Been a while, so let's talk Mesh

As is common in the fall I've been busy, so no updates for a couple of months.  Then recently, I've finally managed to get back into SL frequently.  So, the first thing I do is go shopping!  I've recently found some places that make really cute mesh gear in the sorts of styles I like.  Grumble my old "go to shop" has quite a few mesh things, some I even like.  But these new places are smaller and more focused.  I'm wearing something from each of them in the shot below taken at Ladyboy Beach.  I'm the one in the middle of course.

The places are:

• Slave Dressing Room:  Basically a silk shop.  Very Gorean.  But she also makes non-Gorean things.  The boots I'm wearing are hers.  Those and another very similar style, 99L for both!  She also has some great mini-dresses.  And frankly, if you are into silks, this shop has some of the better ones I've seen.  The shop group is 10L to join, but the pile of group gifts is way worth it.  Prim feet, mesh feet, silks, dresses and make ups!

• Happy Undead:  She doesn't have a big inventory, but what she has is nice and reasonably priced.  The micro-mini is hers.  150L, comes in many colors and a couple of styles.  She has a other styles to boot, and small inventory of other nice things.  Including a mini-dress and other styles of skirts.

•  Stinky Kitty:  The short hoodie I'm wearing is from there.  Mainly intended for the furry folks in SL, us regular humans are welcome too.  I'm a bit too thin for some of her stuff (Be very Sure to try the demos before you buy.) but this item fits me well, and I think is adorable. 

The corset is good old fashioned clothing layer that I've had forever, the hair, some from Grumble I moded with the colored bangs.

Why mesh?  Many of the things I've seen come out in mesh haven't thrilled me.  But if you have ever gotten any prim over the knee boots, or a micro-mini with the prim panel?  You know how hard it is to get them to fit right.  Then when you bend your knees, the boots usually deform.  The prim panel in the dress can stick out oddly, and in some lights wont look the same shade (Sometimes you look like you have a made a mess on your dress!).  Mesh solves these issues.  The boots are one piece and move with your leg, bending correctly.  The mesh skirt is all of a piece and actually flexes with your avatar's movements.  For longer dresses mesh is okay, it doesn't give you the flowing feeling you get with flexi-prims.  I wonder if any designers will make longer skirts or formals using both mesh and flexis.  The result might be quite remarkable.  You do have to find a style that comes in a size that's right for you, the downside of mesh is that, for now at least, one size no longer fits most.