In honor of having
Mad Men back on the air with season 4 - I'm showing off the two very different sides of
Mrs. Betty Draper. The first being a very memorable moment with some neighboring birds. The second hitting more of the glam model side that she fronts when out meeting Don Draper's clientèle.
The inspiration started this morning with the announcement of new
69 hair by
Kumii Yoshikawa. The
BE style reminded me of Betty's hair and is one of three new releases which is only open to
69-VIPs until August 2nd. I'm happy to say she now includes a resize script for her hairs which I can appreciate as they've never fit on my head without adjustments.
Originally I was going to go for more of her everyday looks, but my husband brought up the time she had with the BB gun and thus this look was born. I headed straight to
Artilleri to pick up the
Wilma dress in yellow that reflects the time period extremely well with the button down styled top which you will see Betty wear numerous times on the show.
I wanted to find some yellow shoes to match, but as usual - color isn't always easy store to store so I picked up the
Tuli pumps in steel and choose the golden bow texture from the menu option to match it with shades of the dress pattern.
Shiny Things hasn't been producing a lot of shoes lately but it still definitely has the quality you expect from shoe makers of today.
The
cigarette from
FNKY is an oldie but a goody. The smoke is scripted to be turned on or off by touch and comes with a variety of other in-hand, mouth, or on land options. The
shotgun was a freebie that I found on
xstreet by Cisco Lane that is originally huge as it is supposed to be for
Tank Girl - but I scaled it down to fit the image of Betty.
As far as marriage bling, I choose one of the best looking
diamond rings I have seen in a modern style by
Yabusaka. I stuck with the
League's Taylor skin in blonde but in a new make-up called
Angel - seemed fitting! I really like it on my shape and find it harder to switch it up. My other faves made it back are the
LeLutka Reflection eyes in glory and
Silhouette lashes in Au Natural (
I wear these in both looks).
For the more dressy Draper, I was actually going to try to not shop at
Icing, because that felt too easy - but after shopping in another store I decided enough and pulled out another fave from
Icing called,
Evening at the Opera. I paired it up with another of
Icing's creations of the
glam stole that includes an AO as well as 2 ways of wearing it -
wraparound (
shown) or over the shoulder.
Again, I was hunting for something other than
Paper Couture because again, I like to challenge myself - but in the end - I came back to pull out the
sparkling sphere set. The closer to neck feature fits Betty's style of not being too flashy - but definitely having a wow factor. It kinda reflects her personality, trying to draw somebody in but rejecting them in the end.
The
Shaken by not Stirred hair by
Clawtooth is an instant fave - I wanted to go there to see if there was a more reflective style to Betty's hair and when I saw this I knew it would fit well. It probably could pass for a Jane style, but I thought still appropriate for Betty. So a lot of good hits for
Tableau sim tonight as both
Paper Couture and
Clawtooth are located there.
Finishing off the look was
Maitreya's Neyya heels in Pearl Leather. The right sheen to blend in with the top of the dress as well as classy enough to pull off with the style.
The
pose used in the gun happy Betty style was a custom made by my husband today specifically for the blog. The
pose for the Betty glam style is one of
Dove's (of
LAP aka
Long Awkward Pose)
365 poses project. I highly recommend stopping by to check them out if you haven't recently.
Enjoy!
Love, Zoe
PS Comment who is your favorite Mad Men character!
Please note that the Gun Happy Betty image has been photoshopped - the Glam Betty is unprocessed.
I like to check out the other gender every once in awhile and do a blog about it. The main reason for this post is due to the latest release by The Abyss called 2043. The skin is extremely realistic and causes me to be in awe. I typically like to wear any Abyss skin with their shapes because they fit together effortlessly. And I'm not about to go around tweaking guys shapes because they typically frustrate me by lack of certain arm and leg sliders available in SL. The skin comes in 4 main shades but is tintable through the SL slider system. I also stuck with one of the pairs of eyes from the tone 2 in the series called panther. I'm also wearing a shader (which is included) that helps give a more realistic flair in SL without photo editing.
