Saturday, October 31, 2009

I Hat You!



How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.
I love thee to the level of everyday's
Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.
I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;
I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.
I love thee with the passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints,—I love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life!—and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death. 

~Elizabeth Barratt Browning~

Written in the 1800's this perfectly describes my love affair with hats.  Thank god SL has some amazing milliner's or I would simply have left with my bottom lip dragging on the ground.  I have as many hats/hair accessories in my inventory as there are days in the year and usually the first thing to go on is the hat and I often build the wardrobe up from there.

In honor of the hat, I share two of my more unusual pieces with you.

Penis Envy 



Well who else could come up with such an amazing conCOCKtion other than SevenStar Amat, designer extraordinaire of Stitch By Stitch.  I think she did very well to represent a large portion of  the male species in one lil' ol' hat.  Big and small, thick and thin...it's a veritable banquet on top.



To make it pretty, she has arranged little flowers here and there.  Talk about making a silk purse out of a sow's ear.  When Seven sent this to me, I spent day's showing it off around the shops.



Shopping list:
Hair: Writer in Glazed by Detour.
Skin: Jesse Sunkiss (Make Up 10) by Belleza.
Eyes: Expressive Eyes Green (2) by Nany Merlin.
Jacket: Feather Black Coat by BiancaF.
Top: Henrietta Top by LeeZu.
Pants: Not Nerosumero by BianceF.
Shoes: Stivaletto Nero by Bolero.
Hat: A Little Bit of Everything Bouquet Hat by SevenStar Amat (Stitch By Stitch).
Earrings: Black Hearrings by UnTone.

Chal In A Box

 

Vain Inc. has been a champion of SL fashion in a multitude of ways from their Vain Inc. Boutique to Vain Magazine and everything in between. This hat titled "aLaChanel" was a gift some time ago and to be honest, I don't even know if it is still available; however, it never hurts to ask. It's so quirky and in my eyes it makes a statement. What, I don't know but it's chic in the extreme.



Yep you could wear it with an uber big gown but I like to wear polar opposities sometimes so shorts and Chanel hat make it more interesting to me.



Shopping list:
Hair: Brook in Mirage by Truth.
Skin: Jesse in Sunkiss (Make Up 14) by Belleza.
Eyes: Expressive Gray Eyes (Big) by Nany Merlin.
Top: Tee Eva (Shopoholic) by Emery.
Shorts: Black Ripped Shorts by FA.
Jacket: Opened Blazer by P-K in Noir (Polina Kaestner).
Belt: Embossed Wide Belt by Coco.
Shoes: Marie Shoes (Purple Royal) by Tesla.
Socks: Mit Suspenders in Lilac by Pig.
Hat: aLaChanel by Vain.
Bracelet: Chunky Heart Bracelet by MM.
Nails: an Purple by Petit Ange.
Glasses: Aviator Rosy by Emery.

So you wonderful SL designers, please keep making hat.  The madder the better.

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