L&G Valentina Purple Top, Alessandra Pants

This Summer I'm keeping comfortably casual in the Valentina purple top from L&G and ripped pants from Alessandra.

Top - L&G Couture
Pants - Alessandra
Bangles - Mandala
Shoes & Sunglasses - Kalnins

Zaara Tank Top, Cream Pants, & Moiri Flats

Zaara is one of my favorite clothing designers in Second Life. Today I am wearing the onyx Yauvani tank top, cream Churidar pants, and jeweled olive Ilaida Mojri flats - all from Zaara. I previously reviewed the Zaara Larin skirt.

Zaara Larin Skirt & Son!a Top

I love the beautiful ethnic clothing and designs at Zaara but sometimes have difficulty working them into an outfit. I'm always elated when I find something that compliments her exquisite work. The Larin skirt from Zaara was giving me a hard time - I absolutely love it but couldn't seem to find the right top. Then I remembered the cute colorful top from Son!a I had bought long ago. Ta-da! Now I'm happy.

This RL/SL composite photo uses a background photo of the interior of a convent in Mexico.

This composite uses a background photo of a groin vault in the portico to the church of Santa Maria Maggiore at Guardiagrele in the Abruzzo region of southern Italy. Both background photos are from the Wikimedia Commons and released under a free license. The foreground snapshots and digital photo editing are by me.

Hair from LAQ
Top from Son!a
Skirt from Zaara
Prima sandals from Kalnins

Michele Merkin Pool Party!

Michele invited me over for a pool party at her palatial estate. So much fun hanging out in RL in my SL avatar but Michele's hair is really starting to bug me. I'm soooo jealous.

Michele Merkin Hot Tub Party!

My close personal friend and fellow supermodel Michele Merkin stopped by last night for a late night hot tub. With all the string bikini wearing and unwearing and Michele's hair flying in my face I only managed to snap this one photo. Jealous much ?

Photography & Digital Photo Editing by Missy Restless. Michele Merkin photo released under the GNU Free Documentation License (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Michele_Merkin_1.jpg).

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.

Crepuscular Resistance

The Resistance G208 outfit from Graves, Lala Moon hair, and WD-S Fetish Chrome boots modeled standing before crepuscular rays over a steaming hot spring:

The UPC Code tattoos on front and back as well as the pistol holsters left and right are all part of the Graves Resistance outfit.

Hair from Lala Moon
Outfit from Graves
Boots from WarDooM Shoes

Background image of crepuscular rays over the steam from a hot spring in Yellowstone National Park courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

VTwins Overalls on a '31 DeSoto

I came across some photos of old vehicles released under a Creative Commons license so I thought I'd take a few snapshots of myself posing in front of a few of them. Here I am reclining on a '31 DeSoto.

I'm wearing my overalls from VTwins Biker Outfits, a garage shirt from League, black leather gloves from Sassy Kitty, and ankle boots from N-Core.

Afterward I rode my low rider over to The Mother Road.

 

Overalls from VTwins Biker Outfits
Berry red garage shirt from League
Ankle boots from N-Core
Black leather gloves from Sassy Kitty
Hair from Calico Ingmann

Hibiscus Fairy Isolde Wings pt 2

This is my third session with the hibiscus fairy. She seems quite relaxed around me now and even struck a few poses seemingly wanting to show off for the camera.

She's again wearing an outfit from Velvet Rythms with boots from Pelletteria Morrisey, wings from Material Squirrel, but today the hair is from Calico Ingmann. In addition it looks like her nails, rings, and bangle are from Mandala.

Something I couldn't portray in still photo is the way the Isolde Wings move so sensually and cycle through a range of blue, green, and purple colorings apparently as the fairy mood alters.

Fairies are so playful! And apparently not immune to some degree of vanity :)

Kids at home - don't try this without a really nice pair of wings that you have grown accustomed to!

Shabby Sheek outfit from Velvet Rythms
Hair from Calico Ingmann
Isolde Wings in Ocean from Material Squirrel
Pink denim boots from Pelletteria Morrisey
Nails, rings, & bangles from Mandala 

Photography by Missy Restless

Hibiscus Fairy Isolde Wings

I discovered a small band of Hibiscus Fairies living in the hibiscus bush on my front deck. Not knowing how to photograph fairies I set about to capture one in photo. My first attempts (see below) indicated that these fairies did not fully reflect sunlight like normal subjects. I gradually produced a filter that was able to reveal this fairy perched precociously on the petal of a hibiscus flower.

She was quite friendly and willing to model even though it took hours to adjust the filter to compensate for the apparent transparency of fairies. She told me her dress is from Velvet Rythms, the wings from Material Squirrel, hair from sWEET, and boots from Pelletteria Morrisey.

I did not realize that spending time with a fairy can have dramatic psychogenic effects on the nervous system.

MICHY 2set dress from Velvet Rythms
Hair from sWEET HAIRs
Isolde wings in Ocean from Material Squirrel
Pink denim boots from Pelletteria Morrisey

Photography by Missy Restless

Missy was a Scooby!

Yep, that's me between Spike and Xander looking over Buffy's shoulder. Terra was pretty jealous until Willow and I demonstrated how three is a "magic" number :)

Photo editing by Missy Restless using the Gimp

Lesbian Paradise Mall Brochure

A page from the brochure I produced for the mall at Lesbian Paradise. The photo is from the Library of Congress and is an old photo of some "dancers" at a county fair. I put the page together with the Gimp and ImageMagick.

White Sheer Knit Outfit

I follow CONNIE in a SEC and copied her use of the white sheer knit outfit from Cubic Effect. I mean, why follow if not to imitate?

I love this outfit and have already received several comments and compliments on it. I found I needed to edit and adjust the positioning of the straps and, as usual, the prim skirt portion of the outfit was difficult to get right. But, a little effort and a liberal lathering of body oil from Laq and you're good to go!

White sheer knit outfit from Cubic Effect
Laoris fairy/elven choker from INCA Temple
Nails, rings, & bangles from Mandala
Yolanda shoes from Kalnins Fashion Footwear

White sheer knit outfit Cost: L$386

Photography by Missy Restless

MALT Fashions Alison Tunic

That's me standing on the covered bridge in Felton, California! I totally love this dress from MALT Fashions but it is the only thing in the store I found that I loved enough to purchase. Still, it is one of my favorite outfits and I continue to browse there in hopes of finding another item I love as much.

Dress: MALT Fashions Alison Tunic, Blue Skies
Shoes: Kalnin's Footwear, Conqueror
Nails: Laqroki
Hair: sWEET HAIRS, Claire V2 Color D12
Necklace: INCA Temple, Squash Blossom
Eyes: Redgrave, Julia Romantic Green

Photography by Missy Restless