All the better to see you with...

Glasses are getting a makeover here at the store. These are a smart way to add some 50's pizzazz to tired morning eyes, and can be played with to get the almost exact colourings you might need. In fact you might fiddle about with them and end up late, as they have heaps of texture and colour combinations. One has Rhinestones, and one has Scrolls & Pearls.

Above are just some of the combinations you can make. But there are too many to picture, and I forgot to include some of my personal favourites. Both glasses are copy/mod. No transfer though, so please use the Marketplace for gifting, or call me. My IM number is "Tiffy Vella". Easy, as if I'm offline, your message will still get through, and I may even be able to answer you despite not even being in SL :)

Also, in the Eclectica glasses department, old favourites have been updated at last....these ones....which I made a few years back...and despite them still being enjoyed by customers, they were overdue an overhaul.

Changes are....replacement of old 'one-script-per-prim' system with new parent-prim-only scripts. Now much less script memory is used. Textures have been improved and added to, and the primwork behind the ears is now more realistic. Also, I have brought the old glasses into line with the rest of the Eclectica products, and made them copy/mod/no trans. So you can have full moddability of the prims. (Scripts are still no-mod however.) If you own an old pair of Eclectica glasses, please contact me for a replacement. I am more than happy to do so, if you can show yourself wearing a pair, I'll replace your oldies with some newies. (Sorry, I have no automatic update system, but will do my best.)

Vintage Barette

Flipping through the SL forums, which I like to do sometimes over morning coffee, I saw a post by Miele Tarantal who said she wanted some barettes, and popped up a couple of photos that I just loved. Yes (I thought) I'd quite like some of those too, to go in my hair, and to be added to hats, or belts, or in fact wherever they could possibly be stuck. (Isn't "add" an excellent feature for fashion lovers) So just for fun, I whipped some up....




The barettes are made from curly sculpted metalwork, gems and pearls. Well, really pixels, but we like to pretend. It's fortunate that pixel vintage diamantes don't cost as much as genuine estate jewellery, or even diamonds come to think of it. I charge exactly the same for fake virtual precious stones as I do for the real virtual ones. That's a bargain, really. Or not- I can't quite work that out.

Alchemy Cyannis made the other nice bits and bobs seen in the photos above. I love her work, and always have admired her. Nice person :)




These are copy/mod. They have a single removable resize script. There are two versions....gold and silver. The texturing is simple, but designed so that you can add your individual flair through tinting. Just "edit linked parts" and add a bit of colour where you want it.

There are two in each pack. They attach to the mouth attachment point, but with "add" that isn't so important anymore, thank goodness. One sits at the back of the head, to hold a formal updo. One sits to the side, as a hairclip style. I have modelled it on a Curio Gertrude hair, which I wear a lot.

I know that you will want to play with this a bit, as it has a lot of possibilities. Also, I can't predict your hairstyle, so know that you might need to adjust size and positioning quite a bit. The barettes are gently curving, to fit against the curve of hair or hat. They might even make a gorgeous brooch. The flexibility is there in the perms to help you be creative.



They are soon to be available at the Eclectica Mainstore in Sinaburoe and the Marketplace, which is good for sending gifts to your loved ones and alts (and alts' loved ones....snort). A demo pack can be found instore in Sinaburoe to help you decide.

Ozone

In my world, every self-respecting seaside town sports an "Ozone Hotel".



OK, at a pinch, I might deign to accept an "Austral", "Commercial", "Crown", "Empire", or even a modest "Grand Central", but "Ozone" is the most glam for seaside vintage bliss.

I made a hat for this, just because it's fun, and what I like, and that's good enough, perhaps :) It has a feel I like...it has hair...has scarves with cute vintage textures...is big and floppy....is made of all recycled pixels (hah I lie about that bit; it's all fresh new pixels going straight to landfill, snort)

The Ozone sunhat is copy/mod. It's got great low-lag removable scripting to let you happily change hat textures, scarf textures, and hair colours.






As you can see, there are four. They are combos of patterns, and also combos of hairstyles. All hair is included, and you can choose between a bob or a long plait down the back.

Because they are mod, remove the hair if it's not your thing and wear the hat with your own. Easy.

All hats have the basic 5 hair textures, ranging from blonde to black, but you can add a tint via the edit menu to anything to get the look you need. There are demos available instore to help you, so please try them. If you have any issue colour matching, contact me, as I'd like to get it right for you.


Also, I go in a Hunt once a year, so this is my third. This year's begins in about 2 days, and it's a fresh new one called the "You Go To My Head" hat hunt. It's all hats, and what great timing :)



And here's my hat for the hunt....it's a nice hunt gift to introduce you to the range, as it's almost as lovely, just doesn't have all the scripted features...




I hope you all pop by to visit...just here. If you are hat fans, wander about, as so am I.

Coquette....

Introducing "Coquette"...beautiful and very adaptable shoes



Each satin shoe comes in a basic colour, with three extra satin options to extend the possibilities. So each is more than one plain shoe.



They are hud-controlled, to help you get them just right. Use this to make your selection of shoe-texture, metal texture (gold or silver), nail colour and shine, and most importantly skin texture and tint.



Resizing can also be handled by hud. Or edit menu if you like to do it the old-fashioned way :P



"Coquette" shoes are copiable and modifiable (no-mod scripts), so you can adapt them to whatever look you may need. Pop a customised copy into your outfit folders, and then safely delete the scripts.



See- I am still plying Eccy with free shoes (and cups of tea), but she's not so messy these days.



"Coquette" is available in four choices. Black...with variations....




Crimson...with variations...



Ivory...with variations...



And soft multi-coloured floral satins because I just like them so much...



Demos are available instore. Find them at Eclectica, Sinaburoe. Or the Marketplace.

Fashion For Life

I'm there...and busy doing all those last minute things that need doing as it opens very very soon. And it's a very worthy cause.

I popped by to see Eclectica's location, and was extremely happy to find Troy Vogel's vision in Volta. It suits me. It really clicks.

My store just slid right in so happily it was eerie :)




Eclectica is in the hunt, so if you join in, you'll find me at some stage. I have a unique version of the Vintage Dress Ring as a prize.




Plus there are some very worthwhile donation vendors instore, raising funds for cancer research. And a gacha gacha. And a raffle.

And two new Eclectica releases are debuting at Fashion for Life. More on those later :)

Clusters of Beads and Gems

In the 70's, when I was a wee bit younger, my mum always had this amazing ring in her jewellery drawer. It was cheap but fantastic plastic, and made up of all these little beads, which rattled about as the ring moved. I borrowed it everytime dress-ups were happening.

I'd always wanted to make one in SL, and did...but then I couldn't settle on a colour and the idea grew, as I started having way too much fun in Photoshop making bead textures. And then it became a whole set. "Eclectica Clusters Jewellery Set-Daytime Glow".....

(click all pictures for a decent-sized view)



And then as I liked gems as well, it became two sets."Eclectica Clusters Jewellery Set-Evening Glitz".....



Both have a single removable script per piece that allows you to play with the textures to get the look you want. Both have multiple bead options and black, silver and gold metal options. "Evening Glitz" also has hidable/showable details, plus the ribbon is either black or ivory. All pieces are copy/mod, so you can further customise them to make them exactly how you wish.

Style them to be contemporary or retro- either way suits.

Here I am,circa 1975 (courtesy of a time machine), freshly returned from the hairdressers and now hostessing in the kitchen, about to prepare a tupperware-tray of cheese cubes, gherkins and cocktail frankfurts (in Australia, we still call these 'little boys'...waits for the full horror to set in), all with festive little toothpicks stuck in them...



A little later in the evening, a closeup of the "Evening Glitz" dress ring (perhaps while serving little chicken mornay vol-au-vents).....



And just to demonstrate the daytime to eveningwear theme...a randomly gratuitous shot taken a la disco ball....



The Eclectica Mainstore has demos so drop in if you'd like to try these out. You can find us here. Marketplace- Daytime Glow and Evening Glitz.

Ringing in the New Year....

...with new rings at Eclectica. Ok please do groan at that terrible pun. It's a shocker, and it's best to just get it out of the way. Things can only get better after this.

But we do have rings at Eclectica. They are small things, but there is a joy in tiny things with surprising detail. As rings are such personal things, each has a tiny removable script to allow you to change textures. Plus all are copiable and moddable, so do experiment with tinting, shine, and alpha if you wish.

Oh...one thing these days that makes ring wearing much more do-able than before is the ability to add, rather than wear prim attachments. I was a little shy of making rings, as they could clash with prim nails, other rings, anything held in the hand, and goodness knows what else you people insist on attaching to yourselves :) I always add now. So you can wear these with other rings, nails...prim hands...more about those later ....

It began with the well known and loved claddagh. This is often used as a wedding ring, but don't let that stop you if you are single- just turn it round the other way on your finger. It's got lovely meaning...the heart is for love, the hands for friendship, and the crown is for loyalty. It's also a well loved symbol for those who adore Simple Minds (who have used the image for the last 30 years)





Then...I made a yin yang ring...another traditional and well loved symbol. It represents how opposites are also complementary, neccessary to each other, and shows the balance between them.





Ohh...did you notice my hands? Yes...they are real, and all I had to do to get them was to chop off my old hands, and attach these from SLink. (SLink De Jolie Mains Hands Relaxed Set 1, specifically) It was quick and painless. It didn't cost much. I think they are a huuuge improvement, especially for anyone who likes SL photography. I have a little trouble matching the shape up to my forearms, but have no issues if I'm wearing them with prim cuffs.

The best thing about them is the fingernails. They are fantastic, and you have almost endless choice. If you had these hands, they would replace every nail in your inventory.

I have a Vintage dress ring, just about to go into the store. No symbolic significance here...just something a bit pretty.






I'm loving shadows, and depth of field these days.. In phoenix you can stipulate the camera's focal length ..isn't that just the bees knees! Just so you know, these are the SLink hands, looking fantastic, but I have photoshopped the joins a bit...where they meet the arms, and where the fingers meet the hand.

The "Enchant" set has had an expansion pack, haha.




I do have a few more rings in mind, and they will make my brain itch until they are realised. So I'll nip off and get creative.

You can pop into Sinaburoe and pick up free demos of all rings, or find them in the Marketplace...whichever is best for you.

So remember...add...not wear. But this is not for hair. Don't add hair. You will look silly.

/me waves and runs off to get busy :)