Southern Comfort

It's been a lazy weekend for me, and now it's Monday. BOOOOO! Have you got the workday blues, too? If so, glam it up with this amazing dress from Kunglers. I tried my best to capture the wonderful layers of the skirt prim, it's too delicious for words. The prim is a mix of animal prints, feathers, and sheer fabrics. The dress is exceptionally well made and is part of Kunglers' couture line. We won't get into a couture in SL debate. Personally, I don't care what the designer calls their clothing, as long as it looks good on me. Yes, I'm vain. In fact, I told one of my friends that I felt like a lioness and rightfully declared myself "Queen of the Jungle." She laughed and basically called me an idiot as lions live in the Savannah. Obviously the designer of Kunglers knows this little fact too as the dress is named Savannah. ;)
Enjoy your Monday and remember, Fashion is FUN!

Model/Photographer: Vixie Rayna

Style Card:
Skin: Blowpop Tuesday Honey in Shir Seductive
Hair: Maitreya Mica 2008 in Autumn
Dress: Kunglers Savannah
Hosiery: Sheer Fishnet Tights
Necklace: JCNY Stella Couture Fashion Necklace (Metal Changed to Black)
Shoes: Stiletto Moody Bitch Bootie in Black
Eyes: MMS Deep Blue (No Longer for Sale)
Lashes: Cake Bedroom Lashes

Music: The Donnas' Fall Behind Me

Feathered Elegance

Here's a little secret about me...shhhh. Vixie loves LOVES peacocks!! Anytime I see a peacock feather in world I do a happy dance. Seriously, you have to see it! You should be picturing the awkward yet adorable Matt dance about now.

Everyone knows about the gorgeous peacock lingerie outfit from Nyla. It was one of my first fashion crushes in SL, I wore it more than I care to admit. But, I never tire of the wonderfully exotic look and mystery of the feather's design. It calls to me..."vixie, vixie, VIXIE!", and I usually end up spending a bunch of lindens to feed my feather-lust.

On a wonderful shopping excursion to Bijou, ***edit 9.12.08 - An anonymous poster informed me that they couldn't find the freebie boxes - I've updated the SLURL and double-checked today and they are still there.*** I spied with my little eye some FREEBIE boxes. I'm not really a freebie whore, but I usually pick them up in the store and check them out when I get home. 90% of my freebies are trashed after inspection. Let me just say that this wasn't the case with the Bijou freebies. They are FABU!! Run, run, run your hot little pixel asses there now to pick up the goodness.

Imagine my sheer giddiness when I opened one of folders and spotted the name "Chanson Fur with Peacock Feather" in the DIVA outfit. As soon as I attached the prim I started dancing, and then quickly regained composure as I was naked. Bijou's Chanson outfit itself is quite splendid with a fitted purple ruched cocktail dress. Its definitely the best freebie dress I've ever seen, but I wanted a challenge. And, as an avid mash-up artist, I decided to can the the freebie dress portion and dig in and find some wonderfulness to show off this fur.

The fur and feathers are amazing textures, and I really wanted to play with that concept some more. Baiastice has the most wonderful formal dress skirt prims. I chose a silk and lace skirt from the Black Tart outfit. For the bodice, I had to go with Nicky Ree. The Florence gown has two bodice options, and I went with the fitted corset. The lines were simple yet sleek and it didn't distract from the fur. JCNY's Ballerina Diamond bracelet was the perfect evening jewelry. On my feet, I'm wearing the Maitreya Grace heels with Sheer stockings. Additionally featured items include: Blowpop Tuesday Rai Sins in Pink, Bijou Luminous eyes in Sapphire (normal size), Cake Berlin hair in Cocoa and Cake Bedroom lashes. Poses are from Pididdle and Luth.

Even when we are being elegant, its still about fun my lovelies! Go out there and express yourself in this wonderful art called fashion!

Model/Photographer: Vixie Rayna

Music: Mayonnaise by Smashing Pumpkins, This Year's Love by David Grey

Casualness...

Some days you just feel like throwing on shorts and a tee, and heading out to do errands.  Today was the perfect day to play up some casual-ness.  The Elephant Outfitters shorts, are some of the nicest in SL. The texture is amazing, and I love the prim leg cuffs.  Purple is one of my favorite colors, so I added a flowy tunic tank from Random to top of the outfit.  Swallowtail has an AMAZING new collection of jewelry.  This bracelet is from the Naturalist collection, and I never want to take this bracelet off.  The flower details are stunning and the colors are bright and fun.  Of course the new ribbon hair from MMS, just brought the look together.

I added these to my Flickr stream a few days ago, but I wanted to drop a little blog to share a bit more.  Enjoy!! And, remember that Fashion is Fun!

Style Card:
Skin: Blowpop Honey -  Rai Sins in Pink 
Hair: MMS Ribbon in Chestnut (Ribbon Modified to Yellow)
Shirt: Random Solid Braided Tank Tunic in Purple
Shorts: Elephant Outfitters Jordyn in Twig
Bracelet: Swallowtail Naturalist
Earrings: +plus Yellow Plastic
Eyes: MMS Turquoise (No Longer for Sale)
Lashes: Cake Bedroom Lashes
Pose: LAP and Pididdle

Music: Magic's in the Make-up by No Doubt

Beat City

There is something to say about music, how a simple song takes you back to a time and place.  Do you remember the first time you heard "Beat City"? Most would say Ferris Bueller's Day Off, sometime in the 80's.  Honestly, I think the first time I really heard it was two months ago. One of those wonderful virtual dates that most just don't understand.  Yes, I was in virtual love.  "Was" being the keyword.  It ended some time ago, but I guess there are some days when you can't help but reminisce about all the things that could have been.  You are probably wondering why I haven't named some sappy song, but I guess that isn't how the brain works.  I randomly heard "Beat City" and bam...I'm missing Dave.   

In an effort to distract myself, I tore through my inventory to find something a little bit tough. The Muism black suit with white suit, jumped out at me.  It sort of had this Chrissie Hynde edge to it, and of course "gonna use my style, gonna use my side-step...gonna use my, my, my imagination!" screams through my veins.  I head over to the Glam World sim, and walked about finding the perfect place to shoot as the music coursed through my veins.  I know its not obvious, but its me.

Style Card:  
Skin: Blowpop Aden in Black #1 in Honey
Hair: Novocaine Caelyn in Licorice
Oufit: Muism Black Suit/White Shirt (Rolled-Up Jacket and Cuffs)
Necklace: Swallowtail Circle Panic
Shoes: Maitreya Frenzy in Bordeaux
Pose: Vain Inc Bedroom

Music: Beat City by The Flowerpots, Kiss Off by Violent Femmes, and Brass in Pocket by The Pretenders

p.s. He was missing me, too...

++edited 9/13/08 added picture and labels++

Fall Fashion <3

Fall is upon us, and I couldn't wait to hit the stores and put together some fun outfits. Of course, the Aoharu Walk shoe sale was all over the feeds, so I had to jump over and pick up some cute shoes. While there, I went to check out the new arrivals. I was in fashion heaven, The colors are rich almost jewel tones, and the greens, oranges and browns screamed fall! I picked up some cute things and ran home to put together some looks. Only thing missing is the leaves!

**Note - The ribbon socks from Aoharu (pictured far right) were a mod mess. The ribbons are prims, which gives a great rich look, but you almost need to have an instruction card to fit them properly. Or maybe have a notecard with leg slider numbers that work.***

Style Card (L to R):
Far Left -
Skin: Blowpop Aden in Black #1 in Honey
Hair: Zero Style Ayase in Raven
Hat: Wild O PS
Shirt:Cachet Carrie Shirt (From outfit)
Vest: Stitch by Stitch Pauline Jacket (From outfit)
Pants: Gigi Couture Striped High Waisted Pants
Scarf: Aoharu Afghan Stole in Black
Socks: Neferia Abel Black Socks
Shoes: Shiny Things Ruffle Boot in Black
Pose: Grapevine Fashionality Stand 004

Middle -
Skin: LF Chai Cole in Ginger
Hair: Maitreya Chloe in Coffee (From Hair Fair 2008)
Hat: Part of the hair
Outfit: Aoharu Pixy Tunic Set in Brown
Bangle: Armidi Gisaci Healing Giraffe in Brown

Shoes: Aoharu Walk Back Ribbon Short Boots in Brown
Eyes: MMS Deep Blue (No Longer for Sale)
Lashes:KM Starry
Pose: Luth Movement 10

Far Right -
Skin: Blowpop Tuesday Rai Sins Nude Brun in Honey
Hair: Maitreya Mica 2008 Gold Blonde
Hat: Aoharu Fluffy in Brown
Outfit: Aoharu Short Coat in Brown
Socks: Aoharu Ribbon Socks in Brown
Shoes: Shiny Things Ruffle Boot in Brown
Eyes: MMS Deep Blue (No Longer for Sale)
Lashes:KM Starry
Pose: Luth Pose 14

Music: Daydreamer by Adele