Inventory Sorting

I took time to get a little OCD with the inventory, let me explain. I started taking all the mesh clothing into a new inventory and taking 512X512 pictures to add to the various pants, shirts, and shoes files. So I can open the file, and see what is the item actually looks like (some files have pictures but this is my way of seeing a photo that is not an alpha layer or add for the company). This may seem extreme yet I can't really remember the look of every piece of garment Pie has by any means. So I had a chance to look at ALL of my pants, shirts, and shoes and made a few outfits just because I felt like it. Here is one that started with a Gocha hat from Sleepy Eddy, an Unorthodox goatee, lots of jewelry, hand, neck, ear, lip and nose. Xplosion pants, Innuendo Sneakers and an American Bazaar blazer.

Piedmont is wearing:
Body 
Skin - Prodigal - Kai Medium
Shape - Own
Eyes - PC  - Wet Sand
Hairbase - Hot Dive - Expansion
Goatee - Unorthodox  - Half Goatee
Ears - Mandala - Omimi
Clothes
Jacket - American Bazaar - Mesh Blazer Red
Pants - Xplosion - Junk Pants Raw
Sneakers - Innuendo  - Queens
Acessories
Necklace - Mandala - Smexy Tie Necklace
Hands - Mandala - Sirna Nail 
Lip/Nose - Pekka - Canion
Hat - Sleepy Eddy - Gacha Hat
Tattoo - Insanya - Strong Spirit

Visiting the Bronx...@ Mad City

I have seen dozens of posts done at Mad City and instantly recognize it every time. I guess because it reminds me of parts of the Bronx where I lived for a few years and the sim evokes that from me. I love the feel of the sim and the windlight they use there but decided to black and white as it feels like an old place to me. There is also a rainy part of the sim that looks great with the bubbling ground animation. I saw an umbrellaed SL resident (Dawnia Donogal) in the background of a few shots I took (you can see her in the background) and as I got closer asked if she would be in a closer shot. Dawnia was nice enough to hang out with her umbrella open and provide information on her outfit as well! I love SL for all the incidental things, the spontaneous things that happen that truly mock life's unpredictable moments. Here is the shoot.

Piedmont is wearing:
Body
Skin - Prodigal - Kai Medium
Shape - Own
Eyes - PC  - Wet Sand
Hair Base - Pelle - Shaved with Basette
Clothing
Hat - Gabriel ::GB:: - Black Hat
Jacket - L&BSwear - Classic leather with shirt
Jeans - Entente - Au Fait Jeans
Shoes - [*RG*]  - Walkers, Black
Necklace - Feel - Claw Chain
Tattoo - Ink'd Up - Ducasse

Dawnia is wearing:
Dress - Hucci
Boots - [Gos]
Umbrella - TBF (Shop on Mad City Sim)

At The AAI (An Alternative Indie Music Club)

I haven't done a shoot the AAI although I have interviewed many of the DJs that spin there. So I decided it was due time to just land and snap some pics. I found a few great locations within the club setting and had fun! I raided the inventory and bought some new boots from Grasp and a new hat/hair from Argrace (the spun it around backwards). I also put on my favorite tat, some heavy jewelry from Chop Zuey and it was a wrap!

Piedmont is Wearing:
Body
Skin - Kooqla - River - 04
Shape - Own
Eyes - PC  - Jaded Eyes - Wet Sand
Hair base - Hot Dive - Expansion
Beard - Unorthodox  - Full Beard Freaked
Hat/Hair (combo) - Argrace - Baseball Cap Kyler
Clothes
Tank - Apple May Designs - Motor Tank
Pants - Blvck Anchor - En Noir BMX Sweat Pants
Shoes - Grasp - Layered Leather Boots Black
Accessories
Bracelet - Chop Zuey - Margherita on My Mind
Necklace - Chop Zuey - Appache Warrior 
Tattoo - Ink'd Up - Ducasse

Eye on our groups

Pie and I wanted to participate in Berry's group meme this week. We know it was almost a week ago but for some reason this post had taken a while to write. In my case, it inspired a lot of thinking about groups and what they mean to me. Oh, and I finally got to Collabor88 and got some cool stuff. 


1. Have you reached the 42 group limit?   
Pie: Yes. 

Verde: I currently have 41 groups but all this group talk has made me re-evaluate all my groups and the list may look very different in a few weeks ;)

2.  Do you do a lot of group hopping to keep up with all the groups you want to stay a part of? 
Pie: Yes. The only reason I hop groups is because of the freebies. There are groups that have good freebies and if my groups are full I have to rearrange.
Verde: I haven't had to lately. When we just had 20 I was jumping around all the time. I had a few jobs and had to be in groups for my jobs and that didn't leave many slots left. 

3.  What makes you want to join a group? 
Pie: If I know the person or I like the product or I like what the group stands for.

Verde: For stores I usually just join the subscribo group. I join the regular group to become part of a community or if there are some additional benefits to joining the group like interesting or helpful chat.

4. A lot of store VIP groups have a group fee which you have to pay to join. How do you feel about paying group fees? 
Pie: I have limited VIP membership but have joined 3 pay groups out of 42. The amount and quality of the "gift" was worth the Lindens. 

Verde: I have joined on or two but I usually prefer to just buy the products I like. 

5. Name a few groups that you are a part of that you feel everyone should look into joining and share your reasons behind that.
Pie: I belong to quite a few music groups from my friends that are musician and own clubs, the Alternate Music Informer tracks many of the venues where we go to listen to new music and socialize. I belong to quite a few men's fashion stores that I like and would tell anyone to join what you feel you like. Every group I am in I look closely when a new one looks good to join! I tend to leave groups where the IM chat keeps continually blots my screen too!

Verde: My favorite groups are ones that link me to communities that I care about. "Alternative Music Informer" is a great group to find out where great indie music is being played. I came to SL as a library student and still love being part of "Librarians of Second Life." I keep in touch with old friends and learn about library related events. Finally, I love keeping up with art in SL so "SL Art" is an active group with announcements about upcoming gallery openings and other art related events. 

What Piedmont is wearing:

Body
Skin - Labyrinth - Silver Skin Medium Day Stubble
Shape - JLB - Jon - Modified
Hair - EEP - Hair 006
Hair Base - EEP - Male Blacks Tint-able
Eyes - PC  - Wet Sand
Eyeshadow - Red Sand - Eye Shade Full Eyes Covered
Facial Hair - Aphotic Gloom - Stache #3

Clothes
3 Piece Suit - Kauna - Tweed Harris Check (Mesh)
Shoes  - Kauna - Wingtip Brogues - Color change

Accessories
Neck Tat - Trailerstar - Nautical Star
Earrings - Chop Zuey - Diamond Earring Posts Gold
Glasses - K_gs Kumaki Glasses Style  - Boston 1.03

What Verde is wearing: 

Body
Eyes: Poetic Colors - Jaded Eyes - Dusk
Skin: Curio - Moonbeam Fall ebb
Hair: Lamb - Bernice - Snickers - Collabor88
Lashes: Cake - Bedroom Lashes
Shape: my own

Clothes
Dress: fashionably dead - Long Tweed Box Coat and Skirt - Collabor88
Shoes: [elikatira] Move pumps - Java

Accessories
Wedding ring: EarthStones - Eternity Bridal Set - platinum
Glasses: Solar - Arae

Props
Drafting Table - Standby Inc 

@ The Bannister and Shamrock

I Love it when I find a store accidentally when I am in world whether it is because of a lame landmark or just by chance. I always cam around and found most of this outfit this way, simply screwed up a TP yet had to stay and look around! I found the hat I am wearing at Legal Insanity this way, and the jewelry from Just for You. I added some new items and the new Kooqla skin...and away we go to the Bannister and Shamrock for a shoot! Iain Lordhunter (Also in the Blog DJ Exclusive) is the club owner and does a great job bringing Alt/Indie/Punk/Funk/Psych/Electronica to the ears! Check it out!


Piedmont is Wearing:
Body
Skin - Kooqla - River - Silver
Shape - Own
Eyes - PC  - Jaded Eyes - Wet Sand
Hair Base - Unorthodox  - Black and Blond Waves
Eye Crosses - Red Sand - Eye Crosses Tattoo Layer
Beard -  Unorthodox   - Full Beard
Clothes
Hat - Legal Insanity - Jones Cowboy Hat Skulls Guys Ed.
Shirt - Velocity - Dirtyland 7
Pants - 22769 -  Baggy Capris Camo
Shoes - Innuendo  - BROOKLYN
Necklace - Just for you Jewels - Last Fight

Running to ALT7

I ran out to ALT7 and did a quick shoot there. Verde and I have been coming to this Alt/Indie club for years and finally decided to use the unique background for a shoot! Most of this look is from Mens Dept. I added my favorite low rider shoes from innuendo aptly named "Queens" The high top brand in named "Brooklyn". Jewelry from Kosh, and Pekka both at Mens Dept. The hat is from Flow and the TV style glasses are from SYL.

Piedmont is Wearing:
Body 
Skin - Labyrinth - Silver Skin Med
Shape - JLB - Jon (modified)
Eyes - PC  - Wet Sand
Hair Hat - Flow - The Joshua Tree
Goatee - Unorthodox  - Half Goatee

Clothes
Shirt - 22769 - Beach Tee Green
Pants - BarmaleY - Jeans Freaky
Shoes - Innuendo - Queens
Accessories
Tattoo - Zentro  - Music
Necklace - KOSH - Avain
Eyebrow Lip Pierce - Pekka - Canion Unisex Piercing
Glasses - SYL - Telly Shades

In the White Room

Kauna is a great store that never fails with the awesome textured suits. The newest is definitely a no fail! The suit is called Harris Tweed : Plaid Avocado Check and is accessorized with a bow tie, Handkerchief, and pants in various lengths. The suit can also be worn in various stages of being underneath each other to  individual vest, or shirt on top layer. The BEST hit I had there this week was the Wingtip Brogues with color change hud. The detail on the shoes is phenomenal and needed to have its own picture to show the high texture quality and ability to change all areas of the shoe (The picture is my own color scheme). Even the soul can have a more rugged boot type soul or leather soul! LOVE IT!

Piedmont is Wearing:
Body
Skin - Labyrinth - Silver Skin Medium Day Stubble
Shape - JLB - Jon - Modified
Hair - EEP - Hair 006
Hair Base - EEP - Male Blacks Tint-able
Eyes - PC  - Wet Sand
Eyeshadow - Red Sand - Eye Shade Full Eyes Covered
Facial Hair - Aphotic Gloom - Stache #3
Clothes
3 Piece Suit - Kauna - Tweed Harris Check (Mesh)
Shoes  - Kauna - Wingtip Brogues - Color change
Accessories
Neck Tat - Trailerstar - Nautical Star
Earrings - Chop Zuey - Diamond Earring Posts Gold
Glasses - K_gs Kumaki Glasses Style  - Boston 1.03

Tuck your shirt in!!

I got this outfit at Mens Dept in July and really love that it purposely has the front of the shirt hanging out. That suit coat outfit is from 22769 [Homme] and has a formal yet casual feel to it. I like outfits that keep the script count down and are easy to put together, as some of the suits I wear can have many items by the time I am done with it. The shoot was done at one of my favorites of all classy time...The Mercury Room. My friend and club owner (Name drop alert!!!) Owl Sweetwater has a classy, swanky, art deco jazz club that I love to go use for such outfits. Go check the club out and I hope you like this outfit.

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Piedmont is Wearing:
Body
Skin - Nivaro - James - MD Beard/Hair
Shape - Own
Eyes - PC  - Jaded Wet Sand
Hair - UwSt - David Hair
Clothes
Jacket/Shirt/Pants - 22769 - Rob Suit Coat Black
Shoes - Innuendo  - TEO Black Formal Shoes

Some Hanky Panky?

I shot this outfit at one of my favorite clubs in SL is ElizaRose Gloom's The Hanky Panky Room. I love this venue and the rather SEXXXXY Danger Dolls that put together some great themed shows. But it is the crowd there and the great tunes that works best. This outfit is still in the summer trend with some Salon de Glow hair, K_gs glasses and a nice funky lip pierce by n-creation that you can see on the close up. The shirt is Entente and has a hud that requires you buy the textures you want to fill it with, and the Razor pants have a typical hud with great textures.

Piedmont is Wearing:
Body 
Skin - Belleza - Eric Tan BBB1
Shape - Own
Eyes - PC  - Classic Gen4 Driftwood
Hair - Salon de GLOW - Hairpieces M-03 (Light Brown&Black)
Hair Base - Salon de GLOW - Hair Base 1
Tattoo - Insanya - Strong Spirit Half
Clothes
Shirt - Entente - Mettre Tee - Homme (With Hud)
Pants - Razor - Cargo Faders (With Hud)
Boots - Deco - Army Boot No4
Accessories
Glasses - K_gs Kumaki Glasses Style  - Gapp
Lip Pierce - N Creation - Lips Pinned Skull
Bracelet - Rozoregalia - Archelon

Breaker Breaker

Thats Rachel Breaker! Rachel Breaker is a creator/designer/builder in SL that has a store at Off the Wall that is something that DR. Seuss himself would have been happy with! In the background you can see the build and how artistic Rachel really is. Rachel is an animator and the Sim has a Simpsonesque quality as I see the use of colors and shapes.This sim makes me very happy when I am there and its is just like I fell into a toybox....and want to play with everything. A gun that shoots and rezzez 1 prim cartoony flowers! I had to have it! Rachel's place has a store with some very creative items you need to see as well! I can't wait to rezz the house I bought from there when I have some time!! Oh yeah the suit is from Legal Insanity and here it is!

Part of the colorful sim and store at Rachel Breakers "Off the Wall"

Piedmont is wearing:
Body
Skin  - Kooqla - River 04 -Dark Brown
Shape - JLB - Jon (Modified)
Eyes - PC  - Classic Gen4
Hair -  Colors  - 62 Black Pack
Clothes
Shirt/Tie/Pants - Legal Insanity - Vincent Suit Black
Shoes - Phunk - Black Wingtips
Earrings - Pekka - Cracker Male

Who's the MC?

Thanks to 69 Park Ave, Pie is the MC tonight. Or at least he looks to be the MC in the Casino Royale formal suit. The mesh suit is nicely textured and has a nice touch of boutonniere and bow ties to rez if desired. The suit has a nice ascot and is easy to see this is a great tuxedo. I love the mesh work by 69 Park Ave and can't wait to put Verde on my hip and dance it up. The background is at The Mercury Room, check it out in world.

Piedmont is Wearing:
Body
Skin - Prodigal - Kai Medium
Eyes - PC  - Jaded Wet Sand
Hair - Mr. C -Titoso Brown
Hairbase - [Cheerno] - Dark 3.2
Shape - Own
Clothes
Entire Suit/rose/tie - 69 Park Ave - Casino Royale
Shoes - Innuendo  - TEO
Wedding Band - Earthstones - Eternity Platinum
Earrings - Chop Zuey - Mens Diamond earrings 

Mills Suit

I got this suit at the Menswear Fashion Week in April and have not found the right look or courage to wear it until now. The Shape from JLB is taller and I feel the Gizza suit works. I do not feel this looks like a kilt or a skirt, but its own look. The pants and boots make this happen in my mind and looks fashionable to say the least.  

Piedmont is Wearing:
Body
Skin - Prodigal - Kai Medium
Shape - JLB - Jon (Face modified)
Hair - Mr. C - Titoso - Coffee
Hair Base - MADesigns - Dark Brown
Eyes - PC  - Wet Sand
Clothes
Entire Outfit - Gizza - Mills Suit - Black
Accessories
Tattoo - Sleepy Bozer - Authentic

The Tiger

I found a great line of clothes only available on Marketplace called Phunk. High quality mesh suits and Tuxes, wing-tipped shoes and jackets that have textures that are extremely enjoyable to wear and view. There is a large variety of styles (lots of animal styles, zebra, leopard, lizard, gator) that are fun and the classic black pin-stripes and others that are fashionable as well. The price is right as the suit includes high quality shoes and looks great on the avi! I will be showing off more very soon as I can't be helped and bought a few!! I love this Tiger Tux and had to sport it!

Pie is Wearing:

Body
Skin - Prodigal - Kai Medium
Shape - JLB - Jon
Eyes - PC  - Jaded Wet Sand
Beard - ::Fe Style:: - No 3
Hair - Mr. C - Titoso Coffee
Hairbase - MADesigns - Dark Brown
Clothing
Entire Suit -Phunk

The Big Kauna

I have been doing a lot of formal suit lately but theres a good reason. The mesh designs and textures available from several of the creators ar quite impressive and I find it hard to not put up the Lindens. This suit from Kauna that I got at Mens Department is rich in texture, and has the shading and pieces all in place. The suit adds on by shirt and tie, then pants, then jacket. There is an extra hud for ties and pocket handkerchief (and of course I got it!!). I hope the richness of this suit comes through as firestorm was very kind today.

Piedmont is Wearing:
Body:
Skin - Prodigal - Kai Medium
Eyes - PC  - Jaded Wet Sand
Shape - JLB (Moded face)
Hair - Dura - *41 (Black Dura Hair Base)
Mustache - Aphotic Gloom - Stache #3
Clothes:
Suit (Entire) - Kauna - 3 Piece Plaid Cocoa
Shoes - Phunk (MP) - Brown Oxford

Hell Bent for Leather

Putting together great leather outfits in SL is getting easier with the amount and quality of certain  designers in world. My Friend's INFI Graves and Holster "Hellcat Bettie Bones" Lander got together and we put on some leather, got biker'd-up and lets just say threw it down. A good looking array of leather on INFI from Grasp and Piedmont from L&B. Holster is right in there with any biker crew with her LOLA's, Para designs Tats, and the Skeleton FK skirt. 

Holster is wearing:

Body:

Skin - [MC] Ela skins and Bonus Shape  

Eyes - BSN - Deep Eyes
Hair -  Truth- Sadie - browns
Top Isabella - Mini Tank top black with lolas Lolas ::: Tango ::: Mesh breast
Clothes/Accessories:  

Shoes  - REDGRAVE !Shoes Donna- 12 color

Belt  - ...:::Scrub:::... 

Rosary Belt  Tattoos  - Para Designs:: Color of Love Tattoo:: Para Designs :: Cupcake Madness Tattoo 

Skirt - Fk! skeletons mesh pencil skirt

Make up - Corvus :Deep Black eyeshadow

INFI is wearing:
Body:

Skin - Bellezza- Jonas
Hair - 99Hair - Krima - blacks
Clothes/Accessories:    

Ear piercings - +Rozoregalia+*NORNIR*PIERCE3  

Nose Ring - FNKY!  Lip Piercing - [IC] Piercing Set  

Tattoo - B*Fly - Bass Down Low  

Necklace - *KRASH* - Skull Dagger  

Pants - AMERIE M- Mesh Skinny pants  

Shoes -L&B Footwear - Croc Ankle  

Belt - L&B - S'wear Urban Belt  

Jacket - +Grasp+ - Leather biker jacket 2012  

Pie is wearing:
Body:

Skin - Prodigal- Kai Medium

Eyes - PC  Eyes - Wet-sand

Ears - Mandala - Steking
Hair - Salon de GLOW - <Hairpiece> M-02 and hair base

Beard - Unorthodox - Fill Beard Freaked (Base and Prim included)
Clothes/Accessories:

Jacket - L&B S'wear - Moto
Jeans - L&B S'wear  - Mens Flats Boot Cut
Boots -  REDGRAVE  - Walkers Black

Lip/Eyebrow Pierce - Rozoregalia - Nornir Silver

Nails - Mandala - Sirna

Eye Shade - Red Sand - Full eye shade