Blogged previously: Haven Designs: Flourish.
Today I'm showing off three silks from Haven Designs. The mainstore has been redesigned and there'll be a reopening celebration today from 5pm to 8pm SLT; suggested dress code is "provocative black tie." I haven't decided quite what to wear yet, so in the meantime I'm still bopping around SL in the above ensemble.
The Avalon silks come on shirt and pants layers with prim skirt and prim armbands with scarves. This is the Steel color, a limited edition color for RFL (available for minimum donation of L$500 to the charity vendor at the store). The body of the outfit is sheer, so I wore the Sanrio bikini from Decoy in Storm color beneath for general running-around. The shoes are also from Decoy, scripted texture-change with three color options for each strap. The necklace is the stunning Asian Flower Necklace from Haunted Zuzu, released yesterday. It's also scripted texture-change, with several options for the center, inner petals and outer petals, available in Spring, Favorites and Metallics versions. It's more of an elaborate collar or neckpiece than a necklace, perhaps, but I love the boldness of it.
Avalon's available in six regular colors (Misty Blue, Rose, Emerald, Golden, Lilac, and Sea Green) which may be seen over on the Haven Designs blog entry for Avalon. Here's the Avalon silks with and without the bikini beneath, front and back views:
And now, something less sheer: Dara. Again, top and bottom are on the shirt and pants clothing layers. The scarves of this silk are longer and opaque most of their length, with lacy ends, and in addition to the skirt and armbands, there's also a shoulder cape which attaches to the left shoulder.
I wore the Queen Anne hair in White from Curl Up & Dye with this because the corkscrew curls reminded me of the spirally bits on the prim bits of the Dara silks, and white hair looked so lovely with the pale pink and silver tones of the set. Dara is available in seven additional colors (Red, Green, Purple, Blue, Black, Navy, and White); I don't have a post at the store blog to point you to, but Gogo showed off the Dara silks in White (along with another white set from Analise) over on JuicyBomb awhile back.
Last set to show off today is the Qadesh silks. I got this particular version through the Designer Showcase Network, a nifty subscription service that delivers product samples to me each day for each category to which I've chosen to subscribe. It's not just for fashion—there's categories for home decor, gadgets, and other coolness—and it's a pretty easy way to discover shops from the comfort of one's own Home location.
Like the other silks reviewed today, the top and bottom are on the shirt and pants layers. Qadesh includes two skirt options, one short and the other floor-length, and armbands with scarves longer than Avalon's but shorter than Dara's; they fall about mid-thigh on me here. The DSN sample version of Qadesh is multicolored—I think perhaps it's the same limited-edition recolor previously available only from the lucky chairs back around Valentine's Day—but the retail versions are more monochromatic, in these colors: Red, Purple, Black, Bronze, Periwinkle, and Pink. See all the colors over on the Haven Designs blog entry for Qadesh.
The backdrop to the lefthand portion of the above image is a little half-room I built while trying to plan a photoshoot for a contest; nothing came of that initial plan, but I've kept the set built for now, and the rustic feel of it seemed appropriate to a shoot for silks. The lounge is from NOTsoBAD, a shop which has some breathtakingly beautiful beds I'd be so tempted to buy if I were actually going to use one for anything other than occasional photo backdrops. But... maybe I'll splurge on one sometime. If I can't have a four-poster bed with loads of wafty, sheer silk drapes in RL, maybe I should indulge in SL, yeah?
Credits for *HD* Avalon (RFL Steel) (a):
Skin: Tuli (Hope (fair/bl) natural) *group gift*
Hair: Calico Ingmann Creations (Arianna - Mocha) *group gift*
Eyes: Poetic Colors (ocean - blue surf (m))
Lashes: Sin Skins (Portia Lashes)
Bikini: Decoy (Sanrio - Storm)
Silks: Haven Designs (Avalon Silks - RFL Steel) *RFL item*
Necklace: Haunted Zuzu (Asian Flower Necklace - Metallics)
Shoes: Decoy (Alexa Heels - Moonlight)
Pose: Long Awkward Pose (newfemao-stand1)
Location: Zaara
Credits for *HD* Avalon (RFL Steel) (b):
Skin: Genesis (Shiloh - Honey - Beta)
Hair (curly): Calico Ingmann Creations (Arianna - Mocha) *group gift*
Hair (updo): Maitreya (Aisha II - Charcoal)
Eyes: Poetic Colors (ocean - blue surf (m))
Lashes: Sin Skins (Portia Lashes)
Bikini: Decoy (Sanrio - Storm)
Silks: Haven Designs (Avalon Silks - RFL Steel) *RFL item*
Pose (front): Long Awkward Pose ([LAP] - F-Blogger10 PR4)
Pose (back): Long Awkward Pose ([LAP] - F-Blogger3 PR4)
Credits for *HD* Dara (Pink):
Skin: Genesis (Shiloh - Honey - Beta)
Hair: Curl Up & Dye (Queen Anne - WHITE)
Eyes: Poetic Colors (ocean - blue surf (m))
Lashes: Sin Skins (Portia Lashes)
Silks: Haven Designs (Dara Silks - Pink)
Pose: Long Awkward Pose ([LAP] - F-Blogger6-Systemskirt-Mirror PR4)
Credits for *HD* Qadesh (DSN):
Skin: Genesis (Shiloh - Honey - Beta)
Hair: Calico Ingmann Creations (Arianna - Mocha) *group gift*
Eyes: Poetic Colors (ocean - blue surf (m))
Lashes: Sin Skins (Portia Lashes)
Silks: Haven Designs (Qadesh Silks - DSN) *DSN sample*
Lounge: NOTsoBAD (Lounge Chair SEFANA)
Pose (left): Long Awkward Pose ([LAP] - SS-Come On In)
Pose (right): Long Awkward Pose ([LAP] - F-Blogger5-Systemskirt PR4)
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