I have never "gotten" purses.  Mom used to insist I have a fall purse and a summer purse, but I always found shopping for them tedious in the extreme.  My chief criteria for purses were only that they be made of leather because I love how it smells and feels, and that they be big enough to fit all of my junk, but not so big that they caused a ( Read more... )

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When it comes to the visual arts, I'm really more into the Old Masters, like my frequent poem muse Caravaggio, however, occasionally I do see the value of modern art.  Second Life is filled with digital artists of all kinds, of course, creating installations right and left.  What I didn't know, was that Linden Labs, which created Second Life, ( Read more... )

No one--and I do mean no one--would ever describe me as a wild child.  Still, I was at my first ever Second Life Hair Fair, so as I and my friend A. C. W wandered around very, very late at night, I felt like I should do something crazy.  And then I happened to peak into the KMADD booth and saw "Fadima" aka THE MOHAWK.  I just had to have it.  I don ( Read more... )

As I previously mentioned, I'm listening to this terrific audiobook called The Boys in the Boat about the U. S. crew team's trip the the 1936 Olympics.  One of the things that makes the book so moving is the author's mentions of the roles that the various Olympians, spectators, etc, will have in the upcoming War.  It made me wonder how much the ( Read more... )

I was really happy with my new vintage hairstyle, but it finally dawned on me that the perfect place to take pictures of a 1920s hairstyle would be The 1920s Berlin Project, which is a really detailed historical role play sim.  This sim is the brainchild and art project of Jo Yardley.  You can see an interview with Frau Yardley here.  And here is ( Read more... )

When It comes to time periods in SL, I mostly tend toward Steampunk/Victorian and Medieval, and the hair I own reflects this.  I have a very few 18th century gowns with powdered wigs to match, but those are outliers in my collection.  When my friend A. C. W. and I were touring the Hair Fair though, we came upon the booth for Bliensen + Mai Tai, ( Read more... )

One of the really neat things about the hair fair is that each vender contributed a bandana to be sold to earn money for Wigs for Kids.  The first bandana I bought was created by Zaara.  I love her work.  In fact, all of the clothes and jewelry that I'm wearing in the picture below are from Zaara.  Again, the sim featured here is Dark Moon India.

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Well, one of my Second Life friends (some of you may be able to guess which one) read my last entry and pointed out that the Hair Fair is much less crowded really late at night, and that going late is perfect for a night owl like me.  Unfortunately, I knew I was going to have to miss church today, so, we did go very late Saturday night into this ( Read more... )

As one of my favorite fashion bloggers, Grazia, points out, right now the big event in SL is the Hair Fair.  I haven't gone, even though some of the styles I've seen look lovely, because the venue is way way crowded.  However, I have been experimenting with hair again, and I thought I'd share a little about that ( Read more... )