Say It Loud

I love shape and skin hopping. After almost a year in-world I still very much enjoy the playing with paper dolls aspect of SL. I was lucky enough to win a major shape store’s big drawing my first week in SL, and I have at least half a zillion (yes, I counted) skins, demo skins, freebie skins, spam, eggs, bacon, spam and skins in my inventory, including a variety of ethnic skins I have played with from time to time. Nothing ever looked quite right, and many of the shapes I tried seemed overly exaggerated.

About ten days ago I saw an interesting post by Khitten Kurka mentioning the Kiko Life sim. I went to check it out and was immediately impressed by what I saw on the adboards. The shapes themselves were curvy and quite lovely, but I was particularly impressed with the time Kiko had spent on the faces. Full, but very, very pretty. Kiko himself happened to be in the store when I stopped by, and he was extremely friendly and helpful as I dithered, finally deciding on the Oyadele shape.

The dressing of cats is a difficult matter…

When I first met Kristya Svenska she was relatively new to SL and had her own photo studio. We also happened to have been pretty much twins, having both independently chosen the same shape and skin. We have kept up with each other through mutual friends, and I recently heard that Kris had gone all buildery and now had her own store, .:CORE:.

Squint Your Eyes Just Right and You Will See the Invisible Plane

Fairies, butterflies, or super heroines. However your costume fantasies tend to run, the odds are you will be able to find a dollarbie to your taste at the hunt at Lemania Indigo.

The hunt started Sunday and runs until March 30. There are 30 fantasy globes scattered around the main store and sim with Lemania’s and Summer’s creations, and most of the other shops in the sim also have many globes scattered about, all for one linden each.

Who’s Sari Now?

Ok…the inaugural post. Welcome to the Annagram, spouting random gibberish about my wanderings through Second Life.

I have really enjoyed reading the various fashion blogs, particularly It’s Only Fashion by Cajsa Lilliehook and Gidge Uriza, and the consolidated feed from Fashion Planet World of SL.

And onward we go.

I love Zaara. I found the store almost by accident. Cajsa Lilliehook was wearing the Melange jewelry set in one of her posts. I went to the store hunting for the earrings and walked out with about four outfits. I love Zaara’s use of color, both the brightness of her palette and the interesting combinations.

My SL sister Jennny Meredith and I each bought the Menaka Sari. Jen went for the plum, and I could not resist the lovely deep green.

The sari itself comes with multiple options. Pants or skirt, narrow or wide sash, and three options for the top, short sleeve, halter, or bandeau. I am combining it with the aforementioned Melange jewelry, a wardrobe staple for me. The colors are wonderfully rich, as is the detailing in the pattern.

Zaara Sari Close-up

Jennny is wearing

Skin – Another Level (AL) v1.2 Almond – Sexy Devil Skin
Earrings – RYCA Freebie Earrings Silver, part of the Freebie outfit Available at RYCA and Cocoluv
Collars – My Masters Garden Collar, worn over an Amethyst Collar
Eyes — SYD – Baby Blue Eyes
Dress — Zaara – Menaka Sari Plum
Hair — Wrong – Style 1 (red & Black)

Anna is wearing

Skin – Redgrave Venus (blue makeup)
Hair – Reale Tessa black
Dress – Zaara – Menaka Sari Deep Green
Eyes – Miriel – Open Ocean
Lashes – Miriel – Feather
Bangles and earrings – Zaara – Melange olive

Pose – Best Friends Forever by AnnaH
Location – Belonging sim