Truth is the brains behind this massive fundraising drive, and not only did he work to put it all together with a small team behind him, but he also made one of the most gorgeous hairs, with all of the proceeds for donation.  Aloha comes in two options, so you can wear the shells or not, and as if that wasn’t enough, there’s also a version included with two attachment points, so they don’t sink into your boobs.  Which is a very common problem with long hair, and a major annoyance.

It’s for a good cause and look how gorgeous it is!  Definitely get this soon because after this fundraiser is over, it will never be offered again.

Find Truth in the Green Section.

Credits:

Skin – Tuli Audrey in Tone 1 \ Outfit – Whippet & Buck Chapman dress in Noir.

Sigma is one of my favourite jewelry stores and everytime I see a new release, I drop everything to go get it.  They never disappoint me either.  They have four items out, and these are but just two (matching earrings & necklace), and they come in gold and silver.  They’re so beautiful and they always fit so well, it’s a crime not to get them.  Especially when it’s for such a worthy cause!

Get them in the Red Section.

Credits:

Skin – Tuli Audrey in Tone 1 \ Hair – RezIpsa Loc Mary in 3PM (Hair Fair) \ Outfit – Whippet & Buck Chapman dress in Noir.

And finally today, my very good friend Dakota Buck of Whippet & Buck has made some lovely dresses for charity.  It’s an uncomplicated design, but a classic.  And it should be a staple in everyone’s wardrobe.  It comes in four colours (shown are floral & black, and there is also naked and white) at L$150 each, and all proceeds for all colours are being donated to charity.

Oh, and they’re called Chapman!  So if you were in any doubt about needing these (though I can’t imagine why, because well…just look at them), you have to get it for the superawesome name alone!

After Project Donate is over, these will no longer be available, so make sure to head down to the Green Section to pick these up for yourself.

Credits:

Skin – Tuli Audrey in Tone 1 \ Hair – Fri.day Fiona in Timid Brown (Hair Fair) \ Shoes (left) G-Field Kate Bow Strap Shoes in Cream, (right) LeLutka Pow Pumps in Black \ Poses – (left) Reel Expression Sassy V2 set (right) sorry I forgot .

JiP is the latest release, and it’s an extremely gorgeous skin available in only one tone currently: cream.  The eyebrows are by far my favourite part of this skin.  They’re thick and luscious and well-groomed, just the way I most like them.  They’re a strong brow, and an accessory unto their own.  If the brows were tintable it’d be better, but these are perfect for the dark-haired beauties out there.

(As an aside: I can haz shadows!!)

Credits:

Hair – Truth Justine in Espresso \ Pose – TorridWear.

There is a huge range of makeups, 17 in all.  And if that wasn’t enough, there’s also 11 lipstick tattoos you can add to any of the skins.  In addition, you can find eyelashes and a free shape!

I’ve mentioned my propensity to buy fatpacks before, right?  I very rarely buy skins as singles, and why would I?  If you buy the fatpack of these skins, the price per skin averages out to L$441, less than half the price of each skin.  She also offers duo packs of certain skins which saves you L$500.  And if you’re a member of her in-world group, you will never regret it because Dutch Touch often gives out gifts and previews, and offers discounts of certain skins.

Credits:

Hair – Truth Emerald in Espresso \ Top – Fri.day Twofer Tank in Taupe/Teal \ Necklace – Sigma Swirl Bead necklace in Mocca/Silver \ Pose – Fri.day.

Speaking of free group previews, this is the latest called JoSje.  It’s a blond-based skin, which is the perfect follow-up to the dark elegance of JiP. The freckles are very cute and all in all, this is a skin for the innocent-looking amongst us, even if you’re not so innocent-acting   Iki’s encouraging feedback as this is a work-in-progress, so join her group and check it out!

Credits:

Hair – Fri.day Mandy 2 in Delighted Blond \ Top – Fri.day Ruched Buttondown in White \ Earrings – Sigma Clare earrings in Silver/Pink \ Pose – TorridWear.

Teleport to Dutch Touch!

]]> http://fashionliability.com/im-touching-dutch-again/feed/ 1 http://fashionliability.com/good-gawd-these-are-gorgeous/ http://fashionliability.com/good-gawd-these-are-gorgeous/#comments Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:49:12 +0000 Phoenix Chapman http://fashionliability.com/?p=1294 The 2010 Shoe Fair has just ended, and with that came a plethora of gorgeous shoes!  Of course, I have been lackadaisical on the blogging front, but now that the fair is over, I am rededicating myself to my blog!  Especially since I just renewed the hosting yay!

Tya Fallingbridge of Pixel Mode is one of those designers who have been around literally forever, but she’s still on top of her game and keeping up with the latest trends and techniques.  Her latest release, the Jori sandals, are absolutely stunning and well worth the heaps of praise I’ve seen all over the blogosphere during the past few weeks.

The Jori sandals come in two styles, with either black soles/heels or colour-matched ones.  You can also choose from a bunch of nailpolish colours, a dozen or so metal accent colours, and you can resize if you’re a man into ladies shoes, or you just have bigger ankles than Miss Tya (like myself).  It was remarkably easy to adjust my skintone to match one of my current favourites, the Tuli Audrey skin, and if you’re not so hot at the matching, you’ll be pleased with the included notecard that has numbers for a lot of popular skin creators.  It actually doesn’t include Audrey, but it was still easy to do myself.

I know that these feet have been slaved over, and while they’re not quite as detailed as Maitreya’s in the toe area, they’re still really good.  The heels in particular are incredibly good-looking.  I like a little realism with my prim feet, since I don’t generally wear them with entirely handdrawn skins anyhow.

So these leopard-print ones…to be fair, I don’t think they’re available.  They were a special creation for the winner of one of the Blogger category contests we held for the Shoe Fair.  But I got them too cuz, well, I put out.  And I adore them and had to put them on and show ‘em off.  Neener neener? Just kidding.

There are a billionty colours available, so you will not have any problem matching whatever you need to match.  Or not match, if that’s your thing.  These shoes are quite simply gorgeous, and in fatpack you save 50%!  Fatpack is my favourite colour, so I’m always very excited when it’s a really good deal.

I always think it’s nice to view the HUD before you buy it, because you want to know what you’re getting yourself into, right?  You see that little help button at the bottom? That’s what you click if you want the skintone preset notecard.  When you adjust the tone with the HSL buttons, it makes a little dinging noise, which is actually quite satisfying and not at all annoying.  I am acutely aware of annoying sounds in SL and do my best to make sure I don’t hear them, so this is a big thing for me.  There’s another HUD included where you can change the metal accents, and I like that it’s two separate HUDS so it’s not all cluttered onto one.

You definitely want to get yourself down to Pixel Mode where these are now available in the mainstore, after being exclusively available only at the Shoe Fair for the past couple of weeks.

Teleport to Pixel Mode!

Credits:

Hair – Truth Midori in Chocolate Streaked (with light brown) \ Skin – Tuli Audrey 01 in Tone 1 \ Top – Surf Co. Hermana tank in Beige \ Skirt – Maitreya Viento in Black Satin\ Bracelet – Zaara Ritu Painted Cuff in Gold \ Earrings – Zaara Panchali Earrings in Gold \ Ring – luc Opal Knotted Nest Ring in Gold \ Pose – Reel Expression Shoe Fair 201o #17.

Emma Gilmour is one of my favouritist creators ever.  Combining the casualness that I love with surfer chic, it’s a perfect blend that looks just as great on the beach or the boardwalk.  The Summer Stripes Skirt is gorgeous, I love that it is ever so slightly high-waisted.  I am a huge fan of the tank also, and I love ruffles on tanks, but so often the ruffles are just painted in.  While I can appreciate that chest ruffles would be difficult to fit the many varied shapes in SL, I do love love love that Emma has made one with sculpted ruffles.  It’s just more real to me!

Credits:

Hair – Truth Tilly in Streaked Chocolate \ Skin – Tuli Jade 03B in Tone 3 \ Eyes – Poetic Colors Summer Storm \ Lashes – Cake Pillow Lashes \ Shape – my own (not for sale) \ Top – Surf Co Hermana Tank in Tomato \ Skirt – Surf Co Summer of Stripes in Black \ Shoes – SLink Mikaela in Black \ Earrings – SiSSi Squarish earrings in Dark \ Bracelet (left) – Armidi Pyramid Cuff in Silver \ Bracelet (right) – Zaara Vyomini Chained Bracelet in Onyx/Silver \ Poses – LAP & Diesel Works.

Now, the shoes are my favourite part of this photo – they’re brand spankin’ new, coming out today as part of the Tableau Festival, which officially started about five minutes ago!  This particular colour is for charity (The Center for Biological Diversity), so I’m going to be going to the festival to donate some cash.  And they’re only L$200 – shoes that awesome are never that inexpensive anymore.

The shorts and the grey tank are part of Surf Co’s latest release.  I love the casual-ness of them, but eek, the top is a little too casual – my nips were showing!  So I put on an undertank for my own modesty…amazing how I can be modest about pixels, eh?

Credits:

Hair – Truth Nicola in Espresso \ Skin – Tuli Jade 01A in Tone 3 \ Eyes – Poetic Colors Summer Storm \ Lashes – Cake Pillow Lashes \ Shape – my own (not for sale) \ Top – Surf Co Coastal Tank in Dark Grey \ Undershirt – Fri.day Scoop Layering Tank in White \ Shorts – Surf Co Cafe Shorts in Yellow \ Shoes – Surf Co Nantucket Spectators in Black \ Necklace – Maitreya Coin Necklace \ Bracelet – Artilleri Wooden bracelet\ Poses – Diesel Works.

These tops are also part of the Tableau Festival.  The top on the left, the Canvas Garden top is so gorgeous!  I love the flowers at the shoulder, it’s a perfect touch for summer.  And if you want to be a bit more casual, but still not look like you rolled out of bed in the tank you were wearing, you can pick up the Sundrop V-tanks with the spaghetti straps.  Is anyone else as excited for this festival as I am?!

Surf Couture Mainstore

Surf Couture at the Tableau Festival

Credits:

Hair (left) – Truth Sylvia in Streaked Chocolate \ Hair (right) – Truth Bethany in Chocolate \ Skin – Tuli Jade 01A in Tone 3 \ Eyes – Poetic Colors Summer Storm \ Lashes – Cake Pillow Lashes \ Shape – my own (not for sale) \ Top (left) – Surf Co Canvas Garden tank in Palm \ Top (right) - Surf Co Sundrop V-tank in Ocean Blues \ Shorts – Surf Co Shack Shorts in Original \ Poses – Diesel Works.

Seaside Sweetie is the name of their latest collection, and it’s perfect for spending time at the seashore, whether it be Cape Cod or the Jersey shore.  Well, maybe it’s too classic for the Jersey shore, or at least the TV show.

The texture work is sublime, and Roslin has mastered the system skirt, particularly the ass.  I’m not showing it here, but believe me, it’s one rockin’ ass.

All of the pieces in the collection are mix-and-matchable, and you dress them up or down.  Each top is L$100 for either style, and the shorts and skirts are L$120 each.

These clothes are not just for the shore though; with the right shoes and accessories, you look just as good on the city streets of a New York Sim!

Teleport to 5th & Oxford!

Credits:

Top Photo:

Hair – Truth Anthea \ Skin – Tuli Gina (Dressing Room exclusive) \ Shoes – Cherry Alice Cullen flats \ Jewelry – Fri.day Loop Bangles & Earrings \ Pose -Fri.day Model Pose 4.

2nd Photo:

Hair -Truth Lourdes \ Skin – Tuli Gina (Dressing Room exclusive) \ Shoes – Cherry Alice Cullen flats \ Bracelet – Armidi Limited Pyramid Cuff \ Pose – Fri.day Model Pose 8.

3rd Photo:

Hair -Fri.day Michelle 2 \ Skin – Tuli Jade 04A in Tone 3 \ Bracelet – Sigma Eyelet Bracelet in Sea/Gold \ Pose – Fri.day Model Pose 20.

Bottom Photo:

Hair – Truth Tina \ Skin – Tuli Jade 05B in Tone 3 \ Purse – Fri.day Journey bag \ Bracelet – Mandala Pearl Rain bracelet \ Shoes – Orange Creations Mercy \ Pose – Fri.day Model Pose 24.

I never would have imagined I’d want gems on my shoes but once I wore these, all I could think was “oooh how shiny!”  They come in 10 colours, with fifteen gemstone colours (though not onyx, *ahem* Siddean!) and countless other options:

• Socks or no socks

• Open or closed-toe

• Stockings or no stockings

• Invisiprim or 2.0 alpha

• Colour-change metals (like the zipper pull)

• Colour-change nailpolishes

• Skin colour customization, including the RGB value input (so you just have to enter the number to match)

• Scripted resizing if the straps cut into your ankle or whatever, or if you just want bigger or smaller feet

And all of that is in the super-easy, anyone-can-use-it, have-to-be-an-idiot-not-to-understand-it HUD.  But just in case you just woke up and are still a bit groggy, SLink has customer service and information and FAQ’s on their website for you to peruse.

(Click for a larger view)

Not to mention the fantastic colours to choose from!  SLink is also very reasonably priced, considering the plethora of styles and options you get.  I dunno why you’re still reading this, go, get!

Teleport to SLink!

Credits:

Hair – Truth Brit in Cocoa \ Skin – Tuli Eva 02a in Tone 3 \ Dress – Nyte’N'Day Prost in Red \ Bracelet – U&R Dogs Figaro Bracelet in Silver \ Poses – Del May.

Luth Brodie of Reel Expression, who was possibly the first maker of model poses in SL, or at least the first one I was ever aware of, is back to work and making poses!

One of the new releases is the Fashion Series 8 set, twelve poses geared for fashion.  It has some great poses in the set, and the switching is smooth and easy.

Credits:

Hair – Truth Paige in Night \ Skin – LeLutka Lola makeup 8 in Light (currently unreleased) \ Clothes – Fri.day Paradiso Romper in White \ Boots – Bax Prestige Boots in Metallic Gold \ Belt – Fri.day Cinch Belt in Gold \ Necklace – Mandala Hannya Necklace in Gold \ Bangles – Mandala Takara Bangles in Inca Gold \ Poses – Reel Expression Fashion S8.

One of the other new releases is the Sex Sells V3 set.  Of course she’s right, sex does sell.  I love the poses that kinda hide you from prying eyes, peekaboo!

Credits:

Hair – lamb Soma in Ink \ Skin – LeLutka Lola makeup 8 in Light (currently unreleased) \ Lingerie – Whippet & Buck Effie in Antique \ Shoes – Maitreya Gold Shanti in Black \ Earrings – Zaara Urvi Chandelier Earrings in Silver \ Poses – Reel Expression Sex Sells V3.

And finally, there is a new pose prop, 12 poses in the ladder.  There are some great poses in there, I definitely recommend heading down to Lalique and checking them all out.

Teleport to Reel Expression

Credits:

Hair – Fri.day Michelle 2 in Jealous Red \ Skin – LeLutka Lola makeup 8 in Light (currently unreleased) \ Top – Pig Sing Sing \ Jeans – Armidi Grace Jeans in Grit \ Boots - Coco Riding Boots in Black \ Pose Prop – Reel Expression Ladder.

Keira is the first skin I’ve ever had with red brows, and I imagine all of the SL gingers out there are delighted to have brows tailor-made for them.  Yes, brown brows seem to work just fine for me when I want to wear red hair, but I’m not a  natural redhead and so I don’t think my opinion counts as much ya know?

Credits:

Hair – Truth Peta in Carrot \ Skin – Dutch Touch Keira Sunset in Caramel \ Bikini – Whippet & Buck Frilly Little Bra in Green Hills (currently unreleased) \ Necklace – Sigma Swirl Bead in Mocca \ Bracelets – Sigma Selene Bracelet & Cuff in Charcoal & Yellow-Green \ Pose – Long Awkward Pose \ Location – Ode.

The makeups are just as beautiful and flawless as ever, with some old favourites returning, but also some brand new gorgeous choices too. Freckles are a bit more plentiful this time around too, not just randomly placed moles.  This time also, Iki has separated the skins by brow colour, like Belleza did recently with their Elle release.  I still think it’s a good thing overall, but not so much on my Linden balance when I want all of them!

Teleport to Dutch Touch!

Credits:

Hair – Truth Marguerite in Chestnut \ Skin – Dutch Touch Keira Dawn in Cream \ Earrings – Earthstones Basket of Spring earrings \ Pose – Long Awkward Pose \ Location – Ode.

By the numbers:

• Tones – 4 (Cotton, Cream, Caramel, Olive)

• Brows – 3 (Blond, Red, Black)

• Options – 4 (Freckles, hairbase on regular viewer & on tattoo 2.0 layer, cleavage)

• Add-ons – 3 (Eyelashes x2 pairs, pubic hair on clothes layers, eyebrow shaper)

• Price – L$1000 per makeup, 15 in all.

• Fatpack – L$7500 (50% savings)

Belleza has recently released Elle, the third skin in what I like to think is a group of sisters.  Elle seems to be the middle sister, not quite as sophisticated as her big sister Jesse, and not quite as innocent as her younger sister Alyson.

Elle also offers more skintones than before, with two tones more than the last release, Alyson, and five more tones than what was offered with Jesse.  A new Fair tone has been added, which is more pale than Pale, and a new Mocha tone, shown above.

Also, I want to show off the new “Katey-kini”, Nayar’s latest release named after his partner, and it’s a super-cute bikini.  Yes, there are minor seam issues but they’re not generally too noticeable with your average AO.  I think the good points of the bikini far outweighs the seam issues, and the huge back bow is the best part.  Except maybe the halter top that creates killer cleavage, even if your boobs are tiny!

Worn:

Hair – Truth Sehra in Cocoa \ Skin – Belleza Elle 3 in Mocha \ Bikini – Nayar Katey-Kini in Tropical \ Bracelet – Muse Kailena in Ivory/Amber \ Pose – Long Awkward Pose.

Designer Tricky Boucher is a pretty generous guy, always offering group gifts to his subscribers.  I need to keep remembering that, because for some reason I keep leaving the update group when I need room (though once it was completely by accident), and I absolutely hate paying the L$250 group joining fee more than once.  I think I’ve paid the Belleza one three times now, and I’m not ever leaving again!

I also believe it’s a great way for all of your subscribers to try on all the skintones and check out the body without having to venture down to the store to pick up demos.  Don’t get me wrong, trying on demos to look at all the makeups is essential for me, but I like to have a starting off point too, to decide which tone’s makeups I want to see.  I am wearing the group gift in the Medium tone above.

The Nayar Katey-kini comes in nine prints/colours, five of which are sparkly for those who like to shine.

Worn:

Hair – Maitreya Green 2 in Chocolate \ Skin – Belleza Elle Group Gift in Medium \ Bikini – Nayar Katey-Kini in Blue Plaid \ Jewelry – Sigma Opus in Sea \ Pose – Long Awkward Pose.

Look at this bow?  Isn’t it gorgeous?!

The back of the Elle skin is no less impressive the front, either.  From the random mole placement on the right shoulder blade, to the truly rockin’ ass shading, this is a body you’d not only be unreserved about showing off, but you might even look for opportunities to do so!

Worn:

Hair – Truth Nicky in Swedish \ Skin – Belleza Elle in Pale \ Bikini – Nayar Katey-Kini in Bumblebee \ Pose – Long Awkward Pose.

Purchasing Options:

I know that some have expressed disappointment that you can’t get the multiple brow options in each skin purchase, but for the most part, I think it’s a fairly good way to do it.  Most often, people do not change their hair colour in SL, or at least not their hair colour family (like if you’re a brunette, you’re usually always a brunette, even if the actual shade changes sometimes).   So having the skins and skintones separated by brow colour is pretty smart.  Obviously, a dark mocha skin will not look good with blond brows, so that is not on offer if you want blond eyebrows.

Blond Eyebrows:

Skintones – Fair (new tone), Pale, Sunkissed, Medium, Tan.

Makeups – 12

Prices – L$1200 per skin, L$2500 per line of four, L$5000 for all makeups.

Brown Eyebrows:

Skintones – Fair, Pale, Sunkissed, Medium, Tan, Deep Tan.

Makeups – 12

Prices – L$1200 per skin, L$2500 per line of four, L$5000 for all makeups.

Dark Eyebrows:

Skintones – Fair, Pale, Sunkissed, Medium, Tan, Deep Tan, Mocha

Makeups – 20

Prices – L$1200 per skin, L$2500 per line of four, L$8000 for all makeups (except Fair has 12 makeups, and costs L$5000 for all).

Teleport to Belleza

Teleport to Nayar

But when I saw today the new exclusive Pose Sets for men and women, I think that was the most excited I’ve been!  I’m a sucker for exclusive stuff.  I still love my RFL 2008 poses from LAP and use them all the time, and I would cut off my prim feet before I’d give up the Maitreya special edition shoes I’ve managed to snag.

These are poses representative of the 104 pose creators at the fair, and I liked virtually every one of the thirty-six! poses included. But I’m not going to bore you all with the photos of every one of them, especially since you can see the poster here (and buy it before it disappears!)

From left to right, we have Baffle, ComPOSEure & Don’t Freak Out.  The casual poses from Baffle & ComPOSEure are definitely appropriate for my casual outfit, which I haven’t taken off now for nearly 3 days!

Juxtapose made the pose on the left, which I love (and I’ll have to go check out the rest of the store now, since I don’t recall seeing it at the fair during one of my *many* visits), Long Awkward Pose made the centre pose and Miamai’s to credit for the pose on the right.

On the left is a pose from Oh My Stars, the centre pose is from Sassafras and the pose on the right is from Slash Me Poses, which is a store name I love so hard I can’t even describe it.

And for my final pose montage, I’ve showcased poses from (L-R) doll, Storin & aDorkable Poses.

It’s worth mentioning that every Linden raised from the sale of this exclusive pose set goes directly to the fair’s chosen charity, Motivation, which helps those with mobility problems in low-income countries.  It’s L$500 well worth spending.

Make sure you check out XStreet to buy these poses before they’re gone and unavailable!

Outfit Worn:

Hair – Truth Hannah in Espresso \ Skin – Belleza Elle Dark Mocha 2 \ Top – Fri.day Traveler’s Tank in Leaf \ Pants – Miel Mo Linen Pants in Driftwood \ Shoes – Surf Co Freedom Flops in Dark Brown \ Jewelry – Mandala Soul Bracelet & Necklace.