A Little Bit of Style by Zoe Demar - Groove

Have I mentioned how much I love these 77 loafers by Treads?  I wanted to show use in both a male style (previous post) and female style (in this post).  I had a look put together using these pants by Gawk - then I saw this new top by Nylon Outfitters and chose items to match it.  I'm going to stop blabbing and just allow the look to speak for itself.  I really wish I had all these items to wear together in RL!

Enjoy!  

Love, Zoe

PS - I photo-shopped the close-up pic

Quick Credits:

TOP: Nylon Outfitters - Crocheted Flower in Orange

PANTS: Gawk! - Camel Tweed High Waist Pants

EARRINGS: Yummy - Floral Dangle in Inked Color

RING: Je Suis  - Isis Ring (custom colors)

SHOES: Treads - 77 Loafers in Epice

HAIR: Nylon Outfitters - Janet

SKIN & MAKEUP: Dutch Touch - Amber in V2 Dark + Eyeshadow #6

EYES: ID - Light Sensitive Shaded in Light Green

POSES: Del May

A Little Bit of Style by Zoe Demar - Twenties Twist

Yay! I took some time to blog today! I'm a HUGE fan of the 1920's era when it comes to a lot of the deco elements that stem. Recently I even had a tour of a house that is located in a nearby town that is a great collection of the Art Deco era and has been featured in many Hollywood movies.

The inspiration for the look is Donna Flora's store. I can't believe that I had never been there before! I have seen Thalia (click here to see Thalia's flickr) blog her before but the big push came from Second Style's magazine for February with James Schwarz's stunning photos (click here to check out his flickr stream). Upon going to the store I fell madly in love with the store build/setting and the use of older styles of fashion and jewelry that I am featuring here using the jacket, top, and necklace from the Jazzy Pink outfit. The necklace reminds me a lot of a pin that my grandmother had that I now own.

As usual - I couldn't just do a gown but had to mix it up! I went straight to the skirt from Nylon Outfitters' Inner Ballerina outfit. I love how soft it looks and extremely feminine. I think it will be a staple in my inventory that I'll come back to repeatedly.

Not too far from Nylon Outfitters store and the hair that I knew would be perfect, is Paper Couture. Looking at my blog they're certainly a repetitive use of my style musings. And another cardinal rule of mine is "less is more" and though the necklace came with earrings, I omitted them due to the jewels being enough with the headband from their Jeweled Headband Updo.

As far as shoes, well I couldn't pass up using Bax's Prestige boots. I was gonna try to do the new pink color update but felt it too heavy, so instead put it together with the soft off-white shade. Then used the custom color option to match the lovely pink from the jacket's bow. Really bringing a custom look to the outfit.

It's all about the eyes - least when it comes to photography and I'm really enjoying the eyes put out recently by LeLutka - I feature them here in the blue shade of Reflection Glory. And paired up with the eyelashes from The Abyss it really helps bring out natural beauty without Photoshop because they include a nice shade feature that gives realistic flare.

And last but certainly not least - I'm really excited that Tricky of Belleza keeps coming out with skins. I was on a panel previously to give feedback to his Belle line and am happy to see him continuing to strive forward with his skills to produce really high quality skin. Thus I'm happy to show off his pale shade of his newest Alyson line in make-up 14.

Check it out along with the hair in this close-up shot.

And of course - the Poses are from a new bunch by Long Awkward Pose - Model School set 1 and 2 available now. So go check them out too!

Back to work now for me but hope that you enjoy and use some of the items to create your own personal style.

Love, Zoe

A little bit of style by Zoe Demar in "Not Ready for Summer, Spring"

Hello! I dunno about you but I'm not a big fan of the heat. I'm one that would like for there to be Winter, Spring, and Fall instead of any summer at all! I had fun styling again and since I couldn't sleep - I decided to put another outfit mix-up together. It all started with roaming my folder known as separates.

For awhile I have been sorting items by brands which I tend to remember more easily who created what. I used to do it more by category - IE shorts, shirts, pant outfits. But due to lack of time overall I never ended up resorting my separates' folder so I was determined to put a look together based on that. Well, maybe not the full look but at least the inspiration! The layered top is not separate layers at all, but one created layer by the extremely talented Nylon Pinkney of Nylon Outfitters. It is probably one of my MOST favorite tops of all time! I hope to bring out something similar to this when I get more time to create my own brand of clothing. Nylon is truly an inspiration of mine.



Now how to mix it up! I thought about doing some shorts, but thought nah, it can be hot in RL but doesn't have to be in SL. I brought out wool pants in gray by LeLutka to match the prim flower that comes with the top. The pants have a high enough waistline to fit nicely with the top and a wide enough pant to give the look some sophistication. I have multiple colors in this same pant to suit various needs when it comes to it. I'm sure you're all looking for the summer collection to be released and I wish I knew when but I don't - so I'm waiting with the rest of you.

Next was the gloves, which were an easy choice as I originally had started thinking about doing a mix of the Paper Couture line and kept these gloves on from the Jasmine Vest outfit. I really liked how it turned the look a bit more stylized overall due to the cut of the glove not being fully on the fingers or over the full palm.

I definitely wanted to pull out some of the newest lamb. hair that I bought at the hair fair. This one is the Unbirthday in Obsidian which donated 50% of the profits to Locks of Love! I am totally in love with lamb.! Unique styles that are truly unlike any others in SL and if there are they had to have gotten the inspiration here!

The Diamond and Rose Bouquet ring is another beauty from the Paper Couture spring 09 collection. If you look back in my blog you'll see what I big fan I am of Paper Couture jewelry. I always think you can wear it with anything and certainly make a statement! The details in this piece are astounding. The glint of the diamonds don't require any sort of glow to make it sparkle.

To bring the look together at the toe, the Paper Couture Pastel Blue Butterfly heels were a perfect fit to tie in the blue and white shades in the Nylon Outfitter's top and pull together with the overall spring feel that I wanted to achieve.

As for the skin, I've been wearing Tuli's Hope skin everywhere! But I don't like blogging the same things repeatedly. I mix it up! So I decided that I really wanted to feature the mad talent of Ryker Beck. I went to the store which btw is having a sale of 50% off where all proceeds are going to the Make A Wish Foundation. Read details HERE at the Exodi blog. I ended up picking out the Shiloh Caramel skin in Bender make-up. The pinkish color of the lips and light blue tint of eyeshadow mimics the colors that I have going on in the outfit.

Since I was at Exodi and I like donating to a cause when I can afford to, I picked up the Exodi pack of Zbilja eyes. I have hard many people talk about how great they are and will agree that I do like the glint of light in the eye, which you can see in the close-up. I choose brown for two reasons. First I don't do brown often, and second I don't see brown very often.

Last but not least, I tempted myself away from my Silhouette Au Natural lashes that I used in my previous mix blog post and selected the combed style instead. I'm not a pro at fitting lashes but felt I did a pretty good job. They're a bit more wild of lashes, but still liked them with the look to be natural but glam.



There you have it - my Not Ready for Summer, Spring style. I hope you enjoy!

Love, Zoe

A Little Bit of Style by Zoe Demar

I want to start by announcing that it is now officially the start of my THIRD year in Second Life!

My husband pointed out how much can change in three years and he is absolutely right! Though a lot has also stayed the same. I won't bore you with my story here.

I'm not doing a special blog or anything - just doing more of the same. I've been taking a little bit of an SL break over the holiday. Now that I have been back I have been wanting to get something blogged. The Superbowl was something I could do quick and easy. I do put a lot of time into my styling and graphics more than my text because I personally am a visual learner. I did however make a little more effort with this post. Typically, I like pictures that speak for themselves. If you want my opinion, I invite you to IM me in-world.

To make-up for being away I have two drastically different outfits.

First up - GRUNGE





The inspiration came first from the wide pants from Barerose. The pants are pulled from the outfit, "Lowrise Heavy Cargo," and is typically teamed up with a tank top variety of shirts. As with all things Barerose, you get a WIDE range of color variety for a fraction of the cost of what the majority are selling one piece of virtual fashion piece.

While at Barerose I purchased quite a few things. One of them included the, "Rolled Up Type B," which does come in a multitude of colors and also a cute heart tank, not pictured here. Instead I replaced the tank with one of my all time favorite Blacklace lingerie pieces called, "Tease," in blue floral. I'm also being a bit of a tease because it is an unreleased item (don't worry it will be released post-fashion show which is this Sunday the 8th of Feb). It is part of my good friend, Mariska's Valentine's Day release.

Its hard to chose what to talk about next the hair, or the shoes!? I'm completely in awe at what is possible to create in SL! Especially after being around to witness the invention of FLEXI in designs! So, I'll go with the hair first since it has more flexi than the shoes.

The hair by Detour definitely stands out but is not for those with only a few lindens in their pockets. It is just under 500L for ONE color of the style. I even turned away the first time I demo'd it months ago! Then yesterday I spotted a picture that Bratty of Aluinn had done and was amazed at how well it photographed. So, yes I'm a glutton for good hair (especially one that photographs well) and picked this piece up called, "Johanna." I loved how the teal highlights made it stand out from my other hair styles and how well it went with the eye shade that I was wearing at the time (and in this style mix).

Now for the athletic heels! Something most likely not to be seen often in the real world, but my fashionista life is in SL, not RL. I love these! I picked up two pairs from Redgrave. It comes in six color variations so you can pick and choose or buy them all. Also by Redgrave is the skin that I am wearing. The skin is Naomi2 in Tan (might not be sold in the store but by special request). I'm also wearing Redgrave eyes from the Vivian skin line in teal green.

The look wouldn't be complete, at least to me, without a good tattoo which is another one of my faves called, "Tumbleweed," from a great tattoo store called, Etchd. They have such a good selection it is hard to pick just one. If you ever see me wearing a tattoo, most likely it will be from here.

Of course with the tattoos I had to be cliche and put on a piercing, but I was already wearing it prior to even piecing this outfit together. You will only be able to see it on the close-up head shot, but its there and gives that edge especially for this style. It is called, Diamond Medusa Piercing, Single. I adjusted it a bit to the side of my mouth instead of where you'll see it as advertised at RaveNation. She has a decent collection of piercings and other items worth taking a gander at.

Last but certainly too cool to be least, are the dual guns by Breach. They have everything for people that are much more into combat than I am, but are still wickedly cool for pulling off a look like this! This is the second pair that I own from Breach called, USP 1.1. They're extremely good about keeping items purchased automatically upgraded.



Next up - WINTER MUSE





If you can't tell where the inspiration came from in this next outfit, you're blind or just plain foolin' yourself! The stunning and brilliant shawls by Zaara! Like many of my friends it is hard to pick just one, but I had to do for now with my first color choice of the bright blue with pink floral embroidery patterns called, "Kashmiri". Color is one thing that Zaara is not afraid of in her Indian inspired creations. She recently opened a sim and had a flickr contest to coincide with it (yes, I did participate). The sim is a treat to visit and dance at. The first time I saw Zaara's designs, I was impressed. Her Black Swan creation recently was absolutely stunning and a piece that I am very happy to make a favorite in my collection along with many other fashion pieces. Anyway, I could go on, but the shawl is why I pieced this outfit together.

This was a task because I loved this shawl paired up with another top but it didn't suit other items as I went along. Finally I decided to make it a nice warm winter feel by pulling out the long sweater in Navy by Novocaine. I love the contrast between the two blues. The sweater does come in a variety of colors and you can find a lot of other great styles unique to SL at Novocaine. I am always eying their hair too!

The wool pants that I added into the mix have a wonderfully textured wide leg. They are from LeLukta formally known as Cachet. I will miss the brand name of Cachet, but will get used to learning LeLukta. Though sometimes it can be pricey if you pick up a few items, I tend to repeatedly go back to fill in some gaps in my ever growing inventory. The textures typically meet the high standards that I will gravitate for along with providing classic and trend pieces.

The boots! Talk about eye-candy for the boot lover. Bax has stood out offering very high quality and unique style in SL. I luckily was appointed to help with the vendor picture of her ice skates, which I couldn't get over the detail of! The Patent Black Ankle Boot was an easy pick to dress up the outfit along with keeping it in the winter theme. They're also ultra sexy and I like how they peak out from under the wide legs of the pants.

I think the second thing one will see if not the first in the picture is the hair! It is such a cute vintage style that I had to have it after I first laid eyes on it via a blog on the feeds. I loved how it pops with the skin. It is by Curio. Which also has its own sim that you have to check out if you're a fan of Victorian Mansions. It reminds me a lot of Clue, and I plan to go back often. The style is called, "Gertrude" and comes in all the typical shades and more.

When choosing the skin I wanted to blog one that I hadn't used before and one that you don't see blogged often. Fashionably Dead has been housed on the Tableau sim and is extremely original. If you like Nylon Outfitters, you'll love Fashionably Dead. This skin pops with its blue eye-shadow and pink blushing features against the blue and pink of the shawl. It is what inspired going winter the most and I absolutely adore it with the mix I created here. The skin is part of the, "Noise," collection in the light series called, "Blush Blue."

Last but not least I pulled a usual prim lash style by Celestial Studios with some very ice blue eyes by MMS now LeLutka called, "blue." You can see how they shine in the close-up head shot. I also added the touch of accessory with the, "White Pearl Bauble Flower Ring," by Caroline's.


Thanks for reading! Have something that you would like to see pieced together in one of my style mixes, send me a note card in-world. - Zoe