Wicca’s Wardrobe: The Steampunk Crow

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“People once believed that when someone dies, a Crow carries their soul to the land of the dead, but sometimes something so bad happens that a terrible sadness is carried with it and the soul can’t rest. Then sometimes, just sometimes, the Crow can bring the soul back and put the wrong things right .”

(Sahra – The Crow 1994)

I know that crows are usually black, but as iIwas styling, I wanted to do someting in a brown/nude tone for the HAUTE Magazine (http://hautesl.com/latest-issue/)

The quote out of the movie “The Crow” still was in my mind all the time when I was styling.ย  I like dark fantasy novels and movies and so many of my stylings have some of those in the back, even if I do not always name them or tell about it.

For this styling I started with the “XXX” dress from LWL. I had it for a longer time but never something came to my mind what I could do with it. With the theme of the minimal colors for the HAUTE Magazine the brown tone matched amazing and I paired the crow theme with some steampunk elements like the boots from Grim Bros and the helmet from Diram. The amazing wings were a gift from Reclaw Inshan, former designer of R.A.D. Together with the leggings from LeeZu and the jewelry from Chop Zuey, the fantasy idea came to live. LovelyMiwako7399 Menna too this amazing picture ๐Ÿ™‚

Details

Dress: LWL – “Aviary”

Leggins: LeeZu – “Burleske Tights”

Boots: :Oh!: – “Steampunk”

Jewelry: Chop Zuey – “The Miracle Business”

Helmet: Diram – “Micah”

Skin: Silken Moon – “Wicca Sepia”

Makeup: Nuuna’s – “Makeup v3 7”

Lipstick: blackliquid – “Lip Line”

Photogprapher: LovelyMiwako7399 Menna

Model & Stylist: Wicca Merlin

Wicca’s Wardrobe: Cancion De La Muerte

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Nathaniel had just finished school and wanted to make a trip through Europe before he started university. When he was in Spain, he had dinner in a little bar when he packed for the night, the landlord warned him not to go to the nearby ruins after sunset.

As every young man, Nathaniel did not care for advise and thought the locals superstitious. His curiosity tickled, he thought he might just see them before going to the hostel. As he got there, he started to feel a bit uneasy. Then he heard the sweetest music.
He followed the tune and saw a little girl playing. First she ignored him, playing with her eyes shut, then she looked at him, turned round and went into the direction of the ruins.

He hesitated, but decided to follow the girl. When he entered the ruins he thought he heard moans and muffled screams, but he told himself silly. โ€œWhen the little girl is not afraid, I should not be either,โ€ he told himself. He looked at the girl again and suddenly he realized what was so weird about her, she was slightly translucent. His heart started racing and he was about to let pride be pride and run, when the girl spoke. โ€œHelp us! We cannot live or die because of the music.โ€

He looked round and saw a few ghosts lingering around, they all seemed unnaturally aged. They all looked at him pleadingly, Mustering all his courage, he asked how he could help. The girl said โ€œStop the music. Come!โ€ She led him into a room in the ruins. There was a fire burning in the fireplace and someone was sitting on a chair. The little girl stopped playing but the music went on. She pointed at the person in the chair.

He slowly went round the chair and gasped in horror, there was a mummified old woman looking at the notes before her playing the violin. She had the same eyes as the girl and he knew her ghost led him to her body โ€“ or what was left of it. She played on and on. โ€œBurn the notes,โ€ said the little girl.ย He went around the chair, took the notes “Pierre’s Requiem” from the stand and threw them into the fire. Then all went very fast, the fire blazed up in a roar, the ghost of the girl was drawn into her corpse. Then there was a flash of light and the sound of thunder. Then, the music started again.

He saw the person in the chair had turned into a beautiful young woman, smiling at him while playing a different tune. He saw there were new notes on the stand and went to throw them into the fire, too. When he stretched out his hand he saw it was aging fast until he saw his own body crumbling into dust. The song was called “Nathaniel’s Requiem”. The last thing he heard was the womanโ€™s chuckle playing his song.

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Details

Top & Pants: Rfyre – “Spring Womens Black”

Skirt: [sys] – “Ascella”

Boots: *GF* – “Short Lace-Up Boots”

Corset: [Etchaflesh] – “Basic Black Leather Underbust Corset” (mesh)

Hair: LeLutka – “Rykiel”

Ring: (NS) – “Vicious Rose Ring”

Hat: Vanilla C. Designs – “Dress Hat Black”

Nails: [V] Couture – “Royal Purple Nails”

Skin: Silken Moon – “Morbida Haze”

Set: Tableau Vivant

Poses: *PosESioN*

Story: Malicia Python

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

Wicca’s Wardrobe: Sometimes you just wanna be with the cool kids ;)

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Sometimes you feel casual but still wanna play with the cool kids ๐Ÿ˜‰

It is no secret that my favourite color is black and so I wanted to try a black and cool casual look. The look originally was created for the latest HAUTE Magazine of Leah Mc Cullough (http://hautesl.com/latest-issue/) but I loved the look and the picture so much that I decided to put in on the blog as well ๐Ÿ˜‰ At this point thank you so much LovelyMiwako7399 Menna for such an awesome picture ๐Ÿ˜‰

As I made the styling it still was very cold outside, but since the winter seems coming back in germany… it again matches the weather perfectly.

The pants and the jacket come from DeLa as well as the neck- and arm warmers. For the pullover I decided to wear one of my long time favourites from LeeZu.

The glasses I found at Steinwerk and for the hair I used one of the older styles of LeLutka. What I really like are the mesh ears with the tubes that you can get at Mandala and I use them a lot lately for the casual and grungy stylings ๐Ÿ˜‰ It really is fun if you try to make a casual simple styling and then you find this accessory in your inventory and that glasses and then maybe a bag… and all of a sudden you are far away from any minimal idea :p.

And now I will go out and see if I can find some cool kids to play with ๐Ÿ˜‰

Details

Pants: DeLa – “Uva” /black
Top: LeeZu – “WoolPulli” /black
Jacket: DeLa – “Belinda” /black
Tights: LeeZu – “LaLun Tights” /black semi sheer
Glasses: Steinwerk – “Aviator”
Hair: LeLutka – “Tokyo” /pitch
Boots: TEN”10″ – “Megas”
Bag: [AD] Creations – “Punk Bag”
Nails: Love Soul – “Spirit”
Neckpiece: DeLa – “Neckwarmer Basic” /black
Arm Parts: DeLa – “Armwarmer Basic” /black
Skin: Silken Moon – “Wicca”
Makeup: Damned – “Tribal Makeup”
Lips: Silken Moon – “Wicca Lips Lead”

Photographer: LovelyMiwako7399 Menna

Model & Stylist: Wicca Merlin

Wicca’s Wardrobe: Spring Look for HAUTE Magazine

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Yesterday the latest issue of the HAUTE Magazine was launched on the new website (hautesl.com).

Leah McCullough, owner of the amazing HAUTE Magazine, released the second issue of her great magazine and I was asked to make a few stylings, wich were showcased as “WWW” – Wicca’s Weird Wardrobe. Leah gave me the challenge to stay in a black/grey/white or brown/nude color rage and I really had fun doing this looks ๐Ÿ˜‰

I had the great pleasure to work with LovelyMiwako7399 Menna for the whole column and she did amazing pictures ๐Ÿ™‚

For the first look I wanted to go with a fashion chic spring look. For the basic I decided to go with pants from LeLutka and a top from LeeZu. Then the idea of the hat and the bag came to my mind. It looked like a nice casual look and I wanted to pimp it a little bit and added a part of a Mea Culpa gown, glasses from Izzie’s and some gloves.

To see all of them at once you can visite the website and read the whole magazine online at http://hautesl.com/latest-issue/.

A special thanks goes to Leah McCullough and LovelyMiwako7399 Menna for the great oppostunity and the wonderful pictures!

Details

Pants: LeLutka – “Minnutuary” /tru
Top: LeeZu – “Valerie Blouse” /bark
Shoulderparts: Mea Culpa – “Chaos Theory” (part of the dress)
Glasses: Izzie’s – “Oversized Sunglasses”
Hair: Burly – “Zia II”
Hat: O&N – “Feodora Buckle”
Necklace: Yasum – “Flower”
Bag: Yasum – “Traveler Bag”
Skin: Silken Moon – “Wicca

Photographer: LovelyMiwako7399 Menna

Model & Stylist: Wicca Merlin

Wicca’s Wardrobe: LOTD 03/24/2013 – My First Pose Set!!!

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Today I would like to talk about what I did the past days and weeks just for fun ๐Ÿ˜‰

The basic look for this post was from my Silken Moon shoots, that I did with Malicia Python, owner and designer of Silken Moon, for her new vendor pictures ๐Ÿ˜‰

The skin is out of the new E-Clipse line of Silken Moon. The tone for this post is the ‘bisque’ and the type would be the ‘canvas’ skin. I really fell in love with the look that has no eyebrows at all. To see all the skin tones I will add the vendor picture mal made for the ‘canvas’ skin type.

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The look is more a simple casual one, but especially this simple and clean casual look I liked a lot. The jacket and the jeans are from M.o.w., the wonderful necklace is a tattoo layer, that was made by Malicia Python. For the shoes, I went with one of the amazing designs of Diktator.

For the poses of my own pictures, I wanted to try again to make poses myself. Sometimes you style an outfit and you simply cannot find any poses that express that, what you feel in that very moment and so the best is you try on your own ๐Ÿ˜‰ I did not use any outworld program to make my poses I used on of the existing inworld ones, wich I try for quite some time now. Usually I only make one or two poses for my posts, but this time I thought about making a set of 5 to practise a bit more ๐Ÿ˜‰ So this will be my first official set called “Casual Jeans” ๐Ÿ˜‰

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Like I said before, for this post I only used 2 or them and you can buy them HERE (http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Napf/61/35/40) But It feels kinda good to have created something on your own and that’s why I wanted to share.

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Details

Jacket: M.o.w. – “White Open Sweater” (mesh)

Pants: M.o.w. – “Knotted Jeans” (mesh)

Jewelry Top: Silken Moon – “Silken Moon Necklace”

Belt: Mandala – “Saicho”

Shoes: Diktator – “Dare”

Skin: Silken Moon – “SM E-Clipse Bisque Nat Shine” – NEW

Makeup: Silken Moon – “SM E-Clipse Color Eyes Silver” – NEW

Lipstick: Silken Moon – “SM E-Clipse Canvas Taupe” – NEW

Freckles & Dimples: Silken Moon – “SM E-Clipse Dimple Freckles Dark” – NEW

Hair: LeLutka – “Rykiel”

Poses: Wicca’s Wardrobe – Poses – “Casual Jeans” – NEW (http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Napf/61/35/40)

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

Wicca’s Wardrobe: LOTD 03/23/2013

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Today I would like to showcase a few things, that I had for some time already, but never had the idea how to put them together and how to make a cool pic. Yesterday it worked all of a sudden and so I am very happy to share it today ๐Ÿ˜‰

The outfit comes from E-Clipse and is called “Black Carnival” it was originally made for the AVENUE Cinque event. The “Black Canival” caught my attention. I really loveย  the amazing flexible parts of the legs and the wrists. They make a great contrast to the solid upper body that is covered by an amazing texture together with the beautiful lace part it really becomes to a little piece of art. The huge belt underlines the artistic part even more ๐Ÿ™‚

The incredible headpiece comes from SoliDea FoliEs and it is called “Love is Blindness”. It has a huge buckle in the back, that holds it in place, while front has lots of amazing gems and an amazing little red heart.

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Details

Outfit: E-Clipse – “Black Carnival” (mesh)

Head Piece: SoliDea FoliEs – “Love is Blindness”

Skin: Silken Moon – “Wicca”

Lipstick: Silken Moon – “Wicca Lips Lead” & “Lipstripes Silver”

Shoes: [PM] – “Baby T – Plain”

Poses: PosESioNย (Mainstore moved!!! New LM:ย http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/New/34/60/22)

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

News from Zibska, Madrid Solo & Tableau Vivant!!

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Skin: KOOQLA – Tangerine(01) (Freckles)

Hair: ~Tableau Vivant~ Hathaway hair –NEW

Make up: Madrid Solo– Male Designs- Ancestor –NEW

Jewelry: Zibska ~ Leigh Uomo Full Vs. –NEW– at L’accessories

Model & Photographer: Dahriel

*PosESioN* for the 5th Buddy Walk Charity Fair

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*PosESioN* again made 2 wonderful contributions for a very interesting and needed charity. Dahriel made the “Fierce” and the “Star” set for the 5th Buddy Walk Charity Fair. Two wonderful sets that contain a lot of very impressive and as well expressive poses for amazing shoots and runway presentations. By using this poses you always can think about, that you helped when you bought them and each help counts ๐Ÿ˜‰

Hunt/Event Theme (description):
The SL Buddy Walk was created to celebrate the World Down Syndrome Day in Second Life. Many of your favorite SL entertainers and store brands will be taking part to promote and raise money for Down Syndrome awareness. The Buddy Walkยฎ was established in 1995 by the National Down Syndrome Society to celebrate Down Syndrome Awareness and to promote acceptance and inclusion of people with Down syndrome. Please see our websites for more information!

Start Location SLURL: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Relaxation/133/104/28
Do NOT release location until the 17th. Thank you!

Web Site URL (if you have one):
http://www.slbuddywalk.org and http://www.goofnutz.com

Contact Person(s): Lilly Juno

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Wicca’s Wardrobe: LOTD 03/17/2013 – After the Gig…

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Sometimes you just fool around with your clothes and have no direction where it will go to. This happened again to me today. I anyways wanted to sort my inventory and see all the still boxed clothes I got and all of those mystical boxes that have weird names and I cannot remember what they contained :p Such days as well mean you will be able to make your inventory less heavy, as you delete old stuffs or stuff that you maybe never wear again for what ever reason ๐Ÿ™‚

All of a sudden I remembered this amazingย  “Knotted Jeans” from M.o.w. I put them on and slowly a look sneaked in my mind. The cool rock chic, with her bleached hair and the dark makeup. She finished her gig with her band, where she is the singer. She did not wanna go back to the hotel by bus and decided to walk home to enjoy the wonderful spring night.

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She still was wearing her white tank top from Maitreya, with she was singing her last song on stage. As it was a little wet still from sweating, the nights not yet so warm, she put on her black “Open Sweater” to not get a cold, as she had more gigs to come this week. Because of the same reason she decided to put on her “Long Scarf” from Maitreya, that she got a long time ago and that squired her, since she started to sing in bands.

Her old, worn “Triumph Boots” from [GOS] are her talisman for so long and you can see that, as the leather looks used and the sleeves that hang down are a little more grey than they should be ๐Ÿ˜‰

Her hair style got the name “Sarina”, and she remembered how much fun she has as she was at EMO-tions, one of her hair stylists and they as well gave her the “Bruce” earring for her left ear, after they pulled most of her hair to the right side and shaved parts of the left to give her a cool look for the stage.

As Mirja Mills was done with her hair, Malicia Python, chief makeup artist of Silken Moon, was already waiting. She painted this awesome eyeliner around her eyes, added one more line on each side – one up and the other below and colored her lips in a deep black before she added some glitter round the eyes in opposite to the two extra black lines and some on her cheeks. It really felt great, like always to be prepared instead of doing all by yourself ๐Ÿ˜‰

After this amazing walk through the night, where her mind was drifting away, she reached her hotel. She took another dep breath of the wonderful night air, before she entered the front door of the hotel.

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Details

Pants: M.o.w. – “Knotted Jeans” (mesh)

Top: Maitreya – “RB Tank”

Jacket: M.o.w. – “Open Sweater” (mesh)

Scarf: Maitreya – “Long Scarf”

Hair: EMO-tions – “Sarina” (mesh)

Earring: EMO-tions – “Bruce”

Skin: Silken Moon – “Wicca”

Makeup: Silken Moon – “Twisted Nights” – NEW

Boots: [GOS] – “Triumph Boots” (mesh)

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

Wicca’s Wardrobe: Rock’n’Roll High School – Malicia’s & Wicca’s Memories

At taking the new vendor pictures, Mal and I had time to talk about the good old times in school, driving our teachers nut. smoking in the boys’ room, skipping sports and being little brats. We found some piccies to share with you.

And whatever Mal tells you about me back then, she lies!

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