New at Lassitude & Ennui

Laudanum - unisex sculpted shoes, a gothic touch for your dark victorian ensemble. Available in various sizes both for ladies and gentlemen, comes in three colors (black, white, oxblood).

Permissions no mod / copy / no transfer, 300L$ for one color (silver & gold buckles included), please try the free demo for fit!



Medea - a starkly geometric jewelry set with a subtle "glow" effect on the stones. Permissions mod / no copy / transfer, 320L$ for gold or black, free demo available.



Also please note that a variety of items have been steeply discounted at the main L&E location in Nouveau and will be retired after the sale, in about four weeks.

(Skins by Fleur, clothing by ~silentsparrow~, hair by Miriel (top) / Naughty Designs (bottom))

Lassitude & Ennui Blog has new URL

Just a short notice that my blog has moved to a new location - please update your links to http://lassitudeennui.blogspot.com/ - this was done to comply with LL's new trademark policy since my old blog URL featured two of those trademarked letters.

Lassitude & Ennui now at shop.onrez.com

No new stuff (yet), just some random news: I have added a good portion of my stock to shop.onrez (the link takes you directly to my "storefront") - what a convenient way to shop and send gifts! I will be adding various boots over the weekend and of course, every new release will get listed there too.

I've also cleaned up the blog roll a bit, added a few new, removed a lot of defunct blogs or those I just don't read anymore. Well that's it for today :)

Estampie sculpted shoes

New today at Lassitude & Ennui, "Estampie" sculpted medieval shoes in six muted velvets with contrasting embroidery and prim laces. Those were - pardon the language - a bitch to texture and I had to revise my first plans to account for some heavy mesh distortion on the toe part but it was very instructive. The final texture is a mix of various techniques - the embroidery is hand-drawn, the surface structure photosourced, the shadows baked & heavily postprocessed in PS.

Available in ladies' sizes (0 and 12) and gents' sizes (20 and 30) - they actually are a bit larger but this was fashionable a couple of centuries ago ;) Definitely not SCA approved, while historical exemples were consulted and provided much inspiration, the result is more one for fantasy outfits. Permissions no mod / copy / no transfer, 230L$, size & color demos available for free. And of course a fatpack too.

(The name comes from the medieval dance and music form, the estampie - which is said to have been quite lively and vigorous. Hence the perfect name for comfortable slippers, that would suit both a pretty maid on the dance floor, or the court bard playing for her)

Isolde - new jewelry at Lassitude & Ennui

Inspired by the Art Nouveau movement and the intricacies of celtic knotwork, Isolde is a dazzling jewelry set that will compliment any formal or medieval outfit.

Set comprises necklace, earrings and a hairpin (attaches to mouth, might need some adjustment depending on hairstyle). All mod / no copy / transfer, great for gift-giving! Free demos available.

To visit Lassitude & Ennui, map Nouveau(60,60) or look up Jackal Ennui, first profile pick.

Thanks for looking!

P.S.: If you write for an SL fashion blog, please IM me if you'd like a review copy! I don't want to spam everyone with stuff so I don't always send out review copies - that doesn't mean I've forgotten you :)

Jewelry Expo 2007 - Auction item by L&E

Jewelry Expo 2007 has been running for 2 days and I'm really happy about the positive reception everywhere - and the sim is usually full by euro afternoon times. There is an auction of one-off, celestial themed jewelry, and I've contributed a choker / earring set called "The stars my destination". The title is, of course, a reference to a book by Alfred Bester - I like the evocative nature of the title. The jewelry is a slight nod to steampunkt aesthetics; I imagine it could be portable star map, or maybe even a travel device?

New sculpted flats @ Lassitude & Ennui

I finally took the plunge into sculptie world and made these flats, which would have been plain impossible with regular prims. They're very simple - only 3 prims per shoe - I was going for a wardrobe basic here. What I really like is that with the clean lines they can really be dressed up or down. Try them with a mini-skirt, a rennaissance dress or Tete a Pied latest calendar release, September.

They come in 14 colors and 3 sizes (0 / 12 / 22) - 200L$ per color or the fatpack for 1400L$. Currently only available at Lassitude & Ennui in Nouveau but I'll be updating the other locations soon. There's demos for size and color. Please note that sculpties can take a while to rez!



For those curious, I've been using ZBrush for sculpting and texture baking, Wings3D for sculpt map export, SLImageUploading for uploading (duh!) and Photoshop for post-processing. Aside from wasting 2 days figuring out that my model had not UV map, ZBrush has been a really pleasant experience. The 2.5D/3D is rather different from regular 3D apps, but the modelling concept is very intuitive and extremly fun. I'm just a bit miffed that a 64x63 sculptie is a bit too small to really use all the modelling possibilities of ZBrush.

I've also dropped the prices for all other shoes & boots (Victoria, Eva pumps 230L$ instead of 300L$, Elizabeth boots 300L$ instead of 370L$ etc) permanently. Currently the updated prices can be found at Lassitude & Ennui in Nouveau, Caledon Tamrannoch and Caledon Victoria City, and I'll be making the rounds to the various mall locations today.