This new Inspire Dress from Spright also inspired me to create a softer style today [direct SLurl to Spright at Culture Shock]. I am pairing it with the new Seahorse (Pearl Starfish) necklace from Maxi Gossamer. This necklace comes in several styles & length — I especially love the long Seahorse one, but I’m saving it for another outfit.
I love everything about this Spright dress, except that it’s invisible inside!!! If you guys don’t mind, it’s probably fine, but it can be super awkward in-world or in certain poses.
Do you know what a 21 year old looks like? Sometimes an avatar created by a younger user is told they look too young, according to those who are older.
This group of people disagreed on the issue, due to generational differences of their perception of a woman in that age group. True, the thread had factors such as the sim owner being able to impose whatever rule they wanted on their land and who was allowed there. This, however, is not about the sim owner’s prerogative. It’s about how users in Second Life consider young adults and what they think they actually look like.
I think many times in Second Life, we disagree about what a young adult appears as. We all grew up during different decades, and our heyday has given us an implied bias. For me, the picture above is what I think someone who’s 21 can look like. She’s following an e-girl trend (though not all do), and is willing to try a lot of different wild trends because she’s got the money and freedom to do so. I, however, am a Millenial. Maybe you think differently about this than I do.
What do you think the answer is? Take a picture, post a blog, tag it on IHeartSL with “21Challenge”, and let’s see the results! I want to know the answers others come up with.
I was in a funk all day but I logged in for gorgeous new skins and new hair. I can’t keep away for too long when SL designers lure me in with new goodies!
Apple May has been around forever, but I had no idea that she sold skins too. Maybe this is the first one, but I can’t be sure since I haven’t been to AMD in awhile. This Mia skin is a group gift (join the subscribo to get it) and is available in 4 skin tones. I instantly liked this face as soon as I tried it on. Why do I like this face so much?
Exile – April | Deanna 2 | Alessa (in Dusk)
Exile is on a roll! These three new hairstyles are adorable. I’m going Brown today to celebrate the release of Eclipse! I can’t believe I went to see it on opening day, yay me. And just in case you’re wondering, I’m Team Jacob! Sadly I’ve read book 4 and that doesn’t happen but if you’re still reading it I won’t spoil it here.
What I’m Wearing:
Exile – Deanna 2 (Dusk)
AMD – Mia (Beige) Naturals Nude A
Adam n Eve Clothes – Amelia (Pink)
Paper Couture – Glass Flower Necklace
Paper Couture – Diamond Encrustd Square Cut Amethyst Ring
DeLa – Pumps “Stella” Extra Pink
Rockberry has recently released the Uma skins in 6 beautiful makeups. I love the smooth finish on this skin and deliciously plump heart-shaped lips. Each skin includes regular and shaved versions 'down there' if you're into that! 😀
Just call me Gogo Everdeen! This Dango Arrow & Bow Set from Teefy is so perfect. I have a large collection of weapons in SL, but none as cute as these! The entire Food War Mania collection from Teefy are must-haves!
This beautiful new Morgana skin by Pink Fuel is now available for the Alex mesh head by LOGO. I blogged about this head before, and waited patiently for skin makers to release skin appliers for it. I’m a huge fan of the expressions on LOGO’s mesh heads, it’s my favorite mesh head on the grid, and I have many!
I still adore my classic avatar’s face, cos that’s the one I’ve stared at for many years. Mesh heads are a refreshing change, cos they’re so high-quality and so fun to play with! Do you wear a mesh head all the time, sometimes, or never?
What I’m Wearing:
LOGO – Alex Mesh Head (omega)
Pink Fuel – Morgana (Biscuit) LOGO Alex Head Applier (Brown)
Exile – Memory Bliss
Exile – Strange and Unusual @ C88
The Secret Store – Helena V-Neck Sweater (Crimson) @C88
Just a quick note about this dress…I bought it in three colors and the textures all load reeeeallly slowly for me – but the notecard included with the dress tells how to speed it up by going into the texture edit menu, and it works like a charm! So if anyone else is having slow-rez issues, that should help! 🙂
That really is helpful! I just bought the dresses and the designer added a notecard that reads…
There is an SL bug that causes textures on mesh to be blurry and sometimes takes forever to rez when the mesh was textured while being worn. To fix this:
– Rez the item on the ground to allow the textures to rez.
– Take the item back into your inventory and wear as you normally would.
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The reason I mention this is because I made the mistake of texturing the dresses while wearing them the first time. If you’re seeing this notecard in the package that you purchased, then you’re getting the dresses that I’ve re-textured the way they should have been done the first time. 🙂
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Also, this has helped textures rez for me with a lot of things in SL and thought I’d share for those who it might also help. (not sure if this helps with items set to “no mod”)
– Go into edit mode (right click & choose edit on a regular prim)
– Then click on the dress
– Click on the texture tab under edit mode
Or sometimes you tint them! =) I never have understood all the photo studios and stuff some of which are thousands of dollars. I use the same thing and have since 2006. I have used expensive studios and have always gone back to my own simple and easy prims. I also use a freebie pose stand from 2006 too, lol. I am considering upgrading on that cause it would be nice to have a HUD and click through poses without having to move my camera angle, any suggestions? (Not a whole studio, a reasonably priced simple pose stand that has a HUD and not only arrows or something else ON the stand to change poses.)
Hey Kirsten, I use Insanya’s Modeling Pose Stand, it is free to group members and comes with tons of options, such as a menu that lets you click through poses and you can also just drag and drop any pose into the stand that you want.
Some other useful options it has for photography are that it can be made invisible, it can hide the hover text, and you can change your position, all through the menu. Plus, it’s fully modifiable! I love it.
That dress is absolutely gorgous! i love summer dresses so i’ll definately be adding this to my collection.
:)!
It’s lovely, but the fact you mentioned it wasn’t lined kept me from hitting the Direct URL. I am not a fan of unlined mesh!!
Just a quick note about this dress…I bought it in three colors and the textures all load reeeeallly slowly for me – but the notecard included with the dress tells how to speed it up by going into the texture edit menu, and it works like a charm! So if anyone else is having slow-rez issues, that should help! 🙂
That really is helpful! I just bought the dresses and the designer added a notecard that reads…
There is an SL bug that causes textures on mesh to be blurry and sometimes takes forever to rez when the mesh was textured while being worn. To fix this:
– Rez the item on the ground to allow the textures to rez.
– Take the item back into your inventory and wear as you normally would.
—————————————————————————————-
The reason I mention this is because I made the mistake of texturing the dresses while wearing them the first time. If you’re seeing this notecard in the package that you purchased, then you’re getting the dresses that I’ve re-textured the way they should have been done the first time. 🙂
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Also, this has helped textures rez for me with a lot of things in SL and thought I’d share for those who it might also help. (not sure if this helps with items set to “no mod”)
– Go into edit mode (right click & choose edit on a regular prim)
– Then click on the dress
– Click on the texture tab under edit mode
that’s a lovely skin on you.
i love that dress!
So pretty. I love the soft colors you chose.
I really wish designers would get the hint with not lining their stuff!
Soooo pretty! <3 the dress!
I agree I think you look fantastic, what type of back drop do you use in your photos? Makes your pictures look even better.
Just a plain White prim in SL (two of them, one for the back and one for the bottom).
Or sometimes you tint them! =) I never have understood all the photo studios and stuff some of which are thousands of dollars. I use the same thing and have since 2006. I have used expensive studios and have always gone back to my own simple and easy prims. I also use a freebie pose stand from 2006 too, lol. I am considering upgrading on that cause it would be nice to have a HUD and click through poses without having to move my camera angle, any suggestions? (Not a whole studio, a reasonably priced simple pose stand that has a HUD and not only arrows or something else ON the stand to change poses.)
Hey Kirsten, I use Insanya’s Modeling Pose Stand, it is free to group members and comes with tons of options, such as a menu that lets you click through poses and you can also just drag and drop any pose into the stand that you want.
Some other useful options it has for photography are that it can be made invisible, it can hide the hover text, and you can change your position, all through the menu. Plus, it’s fully modifiable! I love it.