Dress for any Occasion

There are a lot of creative and talented people in SL making clothing for us to wear, and out of all the many designers out there I've been fortunate enough to have met Kat Palmer. Both of us were both pretty new to the fashion scene, and over the almost year I've known her, Kat has always been working her next idea and always improving her skillset. Each new release would show off techniques she had mastered and I was always impressed with both her classic style of design and he quality of her work.

Stocking classic dresses and casual separates, Immortelle is a brand Kat should be very proud of. Sometimes if you really like the dress design you may be willing to forgive small design flaws, but this is never an issue with Kat's clothes. The detailing on all of her pieces, and especially intricate sparkles and patterns are extremely well done, you can tell she has paid each outfit special attention to get it just right. If you're looking for Last Call quality, Immortelle has it.

Some of these dresses I have bought and some are gifts, but which I'm not sure. I just love what she does and hope you enjoy her creations as much as I do.

Aiswyra in Red




Skin: Minnu Dark Skingloss in Base

Eyes: Tuli Amber Eyes in Small

Shoes: Shiny Things Cool Summer Wedges in Black

Hair: ETD Mira in Smoke (hairscarf recoloured - this style is on sale)

Soiree in Black



Skin: Tete a Pied Vivant Bronze Boudoir 3

Shoes: Shiny Things Vintage Pumps in Black

Stockings: G.L.A.M. Tintable Metallic Tights (Freebie)

Necklace : Paper Couture Diamond Bee Necklace

Bracelet: Miam Miam Her Majesty Bangle in Sterling Silver

Hair: COIF Bowl in Hot Chocolate


Elan in Silver





Skin: La Sylphide Liliana Pecan in Coral

Shoes: Paper Couture Diamond Heel

Hair: Armidi St Moritz in Orchid



You can find these in a range of colour options plus many more styles in store at Immortelle.

Birthday Dress

Dakotta is offering these dresses for 1l (only 20 of them!) and i snapped one up i think there are a few more drops of the dress so check her blog!

I had the idea as soon as i treyd the dress on, of a girl being stuck on a Desert Island in her formal evening wear. An idea thats possibly making a few of you go "hmmm shes lossing it again...."

These photos were taken at Temenos.
I am wearing

Hat : Chapue Tres Mingon Bird Nest Hat
Hair : ETD nickel Laynie 2
Skin : TAP Lustrous (i named that skin!)
Necklace : P.C pearl necklace (from the jewlarry expo no longer availble)
Gloves : TAP Long gloves in Midnight
Dress: Dakotas Birthday Dress
Stockings : Betties Taupe stockings
Shoes : Storm Schmooze Black Pumps


* If any of you recongise the suitcase its from the TAP sim, i Imed CJ and he sent me one of these loverly sculpties (my house is filled with them now)


Marni

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Avant Garde Prep School

I was inspired recently by Looking back at the fall 07 balenacaga collection. And decided to put my own spin on a preppy look. Mixing Mens wear in Sl is always a good way to get this look.Skin : My own make on a Another Shop Skin (not for sale obv)
ETD : Nickel Cady Hair
Shirt : Laundry
Jacket : LC catwalk Collection (mens) Ciao Evenng Suit
*This is a great set one not to be missed before the sale ends!
Trousers:Shai Le Smoking Tuxedo
Leg warmers : Ghost Prison Tights
Shoes : P.C Clobber
Gloves : Tap

(hint : mens trouser normaly are fairly high waist so i prefer them becuase on tops i dont need a jacket layer or and underpants layer to get rid of the skin gap)

Skin : Almond, La Sylphida
Hair : Vivian , ETD
Hat : Knock on Wood Sculpt Hat, Timberry
Glasses: Lemonade (no longer avilible)
Jumper : Colpire, (mens last call)
Shorts : Glam Gacho Shorts
Socks : Maitriya Toeless Socks
Shoes: Maitreya
Gloves : Tap

Ill continue my menswear campign!

Marni
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Nuff Vs Another shop

Some One actuly Had the balls to post these on the feed too.

Shes got Skins from RAC too so boycot Nuff!

I like that the skins called honesty :P

Marni
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Hypothetical

Having this debate with a friend and I would like to hear your thoughts on this, what would you think if tomorrow the Lindens released a completely updated avatar? I'm not too sure of the technological names, but say when you logged on you were able to operate an avatar that had an infinitely better mesh, looked more realistic(and with the already fabulous skins, pretty much photorealistic), had none of the lighting issues, no distortion in poses and walks, and had an updated layering system so makeup, tattoos and skirts were more flexible. I realise a few of those factors are controlled by things other than the avatar, but stick with me. Basically, the avatar looked and moved and interacted with the up to the minute technology.

But there was a catch. Around 70-80% of your wardrobe now looked completely horrible. Even the most talented designers' work looked mmm..a little off, and a few outfits and hairs were still wearable, but on this whole new level of avatar construction, you now had to buy almost a whole new inventory. Although most skins and shoes(except for any higher than the ankle) survived the transformation, hair just doesn't fit or look right. Even worse, you either have to wait a month or so for the first releases that co-ordinate with the update, or try to create items yourself (however existing designers will find this easier than most). To counteract this, over half the designers had been informed so at about the month mark there are a decent amount of stock available, and at discounted rates since everyone realises the update means you can no longer wear most of your existing wardrobe. But how would you react?

Would you prefer to have the incredible new avatar and build a whole new platform of massively higher quality avatar clothing textures, clothing prims and avatar experience? When put in-world clothing textures are more true to what it was in photoshop and doesn't flatten the image. Any attachment prims for clothing and accessories would mesh better. Or does the thought of your now - obsolete majority of your inventory put you off? There are more and more amazing creators who keep raising the bar in terms of what our avatars look like and how they move, so would you prefer to see how we can continue to improve the existing avatar?

I'm interested in any thoughts on this, it's purely just a dive into theoretical waters, but with so many avatar developments for console gaming platforms I would have thought an online community like SL would have been a part of those kind of updates.

Do Clothes have Soul?

Iv been shut out of the grid for nearly a week now (oh my god im going stir crazy too) and there was a blog post I’ve been meaning to do for a long time. Now seem as good as any (although I had to find the image from the onrez shop so forgive that)

In RL we all have that dress that makes us feel special were queen of the party in it. Or maybe it’s a pair of shoes possibly apiece of jewellery. But I think any true fashoinista has that one item that always has a wow factor for them.

I began to think the other day about possibly having that one item in SL, that one treasured item. That on item that if our inventories died we’d genuinely miss (thankfully with SL rebuying things is easy)

My favourite Item is from a designer that’s always had a lot of press but when I was bought this dress I honestly had no clue about anything is SL.

During my first week on SL I made friends with a club owner called Lada Charlton who used to own a 40’s jazz club (which was the best on the grid) but was sadly shut down. I ended up acquiring the dress by winning a competition she had run and gained her as a close friend as well.

I wore the dress a lot in my noobish days and was always complemented on it. In fact it was possibly the most expensive item id had for a while and even today its one of my favourites.

As you can see it’s the paper couture sping06 amour gown. A simple across the bust dress, I think it have a very prom like look to it but the volume and chunky belt bring it towards a more contemporary look.

Shown above styled by Paper couture I normally wear it with coloured tights and possibly another top on the undershirt layer to make it less formal.

This is most certainly my most treasured item on SL its not the most practical or most expensive even the more unusual but I feel its and item that defiantly have soul to. Even if it is just pixels

Does anyone else feel like this about something they own?

Hope to see everyone back on the grid soon

Marni

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