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One of the newest offerings from Kouse’s Sanctum, Ethereal Regency is definitly a colorful series. The gowns all come with mixing and matching possibilities…two different sets of flex sleeves, ball gown skirt, empire line skirt, I could go on…

Again in these images the Awen jewelry is used, just with the amethyst stone this time.

Kouse uses deep, vibrant colours in this series (aside from the white version of the gown of course). The off the shoulder look and neckline of the gown is truly unique. Coupled with the details of the bodice and sleeves, and the rich textures created for the skirt, these gowns create a look that with the right accessories can be other-worldly.

I decided to let my fae side out for this gown and another which will be shown in a future post. The wings, and hair, I used, as well as the skin, all work together for a flamboyant, over the top fantasy look.

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Working in the theme of threes today, gals. Starting with the jewlry which will be in every image today, the marvellous new Awen collection by Malakh Giles of Avilion Mist.

This is Serenity Sieyes newes dress, Ren in blue. It’s a simply stunning ensemble consisting of top, pants, prim skirts sleeves…and of course, a gorgeously crafted Aura capelette. Sieyes creates such beautiful things, even with the peasants these gowns were originally intended for, the set became something fit for a fairytale princess.

The gorgeous bodice is richly detailed, as is every other piece, the prims all working together beautifully to create a seamless, realistic look. I must state that I adore the textures on Sieyes’ creations - all of them. She has a unique way of utilizing textures that many other builders would either overlook or use in such a way that they look very odd, out of place, flat, etc….but Sieyes breathes life into them, and works with them, and prims, artfully, to create masterpieces.

The perfect compliment to an Avilion Mist gown? Avilion Mist jewelry of course! In the image is the Awen collection’s circlet and necklace. There are also earring in this collection, as well as another version of the necklace I’m wearing (a little more simple), and, also, a circlet and necklace with the triskellion’s delicate swirls (no idea how he coaxed the prims into doing that!).

I understand that the Awen and Triskellion are symbols rich with meaning to Druids. According to Wikipedia, Awen is a Welsh word historically used to describe the divine inspiration of gifted bards in the Welsh poetic tradition and, in a more general sense, sometimes ascribed to musicians and poets today. It can be compared to the Classical Muse. The first recorded reference to the Awen occurs in Nennius’ Historia Brittonum, a Latin text of circa 796 CE, based on earlier writings by the Welsh monk, Gildas.

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First off I’d like to show you a gorgeous newly released cape/capelette set. This is Aura from Avilion Mist, created by Serenity Sieyes. This image can’t begin to do these sets justice. The prims and textures are superb. From every angle these sets are art, and availble in more than 30 colors, so guaranteed you can find many to match things you already own.

Aura is a set that is comprised of two cloaks, one long one short, viel, headpiece, headpiece/veil as a combo, and gloves. The price is very affordable, and the cloaks as always from Avilion Mist are scripted for easy customization, including size, bright on/off, etc. The clothing I’m wearingwith this set is Bare Rose’s Elektra set in red.

Next is the Midnight Kiss group gift from Kouse’s Sanctum. It’s a special free gift that was sent to the members of her update group on March 14th as a thank you for their loyalty and support. This lovely set includes a special pink recolouring of her ever popular Celestial Empress gown, as well as the delicately crafted Elentari jewelry, both tiara and necklace, in pink with a black metal.

So St. Patrick’s day has passed, but your desire to be fashionable and still wear lots of green has no where near diminished. What to do? I think I have a perfect solution.

For those who want the spirit of St. Patrick’s day to carry on through the year here is the perfect ensemble. Lady Luck from Avilion Mist, created by Serenity Sieyes, is adorned with lovely shamrocks in the fabric, and is sure to make you indeed a Lady of Luck.

Coming with the usual gorgeous prim headpieces (one with viel, one without), that tickle the floor, as well as prim arms that flow to the ground, you also have the option of wearing cute prim puffy sleeves, which are sculpted, as well. It comes with three skirts, one ball gown skirt, one slimmer skirt, and a tea length skirt.

As you can see, I am wearing the included goves in the above image. Who doesn’t love gloves? And as always this set comes with one of the famous Avilion Mist capes!

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Again this year a vast congregation of designers from the grid have been working tirelessly to bring all fashionistas wonderful items, with all the proceeds going to a wonderful cause, Relay for Life (RFL). It’s not difficult to see stores which have items in the distinctive RFL vendors, and the Clothing Fair, held this year on 4 sims, is spectacular, I highly recommend a visit and a splurge!

The sims, all Rezzable sims in season themes, With such well known names as Avilion Mist, Nicky Ree, Evie’s Closet, Solange, and about 80 more, it’s got a lot to please every taste.

But not all designers with items for RFL are at the clothing fair, so keep your eyes peeled for your favourite designers to announce their items or peek at their shops again, you may find pleasant surprises.

Avilion Mist has made 4 special recolors of their most popular items for this years Relay. The Enchantress gown, the male outfit Nemesis, the Vindicator cloak, and the Mystic gown set have all been coloured in Relay purple for this event. You can find these special recolours at the clothing fair (the Winter sim) or in their main store. Check out Avilion Mist’s Relay section, there are offerings from other members of The Quest for a Cure team as well!

Evangeline Miles of Evie’s Closet has created a special gown release for the Relay Clothing Fair. The Aurora gowns are available in her stall on the Spring sim in 5 rich jewel tones.

Above is Aurora in Cobweb (blue). Evie’s offerings that benefit the Relay are a special Lilac recolor of her Love Story gown, and the Devotion gown in Blaze (Red). According to Evie, when the fair is over, this recolor will dissapear forever, so if you wanted it in red, go grab it and benefit a good cause at the same time.

While Kouse’s Ssnctum is not in this years fair, Kouse is still offering gowns for Relay. In her main store are 6 shades of Almarea. These are 12 peice sets, which include the lovely necklaces and veils and everything to help you explore your Gypsy side. The pictured version is ‘Deep Sea’. It’s also available in black ‘Onyx’ and 4 brighter shades, Amethyst, Fuschia, Sapphire and Ocean.

Kouse also recolored her Lady Serenity gown and Celestial Empress gown for Relay, in Relay purple. These two gowns are at a special price of only 200L each.

Just going to run over a few St. Patty’s Day themed headlines before heading into today’s gown review.

There’s a Saint Patty’s Day hunt going on at EDT Isle, make your way there if you can (the sim is almost always capped during these things) and snatch up your free goodies!

Avilion Mist has a gorgeous Shamrock set complete with gem change scripting for the discriminating jewelry buyer. Head on over to their main store to take advantage of the special sale price.

This morning Alienbear Gupte announced the third of the sumptuous weekly St Patty’s Day themed jewelry freebies for the Alienbear & LeCameo Lovers group.

Kouse’s Sanctum announced a 100L Sale on selected green gowns, which will carry on until Midnight SLT on the 17th. The sale prices can only be found at the main store. Gowns on for this fabulous price include Anastasia, Lady LeShelle (two shades of Lady LeShelle!), Lady Serenity, Crystal, Lady of Shallot, Eilistraee, and Celestial Empress.

And now on to today’s review!

Following the mention of the 100L sale at Kouse’s Sanctum, allow me to show you the newest release, two shades of which are 100L until Monday the 17th. Lady LeShelle is a Druid friendly Medieval styled gown, complete and resplendent with full prim belts. Both silver and gold versions of the cute belt are included with each gown, as well as another option for customization, translucent and opaque skirts.

In the image above I’m wearing the Lady LeShelle gown in ‘Earth’ a total of 15 shades are available. The two which are discounted for the St. Patrick’s Day sale are named ‘Tender Shoot’ and ‘Forest’. I’m also wearing the Shamrock jewelry from Avilion Mist I mentioned earleir in this post.

All of the things in this post are things I adore, and I’m sure any fan of green can appreciate them too. That’s all for today, happy shopping!

Today’s post is going to be brief, but I’ll resume my lengthy rambling in the next post.  Stone Keep is offering this gown, called the Peasant Dress, for sale. The pictured shade is a freebie at their main store, though there are other shades available for a cost. The gown consists of top, glitchpants, prim skirt, and prim arm pieces. For a freebie, it’s pretty good, clothing those peasants out there that suits the peasant’s budget. Also available is a male outfit for free.

First off, in order to appreciate the above image you need to see the full size. This is Viridian, a new and luscious gown set by Serenity Sieyes of Avilion Mist. Again she exhibits flawless craftsmanship along with perfect, gorgeous textures to create gowns more than well worth the Lindens they cost.

Viridian is comprised of 15 pieces, some of which can be mixed and matched to create several looks unique to the wearer. There are sculpted sleeves which can be switched for the prim arms that wrap you in lavishly long floor tickling flex prims. There are, as always, Free Woman options for Gor RPers. Two headpieces, one with a veil, one without, offer that bit of gypsy flavor. Two prim skirts, one a ball gown skirt, one a bit more svelte, as well as the always desirable scripted shawl are included. Also, a delicious drape on the back of the gown’s bodice, a lovely addition to the overall ensemble creates the feel of being pampered royalty.

The jewelry I’m wearing is the Shamrock collection, newly released at Avilion Mist as well. It’s more of the wonderfully artistic and detailed full prim jewelry he is known for. As always they have scripted gem change as well at bright on/off. The necklace and earrings are sold separately, and at a special price, at the Avilion Mist main store.

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As most of you know, Simone! had a sale recently in which many, many articles of formal wear were marked down to a thrifty 100L (way too little to pay for Simone Stern’s immense talents in texture making/building). I scooped up many, many gowns during the sale, one of which I will highlight today.

This is Lillith. Lillith is a sexy, svelte creation of stunning red, bejeweled and oh so elegant. Any time now i wear a gown by Simone I’m a bit saddened that so many were retired, but at the same time eagerly anticipate the exquisite new things she’s bound to deliver.

The prims on this gown are sumptuous, the translucent, floaty layers of fabric making me feel like a princess as I wore this gown. The little rosette extra give it that little bit of extra spice, perfectly placed to help draw the eye all over the dress rather than at a specific point. I adore the satiny shading on the textures of this gown, so smooth and seamless at every angle.

When I chose jewelry for this ensemble my thoughts were to elect pieces that would compliment not just the gown’s vibrant color, but also the exquisite jeweled brooch on the gown’s top texture. My final decision was on the Elentari tiara in silver from Kouse’s Sanctum, as well as the Inspiration Collection earrings in silver from Avilion Mist. You can’t see the earrings in the image above, but there’s a good shot in a previous post of mine. Both items of jewelry have gem change scripting, and luckily both contain a ruby gem, though the available gems for the pieces are different.

All and all I think this ensemble is perfect to carry me through a formal event. Maybe I’ll take a trip to the magical Avilion Grove ballroom.

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As promised here’s the post on the new Mystic set by Malakh Giles of Avilion Mist, which perfectly accompanies not just the Mystic gown set by Serenity Sieyes, but just about any other ensemble imaginable. Available in silver (pictured), gold, and onyx (darker more of an antiqued silver), are earrings, 2 versions of necklace (one without the chain loops that are pictured) and circlet. These pieces are all masterfully crafted, and of course they include the wonderful option of scripted gem change via dialog menu.

These delicate pieces incorporate the Triquetra in a way which is both contemporary and classy, making for a set that can as easily match a Medieval garb as it could a modern t-shirt and jeans (if one desired). The precision of each prim in these full prim pieces is astoundingly perfect. One would be hard pressed to find any fault with these pieces, as is the case for all of Malakh Giles’ work. Well worth every Linden to have such treasures in one’s jewelry box.

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