StyleCard: NONKO & More

Shape. Details. Uniqueness. Things that make a shoe stand out. With a shoe wardrobe of more than 500 pairs, yeah, more than... it takes something special to catch my eye and make me plunk down some Lalas. The hot trend for all things 'Alice in Wonderland' seems to have finally hit the feet, and in a fantastically wearable way. You don't have to do a head to toe look, complete with 'Mad Hatter' and Lolita style dress to work a bit of the old Lewis Carroll charm into your wardrobe. These NONKO Ballerina heels are delightfully ribboned and feature vintage illustrations of Alice as created by different artists. My favorite was the sweet faced Alice of the 'unmoral' pair. (click on image to enlarge)

To complete the look I went for some classic elegance with modern touches. The blouse from Cachet has wonderful sculpted sleeves and great seaming, tucked into a high waisted pencil skirt from INGENUE. Black pearl wrapped bracelet from Encore, black beaded choker from Kraftika, a sweet small purse from MM Luxe (Viva La Glam) and my Kingsgate engagement ring add to the style. Hair... yes, ::69:: again -just can't get enough!

Look for the sweet shoes at NONKO.

The stuff; Redgrave Skin, ::69:: Hair, Cachet Blouse, INGENUE Skirt, MM Luxe Bag, Accessories by Encore, Kraftika and Kingsgate.

StyleCard: Gbberish & More

How is it possible that I had never heard about Gbberish until I saw this fabulous blog post by Uma Ceawlin? But I had to get over there and check out the boots, and wow, so many great things - both shoes and clothing. I did pick up a pair of the La Jalousie Suede Boots in a great butterscotch shade, and then it was all about finding a great outfit to wear with. The Softer more relaxed fit of the boot seemed to suggest a comfy look, so I went with that.

The boots are a really unique style, I dig the buttery leather look and button cuffed top. The texturing is really well done and highlights the sculpted shape perfectly. They come in some great shades and there is an optional pearl ankle chain version that is a sweet look if you like to accessorize your footwear. (click image to enlarge)

The rest of the outfit started with the sweet strapless dyan babydoll dress from T..a..R..t and some Woolen Tights from Persona. The ballet shrug part of the Lorie outfit from LAST CALL, sadly no longer available... but equally cute shrugs are available from places like LaLa FooFoo. Accessories from M.R.M. were a perfect fit, and the hair from Seu is my new favorite cute updo (with colour change hairband and pompoms).

Find the great boots at Gbberish, and an entire collection of irresistible shoes too!

The stuff; Redgrave Skin, Seu Hair, T.A.R.T. Dress, LAST CALL Shrug, Accessories by M.R.M. and Ring from Kingsgate.

StyleCard: Solé & Party Girl Mash-Up

When invited to a fun midday Birthday Party for friend and colleague Giela Delpaso, I wanted to wear something fun and cute - and hopefully unlike anyone else at the fete. My easy solution is to mix and match from my inventory in a combination of favorite things that compliment one another. With these sexy new Stella slides from Asri Falcone's Solé line it was easy to put together a look and bring out the warm golden tones of the shoes, here in Maple.

The Stella are only Asri's 3rd sculpty shoe release, and her unique styles and shapes are pretty memorable. There is something undeniably yummy about the way the front of the shoe curves up to meet the toes and the ripples of fabric bunched across the front of the foot. I am also a big fan of the way these are textured to highlight those features and the array of great colors and color mixes available.

For my outfit I grabbed the bottom half of a favorite Alchemy dress, the fun dotted fringe at the bottom looks like party confetti to me and layers of tulle are always fun. The top an Armidi Gisaci square cut blouse, with metallic gold to add some more shine. Finally a few bracelets from UnTone and my much loved butterfly lucky chair hair from ::69::. (note: I made all but the white butterfly transparent, and then hand tinted it a golden shade to match my outfit)

Above Photo courtesy of the amazingly talented Elease Graves of Cherish Studios. The party was great fun, and the look all started with my new shoes - Check out all the colors and get some for yourself at Solé.

Happy Birthday Giela!

The Stuff; Lizette Skin by Dawn Shop, ::69:: Hair, Top by Armidi Gisaci, Skirt by Alchemy, Bracelets by UnTone.