RFyre’s Viscount Black Seas
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Name of Ensemble:Viscount Black Seas
Creator: Raven Pennyfeather
Shoppe: Rfyre
Comments:
I enjoy spotting an ensemble that I am fairly convinced will perfectly suit either my human or fox self. I took one look at Rfyre’s new Viscount and knew that fox had to have it.
Admittedly, I have not bought any Rfyre ensembles for some time, not really finding most of their offerings in the past year to my taste, but I thought — why not? Fox gets what he wants. Do you want to tell him “No”?
Since the inception of prim sizing scripts, I’ve been in the doldrums a little regarding fashion. Rfyre quickly disappointed on this account.
Not only do the prim pieces contain script resizers (the standard “this prim”/”all prims” script), but the prim pieces are no copy. What does this mean exactly apart from a slightly snarly fox? If my human self wished to wear this ensemble, I would need to leave the lag inducing scripts inside the prim in order to modify them for different avatar sizes.
I was somewhat amused by Miss Pennyfeather’s notecard which indicated that one should ensure that one copies the prim piece (if possible) before removing the resize script. Except… most of her items are no copy!
Before my readers believe that I have gone off completed cocked on this issue, once upon a time prim pieces were often made copy/modify and without resizing scripts. This is absolutely ideal. Now with the resize script, creators erroneously believe that no copy pieces are quite acceptable and have now become the norm. In a world of excessive lag, contributing to this by way of resize scripts in half a dozen pieces per avatar really compounds an already epidemic problem.
These resize scripts will be the death of me, I know it.
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However, back to the real subject at hand… fashion! I do like this ensemble quite a bit. The brass accoutrements set off this style exceptionally well, and of course the rich brocade fabric is sumptuous.
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The coat bottoms with the sash is beautifully styled, although even after using the prim resizer, I still had to tweak the individual pieces in places. And this is my other nit about prim resizers in coat tails — I enjoy a long coat and if I resize to my narrow waist, the coat length shortens to an unappealing length for me. However, these pieces are modify (thankfully), so I am able to resize the manual way.
The trousers are also stunning and are offered in two lengths (knee high and full length). At least this takes care of those of us with digitigrade legs.
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The overall styling really is superb and certainly infused with Eastern European tones. The suit is very aptly named, and one can easily imagine a decadent journey on the Black Seas.
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The collar and jabot are wonderfully styled, featuring excesses that appeal to me greatly. This, in addition to the sash, is perhaps one of the most defining and alluring attractions of this ensemble.
The fingerless gloves are well made and patterned. And the coat cuffs a very nice accent.
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The rear view reveals a continuance of an elegantly styled suit. For myself, however, I think I will return the coat tails to their original size, remove the resize script and manually narrow the waist as I do prefer longer coat tails.
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At first I thought that stripping down revealed pieces that could be worked with or stand alone, however…
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…the trouser tops are a continuance of the coat piece. I would need to wear a belt to cover this up. It is instances such as this that I wish creators would also include another pair of trousers without the continued waistcoat, shirt or jacket fabric. However, I’m cognizant that my wish list of a perfect outfit is obscene and far too demanding.
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Despite my discontent regarding a few aspects of the Viscount Black Seas, it’s a wonderful creation. While not as versatile as I was hoping, it is prêt-à-porter.
Other Details:
Monocle: GC-Monokel (Dark-Knight clock) by Grazioso Alekseev of Crie Style
Photos taken in My Photosphere
Fox avatar
- Avatar – Male White Fox by Mephitis Jezebel of Aventity
- Hair – The Dauphin (Powdered) by Siyu Suen of Illusions
You and I are going to have to have a little discussion in the future about these resizers. I’ve heard mention of them and while I do believe I’ve used them in shoes (which personally is a place they sort of make sense, in particular when you’ve bought shoes that offer multiple textures/colours) I am a bit puzzled why this would extend to clothing when it’s quite a simple thing to resize items manually…..teach me Obi Wan.
As for the outfit ~ you know I’d be howling with annoyance at that mismatch of the layers (the continuance issue) and find it unacceptable that Rfyre would overlook this kind of detail in particular since their clothing is hardly cheap!
I believe I purchased an item there when I was just hatched and enthusiastic… and I was greately disappointed by this. I measure the worth of an item by the layers the creator allows us to wear without having to HIDE anything, in particular expensive apparel. I expect better from a big name outfitter No matter how gorgeous this is frustrating every time it happens and I it merely drives me to spend my lindens elsewhere.
It goes back to my theory of them wanting the customer to wear THEIR vision and encouraging people to make it their. Sloppy and/or egotistical in my opinion.
As for the outfit….always lucious in brocade and velvet my dear sir!