Sunny Autumn with GizzA

September 25, 2014 by Wicca Merlin

Today the weather outside was again sunny and not sa cold as the last days. This inspired me for my todays look.

The beautiful “Anne Marie Dress”, one of the latest releases from GizzA was the perfect base for the look. The ensemble of a wonderful creme toned top and the autumn green skirt is one mesh piece. The small and slim belt as well is part of the mesh piece. The dress is available ni several other colors as well.

The new t-strapped high heels are as well part of the outfit and match wonderful the tone of the top. For the accessories I chose as well to stay with Gizza and put on the “Asia” watch and bracelet. The cute flower necklace as well you will find at GizzA. I took it from the amazing “Papillion” set.

To see all the other fantastic autumn color combinations of this outfit you can take a look at the GizzA main store 🙂

Details

Outfit (incl shoes): GizzA – “Anne Marie Dress”

Hair: Vanity Hair – “Bitter Sweet”

Bracelets: GizzA – “Asia”

Necklace: GizzA – “Papillion”

Skin: [sys] – “Eva”

Eyeshadow: L.Fauna – “Smokey Cat Shadow /black” & “Basic Shadow /gold”

Lipstick: Miamai – “Monica Naturals 01”

Poses: Corpus

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

Back in Black with Miamai

August 25, 2014 by Wicca Merlin

Today I have something special. The “Arawn” outfit from Miamai. Now many of you will think, that you already know this outfit and that it would be quite old… Partwise you are right as this is one of the best sellers of the Miamai Black Collection. But with the moving of the mainstore, Monica Outlander, owner and designer of Miamai, updated some of her best sellers for the new mesh body parts like slink hands and feet, phat azz or lola appliers.

To pimp the “Arawn” outfit I used one of the latest releases from Enfant Terrible, the “Caelens Armor” shoulder parts in black. The cool “Aidan” hairstyle comes from EMO-tions and the “Creature Glasses” I made myself for my store Wicca’s Wardrobe.

To complete the look, I used the “Tall Leather Thigh Boots” made by Slink in black.

Details

Outfit: Miamai – “Arawn” (now with Slink AvEnhancement HUDs)

Shoulder Parts: Enfant Terrible – “Caelens Armor” – NEW

Glasses: Wicca’s Wardrobe – “Creature Glasses”

Shoes: Slink – “Tall Leather Thigh Boots”

Poses: PosESioN

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

Styling around a hat?

August 3, 2014 by Wicca Merlin

Lately I had a show wich gave me some nice challenge during the styling.

Usually we get an outfit and have to style around with hair, accessories, shoes and poses. This time we just got hat as a basic and it should kinda be the center of your looks.

I was sitting down first and looked at all those hats and tried to imagine a time frame for them to be in and then slowly looks grew in my head for each one.

The difficulty mainly was, to not loose the hat in the look. The hat as a very little part on your head still had to stay kinda as the main focus.

One of my hats was the “Soleil” hat from Miamai, made for the Art in Hats 2014 event. This wonderful purple hat with the peacock feather decoration on the left side of the hat. The hat has a very young and modern look so I wanted to try to kinda develop a new and modern 80s look for it as the colors called so much for the 80s.

I wanted to kinda pull the purple and green through the whole styling so I decided to wear the cool “Moxie” outfit from PurpleMoon as it gives the basic 80s look for me with the jacked that has those huge shoulder parts and the amazing huge belt that I remember very well for the 80s together with some tight leggings 😉

So the purple part was covered and I just had to set some accents in green to bring the peacock feathers back into the center. That happened with the amazing earrings I found on marketplace and the kick ass “Summer Breeze Flips” shoes from PurpleMoon wich were part of the Le’Accessories event.

The awesome apple-green nail polish I found in the “Bright Set” from Nailed It! and the perfect finish for my look made the “Wicca Lips” in apple from Silken Moon.

Details

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

Outfit: PurpleMoon – “Moxie” /purple

Shoes: PurpleMoon – “Summer Breeze Flips”

Earrings: Persefona – “Peacock” /green

Skin: Silken Moon – “Wicca 3”

Lipstick: Silken Moon – “Wicca Lips” /apple

Nail Polish: Nailed It! – “Bright Set”

Poses: PosESioN

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

LOTD 06/24/2014 LeeZu meets Miamai

June 25, 2014 by Wicca Merlin

Since RL kept me from posting all those wonderful things I got at the FFL for the last 2 weeks I decided not to hide those jewels from you and post them now even if the main event might have ended already.

Today’s basic outfit was the contribution of LeeZu to the FFL 2014. The “Bon Bon” dress comes in 2 different colors, black, yellow and cream. For my post I decided to wear the cream one with the huge red accents on the skirt.

The “Bon Bon” dress is a beautiful and sexy mesh dress. The long skirt covers the legs but the top shows a lot of skin. The huge red accents you will just find on the skirt what makes them even more spotlight of the whole dress. The top again shows the amazing texture skills of LeeZu Baxter. The wonderful folds and lights that make the fabric so realistic really caught my attention too.

For the shoes I have something special as well from Miamai.

Since the dress is going down to the floor nearly I took it off for a moment to snap the shoes 😉 . The “Curiosity” Pumps in reddish satin are made for the 21shoes event. You need the Slink high mesh feet to be able to wear them properly. The feet are not part of the shoes!

The color of the shoes just went perfect with the red accent of the dress. Now that my upper body was more white while on the lower I have this sexy red color accents, I decided to wear my “Garnet Nest” necklace from Paper Couture.

And now I will jump back into my inventory and see what else I missed the last 2 weeks 😉 .

Details

Dress: LeeZu – “Bon Bon” – NEW (mesh, FFL 2014)

Shoes: Miamai – “Curiosity Pumps_ luxe Reddish Satin” – NEW (for slink high feet only! 21Shoes event)

Hair: Truth – “Delta” (mesh)

Necklace: Paper Couture (P.C) – “Garnet Nest”

Feet: Slink – “Female feet AvEnhancement high” (mesh)

Tattoo: White Widow – “Snake Eyes”

Skin: Silken Moon – “Wicca 3”

Chair & Furniture: 22769 – “Chtuluh Arm Chair” & “Amber Lamp”

Poses: Wicca’s Wardrobe

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

Circus Mystic for Fashion for Life 2014

June 18, 2014 by Wicca Merlin

During the .PENUMBRA. Fashion Week S/S 2014 I met a very creative and wonderful person. Trinity Yazimoto, owner and super creative designer of Petite Chat (*PC*). I already blogged 2 of her creations for the :PENUMBRA: Fashion Week and now she is part of the Fashion for Life (FFL) with new creations. One of those new designs is the “Circus Dress”. Again this dress was made from a wonderful picture of herself. I talked to her for a few times now and I only can imagine how difficult it is to bring those amazing paintings on mesh prims. If you ever tried to texture a mesh item, you know how back it stretches, twists and destroys the actual texture. But if you take a closer look on Trinity’s creations you can see that every little thing is sharp and in line on the clothing as it was in the art work.

The “Circus Dress” inspired me to really go against the circus idea. A longer time ago I got a wonderful gift from Daphne Klossovsky, designer of [HANDwerk]. A super sweet and cute wooden horse that looks like as it was taken out of a carousel. The colors just went perfect with the “Circus Dress” and so I finally found something I can post that amazing carousel horse with 😉 .

The “Circus Dress” is materials enabled and so you can test all those super cool new windlights with that new feature as well and can see the full beauty of that dress and as well it adds a wonderful uniqueness to the dress.

The original artworks are displayed in Trinitys little art gallery called Petite Chat Gallery (http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Haddath/26/106/67).

And to keep the eyes on Fashion for Life please as well take a look at the hair. The “Josy” hair style was made by Mirja Mills, owner and creator of EMO-tions.

“Josy” has a wonderful long and flexible high ponytail and in the front some wisps fall into your face. With all those amazing features and the fact that you can have this in all the well-known colors that EMO-tion offers, this hair is the perfect addition for your everyday hairstyles.

Please make your way over to the Fashion for Life sims and help with enlarging your wardrobe, hair and accessories. All those amazing designs were made for an amazing charity that raises money for those who need the help!

Last but not least I would like to share the music, wich underlined my inspiration for the pictures while I was working on them.

Circus

There’s only two types of people in the world
The ones that entertain and the ones that observe
Well baby, I’m a put-on-a-show kind of girl
Don’t like the backseat, gotta be first

I’m a like the ringleader, I call the shots
(Call the shots)
I’m like a firecracker I make it hot
When I put on a show

I feel the adrenaline moving through my veins
Spotlight on me and I’m ready to break
I’m like a performer, the dancefloor is my stage
Better be ready, hope that you feel the same

All eyes on me in the center of the ring just like a circus
When I crack that whip, everybody gon’ trip just like a circus
Don’t stand there watching me, follow me, show me what you can do
Everybody let go, we can make a dancefloor just like a circus ahhhhha

There’s only two types of guys out there
Ones that can hang with me and ones that are scared
So baby, I hope that you came prepared
I run a tight shift so beware

I’m a like the ringleader, I call the shots
(Call the shots)
I’m like a firecracker, I make it hot
When I put on a show

I feel the adrenaline moving through my veins
Spotlight on me and I’m ready to break
I’m like a performer, the dancefloor is my stage
Better be ready, hope that you feel the same

Let’s go

Let me see what you can do
I’m runnin’ this like-like-like a circus
Yeah, like a what? Like-like-like a circus

[Britney Spears]

Details

Dress: Petite Chat (*PC*) – “Circus” – NEW (mesh, FFL 2014)

Hair: EMO-tions – “Josy” – NEW (FFL 2014)

Pants (incl shoes): Miamai – “BL_Adore Black” (for slink high feet)

Necklace: Finesmith – “Julius” – NEW

Hands: Slink – “Avatar Enhancement Hands – Casual” (mesh)

Feet: Slink – “Female Feet (AvEnhancement) High” (mesh)

Ears: Mandala – “Simple Ears” (mesh)

Mask: Illusions – “Phoenix Mask”

Nailpolish: Nailed It! – “French Pastel Set” (for Slink hands)

Prop: [HANDwerk] (ieQED) – “Carousel Horse”

Poses: Del May

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

LOTD 06/16/2014 – A lazy afternoon with Miamai

June 17, 2014 by Wicca Merlin

Sometimes in a few rare moments I like to explore the wonderful sim built by SL residents. Mostly it is on a sunday afternoon when I come home from gigs with my RL band and do not feel like working at all ;).

Sometimes I am in the mood for finding new places, wich I can use as background for pictures and sometimes I just go back to wonderful sims I saw in the past to see if they changed something there and if there is anything new.

One of the most beautiful and most popular sim is the Neva River sim.

If you wander over the sim you will find several places who are kinda locked as they are private residential but a fe spots you can explore as the owner is kind enough to let us roam around there 😉 .

If I go there I always make sure I do not disturb the residents there as I am just a grateful guest there.

For my today’s journey I was wearing one of the latest releases of Miamai. The “Dalida” dress is an awesome long shirt with kinda a bottom short skirt part. It is available in various patterns and textures and I chose the black version for today. The hat/hair combination “Happydays Wicker Hat” as well is made by Miamai. I really like it if you have hair and hat connected already, as it usually is a pain in the ass to get hair fixed under a hat :p .

The boots became on of my favourites lately. With that boots I discovered a new store that I now visit frequently to check if they have news since they have that little special twist, wich I always search for my clothing. Dirty Princess is the new place to be for me if I am looking for shows or something else lightly funky.

To complete the look and add a touch of the summer feeling that I have lately with the weather in germany, I used the “Oversized Sunglasses” from Izzie’s.

And now… I will wander around across this wonderful Neva River sim a little bit more to explore all the amazing details 🙂 .

Details

Dress: Miamai – “Dalida – black” (mesh)

Hat & Hair: Miamai – “Happydays Wicker Hat – black Panama” (mesh)

Necklace: Glam Affair – “Chainedlink Necklace”

Glasses: Izzie’s – “Oversized Sunglasses”

Ears: Mandala – “Simple Ears” (mesh)

Hands: Slink – “Avatar Enhancement Hands – Elegant & Bag” (mesh)

Feet: Slink – “Female Feet (AvEnhancement) – High (mesh)

Boots: Dirty Princess – “Gladiator Couture Princess Heels” (only for Slink high feet)

Poses (except picture 1): Vista Animations – “Raquel AO” – NEW

Location: Neva River

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

Summer with Miamai

June 11, 2014 by Wicca Merlin

“Summer”

The wealth of summer
Is dreamer’s gold.
For so short a time
It is ours to hold–
Gold in the meadow,
Gold by the stream,
Riches enough for
a miser’s dream.

Golden currency,
Ours to spend,
And here, where the sun
Warmed grasses bend,
A golden mattress
On which to lie
As the sun sinks low
In a golden sky.

[Lois Duncan]

Details

Outfit: Miamai – “Outlander Garden” (partial mesh)

Hair: Argrace – “Arata”

Skin: Silken Moon – “Wicca3”

Lipstick: Silken Moon – “Luna Lips Scarlet”

Hands: Slink – “Avatar Enhancement Hands – Casual” (mesh)

Poses: Del May

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

Nautical Dreams by GizzA

June 4, 2014 by Wicca Merlin

The latest collection of GizzA brings amazing summer dreams. The marine themed collection will touch all the retro fans the same as all the ones who wanna be dressed up to date.

(picture by Asia Rae)

I was super happy when Giz IMed me asking if I would have time for a shoot for the new collection. The whole Nautical collection is a super amazing summer line. From high waist pants, over puffy sleeved tops, skirts, short dresses, bikinis… all you need for summer you will find in the wonderful new Nautical collection from GizzA.

Today I would like to start with the “Sailing Dress”. This amazing short dress is available in 4 different patterns. I loved the blue & white one with the red accents like the anchor at the chest. The whole outfit in that pattern for me totally goes towards a super cute retro look, wich I really like a lot.

As well part of the new line is the super cute “Nautical” jewelry set. You can purchase it as single parts or as a full set. The necklace, earrings, bracelet and ring are decorated with amazing little sailor accessories and they match perfect to the “Sailor Dress”.

To complete that little fashion dream, Giz Seorn – owner and designer of GizzA – created matching shoes and bags for the collections.

The “Betty” heels are made for the slink high feet and they come with a color and texture HUD, where you can customize your shoes matching to the whole Nautical line. The bags as well have a texture change HUD and so they are perfect for the outfits and wich lady could resist to another bag :p .

To see the whole incredible Nautical collection you better make your way over to the GizzA main store 😉

(picture by Asia Rae)

Details

Dress: GizzA – “Sailing Dress” NEW (mesh)

Shoes: GizzA – “Betty Heels” NEW (mesh, for Slink high feet only)

Jewelry: GizzA – “Nautical Set”

Bag: GizzA – “Gathered Tote Bag – Nautical”

Hands: Slink – “Avatar Enhancement Hands – Casual & Bag”

Feet: Slink – “Avatar Enhancement Feet – High”

Skin: Silken Moon – “Wicca 3”

Hair: Miamai – “Ojaa” (mesh)

Poses: Wicca’s Wardrobe

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

!Lyrical B!zarre Templates! for the .PENUMBRA. Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2014

June 1, 2014 by Wicca Merlin

Style Card 1

Outfit: !Lyrical B!zarre Templates! – “Diverge” (partial mesh, .PENUMBRA. S/S FW 2014)

Hair: Miamai – “Grimhilde”

Shoes: Miamai – “Regatta” (for Slink high feet only)

Hands: Slink – “Avatar Enhancement Hands – Casual” (mesh)

Feet: Slink – “Female Feet High” (mesh)

Ears: Mandala – “Simple Ears” (mesh)

Skin: Silken Moon – “Wicca 3″

Makeup: Nuuna – “Neuro” & “Makeup v6.1”

Lipstick: L.Fauna – “Lipstick Orange”

Poses: *PoESioN*

Style Card 2

Outfit: !Lyrical B!zarre Templates! – “Decline” (mesh, .PENUMBRA. S/S FW 2014)

Hands: Slink – “Avatar Enhancement Hands – Casual” (mesh)

Ears: Mandala – “Simple Ears” (mesh)

Skin: Silken Moon – “Wicca 3″

Makeup: L.Fauna – “Smokey Cat Eyes”

Lipstick: Silken Moon – “Blue as Steel”

Poses: *PoESioN*

Wicca Merlin

The Second Life of a SL Model

Tag Archives: Miamai

Sunny Autumn with GizzA

Back in Black with Miamai

Styling around a hat?

LOTD 06/24/2014 LeeZu meets Miamai

Circus Mystic for Fashion for Life 2014

Circus

LOTD 06/16/2014 – A lazy afternoon with Miamai

Art in Hats 2014

Summer with Miamai

“Summer”

Nautical Dreams by GizzA

!Lyrical B!zarre Templates! for the .PENUMBRA. Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2014