Sex, Art, and Fashion

Last night I found this stunning mesh riding habit at We Love Roleplay. The Lady Worsley riding habit is a collaboration between Belle Epoque and Jinx, and the skirt is rigged for Water Horse's drafts and light horses. The riding habit is available in a number of colors. You have to buy each skirt separately: the walking skirt, the light horse riding skirt, and the draft riding skirt. I wish there had been an option to get all three skirts in one package. But what if you have a riding unicorn or one of Cheval d'Or's add-ons? And who was Lady Worsley anyway?

Seymour Dorothy Fleming was an 18th Century aristocrat. She married Sir Richard Worsley when she was 17. She was painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds in her riding habit, which was designed to match her husband's military uniform. The marriage was unhappy, and she had many lovers. She and her husband separated and when he died, she married her current lover who was 21 years younger than she was. You can read more about her and find out about book and movie versions of her life here.

Reynolds was known for his full length portraits, and was knighted for his contribution to the arts. Here is the portrait:

The mesh version of this riding habit is not the first to be offered in Second Life. Amethyst's Accessories offers it for classic avatars. Her package includes a walking skirt and a side saddle skirt, in addition to the astride skirt which drapes over the horse's back. It is designed to fit AKK horses, and is adjustable. Here is the side saddle version:

The mesh habit is rigged for the Water Horse riding horses. My favorite horse at the moment is the Friesian add-on from Cheval d'Or. It works with the WH riding unicorn. There's no demo of the riding skirt, so does it work? The skirt made for the light horses fits the Friesian fairly well, though a little clipping happens in back. It's worse on the unicorn.

The Friesian is on the left.

What happens if you get the walking skirt and try to ride side saddle in it?

Thankfully there's a demo for the walking skirt. It sort of works, but has an unnatural looking wrinkle in the lap.

Will the draft riding skirt fit the Cheval d'Or add-ons? Not really. Here it is on the Marwari and the fit was similar on the Friesian. The back drape didn't clip at all but it was much bigger than the horse.

The skirts fit well on the horses they are designed for. The gold is shiny, and the outfit is lovely. I'm going to wear it often on my Friesian/Unicorn.

Credits:

Mesh riding habit is now at We Love Roleplay
Classic avatar riding habit is on Marketplace
Cheval d'Or Friesian is also on Marketplace

Update:  I have since acquired Cheval D'Or's Arabian add-on. The Lady Worsley riding habit works beautifully on it.

SL15B and the Magic Boots!

This is just a quick post to show something cool that I discovered by accident. I was exploring SL15B, Second Life's 15th Anniversary Celebration, with members of my Art Study Group. A few of us were dressing up in the crystal theme. There's a free crystal avatar, male and female at the welcome center, http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SL15B%20Pizzazz/82/125/25.

Here's Tiffany Mosienko, whose outfit just matched this crystal cave based on the Naica Cave in Chihuahua, Mexico. You can see it here: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SL15B%20Incredible/210/55/23

Tiffany and I visited another crystal cave, Shambhala Sanctuary, http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SL15B%20Incredible/210/55/23

Take a look at my boots. They are from MoonAmore, from the Ocean Lover gacha, in lilac. I thought they went well with the crystal dress that comes with the free avatar available at SL15B.

This is the cool part. I walked into a crystal building by Wizzy Gynoid and the textures on the walls began changing. It was a nice effect, then I noticed that my boots were changing along with it. Here's the SLURL: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SL15B%20Stunning/239/222/24

When you leave the parcel, the boots go back to normal, though once I had to reattach them. Anyway, I thought you might want to try it yourself, so I'm posting this quickly while SL15B is still open. It ends on June 24th.

The crystal outfit also has a male version. This is Savage Taurus wearing it.

If that's not enough, you can always get a cricket avatar, like me and Elle Thorkveld did. It's by Vershean Guillaume, and is here: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SL15B%20Incredible/148/70/23.

Credits for my outfit:

Hair and boots from MoonAmore's Ocean Lover gacha
Crystal dress from SL15B.
Sheer tights applier from Izzie's

My Favorite Things

Each time I change my sim around, there are certain things I use again and again. I wanted to show them off in this blog. People who know me well are often confounded because I change my house so often. I just love architecture and enjoy living in different style houses. The Paris House from Rebourne is my favorite. Pre-mesh, it's still the most beautifully textured house I've seen in SL.

It's mod, but I've left most of it alone, and I'm known for retexturing houses. I did unlink and copy, and made a veranda in back, complete with hanging wisteria.

I photographed the patio on ultra with shadows and made a texture out of it, so I can have shadows all the time, at any graphics setting.

The house is not huge, but has all the rooms I need to display my favorite things. In the living room, there's a vivarium with bees that fly around inside. It's very old, but I love it. The outside of the globe is clear and the inside is textured which gives it a magical look. The bees stay in with a script. It's the work of Mickey Heaney.

Notice the sunlight coming in through the windows in the Paris House. Nearby are some of the awards I've won while in SL. There's the Tournee d'Avatar with cavorite stone from the Caledon Olympics. It was a test of creativity and my competitors were very creative. I narrowly took the gold. Next is a lovely plaque made by Patty Poppy for an art show I was in. The large trophy was first place in the Steelhead Animal Races. I won it on my AKK Friesian, Virgil. To the far left is a dryad bonsai from Hextraordinary. They are sitting on a gothic table from DRD's Bloodcroft Manor gacha.

Also in the living room is a paintset that I made next to a pile of teacups from Kalopsia. I love the teacups and usually have them somewhere in my house.

Finally, I enjoy having musicians around to play for me. These are from House of Alisha. The piano plays music by Torley Linden, and is from Penn Euler. The scroll head harp is from DRD.

This is already pretty long, and I've only done one room! I'm going to take a break.

I'm not being paid to sell you these things. These are favorites from 2008-2018. My apologies if some of it is no longer available.

To be continued....

Snokra Snake!

I saw someone wearing this snake avatar at a recent shopping event. To a long time fan of reptiles, that avi was more interesting than anything on sale, and I had to have one. To my delight, it's modifiable. The tail has a number of animations, as does the mouth/tongue. The shape can be changed, and the hands are bento.

My snake would of course be Victorian and sun herself on the veranda.

Perhaps she would be a snake in the grass.

Would Victorian conventions constrict her?

It's doubtful. After all, she's still a snake!

Credits:

Avatar: Snokra Snake

Hood piercing: {ii} Slithering spiral

Spikes: [SW] Merlyn Mane

Dress: Bare Rose - Flat IsaBat

Skin mod: Aten'Ka Winter

Arm warmers: [WS] Snokra warmers set