Big booms

I find myself expecting the bübs trend to go the way of the hamsters. Those who hope that the falsies will have more staying power should be encouraged to see some long-established creators, like Nylon Pinkney of Nylon Outfitters, Aikea Rieko of The Plastik and Aranel Ah of BOOM, making appliers for select items. They have opted to satisfy the insistent demands from Lolas Tango addicts (who have a lot of weight to throw around—if you know what I mean). For BOOM, Ms. Ah has created appliers for some of her sexiest numbers—the I Promise lingerie, the Carbon dresses, and the Day on the Yacht dresses among them. Here Portia wears the itty-bitty I Promise lingerie in turquoise and lipstick. I especially appreciate the fact that Ms. Ah specifies in the name which Lolas clothing layer to use with the applier. (It’s really impossible to figure this out by the cut of the top.) (P.S. I got the idea for this look from Ampersand Artful, who probably won’t beat me up for it. This time.)

As you can see, the BOOM lingerie applier pack also provides a peep version. Unfortunately, soap bubbles are not included. Portia’s pose is one of a new set of saucy stances for big-busted girls by Katey Coppola of Glitterati. They feature Ms. Coppola’s signature sultriness, but can also be shot to bring out the humorous side of front-loaded life.

Credits to creators
*BOOM* I Promise lingerie (turqouise and lipstick) with NEW Lolas Tango applier sold separately (ty Aranel Ah!)
Lolas ::: Tango ::: Mesh Breasts
+Nuuna+ Winter 2012 Gift Skin with Lolas Tango skin matcher (open gift)
Mad’ – Pure Sugar # Freckles+teeth (old VIP group gift)
[e] Abbey – White 05
Plastik, Madre Halo 4
Contraption, Clemantlers (LB)
!Ohmai : Antique Bee Ring (Silver)
Glow, Diamond Bar Ring (With Love Hunt item)
Mandala, Takara White Bangles (with nails not shown)
pose one prop: Glitterati, Blind
pose two: Glitterati, Boobalicious
Grim Bros. sent out this cool personal snow emitter as an Xmas gift!
If I hadn’t GIMPed these photos you’d be blushing. You’re welcome.
Hammies are forever!

Boys keep swinging

Heaven loves ya
The clouds part for ya
Nothing stands in your way
When you’re a boy

Clothes always fit ya
Life is a pop of the cherry
When you’re a boy

When you’re a boy
You can wear a uniform
When you’re a boy
Other boys check you out
You get a girl
These are your favourite things
When you’re a boy

Having played Bowie’s song every day this week as I walked to and from work, I have to admit I’m smitten with its quasi-critique of patriarchy, which I didn’t catch 30 years ago, when I was a tween watching Bowie play drag queen. But I’m also determined to get the Pleisure girls some of the boys’ dubious privileges. (Learn to drive and everything!) Ampersand Artful sent me some Amperlope shapes, so today I’m using her brand-new girl, Just One More Thing Anna. (My Swinging Boy needed tight buns, so I used the slim-hipped skirt shape.) Although Ms. Artful tests lots of skins on her shapes, she includes a styling card with each one and recommends Mynerva for Anna. I opted for Vive9 ’cause (/me sings)

When you’re a boy
You can tan so easily
When you’re a boy
Your lips are way glossy

Credits to creators
Swinging Boy
shape: Amperlope, Just One More Thing Anna skirt shape (new today)
skin: Vive9, Carrot [toffee] LiquidCherries LTBRWN/FREK (may not be available)
photo one shirt and tie: Phoenix Rising, Push Femme Black (25L until Oct. 30)
singlet: Ohmai, Basics Racerback
photo four shirt and waistcoat: Rag Dollz, part of Zacharias Gray
photo four collar and tie: Fore, Collar+Tie (old gg)
pants: SMS. Tweed 7/8 Pants Black
hair: Lamb, Sleepyhead Rotten Carrot
shoes: Coco, Oxford Shoes (Two-Tone)
socks: I <3 the Starlust, Melatonin’s argyle socks (gg, check notices)
glasses: YV, Le.Look! l’homme – Glasses (old gift)
eyes: Amato, Mist 01 (old freebie)

Portia Boy
jacket photo two: SF Design, Blazer Men’s Navy Free (gift for September in store)
shirt and tie photo three: M2M, Back to School Hunt Female (includes male and female uniforms; buy the apple)
bag: Croire, Union Jack Tote (International Affair Hunt gift; buy store’s logo in the form of a stamp)
trousers: Milk Motion, My Wool Pants Red (recent 50LF item)
skin: &bean, The Light Anger Famined (retired)
hair: Dura, Group Gift (Brown) (gg)
glasses: your very own library, Male Party Sunglasses
shoes: Beetlebones, Boy Style Loafers for Girls (bought at Pookie Promenade)
socks: Maitreya Gold, Allure Tights Black
cigarette: FNKY, Cigarette II long ash

all poses: Izumiya, freebie male poses pack 2
location: The Kubrick Rooms

All geek, no ’gasm

For my rezz day a couple of weeks ago, I treated myself to three no-nos: overpriced hair, expensive shoes, and a regularly priced skin, only the third I’ve ever bought. Keiko Morigi of &bean makes my favourite skins, and I devotedly waited out the sim disaster rather than shop somewhere else. In RL, I’m a Humanities professor, and I relate to &bean’s skins because they capture the beauty of seriousness of purpose, which I see in my closest friends’ and mentors’ faces, as well as in my own. That said, Hounds of Love Hjort is almost slutty compared to my other &bean skins. Them lips is mighty red! (Has anyone mentioned that Ms. Morigi’s Trilogy skins are named for venereal diseases? Or that they have huge lips? All the better, I guess, to infect you with.)

My plan for the last three days has been to take Portia from geek to chic, but this is all that SL would let me shoot. Even though it didn’t rezz, I opted to keep the bag—an old freebie from Y’s House—because the demi-baguette inside the bag is just visible in the image. From now on my motto will be “If you’ve got the carbs, you’ve got the photo.” I chose Fashionably Dead’s Sparrow Dress out of all the items at Tableau’s summer bazaar because it is a tough look to pull off, and I wanted to see if Portia could do it with the right accessories. Portia’s Dark Mouse necklace—which is a bit too fancy for this ensemble—is one of a cascade of gifts from the jewellers at Etheria. You just have to spend time in the sim to receive them. I only got Dark Mouse gifts 2, 3, and 4 of 6, although I spent quite some time at Etheria, so I don’t recommend camping out all day trying to receive the full set.

Credits to creators
dress: Fashionably Dead, Sparrow Dress (Tableau summer bazaar item)
skin: &bean, Hounds of Love Hjort Tan
boots: Hoorenbeek, Lucille Boots Coffee
hair: I Love Olive, Olivia (subo gift)
glasses: Duboo, Choucream Glasses (subo gift)
necklace: Dark Mouse, Heart Stone Necklace (Etheria gift box 4 of 6)
ring: Elate, Sunny Rose Ring (freebie at the Sunny sim cafe)
leggings: Ohmai, Easter Bunny Leggings Lemonpeaches (old hunt gift)
poses: Don’t Freak Out (freebies, two packs)

50L check, part II

More experiments with the dreaded fabric called check! These form-flattering overalls were a 50L Friday item from Doppelganger. Portia pairs them with a tight black shirt (an old group gift from Prelude) and opts for Dogroses hair in Buttermilk, one of the loveliest shades offered by lamb. The cloche hat is color change, with at least 10 vibrant options to hasten the coming of spring.

The hair makes Portia look a little bit like Botticelli’s Venus, although the Pink Fuel skin, Raine in Honey, evokes a more decadent version of the goddess of lust.

Yesterday Anya Ohmai’s generous 50L item was a four-pack of plaid versions of her new Basics One-piece romper with optional skirt. Here, on a chilly spring day, Portia layers it with Paradisis’ Christmas gift sweater, Saikin’s (fake) rabbit scarf, Stage Props, a hat with hair by [OH] for the DU<3 event, Brody gloves by Viva Glam, which come in a very inexpensive fat pack, grey stockings by RunoRuno and SLink’s Beebee boots in Cinnamon.

The skin is Cupcakes’ latest group gift Diamond in Clown makeup. I think Cupcakes reinstated the join fee because of a tsunami of spam. Here you see a closeup of the skin in Cameo, and in the final photo, Portia wears the Copper shade. Eyes are a freebie by amato. All the photos in my 50L check posts were shot at Phyrax, where a photo studio appears to be open to the public. (Can you say learning curve? I could only get a couple of the poses to work, but then I discovered I could use my own inventory.)

Fall returns to the forest and Portia gets a fright, causing her to run so fast that her boobs threaten to bounce out of her romper. (Perhaps poses should go unexplained. This one is new by OMGWTF Barbecue of This is a Fawn, and she made it for avatars who are more voluptuous than mine.) Here Portia sports a 50L Friday version of one of Sand Shack’s new hairdos, Maranna with Fringe Bangs, which features a color change ribbon and a matching bow.