of loop hole. They're not telling someone to break the rules. They're not showing specific imagery of the girls with said enhanced female bits. They're not making this person or that buy their items.

Both the drone creator and the mesh enhancements HUD touch the edges of what's already been litigated. The result makes for complicated discussion, investigation of intention, exploration of fact, analysis of previous litigation, and a fair and just application of new rules for new tech. Meanwhile, consumers like me who payed for a ticket for family members to be able to attend Georgia Bulldogs next game must be aware that there are risks associated to said drones, and if that family member sees one flying nearby, their attention must be averted from the game long enough to assess their own personal safety in lieu of someone else policing it with decision to remove it. Just because I think or said family member believes that it shouldn't be there, at the moment, they are flying over stadiums. They are already there. It would be foolish to ignore them. It could be frustrating to some, and in fact deadly to a rare few. There's a case of a person who operated a drone in a city park who killed himself inadvertently using one of these camera drones legally and within the parameters of that park, and still he faced dire consequences. I don't know what will happen with the items from Second Life that collect all of our mesh pieces and make application easier, and if people will use those new bits of tech to push the child avatar rules. I know when I end up somewhere where I feel uncomfortable, I watch carefully for risks and dangers, look to my own inner voice for decisions, and act accordingly until the regulators have time to do what they do.

I put together this outfit today as I was thinking about this topic. As I did, I was so excited to make sure you knew that October's 4Seasons joined the 55L Thursday group and will begin having 55L items regularly. This new 55L special edition skin will be out this weekend, beginning November 13 running through the weekend to November 16. At 55L - what a deal!! I'm also sharing pieces from Bombshie, Dominga Gold Belted Skirt from Designer Showcase and WTB's Renee Scot Burntrose Top.

Featuring October's 4Seasons FIRST 55L Thursday Item Special Skin

Featuring Bombshie Dominga Gold Belted Skirt from Designer Showcase

Featuring WTB Renee Scot Burntrose Top

1. Truth Gogo

2. MG Swallow Wings

3. SLink Elegant 1 Hands

-- Female Feet High

4. KMADD/Moda Mesh Eyes

5. Le Primitif Leather Cage Sandals

6. Chop Zuey Chromatica

7. Muse Poses