A Little Bit of Style by Zoe Demar - Hitch

Trains are a common sight in my hometown and is an essential service to many locations across the world.  Even if the look was not inspired by the location; as soon as I put on the girlpack by LAP, I knew that I had to hit up AM Radio's art installment at IDIA Laboratories (123,105,2058).  If you haven't been to one of AM's sims you're missing out!

The look started with the Minx shorts by Mon Tissu.  I thought about grabbing a fatpack but wanted to try on  a pair first as sometimes shorts with prims don't work out.  I was happy to say that these were perfect without having to do a single adjustment - that's a rarity!  Look for me showing off other colors in future blog posts!  

Originally I started with a cropped sweater jacket but all that went out the window when I discovered this open shirt with tank by Argrace in my inventory.  Mainly Argrace has converted over to creating only hair but looks like they still have some clothing if you haven't stopped by in awhile.  

I've had these riding boots by Mon Tissu in my inventory for awhile that I had planned in another look that didn't work out in the end.  When I bought them I didn't want to go for the typical brown or black shades and I'm still happy that I went with vintage red.

A first for this blog is to feature hair by Milana.  I'm a bit mixed on her hair - I love it in the pictures but sometimes I find it hard to fit to my head properly or find the right angle in a pose.  I have worn her style before with some major mods, this time I didn't mod it at all.  I'm wearing the Joy II hair.  I find that sometimes I want the sculpts to be out to show off the textures she includes to create the flexi style.  They're really beautifully done!

I picked up the girlpack pose set by LAP at the pose fair this year.  I didn't really think about using it for this look until I was digging for some different poses.  Once i put on the pack and tinted it - I knew it would make the outfit along with the setting.

I always like to feature different skins and totally transform my look each time.  I decided to go with the soft hues of LAQ's Tess2.  It brought out that doll like face that I felt fit the mood I wanted for the picture along with the delicate freckled specks.

As for eyes, I'm sticking with Insufferable Dastard again for this post wearing Light Sensitive in dark brown.

Enjoy!

Love, Zoe

Quick Credits:

TOP: Argrace - Open Shirt in Cream

SHORTS: Mon Tissu - Minx in Brown

BACKPACK: LAP - Girlpack Pose Set (tinted)

RIDING BOOTS: Mon Tissu - Provence in Vintage Red

HAIR: Milana - Joy II in Blacks

SKIN: LAQ - Tess2 in Nougat 02

EYES: Insufferable Dastard - Light Sensitive in Dark Brown

POSE: LAP - Girlpack

Zoe Demar Photography

"Moment"

"Sparkling Diamonds"

My SL time is much more limited these days, but I still find myself enjoying spending time on the weekends to do photography.  These pictures purely are meant to fulfill my needs of a creative outlet.  Typically I leave my blog to more styled outlets than creative photography, but I decided to share.

Both were inspired by LAQ's Mima [Pale] Glow skins along with Elikatira hair.  Sparkling Diamonds also features some earrings from Paper Couture and the dress from the Halloween giftbag from LeLutka (no longer available - time limited item)

A Little Bit of Style by Zoe Demar - Warm Fuzzy

The leaves in Canada have changed and Thanksgiving is over once again for the year. Crazy how quick the year tends to pass. It is the start of those days were all I wanna do is cozy up at home under a blanket but warm enough in the afternoons to take off the coat.

This look was inspired by the cozy warm fuzzy of fall with the new unisex cardigan released by Reek.  Available in a wide range of colors the cardigan is easy to fit and comes with two sculpted sleeve options as well as narrow or wide waist for different shapes.

Going for multiple layers I matched up the cardigan with sweater vest and buttoned up shirt from League's teacher's pet set.  League is full of top notch clothing creations.

To keep the look flexible I went with the unisex shortpants from  Blitzed that I recently featured in a previous post here.  I enjoy the flexibility when items are unisex.  I also believe that just because something is made for one sex versus another, doesn't always rule it out in fashion.

The booties are a new from Gos which is doing a limited sale via the marketplace for 100L (in color shown) - good time to pick up a pair that comes in 3 available colors.

The skin is LAQ's latest Nellie.  Which is probably my favorite of her newest skin releases.  I went with the first shade of make-up in the pack because of the simplistic fall feel.  I have also featured this skin in a portrait photo seen in a portrait pic I did a few weeks ago (seen right).

In this blog, however, I matched up the look with SLink's Genevif hair that I picked up during the hair fair.  I love the realistic shine and the thin flyaway strands.  I hope to see more hair creations to come.

The final piece and not new to my blog, the Zbilja eyes by Exodi provide the right amount of shine, color, and depth to the realistic look.

And last but not least - I need to give a shout out to my friend, Mainit Hellman.  He's been building furniture and other house styled items at his shop called Baustein.  I'm featuring one of his newest furniture releases and my fave item of his so far.  He has taught himself how to create sculpties and I look forward to seeing more of his work in the future.

Enjoy!

Love, Zoe

A Little Bit of Style by Zoe Demar - Gone Denim

All sorts of good things to blog about lately but in the end I decided to pull together a bit of a look that utilizes a bit of the same colors and involving some classic uses of denim.



I recently fell in love with the newest skin from LAQ (Laqroki) - Martina.  Which doesn't necessarily bode well for my typical blonde locks that have become my default look of late, but when a girl faces thicker dark brows one can change hair color - or at least in Second Life!  The skin comes in 5 tonal shades along with numerous make-up that is all very afford-ably priced.

Thus was the inspiration that pulled the look together along with not only checking out skins but the clothing over at LAQ.  An area which can be overlooked by many, but you can find a great collection for both men and women.  That was my main focus for this post.

Ladies First:



I spotted this denim dress number and knew I had to have it.  One of my older faves from Nyte'N'Day is a denim dress and it was nice to find something here at LAQ.  It comes in a variety of shades the one shown here being my pick in a nice faded gray.

I paired it up with a new boot being sold at LAQ called Midcut Boots in a beige shade - again not the only color available but what I wanted to use with this look.

Mandala, a newer jewelry maker than where I typically look for great finds I originally came across at LE LOOK.  He has some fascinating pieces available - these Takara earrings and Takayama bangles being part of some newer sets.  I will also give him credit for creating the best SL to RL blends that I have seen.  I really don't encourage SL to RL blends personally as it is extremely difficult to make them look right.  My personal theory is keep SL to SL and RL to RL.

Another new release is the hair by Maitreya called Siri.  It is a very elegant and well made hair that comes in their typical variety of reds, blonds, blacks, whites, and browns.  It does tend to go well with a hair base but no fret to those that choose to go without - I say wear what you like!

I thought about going to my typical set of eyes, but decided to pull out one that I have blogged before from Tres Blah.  I have been meaning to see if she has released some more skins that I have been anticipating where I originally had picked up these pretty blue eyes that have a natural shade already there in their creation.

For the Guys:



Based of my lady look I pulled out the same type of idea starting with the raw denim jeans that stood out to me at LAQ - it comes in both a gold or silver seam stitch option along with belt option and sculpted cuffs.  

Easily I spotted a pair of beige urban oxford shoes at LAQ which fit the color scheme for this blog post.  I love how much detail goes into shoes.  I am continually amazed.  And for those of you that only want things in all black, yes they have other color options!

Having not been to the fashion section of LAQ lately - I have been here before for my male avie and was happy to find more of a selection available including this high collared coat.  I always have a hard time selecting only one color but went with the gray to help mimic the gray in the denim from my lady look.  It also adds a nice neutral contrast to the blue denim and beige of the shoe.

The jacket was pictured with a white shirt and black tie at LAQ, but I wanted to keep the look casual and teleported over to Truth to pick up one of his Sarg Henly shirts in a nice olive green shade.  I really feel like this is something I can see my hubby potentially wearing in RL - so long as it comes in black (he tends to wear a lot of it).  I was surprised not to see a nice navy shade (unless my eyes fooled me) - it may be something to suggest to Truth sometime.

Lately I've been on the look-out for good male hair and was happy to see this new option called Radient over in the LAQ hair section.  I'm not 100% thrilled with the texture close-up.  I can be a bit picky sometimes - esp when it comes to the lighter colors but can typically handle it most in the darker shades, which is what I wanted to use here.

I decided that I wanted to nab the newest male skin called Cruz over at Redgrave.  I originally spotted it on my friend Yelmer from Alphamale.  I liked the dimples as well as hair base - which you can't see here but can try out with a demo for yourself.

I did pair it up with the Cruz eyes.  Redgrave typically offers a good variety of what I believe to be photo-sourced eyes which is common throughout SL.

There you have it - two sexes with similar styles!


Enjoy!!

Love, Zoe