Review: Indyra Originals, Vida in Cantelope

Today's special item is from a designer that I at first did not like.  But, soon I noticed that my RL mother and my RL aunt could not get enough of the clothing from here so I thought I'd take another look.  The designer is Indyra Seigo from Indyra Originals, with the dress being in the Budoir fashion line and is available for L$325.  The dress comes on its own in clothing layers with a prim skirt.  The version in white is available on the Marketplace for a 33% discount, totaling L$200. The outfit comes as no mod/copy/no trans.

This is a gorgeous little dress, available in several colors from the store.  It fits well, and my aunt found that she did not have to adjust it.  The coloring fit her avatar's own coloring well and she just looked gorgeous in it.  There was a slight variation in the lace of the dress which gave a nice subtle detail to it as well.  Everything about it was easy to photograph, easy to look at, and looked great in any setting we tried it in. 


We also found that the dress moved well.  All of the ladies associated with this blog have mocap AO's from several sources in SL, and we find that there are many times where we have problems with the movement of prims in clothing because of it.  This is one of those dresses where the movement works well.

There are two small flaws we have found with this dress, but both are debatable.  The first is that I prefer to have some sort of shaddowing to the edges of the cloth.  In real life, no matter the lighting, you will have some shadowing on the skin from clothing.  This shadowing is missing here.  It's not noticable unless you look, and you don't miss it that much on someone with a tan, but on a lighter skinned avatar it could be noticed.  It's also not noticeable unless you look, but the edges of the texture do not line up at the seams on the sides.  Though it also is not needed, the available clothing templates all take into consideration where and how to line up textures.  Plus, some of the newer graphics programs now allow you to look at the clothing in three dimensions, which allow for this problem to be fixed.

We were all debating too on the skirt.  While I thought the way the flexi-prims fell did not work, Mom thought it flowed well with the AO.  Indeed it did flow well, and the mocap AO happened to hide the fact that the buttocks tend to stick out.  If you do purchase this and have a little "junk in the trunk," then you will find yourself needing to modify it to make it look like it hangs more naturally.  I also did not care for the fact that the edges of the prims just do not match up well enough.  Mom then noticed as well that the top edges of the prims, where it meets the avatar, had faded to an alpha texture.  While the alpha trick helps to smooth the edge of the prim, from the side, it looks unnatural and makes you remember that you are in a virtual world and not some paradise of your dreams. 

While we did have some technical critiques on this dress, we still love it and would wear it anywhere in SL.  It's perfect for any occasion, plus it comes in such a great array of colors that it will match any skin, hair, or event that you may need.  You might even find yourself picking it up in a few extra colors just in case.  We also found that the men on the sim we run our businesses on could not stop looking at it either.

Stylings used:
Dress:  Indyra Originals, Vida in Cantelope for L$325
Jewelry:  Chop Zuey, Soul's Horizon Set for L$0 if a group member
(note:  group membership for Chop Zuey is L$350, but comes with minimum three monthly free gifts)
Hair:  Truth Hair, Jolie Reds for L$250
Shoes:  Similar Italian Footwear, Grosseto in White Leather for L$795
(note:  free demo available in store)
Skin: Al Zulo, Vero in Cocoa for L$800
Makeup:  NOYA

Overall:  8/10

Pros:  Great design, looked great, very versatile

Cons:  Needs some slight adjustments with the skirt and edges of the textures.