What is Rouge Wearing Episode 3

I much to my chagrin have been shopping my little, well not so little, butt off. When I saw these skirts on a blog or two I wasn't sure I'd love them on me because of that aforementioned backside. But really the flow so nicely that it's hard not to be totally enamored of them. Very girly and flirty and flattering. I bought the fatpack and I'm glad as I was amazed by the number of shoes I had to go with them. I paired the skirt with a very basic black top from W&B which gave me the casual vibe I was going for without being unflattering to the skirt. Hair from fri.day and shoes from Maitreya. The toe cap fatpack has been working it's way through my wardrobe quickly. I LOVE them. The other packs are equally adorable but these screamed out to my inner vintage diva and I couldn't help myself. For complete credits read below.

Hair: fri.day Jasmine2 in Thoughtful Brown
Skin: laqroki Imani in Ebony
Top: W&B Cole Boatneck Top in Black
Skirt: Zaara Larin Skirt in Ash
Shoes: Maitreya Neyya Toe Cap in Caramel

the skin i'm in phase 2

Hey everyone,

I know you've heard me complain about my face looking weird to me in new skins. But I've never really shown you what I mean. I am a demo queen because I have no idea how much different I'm going to look from the display model when I take them home. Some alterations are minor for me and others just make me cringe when I'm in them in the safety of my home. I rarely pay much attention to freebie skins for this reason but after seeing everyone just rave about the Fionna skin from Free Spirit I did check it out. The group seems great and the other merchandise is cool there too, however, after trying on the skin (featured in the middle) I wasn't sure who I was looking at. The tone is fantastic and the shading on the makeup is quite lovely too but my face had little in common with day to day me. And yes I know I could do some alterations and go from there but I like to see how close I am from the start before I decide to tweak at all. Great skin just not my new skin, and I have been looking for a new skin in the tone I normally wear because well it's just getting a little old. The skin at the bottom is the new LeLutka skin Eclat in dark umber. Now I love the tone again I think it's great and this is much closer to daily me (which is Imani from Laqroki in ebony for those that might be interested) but everything felt a little too big. Fantastic skin just again not one I was ready to convert for.

I went through a few others but didn't take any pictures and as I was prepping to go back on my self imposed skin hiatus I got a new texture from Laqroki. Woot new brown skin came in and I scurried my little touchie right on over to check it out. Again love the tone, it's a little darker, not majorly so though, than the Imani skin and the shading around the nose is a little harder but I didn't look so dramatically different that my head hurt or was I slightly saddened that another skin wouldn't work. The Jewel skin (on the bottom) gives me a few different options for looks (well more than a few it came as a 10-pack) in a tone I love and that didn't make me unrecognizable all of a sudden. I wore it in a shoot last night and can't say that I am at all unhappy with it. Go Laqroki and I do have to mention Mallory was very cordial when I asked when the new ebony skins would be released and promised it would be in a few weeks. And boom Jewel is here. Thanks.

I promise to keep this next part brief. French Vogue is catching some flack because they published images of a very blonde very Danish model in what amounts to Black face. Their defenders are saying the images are not derogatory because they portray Black beauty in a positive light. That might be true if it was actually a Black model but it's not. It's a very White model who in no shape or fashion should have been made up this way. It brings up horrible, painful images to Blacks in the US and those around the planet who have been victimized and told they were somehow inferior because their skin was darker. There are too many fantastic Black models available for this to have even been a thought. It wasn't cutting edge, it wasn't high fashion, it was insensitive at best and downright rude at its worse. I won't republish the images but if you want to see them please click the LINK here.

beginning of the onslaught

Okay I have about 10 posts ready to pop out of my brain but finding time to sit down and write instead of shopping, styling an outfit, doing rehearsal or something has been fleeting in the last few weeks. And really a LOT has happened so I have got to update you on all of that of course. The last time I wrote I was getting ready for graduation and thought I was getting ready for the Halloween shows lol. That would have been silly since Halloween was so far off but hey I was tired. Graduation went mostly smoothly. I had a slight tumble off the stage after I got my shiny cap to go with my loverly diploma. The overall experience with Maniera was great and really it hadn't dawned on me that not all of us would be hired or that any of us would be hired. Most academies aren't making promises to students anymore because they would just end up with dozens of models more than they need. So let's say I was a little surprised to put it mildly when the topic of who was going to be hired came up at all and even more surprised that only a few of us would be brought into the agency. I didn't think it would be me at all so I guess that's why I was stunned literally into a giggle when Sami contacted me a short time later about joining Maniera. I would have done a dance of joy at that precise moment but I was in the middle of another project that I have to update you about. Let me just say that I am thrilled to be apart of the Maniera team and can't thank them enough for training me and seeing something in me that they wanted to work with.

The thing I was in the middle of was a runway show only for once I wasn't the one out front hoping not to crash or fall or screw anything major up. I along with slowly Bury coordinated the Maternal Instincts runway show for MPI. Thankfully I had someone who was willing to dabble in script writing because it would have been horribly dry if I had written it all alone. For my part, I mostly handled the styling of outfits and poses and the rehearsals. Right before the show started I got the energy boost that slid me through the show with a few glitches--one was totally my fault as I had a model walk last and then in a group walk a few moments later--and the normal lag fairy that descends on shows. The girls were great and I appreciate all the hard work they put into selecting poses, styling themselves, coming to rehearsals and just going with the flow. They will always be the bestest to me cause they were my first show behind the scenes so thanks Vich, PureBeauty, sereana, Jacinta, Keeley and Rachel. Thanks to Jason and genie for allowing me to try my hand at that and EXTRA big thanks to slowly for working on the script. It was truly a pleasure working on the show.

I've also taken on a few other roles and I hope to do a good job in all of them. I am one of the new instructors for Miramar and I think from our conversations we'll have a good curriculum in place that will benefit everyone. The next runway show for Praga I'm working on the walk for the models and hope it all goes well. And I am blogging for JSE now and actually ready for the Halloween shows now as they really are approaching. Found the cutest costume a few weeks ago just gotta make sure it fits well.

And in a total different kind of shock, I made the initial cut for the SuperElite Supersearch 2010. The lag at the casting threw me for a total loop but I felt the outfits were styled well. Looking pretty and not walking well don't work together though so I'm not holding my breath to make it to the top 10 for this season and I'm not sure what happens if we're eliminated this round as far as applying in the future. Ahh well. It was nice to be called to the casting. I'll keep working on everything no matter what the results are. I'll try to get pics posted to flikr soon so you can see what I was wearing.

See ya later
Rouge