The Valley (Part 1)

This is the first part of a series of photos done at Silver Sea, a great Sim to escape the Holiday bustle, filled with interesting nooks & crannies. I stuffed my backpack with enough outerwear for an extended stay, again all from Mens Dept, where you still have a few days before the end of 2013's last round. My avi also features the excellent Xmas gift skin from Belleza, which is actually one of three you can find in Belleza notices (Belleza group joiner fee of 250l). 

• Sweater: Xiaj -  Hikaru Sweater Nordic S (185l at Mens Dept until Dec 31, mesh)
• Skin: Belleza - Jacob Medium Xmas gift (Group Gift, includes multiple skins. Attn: 250l joiner fee) 
• Shape: Peer - Taurus (previous hunt gift) 
• Hair: Ink - MOAT Coal (Not Free, mesh)
• Pose: Saal Body - Autumn Male Pose 1 (Not currently available)

• Jacket/shirt: Howl - Winterreise Coat Khaki M (280l at Mens Dept until Dec 31, mesh)
• Pants: Bastard - Corduroy Casual Baggys (Not Free, mesh)
• Shoes: Lenox - Lenox Duck Boots (250l at Mens Dept until Dec 31, mesh, includes 8 colors & female sizing)
• Pose (upper): Expressive Poses - For Men 1 (Free on MP)

• Jacket/shirt: Gabriel - Knit duffel coat Black (280l at Mens Dept until Dec 31, mesh)
• Pants: Deadwool - Jeans + belt grey M v2 (Not Free, mesh)
• Pipe: EPIA - Mister Pipey (Group Gift, mesh)
• Pose: Poseology - Evans 4 (120L at Mens Dept until Dec 31, includes 6 poses)

  Other

• Telescope/Chair: Balaclava - Stargazer telescope Gold/Stargazer Stool (150l at Mens Dept until Dec 31, mesh)
• Tent: Hyperborea - Traveller Tent (Not Free)
• Backpack: Deco - Survivalist Backpack (Not Free, mesh)

Location: Silver Sea

Warm in the CIty

This month's Mens Dept has some excellent outerwear for those urban prowls, including K's Chesterfield jacket and Etham's nice texture-change jacket/sweater shown below, complimented by Chronokit's awesome scarf gift. My avi also features a skin and cool hair found at Mens Dept, so take a break from your holiday entertainments and stop by for the final round of 2013.

• Jacket: K - Chesterfield Coat Black Male M (180l at Mens Dept until Dec 31, mesh, includes female sizing)
• Pants: Aphorism - Men's Regular Jeans Indigo M (200l at Mens Dept until Dec 31, mesh)
• Shoes: Gabriel - WT HC Studs black (240l at Mens Dept until Dec 31, mesh)
• Scarf: Chronokit - Scarf01 Check Red&Green (Free, mesh, texture change)
• Gloves: Gabriel - Kint Gloves Snow (Previous Gift)
• Necklace: Zibska - Maarten (275l at Mens Dept until Dec 31, texture change)
• Skin: Clef de Peau - Ryan T4 Base (300l at Mens Dept until Dec 31)
• Shape: Markel Shapes - Lukas (Availability unknown)
• Hair/hairbase: Ink - Against Baige/buzz-cut Sideburn Bold Baige (120l at Mens Dept until Dec 30, mesh)
• Pose (upper): Poseology - Pavel 5 (Not Free)
  
• Pose (lower): Poseology - Daniel 6 (Not Free)

• Jacket/sweater/shirt: Etham - Jack Coat Black M (249l at Mens Dept until Dec 31, mesh, includes texture change hud)
• Pants: Aphorism - Men's Regular Jeans Light Blue M (200l at Mens Dept until Dec 31, mesh)
• Shoes: Love Re Me - Boots#02 black (250l at Mens Dept until Dec 31, includes multiple styles)
• Gloves: Gabriel- Leather Gloves (1l)
• Skin: Clef de Peau - Ryan T4 Base (300l at Mens Dept until Dec 31)
• Shape: Markel Shapes - Lukas (Availability unknown)
• Hair/hairbase: Ink - Against Baige/buzz-cut Sideburn Bold Baige (120l at Mens Dept until Dec 30, mesh)
• Pose (upper): Saal Body - Rock N Roll Forever Male Pose 2 (Previous Hunt Gift)
• Pose (lower): Kikay - Model M4 (SL F&O Group Gift, includes 8 Poses)
  

Location: Xcess Adventure

Chubasco

You need to be prepared when you work on a boat because the weather can change fast. At 6:00am it had all the makings of a fine day, the kind you dream about in October, but you never know when you go out. A patch of dark clouds was gathering through the morning haze and we were heading right towards it... 

(Clothing from the October Mens Dept and new releases from Fashion Emergency and American Bazaar.)

• Jacket: Fashion Emergency - Navy Jacket M (New Release, MESH)
• Pose: HisPose - HisChopper 3 (Not Free)

Half way to the pots, the wind picked up and the first drops began to fall. Rule No.1: keep your neck dry - so I grabbed my Gabriel sweater. The one that keeps my ears warm and the wind out my face. It never leaves the boat...

• Sweater: Gabriel - High-necked sweater/Black (M) (180l at Mens Dept until Oct 31, MESH)
• Pose: Saal Body - Male Model III Pose 2 (Not Free)

By the 20 mile marker, it was a damn mini-squall. The sky darkened again, the rain rolling in like sheets and we went for the foul weather gear. Did I mention the wind, I guess I did...

I threw on my Deadwool slicker. Yeah it’s covered in grease from the engines; it’s not a fashion show out there. It keeps my hands free and the rain off my back, that’s what matters! 

• Raincoat: Deadwool - Walden raincoat yellow M (190l at Mens Dept until Oct 31, MESH)
• Pants: American Bazaar - Kyle Loose Jeans Dirty M (New release, MESH, Texture Change)
• Shoes: Deadwool - Trauermarsch Boots blue cutted version (Not Free, MESH)
• Pose (upper): Saal Body - Male Model III Pose 2 (Not Free)
• Pose (lower): Saal Body - Male Model III Pose 5 (Not Free)

I was happy to be dockside again and back in my FE jacket. Squall or no squall we got our pots in cause that's what we do...

• Jacket: Fashion Emergency - Navy Jacket M (New Release, MESH)
• Shirt: Graffitiwear - Black Mesh Tank M (75l, MESH. Previously Blogged here)
• Scarf: 22769 - Luke Scarf Black N/White L (50l per play at Mens Only Gacha Event until Oct 20, MESH, Rare)
• Skin: Clef de Peau - Theo T5 Black Stache (300l at Mens Dept until Oct 31)
• Shape: Shape It Up - Drake 2013 (Contact Alexx Usbourne for availability, Modded) 
• Hair: Mr C - Fabio Espresso (Not Free)
• Eyes: Poetic Colors - Milky Eyes Dove medium medium (Check with store owner for availability, MESH)
  
• Facial Hair: Anatomy - Facial Hair/Beard 2Ed 09 (Not Free)
• Beard: (red)sand: facial hair Crow style goatee nr2 (New Release)
  
• Pose: Saal Body - Male Model III Pose 1 (Not Free)

 Location: Plage des Graniers

Autumn Posing

Two looks for you today, including a nice sweater from American Bazaar that you can get from the Falling Into Autumn Hunt. It is actually the last call for that hunt since it ends tomorrow. Also shown again is Aeva's excellent skin gift, which I also used in my last post. Make sure you go check out the Aeva store to get that gift...

• Sweater: American Bazaar - Turtleneck L Automn (Falling into Autumn Hunt #63 until Oct 21, MESH)
• Pants: Go! - Pocket Pants Leather Beige M (Not Free, MESH)
• Skin: Aeva - Elijah Tone 4 Beardy (Group Gift, includes 9 tones)
• Shape: Novus Studios - The Classic Male III (Not Free)
  
• Hair: Alli & Ali - Huck Hair Light Brown (Previous Group Gift, Not Free)
• Pose: Saal Body - Autumn Pose 6 (Available at Style Shop)

• Sweater: Nerd Project - Sweater006 03 S size (Not Free, MESH)
• Shorts:  HuHu - Bermuda w/Boxer (New Release, MESH, Texture Change version available)
• Hat: Deco - Tropical Fedora (Previously at Mens Dept, Availability Unknown)
• Necklace: KOSH - Uncut Necklace (Group Gift, Unisex)
  
• Bracelet: KOSH - Ice Mint Bracelet (Group Gift, Unisex)
  
• Glasses: Le Primitif - Metal Top Cat Eye Sunglasses Wood (Previous hunt gift)
• Pose: HisPose - HisAttitude 4 (100l for 4 poses)

Hunt Hints & SLURLS mentioned in this post: Falling into Autumn

Goodbye to Summer

It's always Summer somewhere, especially in SL, and Flow's excellent boardshorts and retro swim suits from this month's Mens Dept (ending today) provide a nice excuse to ignore the season and enjoy some SL rays. The boardshorts have a texture-change band and like the swim suits are available with liquid-mesh sizing in a range of colors and at an attractive price.

The avis feature skins by (Red)Sand (previously bogged here) and a recent skin gift from Aeva with shapes by Novus and Shape it Up. Hair is from Alli & Ali, where numerous styles are on sale for 50l through the end of the month.

The Palms

• Bathing Suit: Flow - Asto Remy Swimming Trunks 70's 20 Size Liquid (85l at Mens Dept until Sep 30, MESH)
• Necklace: Glam Dammit - Casablanca Necklace (Group Gift)
• Bracelet: KOSH - LOR Bracelet male (Group Gift, Unisex. In group notices until Oct 7)
  
• Skin: (Red)Sand - The RAAF naturel bald regular skin (New Release) 
• Shape: Shape it Up! - Steel 6.97 FEET (Contact Alexx Usbourne for availability, Modded) 
• Hair: Alli & Ali - Brian Hair Sunlit Brown (50l Sale Price until Sep 30)
  
• Eyes: Poetic Colors - Milky Eyes Chocolate (Check with store owner for availability, MESH)
  
• Pose: Icons of Style - Summer Boy Pose 2L (Free, includes 10 Poses)

Boardshorts

• Shorts: Flow - MF1 Boardshort 6, 13 Liquid Size (135l at Mens Dept until Sep 30, MESH)
• Pose (left): Stakey - Tough Guy 06 (Previous Hunt Gift)
• Pose (right): SAAL Body - Strike Boy Male Model Pose 5 (Not Free)

Snack Bar

• Shirt: Deco - Islander Shirt medium retro (200l at Mens Dept until Sep 30, MESH, also includes hat)
• Shorts: Flow - MF1 Boardshort 6 Liquid Size (135l at Mens Dept until Sep 30, MESH)
• Shoes: SF Design - Mens Sports Sandals (Ultimate Menstuff #32, Texture Change. Note: Hunt is over, but gift still available at time of publication)
• Skin: Aeva - Elijah Tone 4 Beardy (Group Gift, includes 9 tones)
• Shape: Novus Studios - The Classic Male III (Not Free)
  
• Hair: Alli & Ali - Huck Hair Light Brown (Group Gift)
• Glasses: Kumaki Glasses Style - Carlyle 1.00 (New Release, MESH, Texture Change)
• Build: Follow Us - California dream bar (Not Free)

Goodbye to Summer

• Tank: 22769 - Over Head Tank Red L (100l at Mens Dept until Sep 30, MESH)
• Pants: 22769 - Sweatpants Red M (110L at Mens Dept until Sep 30, MESH)
• Pose: Icons of Style - Summer Boy Pose 2L (Free, includes 10 Poses)
• Beach Chair/Umbrella: End of Daze -EOD Beach Chair/Umbrella (Previous Hunt Gift)

Daisy Days

Lots of hunts and other gifts to pursue in these late summer almost fall days. American Bazaar is celebrating its 3rd anniversary with a sim hunt that brings together some of the grid"s best designers. Kimm already blogged some of the items from the hunt - here are a few more including Delirium Style's nice texture change top, AB's cupcake skirt, various accessories and Saal Body's excellent pose gift.

Two of the tops below are from Slave Dressing Room, one from the Around the Grid Hunt and the other found in the SL Frees Group notices for a few more days (secondlife:///app/group/601a412e-f210-e20c-2f01-e186b0ea4f42/about). Estrellita blogged the SL Frees gift earlier this week, but I thought a little reminder was in order, particularly as this is the last weekend for Slave's free 300l giftcard for SL Frees members that can be used to buy anything in the store.

My avi here features an excellent new release shape from Baholi paired with Aeva's Lumi skin that you can get at the Wash Sale for just 10l and Diva's hair from the Arcade gacha event.

• Top: Slave - Kat BowTop S (SL Frees & Offers Group Gift in notices until Sep 16, Mesh, Texture Change) - Group Joiner: secondlife:///app/group/601a412e-f210-e20c-2f01-e186b0ea4f42/about
• Skirt: American Bazaar - Mini Flirty Skirt Cupcake S (AB's Power of 3! Hunt until Sep 21, MESH)
• Shoes: SHINE - Chic Sandal/FloralFun (Shine Butterfly Sim Hunt #7 until Oct 6)
• Pose: Exposeur - Singles Special 20 (Not Currently Available)

• Top: Slave - Hanna T-Shirt S (1L, Around the Grid Hunt #73 until Oct 15, MESH, Texture Change, also includes a tattoo)
• Skirt: Klubwerk - JeansSkirt Fanny White Denim S (New Release, MESH)
• Bracelet: MUKA - Bracelet ABPO3 Steel (AB's Power of 3! Hunt until Sep 21, includes multiple versions)
• Skin: Aeva - Lumi Tone 4 Love Haze Mid Cleavage Frec (10l at the Wash Sale until Sep 25, includes shape, appliers and various skin options)
  
• Shape: Baholi - Rita Curvy (New Release, includes multiple versions) 
• Hair/hairbase: Diva - Giz Type A Black amber (75l at the Arcade Gacha until Sep 30)
• Eyes: ND/MD - Mooneye Ambernight (Moolto Hunt until Sep 30)
• Pose: Saal Body - Daisy Day 3 (AB's Power of 3! Hunt until Sep 21, includes 3 poses)

• Top: Delirium Style - Missy Top S (AB's Power of 3! Hunt until Sep 21, MESH, Texture Change)
• Pants: American Bazaar - Skinny Jeans L Blue (Not Free, MESH)
• Necklace: Mon Cheri - Vintage Necklace (AB's Power of 3! Hunt until Sep 21, Texture Change)
• Nails/Ring: Jamman Jewels - Mesh Fingernail Rigged (AB's Power of 3! Hunt until Sep 21, MESH)
• Pose: Saal Body - Daisy Day 2 (AB's Power of 3! Hunt until Sep 21, includes 3 poses)

• Complete Outfit: Aeva - Boho Autumn Mocha (l00l for Grenade Free Weekend until Sep 16)
• Pose: Ma Vie - Glow 3 (Not Free)

Location: Tagus

Hunt Hints & SLURLS mentioned in this post: AB Power of 3 - Around the Grid Hunt - Moolto Hunt - Shine Butterfly Hunt

Little Warehouse

A little bit of male fashion for you guys in between all the beautiful ladies you see every day on the site. The fashion is mostly from this month's Mens Dept round, which ends tonight I guess. If you haven't been yet go check it out for some nice deals and new releases for men (plus unisex stuff and furniture) before the July round rolls in.

If you are interested in the furniture here, the photos are from a series of decor focused posts I did earlier for my site. There are some great items shown from a variety of makers including End of Daze and %Percent. Check my earlier posts here and here for more on the furniture and build including full credits and slurls.

• Shirt: Villena: Denim shirt M/M wo/studs Classic (150l at Mens Dept until July 1, MESH, includes multiple versions & female sizing)
• Pants: 22769 - Baggy capris creme M (90l at Mens Dept until July 1, MESH)
• Watch: Epia - Invicta Watch (Not Free, MESH, Texture Change)
• Glasses: KASA - Glasses "Classic" (79l)
  
• Skin: (red)Sand - The Hooligan natural bald regular skin (New Release)
• Shape: Tableau Vivant - MOH3 shape R'n'R (Previous Hunt Gift)
  
• Hair: Exile - Hey Man Nice Shot AON (150l at Mens Dept until July 1, MESH, Texture Change)
• Pose: SAAL Body - Fall Guy Male Pose 1 (New Release)

• Shirt: American Bazaar - Open Shirt M Charcoal (Not Free, MESH)
• Pants: Rom - Easy Tapered Pants M size M black (150l at Mens Dept until July 1, MESH, includes female sizing)
• Boots: Tabloid - Rebound Boots Green Black sole (150l at Mens Dept until July 1, MESH)
• Necklace: Etham - Royal Cross Necklace Black Silver #1 (99l at Mens Dept until July 1)
• Pose: SAAL Body - Fall Guy Male Pose 2 (New Release)

• Shirt: Bleak - MrNiceGuy Shirt Jammer L (Newish Release, check with owner for availability, MESH)
• Pants: Apple May Designs - Jammy Pants M Brown (New Release, MESH, female sizing available - Different color on sale for 25l until Jun 28)
  
• Necklace: Etham - Royal Cross Necklace Black Silver #1 (99l at Mens Dept until July 1)
• Pose: SAAL Body - Challenge Male Pose 4 (New Release)

• Shirt: gO - Jared Shirt S (150l at Mens Dept until July 1, MESH)
• Pants/leggings: gO - Jared Pants/leggings (133l at Mens Dept until July 1, MESH)
• Shoes: Love Re Me - Sneaker 01 Black (150l at Mens Dept until July 1, Unisex)
• Pose: SAAL Body - Challenge Male Pose 5 (New Release)

Pump Action

A deserted gas station, a couple on the run, bikes and guns...what could go wrong? Well I'll leave that to your imagination for now, but HISPose's new chopper pose prop provided the inspiration to break out the leather. The prop includes the bike and seven excellent poses and like all their props is quite inexpensive.

The male fashion has some cool accessories, tats and a nice T-Shirt combo from DROP found at the latest Mens Dept round (ends July 1). Also a new release skin from SAAL Body that is quite good and excellent new jeans from +HuHu+ that you can pick up in a rather awesome texture change version.

Astrid's clothing is from the Ricielli store hunt - lots of great items to be found there at 15l - plus some beautiful shoes from BSD Design Studio, available for a limited time at SL Fashion Week.

Pump Action

• Jacket: Impish - Retro Rebel Jacket L - Ruin of Man (Black Petticoat Hunt #34 until Jun 30, MESH, also includes female shoes gift)
• Hat: The Blink - The Gambler (125L at Mens Dept until July 1, MESH, Texture Change)
• Scarf: Ilo - Neckerchief M [mono-gray] (100L at Mens Dept until July 1, MESH, includes multiple colors & female sizing)
• Gloves: Deco - Gentleman's Gloves Coal (150L at Mens Dept until July 1, MESH)
• Skin: SAAL Body Inc - DWYN Tone 2 Brown Brows (New Release)
• Shape: Ultra Shape - Conrad (Group Gift for a limited time)
• Eyes: Poetic Colors - Jaded Eyes Wet Sand medium medium (Not Free)
  
• Pose (male): HISpose - HISChopper (New Release, includes 7 Poses)
• Pose (female): Ilaya - Pistole F3 (Not Free)

Self Service

We've got guns

Astrid

• Jacket: Ricielli - Biker Jacket Red (15l, Love my Mommy Hunt #11, MESH)
• Pants: Ricielli - Biker Pants Red (15l, Love my Mommy Hunt #17, MESH)
• Shoes: BSD Design Studio - Enlightenment Red Trio Limited (On Sale at SL Fashion Week)
  
• Earrings: N@N@ - Crash earrings (SL Frees & Offers Group Gift in notices for June 14 -  secondlife:///app/group/601a412e-f210-e20c-2f01-e186b0ea4f42/about)
• Glasses: Role Optic - SG 81 Advantage I (Not Free)
  
• Scarf: 22769 - Luka Leatherscarf Blue (Previously at L'Accessoires, MESH, check with store owner for availability)
  
• Skin: Hush Skins - SpringBlush Vanilla mb (Previous Group Gift)
• Shape: Hush Skins - June Shape (Group Gift, includes complete skin fatpack)
• Hair: Truth Hair - Dawson w/Roots seasand (Not Free, MESH)
  
• Pose: Ilaya - Pistole F5 (Not Free)

Ravi

• Jeans: +HuHu+ - City Jeans (New Release, MESH, Texture Change Version available)
• Boots: VG Shoes - VG Moto Black (Not Free, Unisex)
  
• Tattoo (Sleaves): Boss Tattoo - Sweet Sacrifice Faded (80L at Mens Dept until July 1)
• Tattoo (Torso): Boss Tattoo - Get my gun Faded (35L at Mens Dept until July 1)
• Pose: HISpose - HISChopper (New Release, includes 7 Poses)

Chopper

• Shirt: DROP - Layered Tee Black Size L (100L at Mens Dept until July 1, MESH)
• Shades: Kumaki Glasses Style - Kasha R2 (New Release, MESH, Texture Change)
  
• Pose: HISpose - HISChopper (New Release, includes 7 Poses)

Decor

• Build: CVR - Triangle Gas Station (77l)
• Car (burning): New Age Industries - No Va (Free on MP)
• Car (red): New Age Industries - Avenue (75l on MP)