The Fashion Fish : Love & Peace

D the fashionista peeks out again with these two  ways of wearing the same dress and style just with two different hair styles

Love & Peace
(Names of the two hunts from which these items mostly come from ie. With love again hunt and Peace on earth hunt)




Skin is [PF] Alyx <Ivory> - Pony (dkbrow) (from WLA Hunt for L$10)
(Details : http://www.chic-management.com/)
Eyes is :SP: video Purple
Shape is PS^ Peace
Jewelry :
MG Necklace Paris Black Diamond (Combo All) (from WLA Hunt for L$10)
(Details : http://www.chic-management.com/)
Chop Zuey My heart in yours Blk Earrings

Dress is a combination of
Snowpaws - Serenity Ballet Outfit for POE5
(Details : http://peaceonearthhunt.wordpress.com/poe-hunter-hints-instructions/)
Etchaflesh - Holiday Wishes Corset + Skirt (Mesh) for Womenstuff Hunt
(Details : http://womenstuff.stuff-sl.com/hunters/)

Love and Peace 1 - Hairoin - Ferocity White Tiger (From Jul 2012 Hair Fair)

Love and Peace 2 - D!va 'Marie' Type B (Platinum) (Group Gift)

The Fashionfish : Of Frocks and Friendships

Of Frocks & Friendships

D is  not always the sanest friend in the world to have, and things around her have been a little more than off kilter. It's always nice to find yourself returning to an even keel, or about as even keeled as D is going to get anyhow...

D loves these shots for being a little bit Ab-fab (British award winning sitcom created by Jennifer Saunders and Dawn French) 

"Is it Lacroix darling? Is it? Is it?"

D is wearing :

LMD Lacey Mesh Dress (By Leri Miles) sourced at  Whore Couture Fair

Nikotin Lady Yellow Cigarette Holder
Stethoscope by Casey May
[elikatira] : Blonde 02, Soft

F is wearing :

Gown: -AZUL- Calypso /Nude
Shoes:  NX-Nardcotix Edna /Nude
Nails: MANDALA
GWD  Stethoscope 2 v1.0
[Dolly] Cigarette Holder
[LeLutka]-AWE hair - IrishRed

The Fashionfish : The Price of Fashion

Second life haute-couture has a visual price that is usually paid by the boyfriend of the star blogger. Little making of, just to give an idea of the weight to bear...

The Fashionfish : Two looks for one hat.

1

2

1a

2a

1b

2b

Styling notes :

1 is

Modal Shaped by Dita's Diabolique

[sYs] DOLL skin

2 is

Modal Shaped by Dita's Diabolique

Pulse VF #3-Skin-Blonde & Ash scalp/brows *

1

Wears

[[AV]] Dress Circle White by Awram Viie

JENNIFER Hat Pink by Donna Flora

B@R Toe Shoes by Bare Rose

2 

Wears

SILVANNA Blush by Donna Flora

JENNIFER Hat B/W by Donna Flora

::PG:: locked ankle boots by Party Girl

* is a library skin! (Just look for it in your library inventory as it's already there)

The Fashionfish : TUD II - That Unforgettable Dress

Rem from Empyreal Dreams told D a little after New Years that the second of the dresses in the series (Three unique pieces in total) would be ready soon.

Ourfish really do feel most privileged to work in collaboration.*
 *In the sense that an image produced wearing his dress alongside some other of my own personal choices for styling, is a collaboration between model and designer.

Of these series of photos, D says the following :
I've kept the shots of the dress true to exactly as it would appear in world without any photoshop jiggery pokery - Just windlight setting adjustments and croppage in order to try and show how detailed the dress already is.

The Raven (Dress) is the accompaniment of the Exhibition at Empyreal dreams on a poem by Edgar Allan Poe of same title. For New Years, I had reviewed the first of these dresses which was white and romantically seemed to engage a feeling of the hope of love within the poem. 

This black version, with its victorianesque feel perhaps most embodies its mourning aspect. Set amongst dark fading satin panels - shifting imagery, numbers and quotes flicker in and out of the dress against the ticking clocks which seem to mark out the passage of time. The dress is complete of its own accord with shoes, belts (with working clocks), skirts (and separate versions with/without lag for more user friendliness) and millinery.

"And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain Thrilled me…" from The Raven, by Edgar Allan Poe 

The rest of the styling notes is as follows

(D had a sort of prim palooza)

** Denotes all items available free.

Wears

The Raven (Dress) by Empyreal Dreams

Lace Jumpsuit by Boudoir

Body

Dusty Beehive (Hair) by ploom

SLAP Mothlace Makeup by Dita's Diabolique

Black Tears by Akasha Vanistok **

Accessories (Top to Toe)

Sprung (Glasses) by Crie Style

Tainted Love Lip Piercing 2011 by Fiction and Chaos**

Vintage Victorian Earring (left) by Dark Mouse

Black Silver Earring Chain (right) by Maya

Rusty Feather Collar by Deviant Girls

Long Luxury Necklace by Hamis

Reaper (Wings) by Favole

Nail Guard 1.0 beta by Dita's Diabolique (not on sale)

The Fashionfish : Gothic Lace

The kissmet nature of second life is endlessly intriguing to Ourfish as it is how we met and meet people. It is also how D discovered Athan Selidor which became the backdrop for this style shoot.

A slow kinetic sculpture is the central focus of this grotto, in which several shiny spheres orbit
Athan (39, 115, 22)

 Light floods in from a single source within this space

Fashion Direction :
Vero Modero - Adile Uni Gown (Sans Prim Parts)
Leezu - Jean Van Dark (Jacket, Sleeves and Belt)
HOC - Noir Boots
Glow Studio - Fiori Set (Bracelet, Earrings)
D!va - Satomi Hair (Platinum)
Elikatira - Glory Hair (Blonde02)

Location : Athan Selidor… beyond the island Athan

The Fashionfish : Zebra Crossings!

Question : Can a Zebra change it's stripes?

Answer : A Zebra Can't Change Its Stripes
It may look like a horse, but it's wild at heart. Raising such a moody creature requires a lot of skill and patience.
Few are up for the job. -  Los Angeles Times

Cue Music (and Bad 80's Mullets Alas) :

"Wild Thing"

Sam Kinison

Fashion Direction -

Dita's Diabolique : Dita's Ribbon Boot Zanda Crossing Edition
Beautiful Dirty Rich : TGIF Skirt (Free Outfit)
Line : Ripped Top Black
COCO : Fur Bolero Black
XTC : Taurus Leather Zippered Gloves
American Bazaar : Love Latex Pants (cercle)
Lelutka : Inverted Hair (Powder)
Dark Mouse : In black and white (Earrings)
Goth1c0 : Chain Necklace in gold and black metal
Goth1c0 : Bitch Bracelet in black and wasted gold.

The Fashionfish : That unforgettable dress...

"And so a toast  - ring out the old , ring in the new..."

A Rapturous 2012

Some looks are timeless...

Another year is at its end and ofcourse there is that timeless question that persists in the minds of the trend concious... " What to wear?"

Details of this dress are just stunning and unfortunately hard to capture!

To make the grandest entrance at any SL party this year end... wear art!

There are so many interesting things about this dress that it is nigh impossible to write of it. For one, it is an animated piece of couture that embodies the very idea of time and its fleeting. The dress moves and shifts and reveals its secrets over the course of time such that your outfit itself is never really quite the same in different light. It comes in flexible versions of course - one with the scripted bells and whistles, and the other in a plainer but nonetheless show stopping version. Don't just take Ourfish word for it.

The exhibit itself was used as the background for these shots of 'The Raven Dress'

This view of the dress provides perhaps a glimpse of the shifting changing nature and details of the train which quotes verse from the poem " The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe

Hair : Dark Mouse " Palomma" - Free at free dove.

Complete Outfit : Empyreal Dreams "The Raven Dress" (Lenore Winter Edition)

No photo manipulation was involved in any of these shots which are published as is. The environment is entirely shot in SL as also created by Empyreal Dreams

See also :
The Fashionfish - TUD II, The Unforgettable Dress

The Fashionfish : Gabriel winter collection 2011

Ourfish attended the disclosure of Gabriel's winter collection 2011, or tried to, at least, given how quickly the sim got full. Huge success for that release, which pretty much perpetuates the brand's spirit of glossy, furry chic and classic sexyness.

Here are a few atmospheric extracts from the show's video, broadcasted live.

Takuya Jinn (on the left) with a model :

The Fashionfish : Ornithology I, II, III

Ornithology (from Greek: ὄρνις, ὄρνιθος, ornis, ornithos, "bird"; and λόγος, logos, "rationale" or "explanation") is a branch of zoology that concerns the study of birds. 

D part of Ourfish wanted to showcase this fabulously feathery creation from Empyreal Dreams which is up for grabs for the POE hunt. (mentioned in The Discoveryfish 17/12/2011) Glam aside, this place is well worth visiting on its own - 

To quote :

Empyreal Dreams is an ongoing collaborative art project between two Second Life residents - Ariel Wingtips and Remington Aries. It’s aim, to visualize famous poems and literature using Second Life as a canvas. When complete our anthology will contain 12 works. Despite living on opposite sides of the globe, Second Life has given us the power to quickly work together in real time to turn our dreams into virtual realities

Currently they have five of their collaborative efforts up to view and they are :

• The Owl and The Pussy-Cat by Edward Lear
• The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe
• Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
• The Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
• The Bluebell by Emily Brontë

And so borrowing a leaf from their book - Ourfish presents Ornithology I,II, III, visually interpreting "Bird Song" by Florence & The Machine in  Virtual Haute Couture


Songwriters: Devente Hynes, Florence Welch

Ornithology I
Well, I didn't tell anyone but a bird flew by
Saw what I'd done
He set up a nest outside
And he sang about what I'd become
He sang so loud, sang so clear
I was afraid all the neighbors would hear
So I invited him in just to reason with him
I promised I wouldn't do it again

Ornithology II
But he sang louder and louder inside the house
And now I couldn't get him out
So I trapped him under a cardboard box
And stood on it to make him stop 
I picked up the bird and above the din I said
"That's the last song you'll ever sing"
Held him down, broke his neck
Taught him a lesson he wouldn't forget

But in my dreams began to creep
That old familiar tweet, tweet, tweet

Ornithology III
I opened my mouth to scream and shout
I waved my arms and flapped about
But I couldn't scream and I couldn't shout
Couldn't scream and I couldn't shout
I opened my mouth to scream and shout
I waved my arms and flapped about
But I couldn't scream I couldn't shout


The song was coming from my mouth
From my mouth
From my mouth
From my mouth
From my mouth
From my mouth
From my mouth
From my mouth
From my mouth
From my mouth
From my mouth
From my mouth
From my mouth
From my mouth
From my mouth
From my mouth

Fashion Direction :

~ E.D.C~ Feather Dress (Ruby) - for POE. is complete and includes shoes.

by Empyreal Dreams

Candy Nail #P032 Feather Red

Twilight Muse Darkened - Feather Collar + Shoulder Pieces by Hollow Angel Designs

Visage : 

KOSH- WET LIPS -rose red-

-Glam Affair- CELEBRITY - Eyelashes 08 (Tintable)

!lamb. Unbirthday Redux - Blood Fruit (Hair)

Vintage :

:::SPLIT PEA:: little bird, come into my body - strings (Jun. 2010) by melatonin.hax

mika - Feather Hat With Veil 'Demimonde' (Black) (Mar. 2011) by mikaela.rasmuson

The Fashionfish : Fahboolustly Free

Tis the season for getting tons of fabulously free stuff so

loose the noob and style your sl x'mas up a notch or two!

D part of ourfish decided to try to put together two completely free looks that's out there for grabs this season! 

This x'mas assembly from head to toe is L$0 :

Vintage Freebies -

=IZUMIYA= PB Nov. Mini Skirt/G (2009)

Oval----LegWarmer001-R (2010)

[PO] Taylor Holiday Sweater - red (2010)

>TRUTH<  Lygon Scarf [red stripe] (2010)

Freebies 2011 - 

Yasum*Christmas Boots

.:MALT:. KC Advent Xmas Gift 2011 (RED Mittens)

Grim Bros. red winter cheeks version 3

""D!va"" Fur hat

Hair *Dura* Summer group gift (Strawberry)

This goth assembly from head to toe is L$0 :

JEANNE Gown (Hunt Gift) from Bounce

Slurl here

Ruffle Ankle Boots (Group Gift) from COCO

Slurl here

][AWRAM-VIIE][ feather on shoulder Black (Store Gift)

[ni.ju] Makeup - Red Panda. grey (RMK SIM Opening Gift)

[!SyDS! Hair] Dove - BlackF (Lucky Board Prize)

Slurl here

GABRIEL Leather Gloves (Group Gift)

How do you find Freebies?

Check out these links to start

• The Fritzpaper - Quality freebies in the second world
• Fabulously Free in SL (A Flickr Group)

Or events such as hunts are a great way to get often limited edition freebies from vendors. Hunt items are usually only available for a short period so grab them while they last!

Try :

Zombie Santa Hunt

A unique hunt that really deserves a blog post all about it on its own!