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 : 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 : 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