Medieval Faire

Dragonslayer Kathy to the rescue!

There's nothing better than a great pair of boots.

Arrrrre ye ready for some RP?

"Say that again, Prince Charming!"

Dragonslayer outfit from the Medieval Fantasy Hunt at Mystic Hope
CV Bay horsie western style (named Major) - so not free it's horrifying, but totally worthwhile.
Chloe "Without You" Skin, group gift from Heartsick (Close up you can see the tear streaks)
Fab ArmyBoots, MFH, May's Soul
Totally excellent Lady Pirate ensemble, MFH, Dazzled by Dreams
Fryda in Blue, MFH, at NaLa (By the way, whutup with NaLa?! Ev'rything in the shop is only 60L?!  If my inventory weren't already out of control ...)
Katana and anim from Moonworks - Lucky Letter board

We Go Medieval On Cal

 Soanyway - We send Cal out to the Medieval Fantasy Hunt to see what he could find. Cal gave it a valiant effort.  [What I mean is, I ran his avatar while my husband looked over my shoulder every now and then and said, "Is that it there?"]

You know how men are - if they can't find something right away, they decide they didn't want it anyway.  "Shopping" consists of going to the store, finding something, and buying it.  Men go out, find the same pair of shoes they have bought for the last ten years and buy another pair - without even trying them on!  They just don't understand.  You're supposed to try on every pair of shoes that catches your eye (in one or two sizes, just to test out the fit) ... and then buy the same pair you got last time.  [This, in any case, is the way I buy sneakers.]  It's like the Hunter vs. Gatherer gambit.  Women tend to look and look and look, day after day, never buying anything, (driving their menfolk wild), turning over leaves and checking the color and smell.  Then, all of a sudden, we swoop in and buy a whole bunch of ... stuff.  I've had an old boyfriend accuse me of not wanting to commit myself to buying something in front of him.  He just wasn't there when the stuff was "ripe."

Where was I?  Oh, yes - Cal went hunting.  Oh, look!  Just what he needed: another outfit from LnL ... I think half his wardrobe has come from there.  This is classic styling to appeal to the male: black and spiky.  Shoes are from a different ensemble.

This is Cal's "heroic" look.

Dazzled by Dreams offers a Noble Warlord with flare.  Cal seems to have a Dark Captain Picard thing going here.  Boots were provided.  This was a nice touch because boots and shoes to go with men's clothes are not often included.

Somewhere between medieval and Buck Rogers.

~FFS~ also provided boots with Azreal.  Check out the Urban Motley style: parti-chinos and  concrete-grey safari shirt.

Modern Jester.

And Let's Not Forget to Accessorize

The following were not part of a hunt, but they caught Cal's eye.  These boots look like a real deal.  The plain boots were 35L and the armor boots and sandals were 75L.  We may be going back!  We had found the hunt item at [LZ] Creations and some boots at a great price.  We then amused ourselves by looking around at the other small shops.  

Where were these a year ago when Cal needed RP boots?!

Also, a trebuchet for 200L!  Whatta steal!  And brown goes with everything, right?

A must-have.

While you're there, test your juggling skills.  Cal tried the eggs and the flaming torches.  Oh, how we laughed.

Men On Fire.*

* This was a headline on the cover of the AARP magazine with a photo of Denzel Washington lionizing hot men over 50 (which now includes Jon Bon Jovi ... wait a minute, Jon Bon Jovi is fifteeee??!!).  I'm not about to rat Cal out here, but ...  Hmm, I do have to admit that the subscription is in my name. Ruh-roh!

Cal's Haul

June group gift from Vero Modero

The new June group gift from Vero Modero comes with a selection of shirts (dragons, gorilla, wolf) or you can show off your chest hair.  This is an excellent group for guys.  All their old group gifts are still out and we've blogged about them before.  

Medieval Hunt Prize from PeKaS and Vero Modero May Group gift

PeKaS has some great Midnight Mania board outfits as well as this Medieval Hunt prize: Goldric.  There is also a women's prize, but it didn't look as good on Cal.  Goldric comes with the boots.

Men Only hunt prize mesh jacket

We got the heads-up on the great men's jacket in the Men Only hunt at Kauna from one of our favorite sources, Virtual Vagabond blog.  We're still trying to figure out this mesh thing - but look how well it moves!  The one on the left is the small size, but the belt buckle pointed through, so Cal moved up to medium (on the right).  They both look great (the one on the left is mirrored, the only thing that changes on these is the color of the braiding, which is random).

Invoking the Power of the Cupcake

Mope about in darkness no more!

We've mentioned 4Kittens of the Apocalypse before.  It's the place to go for a cuteness and kitty overdose. Lludmila visited just to check out the new Waffle Fairy outfits for regular as well as Petite Mesh Avs (I bet you got one of those free ones and still don't know what to do with it, eh?) and found a small cupcake lying on the floor.  When she clicked on it, it disappeared and gave her these three cupcake necklaces!  The necklaces come in blue, pink, and purple and emit apocalyptic light when clicked!  The vanishing gift-giver is a sample of just one of the clever scripts they sell at 4Kittens.

You know you want to ...

 The Waffle and Peppercorn Fairy outfits are running at 250-300L, but they have wands that shoot clouds of pepper or waffles!

Gawd, I need this.

I don't know about you, but I'm always making something or rearranging objects ... and then losing them (like Duckie).  Yesterday I was rezzing some plantlife and I though they just weren't rezzing.  I found them later, hovering over my house.  Whut-thuh ...  It was a bit out of price range because Lludmila got a bit heavy-handed at a Relay For Life kiosk, or I'd have gotten it.

4Kittens of the Apocalypse - full of Dawwwww!

The Weekend Haul

"Shh! Just between you and me ..."

 Paris Metro has a gown for those who just drop by Santorini ... and, while you're there, vote for the location. It took a while for the gown kiosk to show up, but it was worth it: our end of the color spectrum and the lovely frill around the top. Both our faves!

Tempus F-f-f-fugit.

 Time sure flies when you're on the You Go To My Head Hunt.  Look for the little straw hat at BrainCircuit Inc. to get the steampunk tophat with the spinning clock hand!

Incan somethingorother

This week's group gift from The White Armory is a fantasy in white.  Lludmila wishes she had occasions to wear these gowns, but we're content to do the adult Barbie thing and just gaze at the details, adjust the prims, take photos, and sigh.

Looks like a white peacock, dunnit?

Rhymes With "Loch"

Lludmila's complexion blends right in.

This week's The White Armory group gift is the van Gogh sunflowers and iris dress.  Those of us who toured the western art world with Kenneth Clark know to pronounce it "Gawkkhhhh" to the disbelief and unintentional moistening of others.*  Anyway, along with a stunning gown and a perky little headpiece with veil comes a framed reproduction.  Now, if only Lludmila had room to display that.

This only makes us miss the Virtual Starry Night Exhibit even more!  We visited multiple times and played in all the exhibits of three-dimensional representations of van Gogh's paintings.  Brilliant!  Another creative use of interaction in virtual space!  Oh well, there's still Art Box.

OMG! Save Art Box!

*I make up for it by stubbornly mispronouncing Bruegel when I see it spelled "Breugel."

Ms. Ellen E. Uss

BlakOpal Hers 'n' His.

 BlakOpal has new freebies for men and women. There are several ways of wearing the outfits, but they all involve those wide stripes.  The ladies' outfit has a miniskirt option. (Boots and hat not included.)

We're big followers of the Virtual Vagabond blog, which I highly recommend, and while hounding another freebie off the Marketplace, we often take the time to see what else is in the online version of a given store.  So, while we went to SZYM Motors to pick up this free car (that looks like one of the original Volkswagens) ...

Note space available for rent in Awen next to quiet zombie.

... we found this perfect accessory for nighttime marauding - for free!

NTBI Flashlight with policeman's hold anim.

Okay, okay, I'm getting side-tracked by non-wearables and this blog is nominally about fashion.  I'll continue with the vehicular fun at my other blog: Virtually Happy.

What's that strange buzzing sound?

Once sucked into the vortex that is the Marketplace, we start noodling around for more freebies and that's how we found this amazing Dragonfly avatar at Avalon.  Although not "actual size" it is small.  It was a big hit at the last dance Lludmila attended.  Good gravy, you'd think she showed up nude or something.  Of course, it did take a while for the av to be seen.  It flies, it hovers, it flaps its wings, and it will buzz if you want it to.