Phoenix Chapman is a busy girl so I was excited that she was wanting to be our next guest blogger! Phoenix is the Marketing Manager for Whippet and Buck, she organizes and runs the Shoe Expo along with some other fantastic people and when she finds the time, she blogs. Yep. Awesome.
Well, it’s been a very long time since I last blogged and I wondered if I had forgotten how. But then I remembered that most of the time I just ramble on anyhow, and I never really know where I’m going to go from one sentence to the next, so there you go.
My friend Nyte and I had some fun dressing up in styles we don’t normally wear, and we didn’t even have to do that much shopping to get it! Funny how that happens.
Right now the 3rd Annual Shoe Fair is going on, with funds being donated to the fantastic Soles4Souls. Both Nyte and I are wearing shoes currently only at at the Shoe Fair, so if you want to get your feet into these, you have to go down and pick them up! It’s for a good cause though, and the lag is pretty much nil at this point. The fair will go on until the 22nd, at which point we’ll be packing it up for another year.
I am on the left and I’m wearing some of the very latest from Pink Outfitters, including these amazing leggins. From every piece of patterned tights I’ve ever purchased in SL, I can tell you that they appear to be very tricky as very few (if any) of them have ever had the patterns lined up perfectly. However, this pair has a very smart thick seam built right in, so those who are picky about patterns lining up won’t have a problem with these. Plus, they’re just cool and funky! My shirt is also new from Pink Outfitters and though it’s also in black, it’s a slightly different shade, which I actually really like. It’s far too easy to dress all in black and look like you’re in some sort of weird costume, but when they’re different shades, it takes care of that problem. I paired these new pieces with something relatively new from Nyte’N’Day, called the Denim Mini Mini, and oh boy, is it mini. I NEVER wear anything like this normally, but this outfit positively screamed for something cute and sexy all at the same time.
My shoes are from the delectable Kookie, a new style called Enya. Fun, fresh & funky and available in three colours, these are the perfect complement to my outfit when stilettos and boots just won’t do.
Nyte is the gorgeous platinum blonde and as she’s normally chained up on her work platform working on her latest whatever, it took some teeth-pulling and sweet-talking to get her to come over to my place and then to go to shopping for shoes with me. Now, she NEVER goes shopping unless it’s for hair, jewelry or sometimes shoes, so this was quite an accomplishment! But she’d seen these zebra-print ankle booties with peep-toes on the feeds, and though she knew not the creator or the name, I did some digging into my overstuffed inventory and came up with one of the new releases over at N-Core. The zebra printed ones are a special exclusive for the Fair and its charity, but you can also get the Cherie booties in several solid colours, including black as worn here. She never buys clothes from other designers, even if she admires them from afar, so everything you see her wearing is something you can buy in her store. Her top is part of the newer Layering Tanks set, and the skirt she’s wearing is the same Mini Mini in a different colour. Her tights are part of the very cute mix-and-match Mete set, and so versatile that she wears them in different ways all the time.
So, if you’ve been struggling with things to do and places to go in SL for new stuff, hit the 2010 Shoe Fair (and maybe donate some Lindens to our very worthy cause). Also check out the fantastic Pink Outfitters and Nyte’N’Day, which are consistently two of the most underrated stores in SL, even though they have been around for probably longer than most of us.
Credits:
Nyte:
Hair – LeLutka – Lea2 in Marilyn
Skin – LAQ – Elena 10 in Fair
Top – Nyte’N'Day – Layering Tank Bottom in Black
Skirt – Nyte’N'Day – Denim Mini Mini in Burnt
Leggings – Nyte’N'Day – Mete Leggings in Black
Shoes – N-Core Cherie XtremeHeel in Black Patent
Bracelets – Mandala – Takara Bangle in Brown Leather
Me:
Hair – Fri.day – Raina in Emo Black
Skin – Tuli – Dressing Room LE Gina 06
Top – Pink Outfitters – Ling Sheer Jersey Top in Black
Skirt – Nyte’N'Day – Denim Mini Mini skirt in Black
Leggings – Pink Outfitters – Xander Leggins in Black
Shoes – Kookie – Enya in Black Wash
Bracelets – Mandala – Reiki Bracelets in Black
Earrings – Glow Studio – Black Friday earrings
Our poses are from Reel Expression & Estetica, sets found exclusively at the 2010 Shoe Fair.
I’ve been blogging in SL since early 2006, maybe the latter end of 2005, although I have slowed down incredibly now, and don’t really consider myself much of a blogger anymore, I just blog for fun and I blog for me. I’m a huge dork who has a love of Lemons and Pancakes and spending money I don’t have. My obsession with Ozimals is dying but I have revived my love of poses and I am currently building up stock to open a store! WOO! I could of summed me up in one word (or two).. Adorkably Shy! Anyway.. enough about me…
). I often don’t wear shoes in SL either… I’m really not very fashionable at ALL! and then I threw on a Curio Skin, some Truth Hair and I called the job done.
The skins I am wearing in both pics are by 
