Hello, I’m Willow and I’ve hijacked the blog from Danae and Kristian today. Sshh don’t tell them.
Several weeks ago Ivey Deschenel had a space open up next to her main store Sn@tch on Pulse and instead of putting a permanent store in there she’s decided to allow a different shop a month to use the space, for free. Send applications to Ivey if interested.
Anyway, the first shop selected was Rara Avis, a new shop and designers to me. The designers are Azriel Ballyhoo, Nineveh Teskat and Nix Fiertze (as far as I can tell from the designs sold so far) ;o) They design mostly for women but also some adrogynous designs can be found as well. Everything from gothic to punk to glam.
Below are photos of 4 items to give you an idea of why I feel these designers are ones to watch. I know I’m excited to know what they will do in the future.
(click photos for a larger, more detailed view of the outfits.)
First up is a little gothic black dress. It’s lovely and i especially love the sheer bottom of the dress.

This next outfit I simply adore and it’s for both men and women. For me this was a must have as soon as my eyes fell on it.

Another adrogynous outfit is the punkish Dead & Buried.

And lastly, a new dress that just came out this past week. It comes in four colours but I was drawn to the raspberry. 2 skirt lengths, a corset and top gives you 4 different looks.

Slurl: Rara Avis main store
Before I get into details I’d like to especially mention the skin I wear in two of the photos by Domestic V. I love the skins made by Mairead Broek, especially the “seven sins” skins and “sweet cherry crush”. Check out her shop.
Outfit details:
The Kill dress
Dress – Rara Avis – The Kill
Hair – Refuge – Beth light ash blonde
Tights – Sheer – Fishnet bold black
Boots – 1-800 Bettie’s – Victorian Ankle Boot
Skin – Tuli – Elizabeth (fair) Monroe
Eyes – Hal*Hina – Pure Eyes blue
Lashes – Cake – Bedroom lashes
Evil Night Together suit
Suit – Rara Avis – Evil Night Together silver
Hair – BP* -Okappa
Boots – 1-800 Bettie’s – Victorian Ankle Boot
Skin – Domestiv V – Sweet Cherry Crush
Eyes – Hal*Hina – Pure Eyes blue
Lashes – Cake – Bedroom lashes
Dead & Buried suit
Suit – Rara Avis – Dead & Buried
Hair – Digit Darkes -Naturale Defiance glitter
Boots – 1-800 Bettie’s – Victorian Ankle Boot
Skin – MiaSnow – Dahlia the sultry
Eyes – Hal*Hina – Pure Eyes blue
Lashes – Cake – Bedroom lashes
Catacomb Kittens dress
Dress – Rara Avis – Catacomb Kittens
Hair – Refuge – Beth black
Tights – Sheer – Fishnet bold black
Necklace – Refuge – Virtue Choker
Boots – 1-800 Bettie’s – Victorian Ankle Boot
Skin – Domestiv V – Sweet Cherry Crush
Eyes – Hal*Hina – Pure Eyes blue
Lashes – Cake – Bedroom lashes