After a number of days dressing a little girly in my twirly dresses and wings and doll keys among other items, I decided I needed a change of pace. I thought I might go a little more urban, and I immediately decided to build an outfit around one of my favorite male hairs from Exile – Smoke. Although the knit cap on Smoke comes with a lot of textures, I really like the basic brown, so I settled on that and then picked a blonde shade, Sahara, to contrast with the cap.

Once I chose the cap, the rest of the outfit was put together to stay with that brown theme. I happen to love the tank tops from Kitty Scraps because they come in beautifully shaded colors and unique designs. The jeans are part of the freebie gift in the main Exile shop and ones I wear a lot for casual days because they just look so comfortably worn in. After I had put together most of the outfit, I went wandering around looking the grid as I’m prone to do, and I happened to run across Ducknipple, a shop I hadn’t gone through in ages. The Retro Toys Belt cried out to me so loudly that I had to buy it, and it ended up being that little touch of whimsy and fun that the outfit really needed to feel like me.

Hair: Exile Smoke in Sahara
Skin: LF Chai Skin – Cream – Siyu
Eyes: Shine Dusty Violet
Piercings: Magika Piercing 5 and Silver Earrings
Necklace: Primitive Design Spirit Love Collar
Tattoo: miaSnow Sacred Heart 1 Tattoo – big
Shirt: Kitty Scraps Cosmo Crow – brown
Jeans: Exile freebie jeans
Belt: Ducknipple Retro Toys Belt
Gloves: UnTone Quilt brown handwarmers
Boots: Acid & Mala Creations Dark Brown and Steel Boots