December solstice

 "Shall we liken Christmas to the web in a loom?  There are many weavers, who work into the pattern the experience of their lives. When one generation goes, another comes to take up the weft where it has been dropped. The pattern changes as the mind changes, yet never begins quite anew.

 At first, we are not sure that we discern the pattern, but at last we see that, unknown to the weavers themselves, something has taken shape before our eyes, and that they have made something very beautiful, something which compels our understanding."
-   Earl W. Count, 4,000 Years of Christmas

These great designers' work is featured in these images:

Head Accessory - Zoya by Chirzaka Vlodovik for Lode

Dress - tunique Marie Lou by dally16 Carver for Toxic Candy

Socks and Shoes - Shanti  - fitted mesh by Miffyhoi Rosca for Zenith

Hairstyle - Minju by Morphine Janick for Monso

Eyes - Triumph Eyes by Ikon Innovia for Ikon

Skin/Lipstick - Zuri by for the Skinnery

Nails - Fall/Winter Solids - applier for Maitreya by ZOZ Icon for ZOZ

Mesh Body - Lara by Onyx LeShelle for Maitreya

Sim -Neva Xenga (nevacrystal)'s exquisitely crafted and  magical  Saint Pete City

Poses by susi Firanelli for Amitie and Argnit Igaly for Agapee

Blessed Be

Spirits in Flux

 Memory is a way of holding onto the things you love, the things you are, the things you never want to lose.  ~From the television show The Wonder Years

Blessed Be,

These great designers' work is featured in these images:

Vest and Slacks - Vested Interest by  Ever Courtios for Ever an Angel 

Hair - So Selfish by Tabata Jewell for Vanity Hair

Bracelets - Marji Cuff and Marji Spiral Bangle by Solomon Dover  for LUXE

Clutch - Vintage Leather Clutch by Miffyhoi Rosca for Zenith 

Booties - Lydia D Booties by Betty for Ingenue

Mesh Body - Lara by Onyx LeShelle for Maitreya

Skin - Zuri by for the Skinnery 

Nail Applier - 2015 French Polish by Zoz Icon for ZOZ

Poses by Di Hoorenbeek for Di's Opera

Photographed at the beautiful Flux Sur Mer

Solace

Which is worse, Past or Future? Neither. I will fold up my mind like a leaf and drift on this stream over the brink."

“Which will be soon,.." 

"...and then the dark..." 

These images feature Dainie Fraina's new fall dress, Solis Let your skin become the canvas as you grace your curves with the new Solis Collection by Artizana.

Solis is a 3/4 length, long-sleeved dress that comes in 20 unique solid hues. Each dress is embellished from head to toe with edgy yet subtly revealing peek-a-boo sunbursts. 

Solis has been thoughtfully crafted by Dainie for a wide variety of avatar body types. The package includes  mesh appliers that are universally compatible with all the leading mesh body enhancements, including Maitreya, Belleza, The Mesh Project, Lolas, Slink, Wowmeh, Sking, Banned, Omega and more. Solis also comes with system clothing layers for standard avatars. 

Each dress in this collection is available separately and is also available in an easy-to-use fatpack. 

I chose jewelry from Kunglers and ieQED, hair from Tableau Vivant and boots from fri.day to complete the look. 

The following talented designers' work is featured in my images:

Dress - Solis by Dainie Fraina for Artizana

Hair -Jade  by M4ri1yn Magic for Tableau Vivant

Necklace -Triss  by Ava Kungler for Kunglers

Rings - Jessi by Sigi for ieQED

Boots - Samantha by Darling Monday for fri.day 

Mesh Body - Lara by Onyx LeShelle for Maitreya

Eyeliner - Honey West by Madrid Solo for Madrid Solo

Skin and Lipstick - Zuri by Ummazumma Metaluna for the Skinnery

Nails - Autumn Collection by Carmina Marchionne for Plumby

Poses by Di Hoorenbeek for Di's Opera and Dahriel for Posesion

Photographed at Storm Septimus' dark and exquisite Linden Endowment for the Arts installation, Failure to Thrive: The Gray Child. 

Quotations are from  William Styron's Lie Down in Darkness

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September - Artizana's Li Collection

First of fall, harvest, yellow leaves top the trees, chill evening air, and the comfort of soft warm sweaters . 

Li Collection by Artizana

Cardigan with tee and leggings. 

10 styles

Fatpack with HUD controlled color options for each piece.

Limited Edition Release - exclusive for The 24

Thank you to these great designers whose work is featured in these images:

Cardigan sweater, tee shirt and leggings ensemble - Li  by Dainie Fraina for Artizana only at The 24

Head Accessory - Snapdragon by Chirzaka Vlodovik for Lode

Hair - Shelly by Milk Chan for Soonsiki/Besom

Shoes - Sauvage Heels by Aniki Seetan for Azoury

Skin - Zuri by Umazuma Metaluna for The Skinnery
Nails - Maitreya French Nails by Snow Frostwych for By Snow
Mesh Body - Lara by Onyx LeShelle for Maitreya
Mesh Feet - Slink AvEnhance Femake Feet by Siddean Munro for Slink 

Poses by Di Hoorenbeek for Di's Opera
Photographed at Cyrus Knight's  Ironwood Hills

Surrealist

 Perhaps my life is nothing more than an image of this kind;

perhaps I am doomed to retrace my steps under the illusion that  I am exploring,

 doomed to try and learn what I simply should recognize, 

learning a mere fraction of what I have forgotten. - André Breton 

(André Breton was a French writer, poet, and surrealist theorist. He is best known as the principal founder of Surrealism. In the Surrealist Manifesto  of 1924, he defined surrealism as "pure psychic automatism")

Thank you to these great designers whose work is featured in these images:

Hair - Dakota - Thora Charron for LeLutka

Shades - Glasses Ellipse - Hays Uriza for Haysuriza

Shirt - Long Sleeved Crop Top - Rucy Bryon for - Aphorism at Flux Sur Mer

Vest - Crochet Crop Top - Rucy Bryon for - Aphorism at Flux Sur Mer

Rings - Dream Ring Set - SigiFaust for ieQED at COLLABOR88

Nails -  Maitreya French Nails - Snow Frostwych for By Snow

Bag - Cat in a Bag - David C. Heather for David Heather at Kustom9

Jeans and Belt - Meadow Bell Bottoms - Datrip Blackbart for Legal Insanity

Sandals - Leather Sandals - Rucy Bryon for - Aphorism at Shiny Shabby

Skin - Zuri - Umazuma Metaluna for the Skinnery

Mesh Body - Lara - Onyx LeShelle for Maitreya

Poses -  Di Hoorenbeek for Di's Opera (some slightly modded)

Photographed at Livio Korobase's  The Egg at LEA19 

The Linden Endowment for the Arts (LEA), a collaborative venture between Linden Lab and the arts community, was established to help create a center of arts activity in Second Life. Cool. Thanks for that Linden Labs!

Requiem Dreamed

Yesterday, they brought you home from the land of the saints. Your friends gathered by the lake to celebrate your life. Your brother raised his hands to the wind and returned  you to the wild hills of our remorseless youth.  Fate robbed you of your memories, then death showed you mercy. There is an empty space now in that place in the world that was you.

I wore this outfit  to honor my mother's passing. I wore it again today to honor yours. Godspeed Emerson. You were ours for only a little while. You ride with the angels now.

Credits for some great designers' work used here:

Hat/hair - Spell Circle by Nova Faerye for Little Bones
Glasses - Old Round Spectacles by Tiffy Vella for Eclectica
Necklace - Arundhati by RKThings Crystal for Vintage Jewels
Jacket - Lennox Over Shoulders Blazer by Sunami Beck for Emery
Dress - Katia by Fashionboi Landar for Rowne
Boots - Rebbe Boots by Shaleene Kenin for Pure Poison

Skin - Ella by Ele Brandi for Modish

Poses by Di Hoorenbeek for Di's Opera

Sim - Kylie Jaxxon's The Trace Too. Read more about Kylie and The Trace in Ziki Questi's blog.

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Bayou Nights

This outfit was inspired by my sl home, New Toulouse Bayou, where I have been a resident since I first joined Second Life. The outfit is a little boho, and a little chill, like me, and its perfect for sultry summer evenings. I found most of the pieces, including the Miss Chelsea distressed denim bustier dress, which comes with the leather plaited belt, at sl fashion events. This dress is very well crafted with a beautiful fit and detailing.
One of my favorite passtimes is checking out the great special events our virtual world has to offer. My other favorite passitmes are  decorating my home and property, exploring and discovering unique and well built sims, and creating and styling new looks. So this outfit is inspired my life here in sl. 

"night time orchids

blooming on the bayou

       scented voodoo"    

Style Credits:

Hat - Lode - Lilou

Hair - Little Bones - Feline (group gift)

Earrings and bracelets - Maxi Gossamer - Savannah

Rings - ieQED - Anne Ring Set for Maitreyia (and others)

Dress - Miss Chelsea - Denim Bustier Dress, fitted mesh for Maitreya (and others)

Shoes - Just Design - Harper for Maitreya (and others)  available in-store and JD Marketplace soon!

Mesh Body -  Maitreya - Lara

Lipstick and Skin - The Skinnery - Zuri

Eyeliner - Mons - Eyeliner Intense

Nails - ZOZ - French Polish

Poses - Le Poppycock

Photography Location - New Toulouse Bayou

Haiku "Nighttime Orchids" by Charles Henderson

 I am honored to have been accepted as a blogger for SCALA and I would like to thank the SCALA team, including Prisilla S. Avro and Seashell Dench, for this exciting opportunity. Learn more about SCALA, the Ultimate Models Agency and Academy in Second Life, here. 

SCALA Blog

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Nonsense - Petit Chat ArtFashion for June Sneak Peek

Nonsense is a materials-enabled long dress with a lovely bare back. It comes with a flower headpiece. This mesh ensemble is beautifully crafted and detailed.   Both the dress and headpiece are textured with Trinity's original digital artwork: "Nonsense."  The artwork was inspired by the film Arizona Dream by Emir Kusturica,  and will be part of Trinity's next exhibition. This incredible artwork can be viewed here.

Nonsense is the perfect dress to wear this summer after a long day at the beach, when your skin is full of sun and the evening promises to be still warm. Whatever are your plans for the end of the day, this dress will allow you to relax and still be elegant at the same time. Nonsense is available now at the June round of Sneak Peek.

Petit Chat ArtFashion is Trinity Yazimoto's specialized product line in which she uses her digital artwork on her fashion designs.
Every piece of digital artwork is reworked in order to be used as fabric on her fashion products.Every item is materials enabled to bring you a unique look.

Petit Chat ArtFashion garments and accessories are created with great care to give you the best of Trinity's skills as an artist and as a fashion designer. Trinity's creations represent her very personal view and feelings at the moment she created them.

Here is the limo ready to take you to visit Petit Chat Gallery.

Style Credits:

Dress and Headpiece - Nonsense - Petit Chat ArtFashion for Sneak Peek
The outfit includes :
    -- Rigged long dress in 5 standard sizes + fitted. Copy.
     -- Mesh headpiece (copy and resizable)
    -- alpha layer

Hair - Bronwyn - Truth
Eye Shadow - Wild Light - Mons
Bracelet - Atiriya - Zaara
Nails - Summer Swirl for Maitreya - ZOZ
Shoes - Relevance Mules - Loovus

Mesh Body - Lara - Maitreya
Mesh Feet - AvEnhace - Slink

Poses - Manifeste and Flowey
Sim - The Trace Too

On the Edge of Windswept - Artizana Vikasati

This ethnic inspired outfit is the lovely and exotic Vikasati asymmetrical blouse and skirt by Dainie Fraina for Artizana. I am wearing the Cosmic Latte version. The set comes in 13 more  individual colors or a 14 color hud. based fatpack, and  five standard mesh sizes are included. It is currently available at the Artizana Mainstore.
 

Style credits:

Outfit - Vikasati assymetrical blouse and skirt - Artizana
Hair - Olivia - Analog Dog
Eyeliner - Jezebel N4 - La Malvada Mujer
Cuff bracelets - Odyssey Artemis - Mandala
Shoes - Mumbai - Essenz
Nail polish -Summer 2015 French for Slink  - ZOZ

Mesh feet and hands - Slink

Poses - Manifeste
Sim - Windswept

Fizz! Petit Chat Fine French Couture

Today I present to you Trinity Yaiomoto's Fizz! Dress. This dress is from Trinity's Regular Line's spring/summer 2015 collection and features unique textures created by Trinity herself. It is fun and fizzy like champagne! As with all Trinity's creations, this is a very well crafted and wearable piece of art.

Petit Chat's Regular Line is a  lovely casual line focusing on femininity. This line features Trinity's high quality textures. Trinity brings you a well-crafted fashion line with touches of originality that is easy to wear every day.

Fizz! comes in 5 standard sizes (XXS, XS, S, M, L), and there are 3 versions available : sand, cherry and aqua. I am wearing the cherry version. Fizz! is materials enabled, which gives its fabric a subtle contrast with a peach skin velvet effect, making the dress very soft to the touch.

Originally released as a Sneak Peek May exclusive, it will be available again for the June round. This cute, bodycon dress softly hugs your curves and shows off your shape nicely. It has a plunging neckline and a deeply low-cut back that is accented by crossed straps that compliment the strappy epaulets that adorn the shoulders. Cheers!

Style credits:

Dress - Petit Chat French Fine Couture - Fizz!

Hair - Magika - Lessons

Clutch - LIV-Glam - Stella Glitter Leaves

Shoes - N-core - Eden for Maitreya high feet

Eyeliner - Mons - Black Eyeliner series 4

Mesh body - Maitreya - Lara

Lipstick - Skinnery - Zuri

Poses - Manifeste

Sim - Hazardous

Gone with the Wind - Petit Chat ArtFashion for Penumbra Fashion Week SS 2015

Never forget:

we walk on hell,

gazing at flowers. 

― Kobayashi Issa

Gone with the Wind dress and petal stole - Trinity Yazimoto - Petit Chat ArtFashion, exclusive for Penumbra Spring/Summer 2015 Fashion Week

Photographed at City Inside Out - full sim installation by Haveit Neox

Additional Credits:

Hair - Tessa by D!va at Shiny Shabby
Rings - Persephone by ieQED at Shiny Shabby
Shoes - Modig high strapped sandals by Livalle
Mesh Feet and Hands - Avatar Enhance by Slink
Poses by Manifeste

Dancing in the Light - Petit Chat ArtFashion Exclusive for Peunumbra Fashion Week

Penumbra's fashion events showcase the newest collections by Second Life's top, innovative, cutting-edge, and emerging fashion designers. 

Trinity Yazimoto has released three female and two male Petit Chat ArtFashion ensembles exclusively for Penumbra's Spring/Summer 2015 Fashion Week. This ensemble is called Dancing in the Light, and includes this materials enabled mesh dress, and coordinating necklace, earrings, bracelets, and headdress. The materials-enabled fabric comes alive, literally "dancing in the light" with layers of images, patterns, and textures that are revealed in the ALM setting.

Petit Chat ArtFashion  is a specialized product line featuring  Trinity's original digital artworks  reworked in order to be used as fabric on her fashion products. Each unique design is truly a wearable piece of art!

Style Credits:

Dress and coordinating accessories - Dancing in the Light - Petit Chat ArtFashion, exclusive for Penumbra Fashion Week

Hair - YNO 421 - Boon

Eyeshadow - Wild 2 - Mons

Shoes - Elation Platform Heels - L. Warwick

Mesh Body - Lara - Maitreya

Mesh Feet - Avatar Enhancement - Slink

Nail polish - Natural Touch French Polish for Maitreya - ZOZ

Poses by Morphine

Photographed at Hazardous

Petit Chat ArtFashion - Anywhere mesh materials enabled dress - at Join Hands, Fashion for Food

Today is the last day of Join Hands - Fashion for Food, the charity event that is raising money for World Food Programme's efforts to help with earthquake recovery in Nepal. 

This awesome dress by Trinity Yazimoto for her Petit Chat ArtFashion line is available at Join Hands for a special price. 

Petit Chat ArtFashion is an exclusive and specialized product line in which Trinity uses her  own digital artwork on her fashion designs. Each piece of art is carefully reworked in order to be used as fabric, and all are materials enabled to create a unique look. Trinity has crafted this one of a kind line with  love and  care to give you the best of her  skills as an artist and as a fashion designer. These creations  represent her very personal view and feelings at the moment she created them. 

Style Credits

Dress - Petit Chat Artfashion - Anywhere - Join Hands
Hair - Vanity Hair - Come Undone
Sunglasses - Rozoregalia - Aquila
Jewelry - Shi - Eye Bangle and Ring
Nails - ZOZ - Mesh nails and ZOZ polish for mesh nails
Shoes - SYS Design - Opyum Wedge

Mesh Feet - Slink - Avatar Enhancement Feet, high

Poses - Vibe

Photographed at After 6 Days

Petit Chat Fine French Couture's Chemistry Gown at Join Hands

Trinity Yazimoto and Petit Chat Fine French Couture are partnering with Join Hands to support and create awareness of people recovering from the devastating earthquake in Nepal. Join Hands, which will run from May 13th to May 16th,  will donate all funds raised during the event to World Food Programme. Join Hands supports WFP in their mission to provide one of the most basic needs of human survival to those impacted by this massive calamity in Nepal.

You can read more about WFP at their website.
If you would like to donate to the cause outside of the event please use this Donation Link.

The LM for Join Hands will be posted here as soon as it is available. Subscribe to the Join Hands Facebook page for updates.

Trinity will be showcasing six classic Petit Chat and Petit Chat Artfashion creations, available at special event pricing. This is Trinity's  Chemistry Gown from her Autumn 2014 collection. Featuring textures created by Trinity herself, it is perfect for late spring/early summer. The mesh gown and matching mesh gloves come in five sizes. Accessories include the headpiece and bows for the gloves. 

Style Credits:

Gown, Gloves, and Head Piece - Petit Chat Fine French Couture - Chemistry

Hair - Analog Dog - Los Angeles

Eyeliner - Mons - Eyeliner Intense

Feet - Slink - Avitar Enhancement Feet 

Foot Accessory - Promagic - Bands for High Feet

Toe Polish - ZOZ Summer Swirl Polish

Poses by Manifeste

Photographed at New Toulouse Bayou

Artizana Ethnic Couture - Uisce Summer Dress

Artizana has released the new Uisce Collection, initially an exclusive for Penumbra Sneak Peek. This collection includes 20 summer dresses available in a variety of vibrant  solid and beautiful patterned fabrics, as well as the basic black that I am wearing. Uisce comes with mesh appliers that are universally compatible with all the leading mesh body enhancements, including Maitreya, Belleza, The Mesh Project, Lolas, Slink, Wowmeh, Sking, Omega + more. Uisce also comes with system clothing layers for standard avatars.

Artizana's main store is the best place to view the  collection as the LMs to other locations are right at the main door.

Style Credits:

Dress - Artizana - Uisce Summer Dress

Hat - Les Petits Details - Valeria Hat (Special and Limited Ed.)

Hair - Dura - memorial gift

Gloves - Avanti - Noir mesh gloves for Maitreya  

Tatoos - Eclipse Art Studio - Tattoo Moon Lucky for Maitreya  

Eyeshadow - La Malvada Mujer - Lily N2

Shoes - N-core - Stilletto for Maitreya 

Mesh Body - Maitreya - Lara

Poses - Manifeste and Del May

Artizana Karma Collection at Fashion for Change

Artizana is at Fashion for Change - 11 Apr 2015 through April 25, 2015

Fashion For Change is a two-week event sponsored by Best of SL (BOSL) and Miss Virtual World, designed to raise funds for the charity Womankind Worldwide. 

Womankind Worldwide is an International charity that does profoundly important work helping to challenge discrimination, inequality and violence towards women in the developing world.  It provides support to local women's organizations in these countries as they fight to improve women's rights and make the lives of women in Africa, Asia and South America better.

Fashion for Change is an opportunity for us in SL to support Womankind Worldwide as they help women for generations to come.

Information on the charity and its work is viewable here.

 

 

For this event, Dainie Fraina  of Artizana  has released the beautifully crafted Karma Collection - a mesh suit dress and coordinating stiletto heels,  available in 11 color-coordinated fabrics. Entire collection also available in a fatpack with HUD.

 

Style Credits:

 

Suit Dress and Stiletto Heels - Artzana Karma Collection - Artizana at Fashion for Change

 

Hair - Moon - Berlin

Sunglasses - Loordes of London - Kalaoa Sunglasses

Watch - Gizza - Odyssey Watch and Bracelet

 

Mesh Body - Maitreya Lara

Mesh Feet - Slink Female Feet

 

Poses - Le Poppycock and Manifeste

Sim - The Trace



Taygeta Mesh Maxi Dress by Dainie Fraina for Artizana

Artizana Ethnic Couture is at Designer Showcase - Monthly Fashion Event from April 1 to 26.

I am wearing Taygeta IX, which is a special fabric print that is available exclusively at Designer Showcase.

 

 

Style Credits

 

Dress - Taygeta - Artizana Ethnic Couture

 

Jewelry - Dew Encrusted Teardrop necklace and ring - Maxi Gossamer

Hair - Airwaves II - Vanity Hair

Shoes - Godina Sandals - Pure Poison

Eye Makeup - Eyeliner Intense - Mons

Lipstick/Skin - Zuri - the Skinnery

 

Lara Mesh Body by Maitreya

Mesh Feet by Slink

 

Poses by Manifeste

Photographed at Tableau

Artizana Asterope Mesh Dress

Dainie Fraina has re-opened the Artizana main store featuring new releases that include the Asterope mesh dress collection. This mesh cross-wrap mini dress is available in 22 beautiful fabrics. The entire collection is also available in a fatpack with HUD.

Here is your limo to the new store.

Style Notes:

Artizana - Asterope mesh dress

Tableau Vivant - Sherilyn hair

CO57 - Feline sunglasses

ieQED - Lara rings

Le Primitif - My Vintage Radio

Gizza - Eleanor T-Strap heels

Maitreya - Lara Mesh Body

Slink - female feet

poses by Corpus Motion