Monthly Archives: September 2011

An Investment Dress

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The Shimmy Dress from ICING is one of those wardrobe foundations that you can build a wardrobe around. It has all the hallmarks of an investment dress – a classic silhouette that is never out of style, multiple layer options to coordinate with other clothing, colors that work in every season, and quality construction that is deceptively simple. These are qualities that make a dress take on a different mood as its styled with different accessories.

This is the dress for the quick change artist in you. In this post I will show you how easy it is to take a good investment dress and make several looks from high fashion to funky bohemian to vintage classic, all with a few accessory changes. Don’t for a second think this was all, either. I had several other possibilities in mind, but thought five was more than enough to make the case for this investment dress.  There are many investment pieces out there. While not making it an official “challenge” I would love to see what ideas you have for investment purchases that build a versatile wardrobe.

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SL WEEKLY WORDS CHALLENGE WORD FOR NEXT WEEK!!! SOLITUDE!!

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OOOPS I forgot to post the word this week!!! I am so sorry!

The word for NEXT WEEK’S BLOGGER CHALLENGE IS SOLITUDE!

Enterpret the word SOLITUDE in any way you like in an SL photo and link back here! I can’t wait to see what you come up with!

And don’t forget to share your pics with the group!

Fun With GOS Boots or HOW THE SHOE POLISH WORKS

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One of the things I’ve learned in four years, is that you can never be sure that everyone GETS everything. I’ve been asked a couple of times recently if I knew how the boot polishes at GOS worked, so I figured HEY BLOG POST.

Cuz I have a blog.

So first off, take yourself to GOS and buy yourself some boots or shoes that have the boot polish system available. For my example I’m going to use the 8 hole DOCS.

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Smell that pumpkinny air…

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I love Autumn, and I’m so glad it’s here.  In real life it remains a perfect 90f outside… In SL I can pile on the scarves and long sleeves and pretend it’s cold.  I’m wearing a few new things to celebrate the season.  This skin is new from Plastik, the Aleria line.  So pretty, especially this blushing makeup, and an amazing number of boob options too (thanks, Aikea!).  The tattoo isn’t new from Lolapop, but it’s newly on a tattoo layer! (Thanks, Lola!)  And the shoes are cute and perfect and new from G*Field.  I’m so happy that Antonia Marat loves Autumn too — her set for this past FLF was outstanding.  More photos of me sniffing the pretend Autumnal air (and credits) behind this cut.

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Fiore

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Fiore is one of the limited color dresses that Mami Jewell from AZUL released last August and that will be on sale till the end of September.
Fiore is a gorgeous, romantic, delicate, black flower. Fiore – infact – is Italian for “flower”.
When you move or walk, it opens its petals made of tulle, suavely caressing your figure, softly embracing you, dancing its beautiful dance and you’re part of it…..

Fiore

Tulle

The end of the month is near, so you better hurry up if you want to get this amazing dress.

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I Am Easily Amused

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Seriously, I got far too much of a kick at wearing L’Abel at La Perla – an la-diculous la-incidence that more mature people would not even notice. Oc course, I am one of those people who can get fixate on a word and play with it, pulling it apart, removing the wheels and inspecting the undercarriage. I keep a dictionary for bathroom reading. My college offered a Linguistics major and though it was not my major, I spent many hours in the Word Room where my incipient love of words deepened into a life time love affair. L’Abel is a perfect store name for me, a neologism that references the creator’s name (Neferia Abel) and makes light fun of the emphasis on labels and branding in fashion marketing. It’s sly, clever and witty. Speaking of sly, clever and witty, what about that hat?

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You never know what might happen or who you might meet

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I had a little adventure shooting this picture. It began with a bit of SL wanderlust that had me wanting to find uncharted territories. I opened up the map and moved the slider so that I could distinguish individual sim terrain colors but not the sim details – about the size of my little fingernail. I was going map hopping. When I go map hopping, the only criteria I have for choosing a sim is that the surface is different from the default grass and sand. It can have darker grass and whiter sand and I am there, but the default is a clue that they didn’t put much thought into it. I found a few romantic garden spots with deep, lush dark green grass, but then I saw a sim that was red. Red! I had to go! And with the splashes of red in my outfit from Jador that I picked up at Modavia Fashion Week, this could be a great sim for shooting my outfit.
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THE SL WEEKLY WORDS CHALLENGE: Peace

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This week I was struck by my friend Kesseret saying her new motto is “If you want peace, you must prepare for war.”

That works for me.

The SL Weekly Words Challenge is a weekly blogger challenge where all bloggers are invited to participate by posting a picture on their blog or the flickr group that portrays to them, the essence of that week’s word challenge. There is no right or wrong way to portray a word, it’s about what the word means to you.

Click Here to Join or Add to the FLICKR Group!



Style Notes:

Nails::::Sn@tch Nail Candy (Rainbow):::

Bandages:Bloodline – Bloody Bandages, Torso 2

Tattoo:::Para Designs:: Neptune w/out Chest Black Dark (Undershirt)

bloodspatter:Bloodline – Slaughterer 1

Eyelash:Amacci – Eyelash Tattoo 6

Bodysuit:+++BlueBlood+++ Sigyn RAINBOW

Boots:Baiastice-Nicki Ankle Boots-black shoes

Hair: Tekeli Li:Namtaru – Black

Tekeli Li:Namtaru mask (chin attach)

Shape:Gidge ~Savoir Faire Shapes~ reg legs (new)

Skin:-Belleza- Chloe Pale 29

Eyes: Poetic Colorclassic – black swan (m) bright


Pose: STaTUS

					

		
		
	


	

				

			
						

				IOF PSA: Marketing 201 for Creators
			

										

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So your store is up and running. We can find your store from search and from your profile. Now it’s time to get the word out.


In-World Marketing Groups: I am a group-a-phobe and have no real expertise on in-world groups for marketing, but that’s okay. Harper Beresford is. She did a great summary on in-world groups for the Fashion Forum at Second Life Community Forums. Store owners should join marketing groups that connect designers with customers, but remember to be considerate and follow the posting guidelines for the group. Sasy points out that not all of these groups are for marketing, some are for advice and chat. MenStuff and WomenStuff are two from her list that are for marketing. There’s also What’s New SL and Fashion Consolidated or FashCon. Please post more suggestions in the comments. 


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				IOF PSA: Marketing 101 for Creators
			

										

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Kevin Costner has a lot to answer for. I know that “If you build it, they will come.” sounds lovely and all, but if you build it, they won’t come unless you tell them what you built and where to find it.


Who you are, what you built and where to find it – the essentials of marketing in Second Life. That’s not hard, but sadly many creators spend so much time and energy on their creations, they forget to market them.  I am writing this from the shoppers’ perspective and know that you may have other ideas. I am telling you how I look for and find stores and what I think is critical to making it easy for me.


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