Wicca’s Wardrobe: The Steampunk Crow

March 29, 2013 by Wicca Merlin

“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. 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 🙂

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

Relay for Life 2013 Fashion Fair – Chop Zuey

March 13, 2013 by Wicca Merlin

Jewelry: Chop Zuey – “River Rocks” – NEW (FFL 2013 contribution)

Crazy Connection: – M.o.w.’s Style –

March 1, 2013 by Wicca Merlin

(Models: Dahriel & Wicca; Snapshot & Artwork by Dahriel)

I already posted about that Dahriel and me discovered an amazing cool shop for casual clothing called M.o.w. We both already blogged about that brand in the last days and we thought we maybe could do one together 😉

As we started to do pics together none of us yet had the idea of where this team work would bring us. But after the pictures got seen by a few ppl and we got a quite nice and good response on them we talked more and more doing pics and posts together. Lately a magazine approached us if we would not wanna share a few pics and the style cards for a small column. That was the moment when the “Crazy Connection” was born, because we needed a name for the column and as well for our teamwork 😉

Dahriel as always is way faster as I am with the pictures so he already started the post with the picture and the style card. I asked him if he would mind if, I add some words to it and my edited version of his snapshot.

So for today and the first official post of the “Crazy Connection“, Dahriel and me styled some of the M.o.w. designs that we both got. As I still cannot snap pictures with shadows, Dahriel made the snapshot and send it to me. The picture you can see at the beginning of the post is the version Dahriel edited. I could not resist this time to work a bit in Photoshop as well on that amazing snapshot and at the bottom I would like to share my version as well 😉

We used the “Pleasure” couple pose of PosESioN, that Dahriel made lately and soon will release in his Mainstore as well 😉

I hope you all enjoyed the birth of a wonderful project and give Dahriel a warm welcome to “Fashion Addicted“. I hope that we will have many “Crazy Connection” posts besides Dahriel and my single ones.

(Models: Dahriel & Wicca; Snapshot: Dahriel; Artwork: Wicca)

Styling Card:

Wicca:

Skin: Silken Moon – “Wicca”

Makeup: Silken Moon – “Cherry Blossom”

Gloves: TonkTastic – “Gloves Style B”

Shoes: M.o.w. – “Urban Sneakers”

Top: M.o.w. – “Hoodie Short Sleeve”

Pants: M.o.w. – “Action Capris”

Hair: EMO-tions – “Ina”

Necklace: WTG – “Heartwarming”

Dahriel:

Skin: Fruk Bennett skin Shade 1 Blond

Hair: *Dura-Boys&Girls*41(Blonde)

Make up: FRUK FuQd FAce – Cheek gash

Jewelry: Chop Zuey Ivanhoe Wht Bead

Sweater: [M.o.w] Lemon Boss Shirt

Pants: [M.o.w] SOLID Jeans Inxes

Couple Pose: *PosESioN* Pleasure Couple Pose (Comming Soon)

The Proud Butterfly

February 28, 2013 by Wicca Merlin

Once, a beautiful, shiny and colourful butterfly was flitting from one flower to another. She saw a baby elephant coming down the path. She flew to him and sat on his ear. The elephant asked, “Who are you? Where are you going?”

The butterfly proudly replied, “I am the most beautiful of all the butterflies. You are ugly and fat. Your body is heavy while I am delicate and light. People are jealous of my colourful wings. I can fly anywhere with these wings.”

The elephant calmly said, “I am glad to meet you.”

The butterfly went on, “There is no comparison between us. You have four legs but I have six. You have a trunk and I have something like that too but I use it to suck nectar from the flowers. You cannot do that.” Just then a strong wind blew and the butterfly could not keep her balance. She cried for help as she was flown away in the wind. But the elephant stood firmly on ground and thought, “I can see how pride has a fall.”

Details

Head Piece: Chop Zuey – “Butterfly – The Lesser Wanderer” – NEW

Gown: PurpleMoon – “Cao Gown”

Gloves: LeeZu – “Nightingale” (part of the outfit)

Skins: Silken Moon – “Wicca – Fae”

Makeup: Nuuna’s – “Meta Yellow 90%” – NEW & “Zion Yellow”

Makup 2: Silken Moon – “Concept Makeup The Lost” – NEW

Wings: Fancy Fairy – “Tendrill Wings”

Hair: DeLa – “Julia 2”

Poses: PosESioN

Model & Artwork: Wicca Merlin

My personal favourites of MVW2013 – Formal Gown of Iceland 2013 by Tres Beau & Chop Zuey

February 5, 2013 by Wicca Merlin

Miss Virtual World 2013 – Again BoSL showcased an amazing event on December the 15th 2013, with the finale of the MVW 2013 contest. Many countries were represented by amazing ladies and it was really an exciting event. Designers and models worked together for their 2 final looks. One evening gown and one national costume for each lady. Every year when I saw the MVW finale it was an exciting moment to see the results, that designers and models worked on for so many weeks. Last year I took the challenge to make a full catalogue of all the gowns and costumes. The idea must have inspired some bloggers this year and they started to do that for the MVW 2013 designs. I decided for my own not to do the same again and just would like to showcase my personal favourites. First I thought about to do my personal top 12, but then I figured that I like more than 12 and just thought about doing all the ones that really caught my attention in no particular order

The gown for Miss Virtual Iceland 2013 was made my Kimmera Madison, owner and designer of Tres Beau. I have to admit, as I was sitting there and watching the finale, this was one of those gowns that made me go “WOW”. The wonderful flowers and ruffles go so perfectly together and the color change from the bottom to the top just is made so carefully and with such an amazing feeling for the gradient. The combination of white, teal and the yellow of the flowers are awesome chosen. Again we can see that the long experience of Kimmera and her incredible skills for shapes and colors, let her made this beautiful gown.

The wonderful jewelry for “Miss Zaara123 ” gown are crafted by Belle Roussel, owner and designer of Chop Zuey. The “Eilifu” set with its amazing white pearls is the perfect addition to this stunning gown. The “Eilifu” set contains earrings, collar and bracelet.

The “Miss Zaara123” gown you can purchase at the Tres Beau Mainstore and for the “Eilifu” set you just have to stop by at the Chop Zuey Mainstore 🙂

Details

Gown: Tres Beau – “Miss Zaara123” – NEW

Jewelry: Chop Zuey – “Eilifu” – NEW

Hair: PurpleMoon – “Era”

Skin: Silken Moon – “Wicca”

Lipstick: Silken Moon – “Wicca Lips Teal”

Poses: PosESioN

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

Breathtaking News & Timeless Favourites by Mea Culpa & PosESioN!!! Starring Dahriel & Wicca

January 29, 2013 by Wicca Merlin

(Wicca Merlin: Mea Culpa – Back Mamba & Dahriel: Mea Culpa – Painless Obedience; Pose: PosESioN – Hamlet)

Lately my sweet little brother Dahriel, owner and creator of PosESioN, came across that we both liked a lot what the other did and we talked about to do some pics together. I adore his picture skills for a very long time and I was very happy, when he told me he would love to do some weird stylings and art with me together. All of sudden he IMed me if I could style anything with Mea Culpa and purple, as he wanted to wear the “Illusory Wisdome” outfit from Mea Culpa. I was thinking on one of my long time favourites of Mea Culpa, the “Hopeless Illusion”. It was one of the very first creations of Tatanka Kaligawa, owner and designer of Mea Culpa. For the poses we used some of the latest releases of PosESioN. As Dahriel and me got dressed he rezzed one of his new skyboxes for the picture and I got huge eyes… The whole skybox was in purple and black and had a look like it could have been a location of a Tim Burton movie! Dahriel and me discovered that we both like Tim Burton a lot – another thing we share as so many others, that we discovered before and I felt even more how much I love my little brother 😉

(Wicca Merlin: Mea Culpa – Hopeless Illusion & Dahriel: Mea Culpa – Illusory Wisdome; Poses: PosESioN)

For the next picture we decided to go with one of the latest releases from Mea Culpa, the “X-treme Mirrors”.

(Wicca Merlin & Dahriel: Mea Culpa – X-treme Mirrors; Poses: PosESioN)

The “X-treme Mirrors” is part of the X-treme line of Mea Culpa, a special line, that combines fetish elements with high fashion designs. Again Dahriel rezzed one of his various skyboxes and again it was perfect for the whole scenery… he has the eye for the special detail. More and more I enjoyed our evening that we had together… all the stylings, like for the “X-treme Mirror” I had an idea and he came up with another one, or the other waxy round and we started to mix and match our ideas according to the other… I felt like in heaven. The wonderful mirrors on the “X-treme Mirrors”brought us to the idea to make the picture like there would be a mirror in the middle of the picture. Dahriel mirrored the pose he had for himself and the room as well and with all the amazing details of the “X-treme Mirrors”, the glasses, the wonderful headpiece and the amazing textures the whole picture became art for me.

(Wicca Merlin: Mea Culpa – Oppressive Prophecy & Dahriel: Mea Culpa – El Matador; Pose: PosESioN – Matador)

Dahriel got he wonderful “El Matador” outfit from Mea Culpa and I had immediately the idea, the “Oppressive Prophecy” would make a perfect match for another couple shot with Dahriel. The gold decorations of both outfits are just like made for ech other. Both outfits have a black basic and with all the amazing prims of the “Oppressive Prophecy” I go the idea of if a fashion matador and his fashion victim. Dahriel loved the idea and started immediately to create the perfect pose. As we thought about a location we agreed because of all the black and gold tines we wanted to have sand and rocks with kinda an arena style for the amazing “Matador” pose from PosESioN.

I would like to thank my little brother Dahriel for an amazing afternoon and evening. For a long time I felt the first time that there is a soul that is somehow connected to mine with all the weird stylings and picture ideas. Our minds are so close that sometimes it scares me 😉 , but I could not think of a better little brother than Dahriel! This was a wonderful and amazing time with such incredible pictures and I really hope that this was just a start and we can do many more like this little brother!!!

Details

Picture 1:

Outfit Wicca: Mea Culpa – “Black Mamba”

Outfit Dahriel: Mea Culpa – “Painless Obedience”

Pose: PosESion – “Hamlet” – NEW

Picture 2:

Outfit Dahriel: Mea Culpa – “Illusory Wisdome”

Outfit Wicca: Mea Culpa – “Hopeless Illusion”

Hair: EMO-tions

Poses: PosESioN

Picture 3:

Outfit Wicca & Dahriel: Mea Culpa – “X-treme Mirrors” – NEW

Poses: PosESioN

Picture 4:

Outfit Wicca: Mea Culpa – “Oppressive Prophecy”

Outfit Dahriel: Mea Culpa – “El Matador”

Pose: PosESioN – “Matador” – NEW

Photographer: Dahriel

Models: Dahriel & Wicca

My personal favourites of MVW2013 – Formal Gown of Netherlands 2013 by PurpleMoon & Chop Zuey

January 29, 2013 by Wicca Merlin

The wonderful and elegant formal gown for Miss Netherlands 2013, Linnda Scofield, was mae by Poulet Koenkamp, owner and designer of PurpleMoon. The soft pink and darker shade of rose make a very sophisticated look. With the huge prims that go up and down from the waist, the whole gown gets a light artistic look as well. The wonderful ruffles of the train together with the long wrist prims make the perfect look for the Miss Netherlands 2013 evening gown.

The amazing matching jewelry for the Netherlands 2013 formal gown was made by Belle Roussel, owner and designer of Chop Zuey. The “Tres Fleurs” set is made of many small, tiny and filigree flowers in all shades of pink. For the earrings you have along and short version. For the picture above I used the short ones 🙂

The “Tres Fleurs” set you can get at the Chop Zuey Mainstore and the beautiful “Linnda” gown you will find at the PurpleMoon Mainstore together with all the other incredible new releases 🙂

Details

Gown: PurpleMoon – “Linnda” – NEW

Jewelry: Chop Zuey – “Tres Fleurs” – NEW

Skin: Silken Moon – “Wicca”

Makeup: Silken Moon – “SM Eclipse Fab ES Tea Room” – NEW & “SM Eclipse Soft Eye Purple” – NEW & “SM Eclipse Color Eye Silver” – NEW

Lipstick: Silken Moon – “Wicca Lips Mauve” – NEW

Hair: EMO-tions – “Tyra”

Poses: PosESioN

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

Wicca’s Wardrobe: Out of the Dark

January 16, 2013 by Wicca Merlin

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For today’s styling … I do not even know what I was doing.. I looked through my inventory and kinda sorted it. For me that means, I wear some parts, if I cannot remember what it was and then I rename the folders before I sort them in, so I can operate my inventory a bit easier 🙂 .

While I was wearing certain stuff, attaching and detaching I always left some parts on. Suddenly my sweet brother Dahriel IMed me telling me that he created new lashes and sent them to me. I unpacked them to look and attached them to the stuff I still had left on. All of a sudden by caming around I saw my whole look and loved it *giggles*.

So the last folders I looked through must have been mainly Miamai as I am wearing different parts of the new “Unfold” collection. The mesh head-piece is called “Corelia” and with the wonderful ornament on the top it gives the whole look of a cool high fashion style for me. The collar part is connected to the headpiece so you have no trouble wearing both to the same time 🙂 The wonderful “Inferna” mesh gloves with the long sharp nails are as well from Miamai. The mesh combination of skirt, pants and boots is a wonderful possibility to wear all 3 parts to the same time without disturbing each other. The whole ensemble of this 3 is called “Quee” and is available in 2 different colors.

Now back to the lashes from Dahriel, owner and designer of PosESioN. He made the “Liceo” lashes paired with the “Liceo” mask that makes that wonderful spiky head attachment. I liked the combination of the long black spiky swirls and the decorations of the “Corelia” headpiece.

Since I did not wanna add a top to the whole styling, I searched for a solution to hide my private bits. I did not wanna go with boring nipple tapes so I thought about what I could do. I remembered that Belle Roussel, owner and designer of Chop Zuey, had some wonderful “Nose Diamonds” in her christmas gifts. I quickly reattached them to my chest and made them a bit bigger to cover all that was needed ;).

Last but not least I would like to get the view on the skin. This skin is the actual groupgift of Silken Moon. Malicia Python released her new skin line and she was so generous to make a special makeup and put it out as a gift in her group. The group joining is 100L$ but if you see what you get and just imagine what you will get in the future it is really worth it. The “SM Eclipse Bisque Happy New Year” skin has a light tone paired with deep red lips and a fantastic eyeliner. The body is so delicious made that it really is tempting to have as much skin shown as you can :p . So run and grab that wonderful Happy New Year gift of Silken Moon before it is gone 😉 .

Details

Headpiece: Miamai – “Corelia” – NEW (mesh)

Gloves with nails: Miamai – “Inferna” – NEW (mesh)

Skirt, Pants & Boots: Miamai – “Quee” – NEW (mesh)

Lashes: PosESioN – “Liceo” – NEW

Skin: Silken Moon – “SM Eclipse Bisque Happy New Year” – NEW (group gift January 2013)

Pasties: Chop Zuey – “Noe Diamond” – NEW (christmas gift 2012)

Poses by PoSEsioN

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

My personal favourites of MVW2013 – National Costume of Miss USA 2013 by SoliDeaFoliEs & Chop Zuey

January 11, 2013 by Wicca Merlin

The beautiful costume for Miss V USA 2013, Miss Imani Enzo, was made by Mila Tatham, owner and designer of SoliDeaFoliEs. For this special costume I guess the picture says more than words 😉 The Statue of Liberty for most of the people is the landmark of the USA. Mila Tatham made this landmark look very sexy and fashionable. The torch is for sure part of the outfit and you can choose if you use the one with the animation in it, like I did for the picture or if you use it without animation and play your own ones 🙂

Imani Enzo:

“My gown is inspired by the Statue of Liberty. Lady Liberty is perhaps one of the most iconic symbols of American Culture. I chose her because she looks like a goddess, stands for freedom, and demonstrates the resilience of our great nation. My heartfelt thanks goes to Mila Tatham and Belle Roussel, the amazing designers who brought to SLife my vision for a modern take on Lady Liberty’s timeless beauty, strength, and elegance.“

The stunning jewelry to complete the outfit was made by Belle Roussel, designer and owner of Chop Zuey. The “Lady Liberty” set only contains the earrings and the beautiful bracelets.

The stunning “USA” dress you will find at the SoliDeaFoliEs Mainstore and for the jewelry just make a stop at the Chop Zuey Mainstore.

Details

Dress: SoliDea FoliEs – “USA” – NEW (mesh)

Jewelry: Chop Zuey – “Lady Liberty” – NEW

Skin: Silken Moon – “Wicca” – NEW (custom-made skin)

Hair: Mirone – “Adie”

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

My personal favourites of MVW2013 – National Costume of Miss Portugal 2013 by Tres Beau

January 9, 2013 by Wicca Merlin

The national costume of Miss V Portugal 2013, Miss Jade Spectre, made me look up. Between all the gowns and costumes I saw one of a sudden pants and boots… That I had to see closer and I tried to zoom on Jade without crashing during the MVW 2013 finale. The pants made a light masculine, strong look. Paired with the super feminine ruffles and the detailed textures of Kimmera Madison, owner and designer of Tres Beau, just made a perfect outfit that for me and a great representation of portuguese tradition and history. For a better information about that, I would like to quote Jade herself with her little text for her national costume.

Jade Spectre:

“I wanted to pay tribute to the Cavaleiros – the remarkable women bullfighters who represent the rich history and long-standing traditions of the Portuguese culture. My respect for these women goes really deep and is unique to the Portuguese culture, so I decided I wanted to also bring that to the Miss Virtual World Pageant, but with a totally different approach to the style and design. Still specific to the theme, but with a more couture flair.

These brave women perform on horseback in rich 18th century, colorful and extravagant designs. The Portuguese tradition of bull fighting is more compassionate and more of a show of tradition than other forms of bullfighting. Other than the Cavaleiros riding on horseback, they nor do the Matadors of Portugal kill the bull during the ceremony, nor do they harm it in any way.

The costume is highly detailed with rich gold accents, trim, brocade, and embroidery. The undershirt, pants, cuffs and back of the jacket are very detailed in gold embellishment. The colors of the Portuguese flag – red, green and gold are represented, but in different shades to make the costume more authentic and comparable to the actual costumes of the Cavaleiros. Therefore we used the custom green of the Portuguese Flag, mixed with a deep burgundy transition to represent the red of the flag. The gorgeous ruffle collar and skirt along with the skirt attachment give a touch of modern couture to the design. The authentic hat, patterned trousers, broad shoulders, and arm cuffs are very important to the look of the costume reflect the strength of those women and replicates details of their true costumes. I chose this National Costume to honor the women of Portugal in modern and present day society, and their place in Portuguese culture and history.”

Details

Outfit: Tres Beau – “Miss Portugal 2013” – NEW

Jewelry: Chop Zuey – “Tabula Rasa” (Chop Zuey Christmas gifts)

Boots: Last Call – “Vamp”

Nails: Mandala – “Female Nails Medium”

Skin: Silken Moon – “Wicca” – NEW (custom-made skin)

Makeup: Silken Moon – “SM Eclipse Fab ES Beer Garden” – NEW & “SM Eclipse Color Eye Mauve” – NEW

Lipstick: Silken Moon – “Wicca Lips Mauve” – NEW

Poses by PosESioN

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

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Wicca’s Wardrobe: The Steampunk Crow

Relay for Life 2013 Fashion Fair – Chop Zuey

Crazy Connection: – M.o.w.’s Style –

The Proud Butterfly

My personal favourites of MVW2013 – Formal Gown of Iceland 2013 by Tres Beau & Chop Zuey

Breathtaking News & Timeless Favourites by Mea Culpa & PosESioN!!! Starring Dahriel & Wicca

My personal favourites of MVW2013 – Formal Gown of Netherlands 2013 by PurpleMoon & Chop Zuey

Wicca’s Wardrobe: Out of the Dark

My personal favourites of MVW2013 – National Costume of Miss USA 2013 by SoliDeaFoliEs & Chop Zuey

My personal favourites of MVW2013 – National Costume of Miss Portugal 2013 by Tres Beau