Down Memory Lane - Arundel Designs

Rust Watering Place Day Gown - Cost 50L

Do you have a gown by Arundel Designs tucked in your virtual closet? Many of us do have trunks full of Arundelain Dumart's historical designs.

 Melody Garden Party Gown - Cost 50L

In my early days in Caledon, I fondly called her gowns my "cupcake" dresses.  I would dress in flowing bustles, ribbons, and flowers - a fantasy Victorian creation.  Since Ms. Dunmart has quietly ceased designing for Second Life, one tends to forget about her gowns that really were way ahead of many other designers.

 Meghan Spring Polonaise in Peach - Cost 50L

As I cleaned out my closet, I discovered I even had unopened gowns still sitting in their shopping bags.  To assist with sorting, I took a chance of going to Arundel's Main store in Antiquity.  There it still stood - vendors displaying their wares for ladies and gentlemen.

Rylie Steampunk - Cost 50L

(includes Steampunk top hat, jewelry, boots, and hair)

The good news for all new residents of the Steamlands who need historical gowns for Steampunk, Victorian, Elizabethan, Regency, and Pirate Attacks is that every single gown, suit, and outfit is for sale for only 50L each.

 Molly Roberts' Pirate Costume - Cost 50L
(includes pirate hat, jewelry, and boots)

Yes, the boots may be "old school" and the shapes and hair included with many of the gowns are not current with today's Second Life avatar standards.

 Rylie Steampunk accessories includes top hat with brass decorations, necklace & earrings with spinning cogs, and the gorgeous steampunk goggles in blue to match the outfit.

However, the gown's textures are still beautiful with the accessories such as top hats and jewelry are well worth the purchase price alone.

 Gentleman's Formal Victorian Suit - Cost 50L

If the lag at the Fashion Fair 2010 is too much for you, 

take a step back into the past for a glorious gown for only FIFTY$L.

~ Credits

Gowns - Arundel - Main Store - Antiquity Township

Hair - Truth - Lillian - Chocolate (Victorian Gowns)

Hair - Argrace - Soft Breeze - Dark Brown (Pirate Costume)

Skin - LAQ - Pearl - Fair 01

P.S. Just in case you wonder about the good ol' days, here is the link back to one of Caledon's Companion's past postings. Love those cupcake dresses!

Mothers of Invention Library Collection Opening at New Babbage

 

Presented my speech this afternoon at the R.F. Burton Library in New Babbage for the grand opening of Miss Serafina Puchkina's Mothers of Invention collection.  Managed to collect my notecards and present with only a few juggles of sentences being transposed in the chat window.  Since I talked about the first woman to receive a patent for Straw Weaving with Silk or Thread - which means making women's hats or bonnets from straw, I wore one of Miss Reghan Straaf's creations from Hatpins Finery.  This cute chapeaux model is the Lady Imogene - White Lily.  I just love the Lady Imogene that includes the short veil in gold mesh as shown and a longer back veil in the same shade.

  

I discovered PixelDolls again while clicking down my landmark list.  Have always visited Pixel Dolls for their sales of modern clothes.  To my total delight, the shop had a new set of clothing called Timepiece.  Twelve outfits in different variations of the same look were hanging on the wall. When I purchased the outfit, I was happy with the 100L price per outfit. For my library presentation, I wore Timepiece 01 with the Bonney Lass tartan skirt combined with the Bourbon black coat.  I never seem to leave home without my hair tossed up by Truth in the Lillian style.  LAQ's new skin Pearl may be designed for blondes but I love its Fair looks with my chocolate brown hair.

Another version from the Timepiece collection - this one is Timepiece 05 with the Antique Caramel brocade skirt with the Brown Bourbon jacket. I almost wore this one to New Babbage.  How many of the twelve Timepiece sets came home in shopping bags? All twelve of course plus an additional Bourbon jacket in wine color.  Just in case you would like different colors from the traditional brown or black bustle coats, there are additional shades right next to the Timepiece collection. For peeks into those shopping bags, just let your fingers do the walking through the Virtual Vignettes at the top left of the Caledon Companion.

ADDITIONAL SHOPPING NEWS FLASH!

Today - Sunday, March 7th, I popped over to the store to confirm the prices. The price is now only 50L per outfit! In fact, all the new PixelDoll goodies were set at 50L. I left my journal to do some serious shopping again.

New dress from PixelDolls in the Bourbon Dress in Green.  I added the cami from the Timepiece collection.

~ Credits

Outfits - PixelDolls Timepiece collection

Hat - Hatpins - Lady Imogene

Shoes - BAX  - BAX Ankle Boot in Black Patent

Hair - Truth - Lillian - Chocolate

Skin - LAQ - Pearl - Fair 01

Victorian Purples

 After a suitable period of mourning, Victorian ladies could gradually leave their blacks for subdued colors such as gray, mauve, and purple.  Being a Merry Widow, my closet seems to have several mourning purple gowns.

Gown:  Goth1c0  Ophelia Victorian in purple and black.

Love the striped corset with the belts circling the waist. Includes a high collar with a bow plus the top hat decorated with flowers and ribbons.

Gown: Grim Bros - Miss Vapeur Plum

This gown definitely has touches of steampunk brass and cogs on the collar and sleeve cuffs which come in two options of purple to match the dress or steampunk brown.