Summertime, and the livin’ is easy
Fish are jumpin’ and the cotton is high
Oh, your daddy’s rich and your ma is good-lookin’
So hush, little baby, don’t you cry
“Summertime,” lyrics by DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin
One of the things I don’t like about living in the South is the heat in the summer. As I always say when someone thinks I’m insane for wanting to move back to Michigan year round, “You can dress for the cold. You can’t undress for the heat — legally.”
Well, at least you can dress as lightly as possible; that helps a little. This outfit by Liziaah does the trick quite nicely.
This is a two-piece dress, top and skirt, which I’ve just accidentally concealed by crossing my arms across my midriff. And the feel is lovely — light cotton above, a pale-floral-finish skirt with a lovely lace treatment at the wide waist. When you want a long skirt during the summer months, opt for this one and you can’t go wrong. (When you go shopping for this, you’ll have your choice of five colors; but the treatment in details varies from color to color, so take a good look when you get to the Designer Showcase this month.)
Why wear these claw nails? Why, because I want to, of course! Jewelry from EarthStones.
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The details:
Latifah wears —
- Head: Akeruka Viola 1.5
- Body: Maitreya Lara 4.1
- Attachments: Vista ProHand V.2; Slink Avatar Enhancement Feet Deluxe 1.2.5
- Skin: Lure Olivia (Cocoa)
- Eyes: IKON Sovereign eyes (Leonine)
- Hair: Vanity Hair Dream Catcher (available at current round of Tres Chic; worn here without accessories)
- Nails: SlackGirl Ego claws
- Dress: Liziaah Cadence (Azure) (available at current round of Designer Showcase)
- Shoes: KC Couture Sevilla wedges
- Jewelry: EarthStones Island Zen sea glass collection (available at current round of The Liason Collaborative)
- Makeup:
- Eyeshadow: SlackGirl Paola (Slot 6)
- Lashes: SlackGirl AKE04 (Slot 1)
- Lipstick: alaskametro Mage (Omega, Slot 2)
Photographed at my home
Full-size photos in the album “Summertime ….” at Flickr
