Finding mesh clothes for bodies from the Ruth2 family to wear can be hard, more so for users who refuse to put stolen Athena clothes on their avatars. After all, you’re already using a legal mesh body made in OpenSim for OpenSim, why fall back to illegally imported Second Life content for clothing then? Usually, the answer is because that’s all they can find in freebie stores, that and stolen Second Life clothes for other stolen Second Life bodies.

But just because the big and popular freebie stores aren’t chock-full of Ruth 2.0 or RuthToo or Ruth2 v4 clothes, doesn’t mean there aren’t any mesh clothes for these bodies to wear except for Athena clothes that happen to fit halfway.

There are actually original mesh clothes rigged for Ruth 2.0, RuthToo or LuvMyBod. Alternatively, mesh clothes made for the system body can fill in some gaps.

And there are even shoes rigged for Ruth 2.0 or LuvMyBod. These fit better than Athena shoes, they’re easier to put on than unrigged sculpt or mesh shoes which have to be positioned or even resized, and there are shoes for Ruth 2.0 which you won’t get for Athena.

Clothes rigged for the Ruth2 family

In contrast to what pro-copybotting, anti-legal content propaganda claims, mesh clothes for the Ruth2 family have been made and are still being made in OpenSim. However, these clothes aren’t easy to find. They’re usually only offered by their creators, and they’re completely absent from the big freebie sims.

Usually, the creators of these clothes don’t even advertise them, especially not items that aren’t new anymore. This makes finding them even harder.

So here is a list of places where mesh clothes for the Ruth2 family can be found.

Shop name	Sim name	Grid	Creator	Rigged for	Taxi	Footnotes
Lorulei Fashion	Glede	ArtDestiny	Loru Destiny	Ruth 2.0	Hop 128/174/22
	Tryloria	ArtDestiny	Loru Destiny	Ruth 2.0	Hop 292/309/22
reMake	Savvy	Bubblesz	Taarna Welles	Ruth 2.0	Hop
Kaufrausch Mega-Store	Santiago	Dorenas World	Klarabella Karamell	Ruth 2.0	Hop	1 2
RuthToo & RothToo	Bombshell	Groovyverse	Sean Heavy Hyacinth Jean, Lady Masquerade	RuthToo Maitreya Lara (Athena)	Hop 45/28/22
San Juan Dress Code	San Juan	Groovyverse	Hyacinth Jean Shinobar Martinek	LuvMyBod	Hop 183/311/22
	San Juan	Groovyverse	Hyacinth Jean Klarabella Karamell Shinobar Martinek Taarna Welles	Ruth 2.0	Hop 156/334/22
So Last Year!	Welcome	Groovyverse	Hyacinth Jean	Ruth 2.0 LuvMyBod	Hop 159/224/22
	Welcome	Groovyverse	Hyacinth Jean	LuvMyBod	Hop 180/201/22
	Welcome	Groovyverse	Sean Heavy Hyacinth Jean, Lady Masquerade	RuthToo Maitreya Lara (Athena)	Hop 313/176/22	3
Fashion	Shinobar Annex	Japan OpenSim Grid	Shinobar Martinek	Ruth 2.0	Hop 72/145/21
Mesh Tailors Barn	Klarakunterbunt	OSgrid	Klarabella Karamell	Ruth 2.0	Hop 142/32/21	4
	Klarakunterbunt	OSgrid	Klarabella Karamell	Ruth 2.0	Hop 162/39/22	4
	Klarakunterbunt	OSgrid	Klarabella Karamell	Ruth 2.0	Hop 131/490/23	1
	RuthAndRoth	OSgrid	Sean Heavy Hyacinth Jean, Lady Masquerade	RuthToo Maitreya Lara (Athena)	Hop 148/141/21	3
RuthToo & RothToo	Wright Plaza	OSgrid	Sean Heavy Hyacinth Jean, Lady Masquerade	RuthToo Maitreya Lara (Athena)	Hop 212/25/20	3
Ruth 2.0	Needful Things	Pangea Grid	Hyacinth Jean	Ruth 2.0	Hop 105/72/21 (Ruth Lane)
Lorulei ladies fashion	Needful Things	Pangea Grid	Loru Destiny	Ruth 2.0	Hop 164/72/21 (Ruth Lane)
Ruth 2.0	Needful Things	Pangea Grid	Taarna Welles	Ruth 2.0	Hop 248/72/21 (Ruth Lane)

(Re)textured clothes

If the existing choice of clothes rigged for the Ruth2 family isn’t sufficient, mesh clothes made for the system body can fill in the gaps.

Mesh sources

There are three main sources for untextured base meshes:

• Damien Fate made an assortment of fitted mesh templates when rigged/fitted mesh was still new. It was originally made for Second Life, but after fitted mesh had been rendered obsolete by mesh bodies becoming available, he made them available freely, also for OpenSim.
  Shadow maps and UV maps are included, as are alpha masks. However, it’s strongly advised for users of bodies which support Bakes-on-Mesh to make custom alpha masks. The included alpha masks are made for the system body and along the philosophy of alpha-ing out everything that’s covered by the mesh instead of only where clipping may occur. On BoM-enabled bodies from the Ruth2 family, they may affect body areas which are plainly visible, and alpha-ing out legs under skirts or dresses right from the hem upwards is even less desirable today with mesh bodies than it was in 2014 and earlier with the system body.
  The templates can be downloaded from Outworldz.
• Linda Kellie, mostly known for her old layer clothes, actually became a rigged mesh pioneer in the mid-2010s when she started working on her Clutterfly product line. Unlike Damien Fate, she also offered textured clothes based on her own templates. When she started, fitted mesh didn’t exist yet, so she made all her meshes in five rigged sizes. After fitted mesh had been introduced, it became a sixth size for her newer clothes. However, while some texturers textured all sizes, others only textured those that fit their own avatars or a selection of three sizes.
  The meshes themselves can be of varying quality. Most work well, but some may break open in places when the avatar moves. The ARC impact can vary from a bit over 10,000 to half a million in the case of the Ruffled Bottom Dress. Shadow maps are provided with the mesh templates for those who want to make their own textures, but some of them require some optimisation due to less-than-optimal UV mapping. Textured clothes almost always come with alpha masks, and mesh templates come with template textures for alpha masks, but the same applies to them as to Damien Fate alpha mask.
  Both templates and textured clothes are available in-world at any instance of Clutterfly, and there are also third-party resellers which offer either or both. Clutterfly templates come with shadow maps and alpha mask textures, but again, custom alpha masks are recommended.
• Hyacinth Jean made four construction kits for LuvMyBod clothes, one for tops, one for tight dresses/skirts, one for jeans/trousers/shorts, one for hosiery (LuvMyBod doesn’t have native BoM support). The meshes are actually offsets of LuvMyBod. They come without textures, Hyacinth has made separate ready-to-use texture boxes, but they are compatible with textures for classic layer clothes.
  In spite of being made for LuvMyBod, they can be worn on the other bodies from the Ruth2 family. On Ruth2 v4, they will require alpha masks, though, and there might still be slight clipping issues, so they shouldn’t be worn with a bare midriff. Alpha masks aren’t provided as these clothes were made for pre-BoM mesh bodies.
  The construction kits are available on the Groovyverse welcome sim.

As Damien Fate and Linda Kellie created their clothes for the system body, they may make avatars based on Ruth2-family bodies look a little pudgy. Also, not all of their mesh clothes are guaranteed to work on the Ruth2 family. Especially most Clutterfly tops and dresses don’t work with Ruth2 v4; still, some do.

Combinations

As far as combinations go, Damien Fate provides the most useful tops. They can be combined with Damien Fate bottoms, most Linda Kellie bottoms and the skirts which Klarabella Karamell has made in 2022; some of the latter were explicitly made to be worn with Damien Fate tops. In fact, Linda Kellie bottoms and Klarabella Karamell skirts may be easier to combine with Damien Fate tops than Damien Fate bottoms; in fact, the mini-skirts in the Deva Moda sakko outfit boxes are Clutterfly meshes because Damien’s own mini-skirts tend to clip into his suit jackets.

Both Damien Fate and Clutterfly bottoms should not be worn with a bare midriff. Due to Ruth2 bodies being slimmer than the mesh body, they’re likely to leave a gap between the body and the garment below the belly.

Hyacinth’s clothes are very tight-fitting because they were made from offsets of her own LuvMyBod body. These offsets were created at various distances from the body, so it’s possible to wear at least two of them over one another if necessary. After all, non-BoM bodies like LuvMyBod have to rely on meshes for underwear and hosiery as well. Hyacinth’s bottoms aren’t exactly easy to combine with rather loosely-fitting Damien Fate tops, but they can work well with tops rigged for the Ruth2 family.

Shops with original Clutterfly mesh clothes and accessories

Shop name	Sim name	Grid	Taxi	Footnotes
	Clutterfly Extension	Dereos	Hop	5
	The Market	Etheria Grid	Hop	5
	Bombshell	Groovyverse	Hop	5
	Clutterfly Freebie Mall	Phantom Rose Grid	Hop	5

Shops with re-textured mesh clothes

Shop name	Sim name	Grid	Base meshes	Retextured by	Taxi	Footnotes
	Welcome	3rd Rock Grid	Clutterfly (all sizes)		Hop 497/225/22
	Craft-Store	Craft-World	Damien Fate Clutterfly (one size)	Eva Kraai Tosha Tyran Cary Bean (Deva Moda)	Hop 135/200/21
(12) Mesh Fashion	Riverford	Craft-World	Damien Fate	Oddball Otoole Settima Sideshow	Hop 223/179/23
EK Store	Sinus	Craft-World	Damien Fate	Eva Kraai	Hop 177/180/25
Kaufrausch Mega-Store	Santiago	Dorenas World	Damien Fate	Klarabella Karamell	Hop	2
Kaufrausch Mega-Store	Santiago	Dorenas World	Damien Fate Clutterfly (few sizes)	Cary Bean (Deva Moda)	Hop	2
Milly’s	The Market	Etheria Grid	Clutterfly (few sizes)	Milly Money	Hop 28/46/22
San Juan Dress Code	San Juan	Groovyverse	Clutterfly (one size/all sizes)	Hyacinth Jean	Hop 183/311/22
	San Juan	Groovyverse	Clutterfly (all sizes) Hyacinth Jean	Hyacinth Jean	Hop 156/334/22
Fashion	Shinobar Annex	Japan OpenSim Grid	Clutterfly (one size)	Shinobar Martinek	Hop 72/145/21	6
Sky Bear	Birch Grove Spring	Neverworld	Clutterfly (all sizes)	Anna Cooper	Hop 120/74/22
Heritage Formals	Luster	Neverworld	Damien Fate	Govega Sachertorte	Hop 305/326/22
	Nautilus Anchorage Landing	OSgrid	Damien Fate Clutterfly (few sizes)	Cary Bean (Deva Moda)	Hop 351/432/25
John Dee’s Emporium	Wright Plaza	OSgrid	Clutterfly (all sizes)	Seeress Seidkona	Hop 28/131/20
Kaydi Rose Designs	Kaydi Rose Designs	OSgrid	Damien Fate Clutterfly (all sizes) Original meshes Officially licensed Second Life meshes	Kaydi Rose	Hop 138/330/35
Meshanthropy	HG Safari	OSgrid	Damien Fate Clutterfly (all sizes)	Thirza Ember	Hop 65/77/21
	HG Safari	OSgrid	Clutterfly (all sizes)	Sunshine Szavanna	Hop 117/157/22
Mystique	Needful Things	Pangea Grid	Clutterfly (all sizes)	Bink Draconia	Hop 150/73/21 (Ruth Lane)
Rumpelkammer	Needful Things	Pangea Grid	Clutterfly (all sizes)	Bink Draconia	Hop 193/27/21 (Main Street)
Classic Closet	Catena di isole	Virtual-HG	Damien Fate	Marianna Monentes	Hop 384/290/32
R&R	Catena di isole	Virtual-HG	Damien Fate	Marianna Monentes	Hop 359/290/32

Shoes rigged for the Ruth2 family

Like Ruth2 clothes, Ruth2 shoes usually can’t be found on any of the big mixed freebie sims. But once you find them, you’ll discover one advantage of Ruth2 over any of the Second Life bodies which have been taken to OpenSim. And that is the availability of medium-heeled shoes.

Shop name	Sim name	Grid	Creator	Taxi	Footnotes
reBoot	Savvy	Bubblesz	Taarna Welles	Hop	7
Kaufrausch Mega-Store	Santiago	Dorenas World	Klarabella Karamell	Hop 86/135/22	2 8
	Westend	Dorenas World	Klarabella Karamell	Hop	2
	San Juan	Groovyverse	Taarna Welles	Hop 137/292/22
So Last Year!	Welcome	Groovyverse	Hyacinth Jean	Hop 159/224/22
	Welcome	Groovyverse	Hyacinth Jean	Hop 180/201/22	8
	All Free Shopping Spree	Neverworld	Robin of Wood	Hop 186/261/22	9
	Klarakunterbunt	OSgrid	Klarabella Karamell	Hop 162/39/22	8
	Klarakunterbunt	OSgrid	Klarabella Karamell	Hop 131/490/23	8
Ruth 2.0	Needful Things	Pangea Grid	Hyacinth Jean	Hop 105/72/21 (Ruth Lane)

Footnotes