Hello! I’m at New York City today, the concrete jungle where dreams are made of, the city that never sleeps, etc. I wore a posh cold-weathered outfit with a fur coat to match the new Regency Boots from Bax. I’m really in the mood for layering and colder weather, I don’t think it’s too early for SL designers to start releasing Fall fashion!
BAX HAS NEW BOOTS. They’re truly new, and not a re-re-re-release of the Prestige boots. I was a fan of Bax until I got bored with the similar styles and recolors. I suppose I’m a fashion snob, cos I do not like when a brand recolors constantly, or adds a new detail and tries to pass it off as a new release. For me, the desire for something is greatly diminished after the first release. For example, if a designer wanted to have 50 colors and 30 different prints, do it on the first release, not wait every month a new color, yawn. Now that I’ve gotten that off my chest, let’s talk about the Regency Boots.
These boots are advertised as being “Liquid Mesh,” a term first started by Redgrave. It basically means that the boots will resize to fit your leg length, muscle, and body fat. You can see a video of it in action on Strawberry Singh’s blog. A few other brands in SL have used this method for clothing too, but the effect wasn’t that nice. I recall owning a jacket from Chillie, that had SmartMesh (their own term for stretchy mesh), and when I made my avatar’s fat really high just to see how it would stretch, the jacket became distorted. I’m on the fence about LiquidMesh/SmartMesh/stretchy-mesh, whatever you want to call it. This hack is great for some items, but most things in SL are not meant to be stretched to the max, cos then they lose their nice shape and the textures are distorted.
What do you think about stretchable mesh?
What I’m Wearing:
Pink Fuel – Harley (Peach)
Teefy – Lillian Halter Top (Creme) S
Teefy – Florence Skirt (Teal) S
Teefy – Faux Fur Coat (Fun) S
LaGyo – Helen Headpiece (Gold)
LaGyo – Long Necklace (Gold)
BAX – Regency Boots (Black Leather) Standard
Haha, I loveeee that song 🙂
And you look so cuuute, as always!
I notice you are wearing a lot of mesh, but when I look at the shapes in your shop, there is noting on them about standard mesh sizing do you have any of your shapes that would work well with the standard mesh sizing?
All my shapes are mod, so you can just tweak it for whichever mesh item you’re wearing! That’s how I do it. I don’t really like those “Standard Size” bodies. I tweak my shape for each item I’m wearing, so to me, all shapes should fit “Standard Size” if it’s mod!
Tweaking for each new item? Gosh, where do you get those extra deals of patience? :O
Where’s the tattoo from?
It’s an old Flowey tattoo.
I’m still not getting fully on the mesh wagon…..If I wanted my shape to be the same shape as everyone else s it already would be the same. I do hope that creators will continue to make non mesh clothing for the people that don’t want to “tweak” their shapes and who like clothes that flow and move. That said ,, this is a very cute look 🙂
I wish the Mon Tissu jeans looked like that on my avi, but the “U” shape between my legs looks so utterly ridiculous! Must be ‘cos my avi is so short x.x
Are you ever going to start reviewing skins again? Don’t get me wrong, I still love your blog and I’m always excited to see the outfits you put together, but I miss the main focus of this blog being skins. I can proudly say that I’ve gotten at least 15 skins over the years because of your reviews. I just don’t understand why you love Pink Fuel so much. Pink Fuel skins are so generic looking and they’re not realistic at all.
I think some more skin reviews would be nice, buttt I have to disagree on the Pink Fuel comment, they are so pretty and sweet and innocent looking, and I believe a skin is only as good as the shape worn with it 😉
And Juicy is the best shape maker in the whole of SL, FACT!
I love everything about your outfit. I can’t seem to find the cameo necklace. I don’t think I’m overlooking it but I could be. Where do I need to be looking?
Love your blog!!
I found it!! It was at Vintage Fair!! :)) Happy now …. LOL!
Yay!