Russet

Most of us have already scooped all the goodies at Modavia by this point, but here's a quick look I threw together using the free pretty Lelutka @ Modavia skin.
The rest of this look are some recent gift finds: a free bohemian top by Pop Feel; a free denim floofy skirt (yeah, it's a li'l '90s, but as Dream and I were just saying, retro vibes in fashion just wont go away) + some nicely detailed free white lace leggings, both by *mocchi*mochi*; a mussed $1L shortie hair by Hair Oh @ Hair Fair 2010; and what inspired this look, a free feather headpiece + upper arm bracelets by Primalot.

In other news: check out this giant floating double-decker ice cream cookie "seat." With giant orange kitty. With whipped cream on his head. For $10L. 'Nuff said.
Now a personal note by me: today is September 11, which for those of us NYCers who distinctly remember it as a weekday, feels a little strange to fall on the weekend. People who live here think about that fateful day every day (not just today) so I'm choosing to commemorate today not with any special T-shirt (although I'm not downplaying those; these are beautiful gestures too), but rather with the same attitude I feel every time I look at the vast expanse of sky that used to be the Twin Towers: that I'm grateful for the chance to live. That all those people are just gone. That I truly can't imagine what it must have felt like to be in those buildings or on those planes or rescuing those people (even tho' I've thought about it countless times). That I can't believe that health care for the first responders has been quietly and silently denied. That despite the bitter battle of what should be built down there now (i.e. on extremely valuable Manhattan real estate), to me, that site will always be an enormous graveyard.

That being said, SL is important, and especially today: for me, SL fires the imagination and stirs my own creativity, even if its vehicle is thru mere digital pixels. I celebrate the golden joy of the everyday by posting just another look today.

Reflective love + fashionista kisses to all!

xoxo
ღTeshan2222 Wycliffe
(whose heart feels very, very heavy on this day)
http://slexyfashionista.blogspot.com/

STYLING CREDITS

Skin: Lelutka @ Modavia - [LeLutka]-LOLA_skissed-MFW2010(L Brows) - touch square sign on desk to get for $0L - free
Hair: Hair Oh @ Hair Fair 2010 - [OH] DOLLARBIE - $1L
Top: Pop Feel - *pop feel*Tunic one piece-Heart - group gift (join group for $0L; touch sign above bar) - free
Stockings: *mocchi*mochi* - *.amato.* lace stockings (buy sign for $0L on wall) - free
Skirt: *mocchi*mochi* - *.amato.* denim_skirt 01 boxed (buy sign for $0L on wall) - free
Feather headpiece + upper arm bracelets: Primalot - PRIMALOT 'Silent Guard' bracelet & head piece (groupgift) - subscribo gift (touch subscribo; then touch white envelope thing next to subscribo + type "all" into local chat) - free
Woven brown bracelet: Fairy Tail @ Le.Look - [Fairy Tail]Leather Bracelets 19 - $1L (special gatcha price for this weekend only)
Necklace: Twisted & Spoiled - Hello Kitty Necklace (part of Twisted & Spoiled LC Kitty in Brown outfit) - lucky chair prize - free
Pose: Olive Juice @ Hide & Seek - Olive Juice- Opening Gift (Greatest Hits) - buy gift box at front of store for $0L - free
Giant kitty float: Kue - [KUE!] Orange Kitty Icecream Cookie Float - $10L gatcha
Sack with kitty in it (held): Kue - [KUE!] Kitty Stocking -wear - subscribo gift - free

Year of the Tiger

The year of the tiger has a very special meaning for me culturally + many designers have such grrreat gifties out right now. I couldn't resist showing you at least a few.
I was tres excited to wear such badass tiger stripes + these free poses from the "Ruthless Tiger" martial arts fatpack at Niqotine totally got me in the mood. So way impressed with the top-notch quality of these sick martial arts poses.
Cower before the almighty tiger, you dog.
I'm so totally embracing my inner Jen here (a la Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, one of my absolute to-die favie movies of all time. -- Don't even tell me you haven't seen it, ZOMG).
These free tiger-striped gloves + leather black-striped leggings are from the lucky boards at Pop Feel. The subtle sheen on these leather leggings is the. smex.
Here, kitty kitty.
A few fashion extras made this look complete, like the Dark Mouse belly chain + these thin golden bracelets by Glow Studio. I thought this feathery "Sarana" hair from Truth + glowy skin from Laq were somehow fitting with this rawr look.

These free tiger-striped booties (complete with double gold buckles!) by GField are part of a very cool "herb hunt" that kicks off today. You are hunting for different varieties of green herbs; click on the sign here at the starting point at the Roman SIM to get a notecard giving hints for where each herb likes to "grow" (so cute!), which actually gives you great starting points. These GField booties are the "turnip" herb gift (hint: look just outside the SIM's church; hopefully the sLURL in the Styling Credits below will give you a red beacon).
*NOTE: this Haru no Nanakusa Hunt is only happening until 1/10 (Japan time) so if you like these booties, I would advise hunting for them as soon as you can.

Btw if you head to Pop Feel for the free tiger-striped gloves + leather leggings, make sure to scoop the oodles of other gifties on the freebies shelf inside the store, including a pretty strawberry plant + also the reason why I luhs this store forevs -- a free Oreo cookie pose stand which I thought they had retired but you can still grab here for free. It is the. absolute. cutest. pose stand I've ever seen. (We have two in our home).

I'd also like to wish a very happy birthday to a special certain someone, without whose encouragement I never would have started this li'l blog. *mwuahs G*

Grrrowly love + fashionista kisses to all!

xoxo
ღTeshan2222 Wycliffe
(who often growls privately, for many reasons)
http://slexyfashionista.blogspot.com/

STYLING CREDITS:

Gloves: Pop Feel - *pop feel* Gloves-Tiger - lucky board gift - free

Leggings: Pop Feel - *pop feel*Leather leggings U-Tiger - lucky board gift - free
Boots: GField @ Roman - *GF* Short Belt Boots "Emma" - tiger (Haru no Nanakusa Hunt) - free
Top: WB radiant tiger top - previously free (sorry, I don't have the sLURL for this)
Earrings: Glow Studio - GLAM earrings
Belly chain: Dark Mouse - Panty Raid! Belly Chain - previously free
Key necklace: GField - Key Necklace (M) - antique gold
Bracelets: Glow Studio - gold thin bracelets R - $1L
Skin: LAQ - Jewel 07 [Nougat] Glow skin
Hair: Truth - Sarana - chocolate
Eyes: Negaposi - Lunar - Water (Large Iris) - $30L
Tummy daisy tattoo: Bubble @ Rue d'Antibes - Antibes Tattoo - group gift - free
Chest hummingbird/flower tattoo: Bubble - Bird love [Faded] - group gift - free

Poses by: Niqotine - Ruthless Tiger Technique fatpack - free