A widdle bit o fur

It seems like it has been a slow blog day overall.  Pinterest helps cure the boredom.

This is hot.

It's nice to find something new every so often...

Interesting Advertising

Over the past 10+ years I have made a habit of collecting images of clothing that I find attractive.  These have often been used as models in my drawings.  For some odd reason most of what I follow happens during the winter months :P

A recent trend (over the past few years) that has bothered me lately is that the majority of upper end department stores are now cutting off the pictures so that the models aren't visible in the shot... it makes me feel like they may as well have used mannequins.  Most of this is disappointment on my end since I just don't like looking at clothing unless it's on a woman.

While "making the rounds" this year, I randomly stumbled across a collection I had saved years ago  from the Bebe advertising campaign that I managed to save and found it to be rather interesting.  While Bebe designs are often somewhat froufrou, their ads are interesting in that they often seem to push the sexy = powerful type of vibe.

Some years it's a little more blatant than others:

A little CFNM:
 

I can't lie... this one caters to my Lesbian fantasy:

I stumbled upon this about 2 minutes after making this post. Didn't anticipate them going "this far":

I can't say I've been big on helmets...

I grew up in the last generation of kids that didn't wear helmets and climbed around on rusty and jagged metal playground equipment and I have the scars to prove it.

With that in mind, I've never been big on helmets... until I stumbled across these.  I enjoy the idea quite a bit and it's almost enough for me to preach safety.

 

Fur 2012 Part 2

As more winter 2012 items keep rolling out I'm feeling very polarized.  There's a lot of fur this year (more than last year and the year before) but I'm not really digging a lot of it.  The feelings are a lot less classy and a lot more patchwork.  I will say there's a good number of items that have me feeling indifferent as well as it's tough to get excited about a shapeless puffy parka with a small strip of fox on the hood.  Part of this might be that this year's crop of anorexic models really don't offer much in the breast, hip, or ass department to actually give some shape and curves.

It's love it, hate it, or meh.

I found a few more things that I really enjoy from an overall look and attitude standpoint (not all have fur).

I never really enjoyed tibetan lamb much until this.

I really like this look... Very 1920's-30's retro.

I have a couple more "hall of shame" winners.  The earmuffs are the most atrocious color scheme I've seen this year.  I just don't get the hats, though.  I'm sure they're functionally warm but I don't see a woman under the age of 65-70 wearing one of those and the colors are too neutral to be humiliatingly sissy.

Fur 2012

The fall clothing has started showing up on department store websites.  Early browsing says this will be a good year (although it felt that way last year and ended up being rather weak). 

My favorites so far:

I love this coat. It's hot, shapely, and can both conceal and reveal.

My first impulse on this was mixed.  It has a bit of a huntress/warrior vibe though and I really enjoy the middle picture of it.

I love the collar.  The sweater is its vehicle.

This is a pretty classic look. I love the waist taper to show off the hourglass shape even if it doesn't exaggerate the cleavage. 

I like this as well. I usually hate skinny leg pants, but the jacket has just enough flare at the hips to make that work.

This is nice but I think only certain body types could pull it off.

Sissiest item of the year goes to:

The hall of shame award... goes to something that looks like it came out of a backwoods taxidermist but about $1500 more expensive:

Sissiest Item of the Year (involving fur)

Each year something usually stands out as being the item that I would deem as the most humiliating thing available that includes fur in some way.

I hadn't been browsing department stores much lately but when I stumbled upon this it easily won out:

I love this coat...

... and I think it would look great on a Domme except I would make a couple of changes.

The number of straps/buckles is a bit over the top.  I like how they taper the fit but dropping the number down to 1-3 of them would give more of an hourglass shape definition.  Also, the top strap is a bit on the high side, where instead of pushing up the bust it seems to hold it down and steals from its femininity. 

Overall very nice though.

Drawing - Domme ensemble

I really like this ensemble. 

A drawing for Kimmy

I had a caption in mind but this falls more into the portrait category.  It would have read something along the lines of "I got a matching one for you, too."

Sissy chic

Chic (as well as the often-misused couture) is a common buzz word every few years to describe a new fashion trend or fad that by the time it receives it's label, is probably over-used and reaches a point of poor taste.

Whether it's hippie chic, sassy chic, shabby chic, etc. or whatever, what about sissy chic or sissy couture?

While there's many different flavors of sissies: TG, TV, CD, submissive, fetishist, etc. it seems the trends in sissy fetish clothing tends to remain pretty much the same year after year (with the exception of transgenders that have truly become passable as women).

Silk or satin panties tend to be the norm, but which style is the most "in style" for sissies?  Thongs?  Bikinis?  Briefs?  Is there any consensus?  Is there indifference as long as they're panties?  Panties don't really do it for me but if I had to go with humiliation factor as a deciding mechanism I'd have to vote for ruffle-butt.  I could just be biased that this was the first style that my first Mistress ever used upon me.

With socks there's often a general consensus for lacy ankle socks if it's not stockings or leggings.

Skirts and dresses are generally favored over pants.  If they have legs at all it's usually something like hot pants.

I guess I'm curious if others have any thoughts on this. 

Things I just don't understand by being male

Last year I made a post about not quite understanding what defines "cute."
This post is of a similar nature.

While doing a few recent drawings it has become abundantly clear to me a few things I just don't understand very well about women's fashion.  I'm very observant when it comes to fit, cut, and lines as well as color contrasting.  My talents (at least that's what I've been told by several women) include matching styles to moods and impressions you want to give, how to accent curves, etc.

There are three things that really come to mind that I definitely don't understand.
Make-up.  Accessorizing with jewelry/bling.  Judging prints and patterns on fabric.

Make-up is an odd one.  I know why women use make-up and I can tell when it is done well and when it's done poorly.  I can understand what is too much, and when certain types of "too much" can be very style-defining.  What I don't understand is the theory behind make-up (aside from eye-liner).  I don't know what shade of lipstick is "supposed" to be used with a given ensemble or look.  I don't understand the appropriate ways of using blush and eye shadow.  I'm sure there's writings about them somewhere, I just haven't taken the time to read them. 

Accessorizing is a different story.  When I was in college or high school and sat in one place for a long period of time I could always notice certain types of bracelets, rings, earrings, belts, etc. that were particularly flattering, style-defining, or just plain cool.  In terms of first glances, most accessories don't strike me unless they're done in very poor taste.  This makes me wonder why women emphasize jewelry and accessories so much.  I know that other women tend to notice these almost immediately, but most men do not.  I have even been given credit for noticing them after 30 minutes of boredom and wandering eyes.  So are accessories mainly for women to impress other women (or to show off money)?  Is that all? 

My lack of understanding on the subject and the disproportionate amount of time it takes to draw an intricate ring, necklace, or belt buckle probably explain why they are usually absent from my drawings.

Prints and patterns are a nightmare to draw in my drawing program.  When shopping with women I rarely am drawn to items with fancy prints and patterns and I'm usually taken by surprise when someone picks out some print and goes "I just LOVE this!"  I'm usually a bit puzzled and thinking, "why?"  I guess I tend to stay away from things that appear "noisy" or "distracting" from the female form, but most women I know are often drawn to particular styles of prints.

I know I'm probably not the only male that doesn't understand these things, but it seems almost second nature when women do understand these things. 

The dancer that missed the cut...

I almost drew another 3-4 characters to put in the dance club drawing.  I only finished one other but decided she didn't really fit well.

Here she is though.

Another one completed that I had started months ago

I had tried to do this one months ago... but I couldn't get it to turn out right.  Luckily I've improved since then and this time it was rather effortless to finish it up and I'm fairly happy with how it turned out.

Digging up old unfinished drawings

I was doing some digging through my files and I realized that during my several month break from drawing/blogging that I had a ton of unfinished things I was working on. 

These were some drawings of items I was working on for the fake catalogs.

They still work as a contrast of sissy vs. sexy.  I will try to finish up some of the works I left undone.

Modular boot trim

Last year I made a post on Defunct sissy Apparel - Boot Loot: modular boot accessories.

It seems there's a company out there doing something similar both with boot cuffs and collars for coats.

They can be found at:  http://www.iconcouture.net

Nothing with real fur as of now but at least someone is still working with this idea.

Another requested drawing

More practice

Drawing practice

I found this outfit while browsing this year's fall/winter collections.  I think it's quite sexy (for a woman, not a sissy). 

I did a fair bit of experimenting here, trying to make the knitted sweater top look more like a sweater.  I'm fairly happy with how the gloves turned out, but man... the detail on the gloves took almost as much time as the rest of the drawing. 

My entire goal of all time with drawing was to be able to draw an attractive woman.  I think I am getting closer to reaching that goal, but I still have a ways to go. 

I did a couple of variations with different color collars.

Another practice portrait

This one didn't quite turn out like I wanted it to... but I also sort of just kind of pushed to finish it without going in and adding the shading on the coat.  I suppose I may revisit it at some point and finish it up.