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Blogger Challenge: How Low Can You Go?

Gabby Panacek — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 02:07:01 +0000

Isle Lunesea posted on her blog about how we can all do our part to reduce lag at crowded events, hunts and expos by choosing wearables that contribute to a low ARC or Avatar Rendering Cost. So she challenged bloggers to come up with attractive, low-ARC outfits…under 100 ARC to be exact. I really pushed the limit…and, okay, I might have dipped my toe over the line a little bit…but I came up with two looks that I think fit the spirit of the challenge.

There are those who will argue that ARC is a myth. Personally, I will admit to being completely non-techy, so I don’t even pretend to understand all of the arguments for or against the legitimacy of ARC and its effect on sim lag. In fact, just this week I discussed this with Codie and she tells me that, other than the sim build itself, skin is actually the largest contributor to lag at crowded events. She made sense, but skin only has an ARC value of one. So, how does that compute in the swirl of rationales debated by those for and against ARC as a lag measure? But I digress. This post is about the spirit of the challenge so lets get to the pictures, shall we?

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Post tags: Aden, AVANISTA, Blogger Challenge, Dice Beattie, ETD, FashionFeedofSL, Fleur, Genesis, Isle Lunesea, L&E, Modd G., MV-SL-Fashion, Paper Couture, Pretties by JB

What’s Black & White & Pink All Over?

Gabby Panacek — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 06:52:19 +0000

Okay, so the the old joke is actually: What’s black and white and read all over? (a newspaper…yucka yucka yucka). And when I started putting this outfit together, I had on some red accents to go with the black and white. (Get it? Read. Red.) Then Java sent me a little pink dress and my mind started to flicker. Once I headed upstairs to my little hideaway on Rouge (the only place on Codie’s sim you are likely to ever find anything pink), I was further inspired to make some changes.

I’d been trying on random goodies from Dice Beattie all night, and I love the versatility of his tintable Boobless One-Piece. He’s currently designing like a man possessed, rebuilding his store and planning to release all kinds of newness in mid-April. I paired the one-piece with a blouse and cropped pants from COCO, tights from Fleur, socks from Maitreya, and a belt from caLLie cLine. I chose a whimsical, romantic hairstyle from Clawtooth by Clawtooth, mostly because I really liked the flower and finally, I added my current obsession, the Boho Chic Mules from Pretties by JB.
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Quickie: Thursday Night Dance Party

Gabby Panacek — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 07:31:20 +0000

Nexeus Fatale is getting his DJ groove on again and has decided to restart his Thursday Night Dance Parties at various locations around the grid. Tonight, he was at Rouge! RL kept me longer than I had anticipated so I was in a bit of a rush getting dressed, but I really liked what I threw together. It was the perfect outfit for a low-key night out dancing with good friends and great music.

Style Notes:
Shirt: [LeLutka]-SHIRI top/white
Bandeau: [RD] Tintable Bandeau Top (tinted to flesh tone) by Dice Beattie
Pants: Sweetest Goodbye [SG*] Bombom – Black
Shoes: Pixel Mode [PM] Kavika Sheen – Plain -Silver
Hair: Gritty Kitty: Marlei – blonde
Bracelets: +plus*Wide Bangle in Silver*, [Armidi Gisaci] Glitz Bangle combo – Assorted 10
Ring: Canimal Novelty Rings – Seal with a kiss
Piercing: /Fuel/ Monroe
Skin: :: Genesis :: Eden Nutmeg – Codie
Eyes: ~Glanz~ .::Eyes::. mid : FreshBlue
Poses: Long Awkward Pose

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