Barerose Japanese Relief Fund

Barerose has put up another outfit as part of their effort to raise money for the Japanese Relief Fund. All the money for these purchases goes to the Red Cross. I bought the "Blue Alchemist" outfit:

Bare Rose Asian Outfits

I love the large selection of reasonably priced highly detailed outfits at Bare Rose. Here I model a couple of Kimonos. The mini kimono is one of the many freebies available in the main store to the right. The blue kimono is one of four color combinations included in the L$125 B@R Sara in the Japanese section to the left.

Although the selections available at Bare Rose are astounding, many need extensive fitting and selection adjustments. It's worth it to spend a little time selecting your outfit items (not all of the pieces are necessary or, in my judgment, desired) and even more time resizing and adjusting the fit.

Finally, my secret for wearing Asian outfits in an attractive manner - decrease the size of your butt! Maybe Second Life Asian clothing designers have small butts. All I know is that my regular American shape makes me look really fat in Asian outfits. So, slim that butt down, select your outfit items, resize and fit them, and then go to Tempura Island to show off your new look!

Micro Bikini SL/RL Composites

The Micro Bikini from Bare Rose turns out to be one of those stunning OMG gotta have that items that ends up hardly ever getting worn. I cannot recommend this sexy two piece that comes in a variety of colors for a couple of reasons. First, it's very difficult to adjust the horrible prefit and, since the items are no copy, no backups can be made in case you make a mistake. Second, since the top is a prim attachment, significant body movement causes the top to uncover what it is covering for all those that have enhanced physics enabled. The bikini does, however, make a nice piece for static modeling as demonstrated in these composite RL/SL photos:

Shoes from Kalnins
Micro Bikini from Bare Rose
Rings, nails, & Bangle from Mandala
Hair from Calico Ingmann

Background photos from the Wikimedia Commons.