Excentric in Black, White & Red

October 26, 2014 by Wicca Merlin

Today’s picture was made for the latest VERSUS Magazine. (http://issuu.com/versus.sl.magazine/docs/versus_aw_2014)

The theme was “Excentric” and after doing some research for a excentric fashion trend I started to think about how to bring that to SL.

I know that red, black and white are a very popular color combination but first of all I saw it a lot when I did my research and second… I just love it 😉 .

I started with the “Madame Bovary” top from [AD] Creation. It is part of a full outfit but with the huge collar it was right the piece I wanted to start with. The deep neckline requested a bra, so I took the “Gothic Summer Bra” as well out of an [AD] Creations outfit. I wanted not to use too much jewelry in that look so I decided to go with the huge “Dotty Hat” wich I made for my own store Wicca’s Wardrobe.

Now that I had a huge load of red at the top of my styling I wanted to bring back some red at the bottom and so I put on one of my latest group gifts, a special version of the “Ripley Heels”, wich are made for the Slink high mesh feet.

Then the trouble started as I had to find some pants wich are not going over the “Ripley Heels”. I went through my whole inventory and either I had pants with way to wide legs going down on the ground, which were hiding the shoes completely or i found as well some wich just cut into the ankle part of the heels. In the end I ended up using one of my latest releases, the “Anakri” pants [B&W Edition]. The pants have a HUD wich lets you choose between 6 different black, black & white, and silver options.

The bag comes from LaGyo and is called “Desperado Bag”. It is not a new release but I really love that bag for such a long time, so I had to pull it out again and get the dust off it 😉 Like I was told so often ‘Oldies but Goldies’ and for this bag it really hits the nail on the head 😉 .

Like I said in the beginning, I did not want to put on too much jewelry so I just added a small necklace from Ticky Tacky, to not distract from the great red ribbon of the top too much.

Top: Madame Bovary by [AD] Creations
Pants: Anakri Pants by Wicca’s Wardrobe
Bra: Gothic Summer by [AD] Creations
Hat: Dotty Hat by Wicca’s Wardrobe
Bag: The Desperado by LaGyo
Necklace: Classy Lady by Ticky Tacky
Shoes: Ripley Heels by Wicca’s Wardrobe

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

Gothic Moments with LeeZu!

October 4, 2014 by Wicca Merlin

Anyways if furniture or fashion LeeZu always amazes us with her creations. Today I have the pleasure to showcase one of her latest creations, the “Aurora” gown.

This delicate and elegant gown is a firework of textures and fabrics. The bodice is made with a black satin looking fabric. The right side has an amazing line over the shoulder and the left is totally blank what gives a very sexy touch. The belly is covered by some filigree white lace on a black base. The black skirt is covered by a wonderful white laced top skirt. A beautiful brooch decorated the left side of the bodice 🙂

The jewelry I decided to wear with the “Aurora” gown comes from Baboom. For this stunning gown I wanted to have something that is not blingy or too shiny but still something special. The “Xena Set was exactly the right addition. With the unusual shape and the cool non symmetric wholes it complemented the gown in a very special way. The set contains bracelets and a collar.

The incredible hat was made by [AD] Creations. The “Sophie Mesh HEaddress” added some more elegance and some serious mystic feelings to the whole look. With the horns, the black roses, the steel cage in front of the face and the veil parts it really made a great finish for my today’s look 😉

To underline that black and white idea behind it I put on some of my favourite nails from Nailed It – the “Cracked Set”.

Details

Gown: LeeZu – “Aurora” – NEW

Jewelry: Baboom – “Xena”

Hat: [AD] Creations – “Sophie Mesh Headdress”

Hair: Tuty’s – “Adorable UpDo”

Nails: Nailed It – “Cracked Set”

Makeup: Miamai – “Les Makeups Maudite 09”

Poses: PosESioN

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

Jewelry Fair 2014 with [sys]

September 24, 2014 by Wicca Merlin

Jewelry Fair 2014 opened and I am very happy to be able to showcase one of the fabulous creations of [sys] for this amazing event.

The “Axiom” jewelry set in gold contains a wonderful and huge golden necklace with little, white gems. The matching bracelets are made to match the necklace. With the HUD you can resize it as you like. So do not miss that amazing set at the Jewelry Fair 2014!!!

Taxi: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Slumber%20Land/96/94/25

Details

Jewelry: [sys] – Axiom – NEW

Hat: [sys] – Dali (Art in Hats 2014)

Skin: [sys] – “Eva” – NEW

Pose: Wicca’s Wardrobe

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

Petite Chat for .PENUMBRA. A/W Fashion Week 2014

September 13, 2014 by Wicca Merlin

Outfit (incl hat & boots): Petite Chat (*PC*) – “Love at the first sight” – NEW

Bracelets: artilleri – “Wooden Bracelet”

Skin: [sys] – “Eva” – NEW

Makeup: L.Fauna – “Smokey Cat Shadow” & “Basic Cat Shadow”

Lipstick: { essences } – “Lipstick Nude”

Hair: Baiastice – Elon”

Poses: Wicca’s Wardrobe

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

Leave your Hat on – Styling around a hat Part II

August 10, 2014 by Wicca Merlin

Because I had so much fun with the stylings for the Art in Hats show, I would like to share another of my stylings made around just a hat 😉

This time the hat I started out with came from Miuccia Klaar. The amazing “The Garden in my Head Hat” shows a watering can and some huge flowers in red and pink growing out some grass.

So what to style around… I wanted to keep the hat center, but still have the colors repeated somewhere plus, I wanted to keep the art character of the hat for the whole look.

I remembered black pants from [AD] Creations, wich had 2 huge pink buttons at the belly and a long waist decoration so I jumped into my [AD] folder and tried all pants till I found them. They are part of the “Haw outfit. With the buttons at the belly and the sheer parts on the right leg they were just perfect.

To bring back the sheer part and to kinda make it pop out a bit more I decided to go with the shirt of the “Riga” outfit from SoliDea FoliEs. The amazing sleeves with the attached mesh hands are from [AD] Creations.

For the boots I chose one of my long time favourites, the “Piccadilly Overknee” mesh boots from Leezu.

Details

Hat: Miuccia Klaar – “The Garden in my Head” (Art in Hats 2014)

Pants: [AD] Creations – “Haw” (part of the outfit)

Top: SoliDea FoliEs – “Riga” (part of the outfit)

Sleeeves with Hands: [AD] Creations – “Wristlee” (mesh)

Hair: [taketomi] – “Kurako” (mesh)

Shoes: LeeZu – “Piccadilly Overknee Boots” (mesh)

Collar: Etchaflesh – “Executioner Collared Kalima Neck Corset” (mesh)

Poses: Del May

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

Art in Hats 2014

June 16, 2014 by Wicca Merlin

Miamai – “Amarcord Hat” – luxe – black satin (Art in Hats 2014)

Yesterday the amazing Art in Hats 2014 event started. Again Quan Lavander took the challenge to again let her amazing event happen, wich brings together photographers or bloggers and designers.

I felt very honored, when Quan last week IMed me asking if I would like to be part of her idea and make the pictures for the stunning designs of Miamai. I love Miamai since in forever, so there was no doubt about it, that I wanted to make that. Quan TPed me over to take a look at the awesome hats of Miamai and instantly I had ideas how I would like to make pictures with them.

Miamai – “Soleil Hat” – luxe – indigo flax (Art in Hats 2014)

The basic idea of the exhibition is to bring designers, artists and photographers together in an art exhibition / sales event by presenting hats built by artists and fashion designers in combination with photos made by photographer, bloggers or graphic artists. The photos are meant to be an art shot.

Hats are such an important accessory to so many stylings that the idea of an event only made for hats really caught my attention already last year.

This year as well I am allowed to blog some of the amazing designs so it will be great fun after contributing those 3 pictures to ply around with some of the other amazing creations 🙂

I am very proud to be invited to be part of Art in Hats. These are the 3 pictures I have made for the exhibition and there they are available, certainly without the Art in Hats letters ;).

Thank you so much Quan, for inviting me !

Hats and artwork are for sale here :
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Boutou/80/65/22

Miamai – “Stratus Hat” – luxe – cream canvas

Wicca’s Wardrobe for the FIERA Spring Fashion Fair 2014 @ SAVIAD – Part 1

March 20, 2014 by Wicca Merlin

Today I am very excited… The FIERA Spring Fashion Fair 2014 is the first event I was asked to be part as a designer!

I started making poses longer ago and lately I found fun in making shoes and clothing. I started with some black and white clothing and so the SAVIAD event really was a challenge for me. The request was to create something spring looking. I thought a long time anbout what I could do and did some research of the colors for spring 2014. In the end the result was 2 very different creations and the first one I would like to show you today.

The “Spring Flower” dress is a short, non symetric dress with amezing ruffles on the outside of the right leg, wich is a little longer than the left side. To underline the soft orange color I decided to add some orchids and Daisys in front of the dress. I started with the sash of flowers and while I was putting them together one by one the idea came to my mind to extend them even down the ruffles. When I saw the final result i wanted to add some more flowers round the head and so the idea of a little hat was born 😉

To add some more flowers i decided to include 2 little daisys to the dress as earrings. When I took a final look over the dress with the hat, I could not resist to even make booties for it as I like to create whole looks where all works together. Sometimes I have trouble while styling to find the right color for the shoes and so the “Spring Flowers Booties” were born 🙂 . The “Spring Flower Booties” match the color of the dress and as well repeats the orchids and flowers I used for the dress sash and the head piece.

In the end I liked the dress so much that I wanted to make it in another color, so I decided to make a white version of the “Spring Flower” dress and the booties as well.

TAXI to Wicca’s Wardrobe @ SAVIAD: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/CSW%20Island/228/120/2812

Details

Dress: Wicca’s Wardrobe (incl. earrings)- “Spring Flower Dress” – NEW (SAVIAD)

Head Piece: Wicca’s Wardrobe – “Spring Flower Hat” – NEW (SAVIAD)

Shoes: Wicca’s Wardrobe – “Spring Flower Booties” – NEW (SAVIAD)

Poses: Wicca’s Wardrobe – “Elegant Clutch Set” – NEW (coming soon)

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

The other Me…

January 12, 2014 by Wicca Merlin

I have seen another sky
I have climbed another tree
I have wished another star,
above another star lit sea

Another me lives another life,
I’ve always dreamed
Another me exists somewhere
Why can’t I live that life there?
Please let me be … the other me

And I have seen another sunrise,
and another lightning storm
I’m not just the me you see
You see another me was born

Another me lives another life,
I’ve always dreamed
Another me exists somewhere
Why can’t I live that life there?
Please let me be … the other me

Somewhere I’m happy
I’m smiled at understood
In another Place I lift my face,
not hide it in a hood

[Lyrics by Jim Sturgess]

First of all I would like to thank Malicia for the time and the base idea for this pictures. She came up with the mirror idea and as well donated her mirror to the shooting 😉

We both wearing the newest gown release of LeeZu. The “Saphire” gown is a fully mesh made gown. It is available in many different colors but for the post we had to choose 2 and so we decided to go with plum for me and black for Malicia. The wonderful shoulder piece is to add single so you can even decide to go with or without it. As well part of the outfit the little hat is. The amazing little hat with the tentacles just adds the little extra elegant and couture touch.

The jewelry I chose to wear is made by Lazuri for the MVW 2014 contest. The “MVW 2014 Eva Luxury” set is an amazing set containing 2 types of earrings, bracelets, rings and a wonderful necklace made of 3 parts wich gives you the option to wear it in 3 different ways. As for all the amazing Lazuri jewelry the set is menu driven and you can recolor all parts to kinda customize the set to your likings and needs.

For the poses we needed some mirrored ones. For a long time I asked myself,why some pose makers made these and the only reason I could think of was, that you carry something in your hand that might be on the wrong side for the pose. But today I discovered, that they can be very useful if you want to do pictures like that as well 😉 So i went with poses from *PosESioN* and Morgane Batista.

The shoot and preparing was fun and I hope Mal will be with me for some more posts in the future 😉 It is rare if you meet people, that you go along so well and SecondLife gifted me a wonderful friend not only in SL anymore. Thank you Mal, for believing in me and being such an amazing friend for me in both worlds 🙂 .

Details

Stylecard Wicca

Gown: LeeZu“Saphire plum” – NEW (mesh)

Jewelry: Lazuri – “MVW 2014 Eva Luxury” – NEW

Skin: Silken Moon – “Wicca”

Makeup: Silken Moon – “Eclipse ES No Tears”

Lipstick: Silken Moon – “Wicca Lips Lead”

Hair: Tuty’s – “Adorable”

Eyebrows: Silken Moon – “ES Goth iBrow”

Stylecard Malicia

Gown: LeeZu – “Saphire black” – NEW (mesh)

Makeup: Silken Moon – “Simone Lips Golden Light” & “Simone Cheeks Golden Glow” & “Elements Eyeshadow Fire”

Hair: Miamai – “Janetta”

Jewelry: Lazuri – “Esme”

All poses by *PosESioN* & Morgane Batista

Wicca’s Wardrobe: First Snow

December 3, 2013 by Wicca Merlin

Today we had the first snow of the year. It did not yet stay on the ground but the tiny white ice crystals were tickling my nose today when I was out with my dog. So I could not resist to have my first “Wicca in Snow” pictures for this year for the blog 😉

The outfit itself is a mix and match of different brands. The mesh jacket is made by N1CO. The amazing “Carla” jacket is a chameleon for your stylings. The modern style of it, really is kinda a must have for every fashion loving girl. The textures are amazingly made and with the super HUD you get with it you can change texture and texture combinations so much, so you can wear this jacket to so many different looks it is simply awesome! The huge shoulder parts are very chic and if you like you can even wear some attachments to the upper arms who start at those.

The mesh skirt is out of the Mea Culpa Pret a porter line. The “Leatherskirt” in black points with its awesome slim shape and the amazing textures besides the delicate leather. The belly part is decorated with kinda a short skirt over the long one and it totally matched the “Carla” jacket.

The amazing huge jewelry set was made by Zuri Lyric, owner and designer of Lazuri. The “Kaya” set is an everyday jewelry set. With the possibility to choose between wood and metal you always can match this modern and young looking set to every style. The menu as well let you change the texture AND the color of every gem. On top of that you can choose between 3 different styles. For example the necklace can be worn with one, 3 or 5 gems connected to it and you do not have 3 different necklaces in your inventory… No! Just one and with the menu you can change the style!

Since my basic look was black and white I decided to pop out with the color of the gems a little bit 😉 To match the color of the jewelry I used one of the amazing slink nail HUDs from Nailed It. One of the “Clubbing Night” set, was just perfect for the pink of the jewelry.

The cute and sexy looking clutch comes from GizzA. It is available in many more colors but for my basic black and white look, I saw the white version fit best 😉

The amazing hair, that comes with that cool hat, I found at EMO-tions. The”Farina” hairstyle is a wonderful casual hairstyle that comes in 3 different versions. Always with the hat you can decide between a rigged mesh pony tail, that’s the one I used for this post, a flexi pony tail and a updo version.

The awesome makeup was made by the sweet LovelyMiwako Menna for her store Lovely Mi.

Details

Jacket: N1CO – “Carla” (mesh)

Skirt: Mea Culpa – “Leatherskirt” (mesh)

Jewelry: Lazuri – “Kaya”

Makeup: Lovely Mi – “Lybra au Gaga” (Fashionably Late)

Hair: EMO-tions – “Farina” (mesh)

Nail Polish: Nailed It – “Clubbing Nights”

Shoes: [GOS] – “Desire Boots” (mesh)

Poses: Wicca’s Wardrobe

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

Wicca’s Wardrobe: LOTD 06/05/2013

June 6, 2013 by Wicca Merlin

Today I was in a weird mood and just styled away. I started with the “Mesh Tube Dress” with the huge fluffy neck part, because I anyways was sorting my GizzA folder and I fell into my hands. I thought about a concept or an idea for the rest of the look and there was noting in my head at all, so I kept searching through my inventory and tried various things. Then I came across the new hat, that I got from Xenobia Foxclaw. She told me she will have a show in the beginning of June, where all her new hats get released. When I tried the “Jones Black” hat I was sure that this will be part of my look. Now the head gave me some direction in which way it could go. The hat turned the dress into a cool look for me, so I tried to find some leggings and overknee boots. The “Cat tights” from LeeZu were my choice and the light grey color went perfectly to repeat the light color of the dress. Together with the “Piccadilly Overknee Boots” from LeeZu it really turned into some cool and young look. I remembered my “Fame Shades” from epoque. I had them for such a long time and did not use them for so long… that will be the time to change it 😉

Now I would like to drag your attention on the scenery. The house that I used for the background was made by 22769. It is a wonderful and as well very modern house. It has one huge room so enough room to built a wonderful hideout for yourself. The walls are mostly glass with a your structure and shape that gives you the feeling, you own an artistic and unique home. The house has 2 doors, one front door that you reach over a few steps and a backdoor that leads you out on an amazing terrace. The terrace has a wooden ground and some sand parts that remind you on those Zen sand places with those stones. The terrace as well has stairs so you can reach the ground again, since the house it self is built on columns. The grey, black & white colors made a perfect match and background for my today’s look 😉

Details

Dress: GizzA – “Mesh Tube Dress” (mesh)

Hat: Xen’s Hats – “Jones Black” – NEW (mesh)

Leggings: LeeZu – “Cat Tights”

Shoes: LeeZu – “Piccadilly Overknee Boots” (mesh)

Glasses: epoque – “Fame Shades”

Ears: Mandala – “Omimi” (mesh)

Poses: Corpus

House: 22769 ~ [bauwerk] – “Voronoi House” – NEW (Home & Garden Expo 2013)

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

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Tag Archives: Hat

Excentric in Black, White & Red

Gothic Moments with LeeZu!

Jewelry Fair 2014 with [sys]

Petite Chat for .PENUMBRA. A/W Fashion Week 2014

Leave your Hat on – Styling around a hat Part II

Art in Hats 2014

Wicca’s Wardrobe for the FIERA Spring Fashion Fair 2014 @ SAVIAD – Part 1

The other Me…

Stylecard Wicca

Stylecard Malicia

Wicca’s Wardrobe: First Snow

Wicca’s Wardrobe: LOTD 06/05/2013