Deep in the Woods

“Alas for those girls who’ve refused the truth: The sweetest tongue has the sharpest tooth.” ― Jack Zipes, Little Red Riding Hood and Other Classic French Fairy Tales

Enchantment, which is opening on February 1, will be an event taking as its theme “Little Red Riding Hood.” You’d think it would be an event full of baskets and capes, and while there are plenty of those, there is also an undercurrent of resistance to a story of a lovely little girl being tricked by a wolf. First, much of the clothing is less for a little girl and more for a woman, like this gorgeous gown by Monica Outlander. Now, I am not surprised Monica upends the tale of a sweet little girl by turning her into a sophisticated vamp—Monica is never satisfied with the status quo. Her gorgeous Blanchette gown evokes the sleek beauty of its namesake, Cate Blanchett. Monica imbues Little Red Riding Hood with something else with this hooded gown.

Amanda Randall imagines the wolf less as a threat than an accessory with her posing wolf at Enchantment. With six darling poses, you can go from long lean model to besties with the wolf. Maybe “my such big eyes you have” could become friendship or true love….

Then you have Isabeau Baragula’s evocative accessories—bowed Mary Janes and w wearable wolf mask that goes over the face or on top of the head. Is LRRH the victim or the sheep hiding in wolf’s clothing? I love how the headpiece looks as a sort of perverse tiara. Isabeau also sells a horned chair with several great poses, the bowed branch draped with silk (color-change, of course) and a mounted wolf’s head. I think the wolf is in big trouble in Isabeau’s version of Little Red Riding Hood.

Finally, Nina Helix made an exclusive skin for this event—a vamped up Red Riding Hood, and it comes with all the appliers you could need. With dark eyes and a deep deep red matte lip, heavy brows and a very romantic face, this is not your traditional skin. When I first put it on, I had to get used to it but once I paired it with Keiba’s dark eyes, I was enchanted, especially with one of Truth Hawk’s newest hairs in black. Watch out, Wolf, Little Red Riding Hood is out to get you!

“This one day her mother gave her
a basket of wine and cake
to take to her grandmother
because she was ill.
Wine and cake?
Where’s the aspirin? The penicillin?
Where’s the fruit juice?
Peter Rabbit got camomile tea.
But wine and cake it was.”
― Anne Sexton, Transformations

Hair: TRUTH HAIR Yelena by Truth Hawks for >TRUTH< *

Skin: .Birdy. Red skin ~Peaches~ (Limited edition Enchanted) Black) by Nina Helix for Birdy, available at Enchantment

Eyes: [UMEBOSHI] Eon eyes Black (med) by Keiba for UMEBOSHI

Dress: Miamai_Blanchette Red by Monica Outlander for Miamai, available at Enchantment *

Headpiece: Kalopsia – Wolf Mask (Top of the head) by Isabeau Baragula for Kalopsia, available at Enchantment *

Nail applier: Nailed It – Dark Set HUD by Giela Delpaso for Nailed It *

Shoes: Kalopsia – Shoes Red by Isabeau Baragula for Kalopsia, available at Enchantment *

Background prop: Kalopsia – Hanging Tree by Isabeau Baragula for Kalopsia, available at Enchantment *

Wolf: [Ca.Co] – My Wolf by Amanda Randall for Captivity Co. Poses, available at Enchantment *

Chair: Kalopsia – Red Riding Hood Chair by Isabeau Baragula for Kalopsia, available at Enchantment *