Away for a few

Hola, folks,

Just a note- I am headed out of town on business for a few days. I'll be back on Monday night.

Behave yourselves!!

The Other Taupe

So, for the Colour Challenge, I had originally planned an outfit that I didn't end up posting (cus I found something so much better!!!)

This is that outfit:

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Credits
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Photography: JadeD&TwisteD Photography - Jade Annamemnon (Twist), Photographer
Hair: Maitreya - Voluminous Scarf Hair #1 - Blacks
Scarf: Maitreya - Voluminous Scarf * Mauve (I recoloured)
Skin: Laqroki - Tasha 2 Glow Skin - Fair - 2 Hairbase
Makeup: L.Fauna - Smokey Cat-Shadow - Gold/Brown
Dress: Mimikri - Gigi - Taupe
Boots: Malfean Visions - Strapped in - Maple (I recoloured)
Custom Collar by Damian Twist
Location, Furniture, Buildings: NotSoBad's Moroccan Themed Houses Show-homes



=Elemental=

The Abyss

They don't have a large selection, but what they DO have, is amazingly executed.

I had previously bought one of their corsets, but then I saw Hydrogen advertised through another blog... and I verily FLEW to The Abyss, to pick it up.

I must say, the matching shoes just refused to match my skin tone, so I tossed them against the wall, and beamed over to

Malfean Visions;

Lokii consistently makes kickass boots.

As for the hair....

when looking for something artistic, my first stop is always

Tukinowaguma.

Never fails.

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Credits
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Photography: JadeD&TwisteD Photography - Jade Annamemnon (Twist), Photographer
Hair: Tukinowaguma - Raineyi - Ebony + Accessories
Skin: Laqroki - Tasha 2 Glow Skin - Fair - 2 Hairbase
Makeup: Miamai - Winter Makeup
Outfit: The Abyss - Hydrogen
Boots: Malfean Visions - Strapped In - Frost (I recoloured them, though)
Custom Collar by Damian Twist



52 Weeks of Colour CHallenge: Week 12 - Taupe

As soon as I saw this dress, my thought was "Little Taupe Riding Hood".... which is what inspired the accessories and setting.

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Credits:
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Photography: JadeD&TwisteD Photography - Jade Annamemnon (Twist) - Photographer
Hair: Fri.Day - Mika - Cynical Black
Skin: Laqroki - Tasha 2 Glow Skin - Fair - 2 Hairbase
Makeup: L.Fauna - Smokey Cat Shadow - Gold/Brown
Dress: Lelutka - AVE gown - Skin
Shoes: Sass Shoes
Tree: Trompe Loeil - Spooky Tree
Lantern: Wretched Dollies - WD Lantern Large
Basket: Lo*Momo - Group Gift
Custom Collar by Damian Twist



~Naked~

There isn't much to say, here...

... mostly just...

Do you ever just get tired

of dressing up?

For however much I love fashion,

sometimes I just want to

shuck

my clothes, and be myself.

Naked.

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Credits
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Photography: JadeD&TwisteD Photography - Jade Annamemnon (Twist), Photographer
Hair: Tukinowaguma - Bloc - Ebony
Skin: Dream-Ink - SF Rachel P 13 Hairbase
Tattoo: Dream-Ink - T.E.S. 01-34 D2 and D3
Makeup: L.Fauna - Midnight Glitter Swipe
Jewellery: Rozoregalia - *Gemma* Ring&Nail, Hydra Earrings, *Belial* Necklace
Jewellery: Chop Zuey - Baudelaire Rings, Death is Certain bracelet
Custom Collar by Damian Twist
Boots: Malfean Visions - Admiral's Crate



.+.:FUNHOUSE:.+.

~Funhouse~ by P!nk

So.... today was a bit of 'A Day'.

Translation- I wanted to rocket-launcher people, as everything annoyed me.

We all have days like that.

So this is what I did with it.

This shoot was inspired by the song.

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Credits
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Photography: JadeD&TwisteD Photography - Jade Annamemnon (Twist) - Photographer
Hair: Tukinowaguma - Bloc - Ebony
Skin: Dream Ink - SF Rachel P 13 Hairbase
Makeup: L.Fauna - Midnight Glitter Swipe
Bra: <3 Lovelace - 2010 Neopolitan Giftset Shirt
Corset: Blacklace - Belle - Copper Satin Corset Cincher: No Garter
Jeans: [Sassy Kitty Designs] - Low Unbuttoned Jeans Black Flare Cuffs
Tattoo: Dream Ink - T.E.S. 01-34 D2 and D3
Earrings: Rozoregalia - Hydra Earring
Rings: Chop-Zuey - Baudelaire Ring Set
Bracelets: Chop-Zuey - Death is Certain
Poses: LostAngeL Studios - The 7 Elements - Fire



Burlesque

~Lady Marmalade~

I have always been attracted to Burlesque.

Maybe it's that vintage sex appeal that I adore,

Maybe it's the blatant sex, while totally covered,

Maybe it's the GORGEOUS workmanship in Burlesque wear...

Not quite sure WHAT.

In RL, I have quite the collection of corsets, Burlesque shoes, feathered hats, glittery purses, etc. I love it.

Lucky for me... Vita's Boudoir can scratch that itch.

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Credits
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Photography: JadeD&TwisteD Photography - Jade Annamemnon (Twist) Photographer
Hair: *Plume* - Sakura
Skin: Laqroki - Tasha 2 Glow Skin - Fair - 3 Hairbase
Makeup: L.Fauna - Smokey Cat Shadow - Pink
Outfit: Vita's Boudoir - Burlesque Dress
Boots: :)(: Pixelfashion - Ultimate Boots - Pink
Nails: ROZOREGALIA - *Gemma* Ring&Nail
Jewellery: Chop Zuey - Shepard's Jubilee - Pink
Custom Collar by Damian Twist
Trees, Flowers, etc: Vita's Boudoir



Here comes the bride

today is my wedding day.

I won't be posting pics of this before the wedding, but I'd like to thank the following designers for their gorgeous creations. These are, unfortunately, not the designer of the dress I'll be wearing today:

G.Field
Purple Moon
Azul
Phoenix Rising
Fellini Couture

You all make beautiful dresses. I will post photos of the dress I chose, later today, or tomorrow.

Cheers!

52 weeks of colour challenge: week 11 - Indigo

Alright, I hate this week's challenge. Indigo is some smurchy mix of blue and violet... but how much blue and how much violet? And the colour Luna posted looked more like periwinkle to me than indigo. Googling did NOT help... so... after doing TWO shoots of two totally different outfits, I figure I'll add both, and just hope I didn't have a fantastic face-in-the-mud moment.

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Credits
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Photography: JadeD&TwisteD Photography - Jade Annamemnon, Photographer
Custom Collar by Damian Twist
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1st image:
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Hair: Truth - Jolie- Night
Skin: Laqroki - Tasha 2 Glow Skin - Fair - 9 Hairbase
Makeup: L.Fauna - Smokey Cat Shadow - Purple
Outfit: Wishbox - Cassiopeia - Lavender
Feet: SLink - Jolie Pied Barefoot Medium
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2nd & 3rd Image
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Hair: Tukinowaguma - Ebony Jenny - Bouquet
Skin: Laqroki - Tasha 2 Glow Skin - Fair - 8 Hairbase
Makeup: L.Fauna - Sokey Cat Shadow - Teal & Pink
Outfit: Zaara - Mahari - Indigo
Shoes: Sass Shoes
Locations: 1) World's End Garden
                2) A Dark Fairies Dream - Jaded Wings

Storm

Today's post is inspired by today's weather, where I am.

We had gale-force winds. The water nearby had white-caps.

I LOVE weather. A strong wind, lightning storms, pelting rain, tons of snow.... I LOVE weather.

It just speaks to the power of the Universe... it speaks to a power that, while we can HARNESS it, in some cases... we simply have no control.

Love it.

So- I present another triumph by Vita's Boudoir:

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Credits
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Photography: JadeD&TwisteD Photography - Jade Annamemnon, Photographer
Hair: BooN - VYN287 - Black
Skin: Laqroki - Tasha 2 Glow Skin - Fair - 1 Hairbase
Makeup: Miamai - Wintermakeup 09
Gown: Vita's Boudoir - Vitabela Air Dress
Boots: Pixelfashion - Ultimate Boots - White
Location: Little Kasiopaya
Custom Collar by Damian Twist



Hollywood, MLC Style

If you follow me at all, you'll be aware that I'm drawn to the gorgeousness of days gone by. When women with curves were appreciated, when designers knew how to make someone sexy without making them trashy, when hairstyles were feminine, soft-looking, and when makeup was glam, not punky or cartoonish.

Class. That's the word- that era had CLASS.

Twice, so far, I have featured dresses that just REEKED of old-school hollywood glam, and today makes 'thrice'.

"Hollywood Nights" (Special Edition Holiday Red), by Mohna Lisa Couture, is a perfect example of this sexiness, this glam, this FIERCEness, all wrapped up in gentle silk.

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Credits
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Photography: JadeD&TwisteD Photography - Jade Annamemnon, Photographer
Hair: MrS - Romantic Vintage Hairstyle '40's - Black
Skin: Laqroki - Tasha 2 Glow Skin - Fair - 1 Hairbase
Makeup: L.Fauna - Smokey Cat Shadow - Black
Gown: Mohna Lisa Couture - Hollywood Nights - Special Edition Holiday Red
Shoes: Sass Shoes
Nails: Rozoregalia - *Gemma* Ring&Nail
Custom Collar by Damian Twist

The Witch Faticia.

I was bumbling towards work on city transit the other day, musing on being fat. Yep, I'm a big girl. Fat. Obese, even. I've had the abuse hurled at me for my entire life. "You'd be so pretty if you were thin", from my parents. "Thunderthighs" from Brodie in grade 6. "Chunky Armstrong Cheese"... though really, that one never made sense. So, as a fat woman, I've had the abuse. Recently I had two people refuse to get on an elevator with me, citing their fear that, with me there, we'd go over the weight limit. That stuff happens a lot. Y'know what gets me, though? How narrow-minded, and STUPID people who have to be so judgemental, are. I was a plus-sized fetish model for years. I'm pretty. Hell, I can be hot. I like me. Even my bigger-than-it's-ever-been body, I don't hate. Some days I'd like to wear a corset just to cinch my waist and show off my killer boobs and ass... but those days are few.

So, anyway, I'm a fat chick with pretty okay self-confidence. I'm good being me. I'm a makeup salesperson, I have another job I love, I'm intelligent, sweet, curvy, voluptuous, have beautiful facial features, and love who I am.

I was paying attention to some advertising recently that was promoting healthy living by passive-aggressively attacking large women. Not men, just women. And I started thinking about how if my fat could talk to me, what would it say? What would the story of my fat be? Would she, the fat, who I've named Faticia, be the evil bitch that the world tells me she is? Would she be my injured persona hiding me from the judgement that people could lay on my TRUE self, the self inside, the one who the fat hides? So, over the next little while, I'm going to write about Faticia. You're going to learn a bit about Jade. You're also going to learn about why I love fashion, art, photography, etc. Yes, I'm still going to post my regular blog, but this is part of me, and it's a part I'd like to share.

So, here's the basics:
Characters: Jade, the Good Witch. Faticia, the Bad Witch.
Setting: "Obie.City" in the land of Fatosphere.

Jade is the beautiful heroine. She is kind, funny, smart- all the things I love about myself.
Faticia is the evil witch, who lost her skeleton,a nd in order to survive, glommed herself onto and over Jade's body, adding layers, but not masking her beautiful face.

What really inspired this, was wondering about how my fat would joy in my faltering, would triumph in my failing, would keep me from my dreams.

Oh yeah, and while I write, I'm going to be trying to lose weight. Forgot to mention that bit.

So.... come along, my friends, on this fatastic-... I mean FANtastic.... journey!

Porcelain Ballerina

I'd like to say something poignant,

but it's just black and white.
Boring juxtaposition,

nothing glowing bright...

'Til I found my ballet shoes,

I whirled around en pointe

Skirts of tulle flowing carelessly

Around me where I went.

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Credits
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Photography: JadeD&TwisteD - Jade Annamemnon, Photographer
Hair: Boon - XFE275 - Black
Skin: Laqroki - Tasha 2 Glow Skin - Fair - 10 Hairbase
Makeup: L.Fauna - Smokey Cat-Shadow - Black
Gown: Vita's Boudoir - J'adore Tu Tu!!!
Shoes: SLink - Ashia Ballet Pointe - Blood
Custom Collar by Damian Twist



I completely forgot about the colour challenge.

RL has been insane.

Here is my contribution to Sienna.

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Credits

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Hair: Truth - Kai - Night

Skin: Rotten Toe - RT Group Gift - Jane Pale - Oh, me!

Eyes: Unique Megastore - Expressive Eyes Brown Indian - by Nany Merlin

Makeup: L. Fauna - Smokey Cat-Shadow - Brown Gold

Outfit: Rotten Toe - Moth Hunter Dress - Red

Boots: Malfean Visions - Rust

Nails - Rozoregalia - *Gemma* Ring&Nail

Location: Julia Collection's Main Store

Custom Collar by Damian Twist

Mystic Witch

We've already seen in other blogs, that when Nicky Ree and Alienbear get together, they create a fantastic look.

This is another version of fantastic, from DNR and Alienbear.

I bought this gown ages ago, in green. I have Alienbear's Tang Dynasty hair jewellery to match it. But the other day, when I saw Alienbear's Mayur set in the 'mystic teal' colour, I just had to pair it with Nicky Ree's Empress Gown in Aqua.

This look just screams 'Magical' to me. It's powerful and beautiful and mysterious.

(click on images to view them larger)

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Credits

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Hair: Tukinowaguma - Nancy - Ebony

Skin: Laqroki - Tasha 2 Glow Skin - Fair - 1 Hairbase

Makeup: L.Fauna - Smokey Cat-Shadow - Teal

Gown: Designing Nicky Ree - Tang Empress Gown - Aqua

Jewellery: Alienbear - Mayur - Mystic Teal

Custom Collar by Damian Twist

Location: Little Kasiopaya (seriously, go check it out, it's gorgeous)

Origami

Fold

Bend, twist, bloom,

Life

Born of near-nothing

Beauty

Emerges from Simplicity

Fold

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Credits
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Photography: JadeD&TwisteD Photography - Jade Annamemnon, Photographer
Hair: Tukinowaguma - Iasnob - Ebony - White
Skin: Laqroki - Tasha 2 Glow Skin - Fair - 10 Hairbase
Makeup: L.Fauna - Smokey Cat-Shadow - Black
Head & Hand Jewels - Zaara
Nails: +ROZOREGALIA+ - *Gemma* Ring&Nail
Location: Skybox - A:S:S: Carnival Skybox
Custom Collar by Damian Twist



Mademoiselle

... I've sat here, staring at my screen, for 10 full minutes, trying to formulate coherent sentences. Look, I succeeded!

It's been a very long day.

So, I don't actually have much to say about the photos I'm going to share with you, except to say, that this week seems to be a Fellini Couture week. I am fricking LOVING my new gowns that I bought (on sale!!!). They're so fun to photograph.

Without any further gilding the lily, and no more ado, I present, "Mademoiselle':

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Credits
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Photography: JadeD&Twisted - Jade Annamemnon, Photographer
Hair: Tukinowaguma - Anap - Ebony
Skin: Laqroki - Tasha 2 Glow Skin - Fair - 3 Hairbase
Makeup: L.Fauna - Smokey Cat-Shadow - Pink
Gown & Hat: Fellini Couture - Mademoiselle
Nails: Rozoregalia - *Gemma* Ring&Nail
Location: *Little Kasiopaya*
Custom Collar by Damian Twist