When I was a girl...

...I'd lie in the dark
Listen to the rain hit the roof on the shed
The train across the field would be shakin' the bed
Blissful shivers under the covers.

Trees makin' shapes with the moonlight in the shadows on the walls
Miles from nowhere in a valley off the highway.

- from In a Valley by Carolyn Mark

Sometimes I think Carolyn Mark is writing from inside my head. Except I know she exists in RL, plays guitar much better and dresses more snappily.¹ Still, her songs haunt me and make me all goose pimply when I listen to them. Well, except for Edmonton, which just makes me laugh.

So what does this all have to do with clothing and fashion and SL? Everything. Take the outfit I am showcasing today for example. To me, it creates a mood, sets a scene, leaves an impression. It is romance, luxury and elegance. Plus I think I look quite good in it. Not hard though when you have a store like Silent Sparrow.

This is the sylvan suite in "rose" for L$300 sold near the lucky chair. Other versions, in the room with the rest of the frocks, go for L$400. While there is a violet version that looks suspiciously identical to the rose version, other colours can be had there too.

And it is simply gorgeous. The detail is exquisite, with lace and folds and sheen and layers that give it such depth. There are multiple layers and options, ranging from the modest full Lolita jacket² with prim collar and skirt, to a strapless gown. Gloves are included too.

Again, I have on the Laqroki Saturday hair and Second Eyes Modern Eyeglasses, this time I tinted them myself to match the dress better.

This time the pic was taken in the Mont Saint-Michel sim. The photo doesn't do the sim justice, but it really is worthwhile to check out. It's a fairly faithful reproduction of Mont Saint-Michel off the coast of France, a rocky outcrop connected to the mainland by a causeway. It has an interesting past with use in religion and defence dating back over 1300 years.

1 I'm pleased that my spell check recognizes snappily as a word.³
2 Lolita fashion may not be what you think it is. Rather than a reference to the Vladimir Nabokov novel and subsequent Kubrick film it is on the contrary a fashion subculture based in modesty and beauty with echoes of the Victorian era.
3 I'm also pleased I got to use footnotes in today's post.⁴
4 See note 3.