Killer Costumes from Fashion Inspired by Crimson Shadow

Ah, simplicity. Halloween is about the dressing up as someone (or something) else. Also, it's about getting free candy from strangers, but I digress. Halloween is a time of disguises, and nowhere is it more so than in Second Life, where we can be anything our hearts desire. Which is where it gets a little difficult. Anything at all. It's all a bit overwhelming really, when you come to think of it.

With all the options out there, choosing a Halloween costume can be scarier than all the ghoulish ghosts and spooky scary skeletons haunting the grid through October. But fret not! Rezzable's Crimson Shadow boutique has an elegant solution to the costume quandary. The definitive disguise throughout time has been the mask, and they're still going strong today. There's something deliciously sexy about the classic masque, the delicate way that anonymity is protected only by inches around the eyes and nose, leaving the mouth free to convey e

motions and feelings. Masks can be profoundly liberating, transforming the plainest face into something elaborate and beautiful, drawing attention to the eyes themselves, the very windows to the soul, to coin the old cliché. 

JDiva Ophelia is a mistress of masks, all skilfully hand-painted, and her incredible offerings to the recent 'Fashion Inspired by Crimson Shadow' show prove that costumes don't have to be limited to hiding your beauty away as a pre-determined character, but rather showing a new side of yourself under the mysterious allure of a mask.
 

Shadow Lace Gothzilla

features as it's starting point, a classic Venitienne mask, in an elaborate black brocade pattern, with swirling ribbons framing the face at the edges, and pulling focus to the eyes (SerinaJane is wearing Treasured Visions Clubbing eyes, in Raven, with these outfits). The dress is in a matching black brocade, and features a high-cut strapless bodice, and a daring tiered open-fronted skirt, calf length, revealing the scallop-edged shorts underneath and the sculpted knee-high high heeled boots included with the outfit. To compliment this outfit, SerinaJane is wearing Philotic Energy's 'Ember' hair in plum, a wonderfully fun style, featuring piggie buns, with a messy fringe, and wavy shoulder length loose parts, available at Crimson Shadow.   

Carnival in Crimson Shadow

instantly calls to mind two very different but equally exciting occasions where masks are a mainstay. The exquisite unisex suit, with it's rich burgundies and bright aqua blue accents, boasts cropped style black pants, and an open jacket, over a pristine white ruffled shirt, and has matching boots, with their pattern and that of the gloves bringing a lively modern contrast to what is otherwise an outfit suited perfectly to a seventeenth century masquerade ball, like something out of the court of Louis XIV of France, a timelessly elegant delight. But with the sculpted head and backpieces, this outfit is transformed into a piece straight out of the Rio de Janeiro carnival, vibrant and bright, anything but demure. The headpiece rises up high, overlapping like the petals of a lotus flower, while the backpiece fans out like the proud tail feathers of an ostrich, making you sure to be noticed in this outfit. And astoundingly, for all it's extravagant drama, this outfit can be worn by even the most lag-conscious prim counter, weighing in at an ARC of only 81, ensuring that in all your masked glory, you'll still be dancing the night away at the most crowded of Halloween bashes!

So whether you're looking for effortless class and a way to stand out this Halloween, wanting to appear more mysterious in your everyday wanderings in Second Life, or none of the above but appreciate beautiful clothes,Fashion inspired by Crimson Shadow http://slurl.com/secondlife/Crimson%20Shadow%20Rezzable/142/205/39/ has something for you this October.

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Author of writing:Nivaya Barbosa
Photography, styling,model: SerinaJane Loon
Location: Crimson shadow