Talia's StyleFile - Elegance

If you haven't already discovered the Italian designers, where have you been? So many to choose from, but my top favs are Anubis Hartunian [Anubis], Elettra Gausman [*OC* ORAGE Creations], Patrizia Blessed [*PB collection*], Amanda Bolero [BOLERO COLLECTION MAIN & Shouted Couture], Chianera Cioc [CCC - Chianera Cioc Couture], Brenda Clellon [BEST OF ITALIAN STYLE], and of course ziamela Loon [Jador and also Shouted Couture], to name a few :). And don't worry, there will be other blogs and other Italian designers...I'm crazy about Italian designs.

This feature is on Anubis Hartunian of Anubis Style. Smart, elegant, sexy and sassy, she is style with an S-T-Y-L-E!

But before we dive into the fashions, a VERY SPECIAL MENTION goes to DCNY and Dawn Memorial and Dave Casanova for the lovely skin I am wearing. Lelah Dark Tan was released specially for the Maseno walk at Callie Cline's place and I was proud and delighted to wear it. Thank you.


1. is Sandra, complete with sunglasses that do not remove the eyelashes :)) I added the cutest silver shoes by rei2 Aya [R2 fashion main store] and a cheeky hairstyle by Helena Stringer [Stringer HQ's: Mausoleum ].

A note on Helena's "Mausoleum" - this store is worth a visit. Besides fun and high fashion, this is one very generous designer. You can pick up some fun freebies or so low priced they might as well be free, and they're mod, so whooooooopee! you can play with them :) I'm yours Helena. I love MOD.

Coco (2) is ELEGANCE ++++ and deserves delicate treatment, but not so delicate that the accessories fail to highlight this beautiful and utterly feminine design. The jewellry is Cora Lu's [Paper Couture] etched gold necklace set - elegant and stunning and a statement in itself, a marriage made in heaven between this dress and PC's jewellry. The 'booties' are once again from R2 and aren't they a delicious find? I had to drag myself out of that store. Hair is Quinn in gold by Sheltered Heart [House of Heart Designs]. Not normally a colour choice I would go for, but it had the 'glamour' of the old Hollywood movies I was looking for - ever watched those? I used to stay up late and watch reruns and pour over collected pics of Hollywood stars in the days when Glamour was everything and if you didn't have it, you just weren't 'in'. The back of this hairstyle is beautifully styled and those loose wispy bits really fit with the femininity of the lace of Anubis's Coco.

And now to play :) and making the most of an outfit.
Pic 3 is a combination of the skirt from Coco, and a freebie top of Anubis', found in one of the many treasure hunts SL loves to run. Now I don't know about you, but if I find a 'freebie' of quality and I haven't already been to that store, I'm there in a flash. I want more! This stylish red top adds a splash of drama and colour so I set it off with Stiletto Moody's Pinup Spike Red Tartan......mmmm.

Part of the delight of Coco is that the skirt under the lacey overlay, is a practical 'little black skirt' in itself, and don't we all need one of those in the inventory? Oh and btw (whispers) take a look at the undergarments closely sometime, they're a very nice surprise. Love that attention to detail Anubis :))

So where to buy all these yummy goodies? Read on.
Pic 1
Anubis Style - http://slurl.com/secondlife/BEST%20OF%20ITALIAN/214/216/22
Hair, Stringer's Mausoleum - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Lyashko/154/172/50
Shoes - R2 Akami, silver - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Japan%20Resort%20C2/63/213/22
Pic 2
as above Anubis Style [Coco] and R2 [shoes, Nani gold]
Hair,Quinn, House of Heart - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Tropical%20Escape/191/94/23
Jewellry [Etched Gold Necklace set] - Paper Couture -http://slurl.com/secondlife/Barcola/80/125/26
Pic 3
as above for HOH hair, PC jewellry, and the tartan shoes, at Stiletto Moody's -
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Stiletto%20Moody/43/44/35

SKIN; Laleh, DCNY - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Xalapa/47/130/26
Happy shopping

Talia's StyleFile - Accessories

One of the things I most love to do, is to make an outfit entirely mine. It's a rare designer that doesn't appreciate the wearer showing off the versatility of their much loved and often sweated over new look. So be bold and daring. In an earlier post (now gone) I wore Bliss's 'Flutterby' (House of Beningborough), a delightful black and white gown. The thing is, sooner or later we all discover that wonderful new design and start meeting ourselves around every corner, so I like to take a look at every layer of the design and see what I can wear differently to everyone else :) Mostly this can be achieved by adding and subtracting. Subtract parts of the outfit, and add accessories. Black and white is very 'in' right now, and it's a joy to play with. Add red and you have drama; add yellow/orange and you have something a little exotic; try purples for a regal look; blues for a cool one or go crazy and mix and match the accessory colours to that 'clashing colour' look that has taken the fancy of some designers RL and SL.
Bliss (Bliss Beningborough - House of Beningborough) is one of those designers whose undergarments are as interesting as the outer ones. Find those designers and treasure them, they're worth their weight in gold. Designers should not have to show every layer of their product to win you over. Be sassy when you shop, find and make a note of designers who design in such a way that you can use all of their design. I loved playing with this one. Adding hot pink made the outfit into something unique.
I made my own armbands and coloured them to fit (didn't want to lose my lovely new prim nails), retextured parts of the hair, and belt (I so love designers who allow mod, bless em, they'll have me as a customer forever), then the BAX over-the-knee boots, and recoloured Zaara's wonderful necklace and earrings. And of course a skin by Lion Jonesford of Lion Skins [Zulu]......well the outfit deserved an exotic skin to go with the look. Voila! :) So be daring, it's worth it.

BAX Boots - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Jiminy/232/149/440
HAIR Discord Designs Dd [Jocasta] - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Synchronicity/165/137/27
Necklace&Earrings, Zaara - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Zaara/128/128/2
Lion skins (MWAH Lion) - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Smaug/220/181/39
BELT- MM - (I bought the fat pack) - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Tokyo%20Sea/46/153/22
PRIM Nails (OMG they work!) Risa's - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Sirtony/12/45/67
and last but not least :))))) Bliss Beningborough's House of Beningborough - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Bwonderland/133/201/23
http://houseofbeningborough.wordpress.com/

And here's what I did with Bliss's 'Daisy' outfit :) I definitely wanted this one exotic so I went for the yellow/orange combination, and of course, another Lion Jonesford [Zulu] skin. I recoloured the belt (MM), added the HUGE gold hoops, a gift from Applonia (Chantake - thanks Appi, love these) and my all time favourite scarf (men's HA!). It's the "Shoreditch" scarf and can be found here - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Dreamworld%20East/184/196/22.
Oh yes, the turban..........PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEASE some more turban designs that allow copy and mod...I could so use more of these. This one came from Chickadee London's Couture Chapeau Flagship Store - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Maldives/54/205/23 and thankfully had a colour close enough to the yellow I was after. I added Moody's Color set Python's in orange and that was that! http://slurl.com/secondlife/Stiletto%20Moody/43/44/35

So go for it and enjoy stamping an outfit with your own unique interpretation of how it can look on you.
Cross blog: http://www.thebosl.com/