Cumbia Donde

Posted on October 12, 2015 by Harper Beresford • Posted in Harper's Closet, iheartslfeed • Tagged Emo-tions, ensorcelante, everglow, fanny willis, fashion, glamistry, Harper Beresford, lelutka, logo, logo mesh head, lumipro, Maximillion Grant, mea carnell, meva, Mirja Mills, my attic, nataporolo, pumens, Second Life, shiny shabby, shinyshabby, SL, stefan buscaylet, tetra, the skinnery, Thora Charron, umazuma metaluna, virtual, women's fashion • Leave a comment

Yo quiero llegar
A esa tierra linda
Que está más allá
Donde hay una sonrisa
A bailar la cumbia
¡Candela, candela!
A bailar la cumbia
¡Que quema, que quema!
~ “Cumbia Donde” by Calexico

This great song from Calexico (even better performed live, right, Barely?) is the kick off for this danceable look. I have donned Mea Carnell’s latest necklace for My Attic and dangerously high platforms from Glamistry. My dress is NataPorolo’s offering for Shiny Shabby, a beautifully textured, gorgeously colored silk piece. My gripe with the dress is the sizing. It’s shown here as a “maitreya” fit but it did not fit my Maitreya mesh body by any means, and my body shape is not extreme in any measure. The hips and legs were so off I had to do major surgery to my shape with alphas and sliders to get into the dress and then adjust the top to fill it in. I understand that Maitreya has not released their rigging, but some designers seem to be getting it spot on or close enough. It should not have been included as a “maitreya fit” if it didn’t work along most sizes of shape worn on the Maitreya body.

I used Ensorcelante’s skin for Shiny Shabby as an applier on the Logo Alex mesh head from Maximillion Grant. I will say it looks different to me—the proportions are not the same and I wondering if the creator even tried it on the Logo head and if this was their intent. The lips are full and luscious but the eyes seem off to me in some way—too small or too enclosed. The brows do not extend around the browbone, which is a problem I have found with a lot of Omega skins for the Alex head. The body is, however, gorgeous with a great pair of legs, nicely textured arms and a beautiful tone. I donned one of Mirja Mills’ great braided ‘dos, now in store as it just left an event. I love what she’s doing with braids, using textures to mimic braids on these sinuous long locks.

Hair: .:EMO-tions:. * ANYA* by Mirja Mills for.:EMO-tions:. *

Skin applier: ** [PUMENS] – JOANNA – AUTUMN – LOGO (OMEGA) HEAD APP –S by Ensorcelante for Pumens, available at Shiny Shabby *

Mesh head: LOGO Infinity Alex Omega Hybrid Mesh with LOGO Alex Hybrid Mesh Avatar Expressions Set 2 Add-On and LOGO Alex Hybrid Mesh Avatar Expressions Set 3 Add-On by Maximillion Grant for LOGO *

Eyes: [theSkinnery] Flirtacious eyes – 11 by Umazuma Metaluna for [theSkinnery] *

Lashes: .LeLutka.Kyra lashes.01 by Thora Charron for LeLutka *

Mesh body: Maitreya Mesh Body – Lara V3.4 by Onyx LeShelle for Maitreya

Dress: TETRA – Piper Dress (Azure) – Maitreya by NataPorolo for TETRA, available at Shiny Shabby *

Necklace: Meva Pearls Collar Silver 2 by Mea Carnell for Meva, available at My Attic *

Shoes: Glamistry : CYNARA Heels – maitreya by Glamistry for Glamistry *

Poses by Fanny Willis for Everglow *

Taken using the LumiPro HUD V3.41 by Stefan Buscaylet *

Taken at Debauch

Fringe Benefits

Posted on July 26, 2015 by Harper Beresford • Posted in Harper's Closet, iheartslfeed • Tagged ayashi, dahriel, dead apples, diram, djod karu, ensorcelante, essenz, fashion, Harper Beresford, ikira frimon, jadenart, lelutka, lelutka mesh head, maitreya, maitreya lara mesh body, onyx leshelle, posesion, pumens, Second Life, Senzati0n Domenitzo, shinyshabby, SL, soleil reid, virtual, women's fashion • 2 Comments

“I adore fringe.” ~ Diana Vreeland

Fringe! I love it too! Djod Karu has made a very fashionable mesh outfit for Shiny Shabby that includes a fringe skirt over a mesh body suit and a jacket draped over the shoulders. I love that the fringe is irregular, which makes it seem like it has movement, better than many that would just use a transparent texture between the fringes. The jacket is rich and subtlety shadowed with light bouncing off the sequins. It’s just a great use of texture on mesh pieces. Senzati0n Domenitzo is offering these great braided sandals at Shiny Shabby as well. They were an ideal match for this look.

Ensorcelante is offering a new skin at Shiny Shabby. Ensorcelante has created a multiHUD for use on several different mesh heads, including the LeLutka mesh heads, and I think it’s fabulous in that incarnation. Unfortunately, unlike other appliers, there are no makeup options offered—WYSIWYG so I tinted the lip a little with a pink makeup built into the head to tone down the brown lip color. With the great long full hair from Ikira Frimon, the whole look is fashionable and gorgeous.

Hair: [^.^Ayashi^.^] Mizuko hair-fatpack by Ikira Frimon for ^.^ Ayashi^.^, available at Shiny Shabby *

Mesh head: .LeLutka.Mesh Head-STELLA v1.1 by JadenArt for LeLutka *

Skin applier: ** [PUMEC] – AUTUMN – HEADS APP -S(TMP/SLINK/LELUTKA/GENESIS) by Ensorcelante for Pumens, available at Shiny Shabby *

Eyes: {D.A} – Marble – Vintage by Soleil Reid for Dead Apples

Body: Maitreya Mesh Body – Lara V3.3 by Onyx LeShelle for Maitreya

Dress: ** DIRAM ** JELENA Body&Fringed skirt – Beige with ** DIRAM ** JELENA Shoulder Coat – Black&Beige Sequin by djod Karu for Diram, available at Shiny Shabby *

Shoes: Essenz – Nairobi (Maitreya) by Senzati0n Domenitzo for Essenz, available at Shiny Shabby *

Poses by Dahriel for PosESioN

Sweet Caroline

Posted on June 24, 2015 by Harper Beresford • Posted in Harper's Closet, iheartslfeed • Tagged avagardner kungler, avatar, dead apples, ensorcelante, fashion, Harper Beresford, jadenarts, JourdanMcMillan, kunglers, kustom9, lelutka, lelutka mesh head, maitreya, maitreya lara mesh body, mina, mina nakamura, olaenka chesnokov, onyx leshelle, pumec, rebel gal, Second Life, shiny shabby, shinyshabby, SL, soleil reid, virtual, women's fashion, zenith • 3 Comments

Sweet Caroline
Good times never seemed so good
I’ve been inclined
To believe they never would

~ “Sweet Caroline” by Neil Diamond

Sweet Caroline is feeling free and easy with this pretty long shirt from Miffyhoi Rosca, which she is featuring at Shiny Shabby this round. Made from fitted mesh, it fit over my Maitreya body pretty darn well and came in several lovely colors. I matched it up with the gorgeous found-object necklace from AvaGardner Kungler that she is offering at the Cosmopolitan Room and darling t-strap pumps from JourdanMcMillan, also available at Shiny Shabby.

My messy braids are the beautiful creation of Mina Nakamura for Kustom9 and have lovely face-framing, growing-out bangs with a gorgeous texture (which looks like our Caroline is growing out some dark ends). I popped the color of the necklace in my eyes with peepers from Soleil Reid. And Ensorcelante has made a custom set of skins for Shiny Shabby which include a pretty spectacular set of appliers-in-one HUD with mesh faces (Slink, LeLutka, Genesis, andTMP) and then bodies (Belleza, Maitreya, Banned, Lena, and Slink).