Taking It To The Streets - Post Christmas

One of my favorite things to do is checking out what people are wearing around the streets of SL.  What I simply love is the limitless number of ways people choose to express themselves.  Some people have bag loads of L's to spend and other's stick to sales or freebies but still manage to forge their own fashion stamp.

Here, just after Christmas, I unleashed myself on the grid once again to check you all out.  My stealth camera hones in quickly to unsuspecting residents and I click the first people who appear before me so I'm not selecting looks I particularly like...I take pics of the first people I see which is fun and random.

Now the dude in Artilleri has the right idea.  Never has to worry about shoes which must save him a lot of L's.  Miss Azul looked very sexy in her plaid, endlessly unbuttoned shirt and woolly pink boots with pom pom's. 

I just love the look of the girl on the left.  Retro gorgeous she is...look at that hair/skin combo.  Just perfect.   I also love to see people shopping with a cachet of weaponry.  This guy has some good looking abs to accompany some serious looking ink.

Who doesn't love Bare Rose?  It like Aladdin's Cave of treasures.  I love this little jacket on the left teamed with the flared mini skirt.  Look at the cute belt and pockets.  The guy on the right is wearing some interesting accessories and I have named this look 'Apocalyptic Brave Heart'.  People like him are the reason I love SL fashion.  It is more diverse than anything RL produces.

A vision in gray at Ce Cubic Effect.  Loving the pants of the girl on the left along with the huge cowl neck.  I noticed SL was having shoe issues this night so please forgive the missing shoe.  Great hair too complimenting the neck line of the jumper.  I love the guy at Mashooka in his steel grey pants and tunic adorned with lace.  Nice to see different looking avatar's and particularly one that has a bit of age about him.  Nice look Sir.

Two gorgeous girls at Donna Flora.  Look at the amazing layered colors in the dress on the left.  I'm loving that hair too.  The girl on the right intrigued me.  Camming in, she had the most authentic to RL faces I have ever seen.  I don't know what skin it was because I don't inspect but I couldn't stop looking at her. It was amazing.

Always up for a shop at Fri.day, I captured these two lovelies walking in the door.  Gotta love the juxtaposition of these two looks, one sexy and figure hugging in watermelon and the other classic chic in beige and black.  Brilliant shoe choice too in the look on the right.

So there you have it, another set sharing the range of fashion worn by you all.  Keep shopping everyone...let's keep our wonderful designers in the black so they can continue to dress us, and dress us good.

Taking It To The Streets - Fashion or Fail.

I love nothing better than to get out around the grid and avatar watch. Getting a feel for what is out there in terms of what people are wearing is part of a designers research.

It's also fun to see who hit it and who missed. Blogs like SL Fashion Police and What The Fug certainly show us in gory detail who missed but not everyone misses so spectacularly. Sometimes it the small stuff that lets an outfit down, or too much hair, or accessories that just overpower or colors that just clash. I took to the streets to photograph what I saw and it was fun, fun, fun.

Admittedly it was the SL graveyard shift as it usually is for me when I get to play in SL but nonetheless, there were people about.

See for yourself what people are wearing and next week, it could be YOU.

So next time you go out shopping, you might be in Taking It To The Streets too.

Chal's Shopping List:
Hair: Green in Natural Blond by Maitreya
Skin: Jesse Sunkiss (Make Up 9) by Belliza
Eyes: Expressive Eyes in Grey by Nany Merlin
Top/Pants:  Briller Bleur Dress Soliel by JE Republic
Skirt:  Berlin Starlet from Stitch by Stitch
Shoes: Vintage Heels in Ruby by GibberishStockings:
Hair piece: Briller Bleur Soliel headpiece by JE Republic:
Bangle: Sugar Gold Gem Bangles by Fresh Baked Goods
Earrings: Berlioz Orange Earrings by DeLa
Necklace: Mae Hong Song Neckrings by Chapeau tres Mignon
Nails: AN Orange Nails by Petit Ange