Goodbye, Summer

My yard is currently undergoing a renovation, so I didn't want to spend a lot of time dressing today. I went for casual and comfortable looking... And hey, high heeled boots are TOTALLY casual and comfortable in the digital world.


SL just would not cooperate this morning. It had me at my wit's end.

Credits:

Skin: Jen (Medium Natural)|League
Eyes: Deep Sky Eyes (Hazel W4)|Mayfly
Lashes: No Alpha Lashes (N03)|Miamai
Hair: Quiet Dream (Maple)|Exile
Nails: Women's Medium Palette|Mandala
Shape: Mine

Dress: Shane Oversized Tee (Fawn)|Jane
Tights: Miss Tre's Tights (Merlot)|LeeZu
Boots: Radical Boots (Coffee Reptile)|Maitreya

Pose: Glitterati Bitch 2

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It's Coming...

I wanted to put together an outfit that captured (for me, at least) that end of summer, transitioning into autumn, feeling. Autumn is my very favorite time of year. I love everything about it. The unrelenting heat and humidity of the summer in the Midwest finally breaks, and everything cools down to a slightly more bearable temperature, before finally slipping into chilly. The air is crisp, the afternoon light softens, and the trees come alive with different colors.

I just love it all. And I really love fall colors. It helps that they look good on me in RL, I imagine. Autumn collections have always been my favorite collections, because the colors are made for me.

It's still a little early to be dressing for autumn here in Ohio. The heat is still going strong today, (91° F as I write this!) we're lacking rain and the sun is beating down. But in SL, I can start making that change, and enjoy as much autumn as I like. Next week I'll begin turning our yard into an autumn wonderland, but in the meantime, I'll go shopping for new clothes that represent the cooler weather.

I wanted to capture autumn in this picture, not so much with the colors, but with the light. It might just be me, but autumn light always feels different to me. It casts shadows and highlights and I just know it when I feel it. And this felt like it to me.


Credits:

Skin: Jen (Medium Natural)|League
Eyes: Deep Sky Eyes (Hazel W4)|Mayfly
Lashes: No Alpha Lashes (N03)|Miamai
Hair: Wild at Heart (Kit Kat)|Lamb
Nails: Women's Medium Palette|Mandala
Shape: Mine

Shorts: Cuffed Denim Shorts (Dark Wash)|Mon Tissu
Shirt: 50L V Neck (White)|Tres Blah
Jacket: Rockaby Blazer (Grey)|Mon Tissu
Tights: Miss Tre's Tights (Black)|LeeZu
Shoes: Cottage Flats (Black)|Mon Tissu
Necklace: Italian Briolette Necklace (Silver)|Glow Studio
Hat (On chaise): Feather Wrapped Fedora (Gray)|Mon Tissu

Pose: Model Pose #144|Glitterati
Chaise lounge, table and lamp: Mathilde Set | LISP Bazaar
Location: My bedroom (No link provided. I wouldn't mind people randomly dropping by, but the person I live with might. So uptight, that one.)

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Daydreaming

I kind of messed around with layers and colors and brushes today. I'm not entirely sure how I feel about the result, but eh. Good enough, I say!

I got this little shanty from the Homestuff hunt. I have so much from there that I haven't even gotten a third of the way through all the loot, but this is already one of my favorites. It has some cute poses in it as well, though I'm not actually using one in the picture.

I believe that the shanty was from Sheds 'N Shacks, but don't quote me on that.


Credits:

Dress: Vintage Dress (10)|BCC @ Vintage Fair
Shoes: Women's Natural Bare feet & Ilena Sandals (Taupe)|Slink
Hair: Gloria (Wild Honey)|Wasabi Pills
Earrings: Omochi (Red)|Mandala

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Old Style

I'm trying to wear all my summery stuff as much as possible... I'm counting the days until autumn. (Which I totally love, so I'm not really sad about this.) In the meantime, I have clothes to wear before it gets too cold to wear them!


Credits:

Dress: Gish (Red)|ColdLogic
Earrings: Dangle Earrings (Red Coral)|DooDads
Shoes: Mary Janes|HOC Industries
Hair: Veronica (Wild Honey)|Wasabi Pills

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Always Stand Up Straight!

I couldn't sleep last night so I did some insomnia shopping. Insomnia is expensive.

I picked up these pants, and I LOVE the texture on them, but the alpha was kind of weird. I had to wear size medium because of it, when I'm normally an extra small in pants.


Credits:

Pants: Slouchy Mesh Pants (Sand)|Admiral Spicy
Shirt: Slouchy Sweatshirt (Oatmeal)|Mon Tissu
Hair: Eloise (Red #3)|DeLa
Earrings: MaruMaru Earrings (Brown)|Mandala
Shoes: Allegra (Ivory)|Maitreya

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Money is Always an Object

I got kind of bored last night, so I decided to get on my seldom used alt and update her a little. Poor thing hasn't had new clothes in over a year. I gave her 500L, and sent her skinny butt down to The Dressing Rooms and Collabor88. I think she looks pretty good for not a whole lot of money. I wanted to get her a new skin, but none of the ones that had demos looked very good on her, and I have a strict policy of not buying without trying when it comes to skins.

I was actually pretty impressed with how many skins were offered, between both dressing rooms, but I was a little incredulous that of those skins, I could only find two with demos. I always wonder what the line of thinking is on that. Is it because the skins are offered so cheap that the creators think people will go ahead and buy them? And I'm sure some people will. But if you have a limited amount of money to work with (like I did last night) you don't want to waste even a small bit of that money on something that may not really work for you. And some people are really bad at editing their shapes to fit skins, or even just may not want to. Or, in my case, are just too lazy to do it, even though their alt possesses alien-like qualities and no ass to speak of. Though I did mod her lips a little, because they were looking a little too unrealistic.


Erin needs to own that dress. I owned the shoes already, which helped, and I almost had enough money to buy another outfit, but I was like 56L short. So I got Shelby some new eyes and lashes instead.

Credits:

Dress: Orchid (Floral)|LoQ (Exclusive @ TDR Blue)
Hair: Please and Thanks (Vampire Red)|Clawtooth (Collabor88)
Shoes: Baby T's Plain (Black)|Pixel Mode

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And Me in my Party Dress

I got this dress at the Vintage Fair, and I do think it's really pretty, but I have to say... The swatches at the store were kind of difficult to see, and the names didn't help. So I actually bought the wrong dress. Which was unfortunate. And a little annoying.

It's still really pretty though.

I attempted to go out and take a picture somewhere pretty, but I was having rez issues and was just too tired to keep at it, so I came back to the studio.


Credits:

Dress: Royale Dress Polka Dot (Cream)|Rotten Defiance
Hair: Found (Brown 04)|Elikatira
Shoes: Blossom Wedges (Rose)|Lassitude & Ennui
Jewelry: Pearl Rain Season 02 (Cream)|Mandala

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