This Fall

Hello Ladies! This is just going to be a post about the trends this fall in mainstream fashion and how they are crossing over into sl gor this year. First up is a big trend in scarfs and shawls that has been coming along for the past few months and is now catching on big time. Thanks to sculpties we can now have more realistic scarfs and shawls that aren't bulky and over sized. When this trend started only a few designers made them, but now you can pretty much get a scarf or shawl at any mainstream store. Even some Gorean designers are making dresses with sculptie scarfs and shawls now. I would recommend you always get one in black and one in your caste color.



Over sized necklaces will definitely be making their mark this season. My three favorite jewelry designers are Dona Flora, Swallowtail and Paper Couture. Dona Flora has made a reputation of giving her customers quality, realism and detail in every piece of jewelry she sells. Her diamonds are my absolute favorite.


Swallowtail brings together the imagination and finely crafted jewelry. Her store is a candy shop for women, everything is just absolutely beautiful. You will want to buy everything you see! Definitely take a look at this designer.

Paper Couture has the ability of bringing out the diva in everyone. Just stop by the store, and I promise you, you'll want to go on a shopping spree. This is one of their lesser known pieces (usually we see her huge Tumble Stone necklace), but even in its simplicity it is eye catching. Drawing eyes directly to it on almost every outfit its seen on.





The next noticeable trend coming over into Gor is mixing and recycling. It seems the economy is causing women to rethink buying expensive dresses and just focusing on accessories and re eventing the dresses they have. Now I was a bit skeptical, because I have a lot dresses, but I didn't think I would be able to mix and match them like many of the mainstream bloggers are doing. Never underestimate Margie!


Layer, layer, layer Ladies!!! I put a vest over the ruffled shirt and a belt over that. I believe that this is one of the most simple outfits to put together because it is just a shirt and skirt with layers over it. Take the skirt bottoms of your old dresses and just reuse them. Button up shirts are so cheap in sl its crazy. Use slexchange!!! Vest, are also cheap and easy to come by. You saved so much on the outfit you can probably splurge on jewels (OK we all know Margie can't save). Scarfs are a cheap and colorful addition to a shirt and vest set.

The important thing about this trend I believe is your ability to tint or recolor skirts. To darken the color or lighten it. The outfit shown above in red, I darkened the skirt slightly in order for it to flow with the poncho. It takes a bit of work, but I believe it is worth it.

I never get rid of anything, I just have a storage dress folder. Once something goes out of style it goes into the folder, because sometimes it does come back in (or I'm just a pack rat). I was able to re-event and update a few outfits using the layering and shading methods. I only spent 600L on vest, shirts and scarfs, updating 10 outfits that were just never going to comeback into style. Considering buying 10 whole outfits would cost you anywhere from 5,000 to 10,000L I think I did good. Who says I can't bargain shop! *Looks down the street and spots her favorite jewelry shop* Um...well I have to go now, but remember Ladies anyone can be a fashionista with work! *In a flash of red robes she sets out at a fast pace down the street toward Dona Flora.*

~Scarf 1~
Kashmiri Shawl in black- by Zaara
~Scarf 2~
Peggy in black by DeLa
~Scarf 3~
Pashmina Scarf in black by Adam n Eve
~Necklace 1~
Aurora gold set by Donna Flora
~Necklace 2~
Mary Necklace by Donna Flora
~Necklace 3~
Butterfly Necklace by Swallowtail
~Necklace 4~
River Stone Necklace by Paper Couture

~outfit1~
Skirt- FallnWinterWonderlandGown Slim red skirt by FallnAngel Creations
undershirt- Madison's Creations modesty white top
veil- Ariana Veil - by beyond the veil
shirt- LLA008_01 Ribbonribbon by Lico Nyanda
Vest- Long vest in charcoal by Fri.day
Scarf-Fabric scarf by Paper Couture
Belt- Belt by London Darkes

~Outfit2~
Poncho-Sarah Poncho in darkred by DeLa
Skirt- Zarya Gown Flex skirt in red by Analise
Modesty Top- Madison's Creations modesty black top
Veil- Leora by Beyond the veil

Last Maternity....I promise

So I just had to do two more maternity dresses that I absolutely love. Please forgive me for not styling a veil with them, because I just was on a veil mind block today. First up we have a lovely dress by Madison's Creations, and it is called Jocelyn.

Be advised that she has maternity skirt add-ons to some of her dresses, but I found that I only needed the regular skirt. This maybe because I am only half way into my pregnancy and my belly is not big enough for the maternity skirt. But I would hold off on buying the MC maternity skirt add on until you really need it. I believe that this is the perfect upper caste maternity dress, it is very well textured and the sleeves flow perfectly with the dress. I added a large piece of jewelry to the top to occupy the empty space between the neck and dress.



Next we have a lovely dress by Alluring sin. This is Dora Maternity in red, and it is what I would call an everyday dress. I would definitely recommend this dress for working women (scribes and physicians) as well as on the go moms, because of the maximum comfort this dress gives. I cannot stress enough Ladies the importance of good quality textures. In my book you either have excellent prim work and prim detailing or excellent textures that do the detailing for the dress. Alluring has definitely mastered the texturing details. On this dress I added a scarf by DeLa, to keep it on the casual everyday work side. This dress is subtle yet hard to miss. I would recommend this for late in your pregnancy when your belly can fill out the space.
***Notes on Maternity!***
For the first week or two when you have a small bump I would recommend Evies Closet empire waist dresses and just add modesty tops with the the ones that don't come with them. Also split up your dresses into beginning, middle and late part of your pregnancy so you have more variety at different times. Not everyone wants to buy a closest full of Gorean maternity as you will only wear it for a few weeks then probably never look at it again. Its not hard to convert other dresses into maternity so make a maternity folder and copy some existing dresses that you have modified into the folder. Have a happy pregnancy and remember women it is your birthright as free women to give birth take pride in it.

~Dress 1~
Dress- Jocelyn by Madison's Creations
Hair-Gwenevere in expresso by TRUTH
Necklace- Tumbled Stone Necklace by Paper Couture

~Dress 2~
Dress- Dora Maternity in red by Alluring Sin
Scarf- Peggy by DeLA
Hair-Cora in black by ETD

Lovely Mommy Sighting

I just recently found a physician, Lady Dharma Debruyere, to visit for my pregnancy. The interesting part is that she is pregnant as well. She is expected to give birth to TWINS sometime this week. I wish her all the luck! I have seen her two times and on both times she looked stunning even though she must have been tired of carrying around the excess. I absolutely love the belt on this ensemble, as well as the skirt. She did a great job putting it together!

Dress- Aliquette by Spellbound

Maternity!

As some of you know, I now have a bun in the oven. I had no idea it was this hard to find Gorean FW maternity dresses in sl. After all this is the main reason why FW exist on Gor. So I have searched sl for Gorean maternity and I have had to create my own maternity out of existing dresses. The key to this is that the dress cannot have a linden skirt, but a flexi skirt. It has to be mod and you have to have patience. I put this outfit together for time in the house, but you can also wear it out shopping. If any of you have any maternity suggestions please IM Margie Meng.

I will be posting 2 more maternity blogs, so stay tuned.

Dress- Kahlan by Mystic Sky
Veil-Leora by Beyond the Veil
Modesty top- FW tulle undershirt white by Husky

Working Women

In secondlife it's really hard to give the appearance of working a long hard day. What makes our avs so great is that we can be perfect all the time if we want to. No bed hair or bad breath. This may be a disadvantage in rp. At times we want to look messy, like we just cut off a limb or baked bread. So Ladies lets get messy!
Alluring Sin of Demure designs has created three dresses for the working Women. Scribe, physician and baker are the three dresses that she has craftily made or should I say craftily messed up. They all come with props, one clean dress and one not so clean dress. The physician has blood splattered on her dress and bloody hands. The Scribe has ink stains on her hands and ink smeared on her dress. The baker has flour dusted everywhere. When I saw these dresses I actually wished I did caste work. So for these fab and messy dresses you get 4 out of 5 tarns Alluring, Good work!


Dresses-Gerta Working Dress- Baker, Gerta Working Dress-Green, Gerta Working Dress-Scribe
Hair-Chelsea in espresso by Truth
skin- Hana by Redgrave

The Jewell Theatre

Last weekend I had the privilege of spending a rehearsal with the best acting company in SL, the Jewell Theatre. Two weeks ago I went to a play on the Isle of Farnacium with my Father. The play was called "The Ost", the script was very witty and funny, catering to a more FW audience but can be enjoyed by all. What I enjoyed most of all was the grand sets and the beautiful costumes. I have always enjoyed theatre in SL, but the Jewell Theatre has combined my 3 favorite things SL, Gorean fashion and theatre. They have a wide range of actors and I had the pleasure of interviewing two of the actresses. Lady Keyla Destiny and s'anne (Sanne Theas) are the two actresses that gave me a view into the world of the entertainment caste.

What may be the most unique part of this group is that they fit the rolls to the person not the class. Though Lady Keyla is a FW she plays a slave in the new play "Free", she says that at first she "was feeling rather uncomfortable thinking about losing her dresses and having to kneel" but her passion for acting is what won in the end. s'anne who is a slave in everyday SL, plays an Ubar's daughter in the "Free". she says that it's "interesting especially when you have a Master on His knees in front of you... but it makes becoming the role more defined." The sim that the Jewel Theatre is located on is Pilgrim Bay a very FW friendly area. You have no need of escort because they usually have security on call at all shows

I promise you when you go to their plays you will notice the costumes. The clothes are approved by the lovely and talented Director/Writer Fake Jewell and at times picked out by liat and dara.
I decided to have a bit of fun with this posting and show you my take on two of the Jewell theater costumes.Hair- Gogo in espresso by Truth
Cloak-Lucille cape in Black by Lions & butterflies (best cloaks ever!)
Veil- Scarlet Gown veil by Merchant Tarl
Dress- Immortal dress by Emo City



Hair-*Doll* in Black by Mirai Shan
Dress- Saiyge by Evie's closet
Modesty top- modesty top in black by Madison Winthorpe
Necklace-Ivy necklace by AlchemyImmortalis Cyannis

The next dress is one of my favorite costumes, modeled by s'anne. This dress is from Evie's Closet, and it has a lot of detail. As you all know by now I am a "prim detail freak" I must have prim detailing and I'm not talking about just slapping on a sculptie . I like it when designers mix sculpties with flexi and regular prims. Sculpties may be faster, but they don't get the wow factor points. I enjoy looking at a 70 prim arm piece and figuring out which is sculpties and which isn't, and its even better if I can't. Good job Jewell Theatre costume team.
Last but not least we will be taking a look at the lovely sets. Every gorgeous outfit needs a lovely setting to complement it. Dorian Cao creates these amazing, jaw dropping sets, that gets praise from the audience after every curtain raising. I didn't want to ruin the surprise you get when seeing these sets in person, but I had to show you a peak at one of the sets. This is my favorite it's a full scale Panther camp, that Dorian has some how fit onto the stage of the Jewell Theater. I look forward to every scene to see what will pop up next. A full scale slave auction, an Ubar's daughter's room, a tavern , a physician's office and even an Ubar's office. What next Dorian? A city block? I have no idea what's next, but I'm sure going to be there to see it.


Special Thanks to:
Fake Jewell, Ketter McAllister (publicist), Keyla Destiny, s'anne (Sanne Theas) and Dorian Cao