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Happy Friday, my friends~ Like many of you, I always look forward to another Fifty Linden Friday …. and that round of shopping inevitably leads to even more shopping! Today I picked up the mesh racerback tank from Miel. (and the pants are a previous FLF item from Miel) I’m loving everything she is putting out these days! And I especially love that she is putting her 50L stuff, including the demos, on the marketplace — what could be easier than that??

I’m also wearing the lovely Renee skin that Glam Affair has at Collabor88 this month (always an amazing deal!) And tho’ I’m not usually a blue-eyed girl, I couldn’t resist these indigo eyes from Insufferable Dastard’s VIP group gift for January. They are from her City Lights line, and some of my faves!

Have a terrific weekend!

Hair: >TRUTH< Luana - carrot [tinted]
Skin: Glam Affair – Renee – Trending 02 Red [at Collabor88 Jan]
Eyes: Insufferable Dasterd ~ City Lights / Colorful / Indigo [Jan. VIP Grp Gift]
Eyelashes: [[Mozz]] Lashes – 03
Shirt: MIEL PUNK RACERBACK – USA – M [FLF today!]
Pants: MIEL CARGO PANTS – ash S
Pose: marukin [at Collabor88 Jan]

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~Full body shots and credits below~

Happy New Year, my friends! Hope yours is getting off to a terrific start — mine is stupendous! My plurk and flickr friends already know that I got (sl)married on Christmas… so I’m still in the giddy honeymoon stage — bear with me!

One of the things I love about a new year is taking a look at a fresh clean year stretching out in front of me, and thinking of some of the things I’d like to enjoy and pursue. I’m not nearly ambitious enough to take on a 365 project — but I think I’m going to shoot for a 52 LOTD project

This week is a fun rave-ish look for a club event, and I really enjoyed putting it together. Color makes me happy — and a rainbow of color, even more so! One of the lovely things about getting acquainted with some of the club/nightlife sub-cultures in SL is discovering a whole world of specialty designers that I don’t often see on the fashion feeds. Club-goers pass this information around in their own networks, and there are some really thriving little businesses out there.

My adorable hair is from new-to-me designer, A&Y. The hair style is fairly simple, but the real beauty of this hair is all the fun stuff in it! And each little piece, including some of the hair strands, are color change — so you can wear crazy rainbow rave hair, or something a little more subdued and/or color coordinated. And jumping to the bottom (see pics below), you’ll see my stupendous boots from also-new-to-me creator, NeurolaB Inc. Not only do these boots look great, with a lovely shape — but they come with a multitude of texture changing options, including the neon lights. What you can’t see in the picture is that the lights around the base of the boots are animated, and you can change the animation of the lights to a variety of patterns (or static), which is so much fun for clubbing. If you haven’t checked out either of these designers before — be sure to take a look!

Check out the credits for all the terrific pieces in between … they are classics, and will stay in my wardrobe for a very long time!

Happy New Year, my friends … make it a good one!

Jacket: Lapointe & Bastchild Designs ~ Cropped Leather jacket ~Jade
Skirt: erratic / avery – sequin striped skirt / rainbow 1
Stockings: erratic / fishnet wide – full / hotpink 1
Boots: NeurolaB Inc. – Xtrema Boots Black Fetish Electro (L) V3.5
Necklace: .: Platinum Jewelry :.Taken Neck chain
Bangles: Izzie’s – 80′s Rainbow Bangles mesh (r)
Ring: JCNY – Athena, ‘ICONOCLAST’
Hair: A&Y Trixie Cyber hair – Iced Caramel
Skin: LAQ ~ Ebba – [Fair] – 02
Freckles: LAQ ~ Freckles 01
Eye/Face Jewels (with tattoo layer lashes): Blacklace Beauty
Tattoo: !K&L! Rainbow Rave Paint
Eyes: IKON Eternal Eyes – Silver (S)
Poses: Poseur

Last night, my dear friend in RL and SL, Eliza Haiku, passed away after a long struggle with cancer. (in this picture, she’s the redhead!) She had been fighting with her body for years — and SL was a very special place for her to retreat to … to forget, to feel like her old self, to form amazingly strong friendships during a time when that was really hard to do in RL. Her mind and her spirit, both of which infused her virtual life, were bright and active right up to her last few days.

Eliza, my friend and sister, you were a light in the lives of so many people, both corporeal and virtual. Altho’ I will always think you were taken too soon — your life meant something, and had the kind of impact most of us hope that our own lives might have. You will be missed.

Go with God, and rest easy in peace and love.

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This might be one of my most favorite outfits that I put together from this year’s Culture Shock! The Lapointe & BastChild jacket is a donation piece. These days I feel like I should mention that the jacket is NOT mesh… it’s a “normal” sculpted piece that is absolutely beautiful, and I fell in love with it as soon as I put it on. There are two sleeve options in the pack — one plain, and one with the same graphic you see elsewhere on the jacket (I opted for plain sleeves, since the graphic was striking enough as is). The jacket is resizable and stretchable. I love, love, love designers who include stretch scripts that allow you to adjust a piece in multiple ways (rather than just scaling the whole piece up or down). You can really achieve a pretty perfect fit that way.

I’m also completely in love with these frilly shorts from *G* Field. They are actually designed to look a lot like a skirt in many positions… but they are shorts, and behave as such. These shorts are mesh, and were some of the easiest-fitting mesh I have yet to experience! There are two colors of the shorts available at a special price AND as donation items … but many more colors are also available, including the black ones I’m wearing here.

Be sure to get a look at the close-up photo below to see the terrific new jewelry from [HANDverk]. This shop is relatively new to me, but I’m really looking forward to seeing more from them. I love the lines on these modern pieces!

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Jacket: Lapointe and BastChild ~ S’Wear “Divine” Leather jacket White/F (at Culture Shock)
Shorts: *G* Field ~ *[Mesh] Frill Shorts -black (at Culture Shock)
Jewelry: [HANDverk] Wassily (at Culture Shock)
Poses: Status (at Culture Shock)

Hair: >TRUTH< Tisha – carrot (tinted)
Skin: -Glam Affair – Giselle – Natural R Clean
Eyes: Insufferable Dastard ~ April Gift / Gem Eyes in Sunset
Eyeshadow: cheLLe – (eyeshadow) Smoke in Everest
Freckles: [Stellar] Freckle Face Tattoo
Lashes: [[Mozz]] Lashes – 08
Boots: [Gos] Triumph Boots

Culture Shock May 4 – May 26
Culture Shock 2012 Website
Culture Shock 2012 Landing Point
Map & SLURLS
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Sn@tch is moving into the mesh market, and one of Ivey’s latest concoctions is this lovely little cocktail dress. This one just called for stockings with garters, and girly shoes with bows! You can find a whole slew of colors — pastels and darks — at the Sn@tch booth at Culture Shock.

I also have to mention the beautiful skin I’m wearing here… the latest from Glam Affair, Giselle.   I’m very taken with this skin, so I’m sure you’ll be seeing it a lot! The version I’m wearing here is the “clean” version that you will find in every makeup package. I wanted to especially mention this, because if you are trying to stretch your lindens like I am, you might have a tendency to buy the most neutral face in a skin line, and then take advantage of some of the wonderful and affordable tattoo layer makeups available. (and that is actually a great plan!) But with Glam Affair, you can buy any makeup, including that dramatic one that catches your eye, and still receive a clean version in the pack that you can use with other makeups. I don’t know that this is true of all older Glam Affair skins — but it was the case with the last two regular releases, Leah and Giselle (and I have no idea about skins put out for special sales events).

Dress: Sn@tch Seraphim Cocktail Dress (Mesh) (at Culture Shock)
Poses: Magnifique (at Culture Shock)
Shoes: *G Field* ~ Bow Strap Shoes “Kate” -cream-
Stockings: **Vextra Messing** Sheer stockings ~White~
Jewelry: (Magpie*) Cassana ~ Silver/Pink
Hair: >TRUTH< Evelyn – carrot (tinted)
Skin: -Glam Affair – Giselle – Natural R Clean
Lashes: [[Mozz]] Lashes – 08
Lips: .ID. Fade Gloss/Light Pink
Eyes: Insufferable Dastard ` April Gift / Gem Eyes in Sunset

Culture Shock May 4 – May 26
Culture Shock 2012 Website
Culture Shock 2012 Landing Point
Map & SLURLS
Flickr Group