Archive for August, 2007

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New Shoes from Tesla and Zhao

Friday, August 31st, 2007

Known for her awesome sculpty hats, Tesla Miles looks to be making a run at the shoe industry. Jane, a line of new sculpty stiletto pumps from Tesla completely rocks my socks. They come in six colors and two patterns (zebra and leopard), each color is L$349. Tesla offers them all separately, or for [...]

Kimono Dresses at Earthtones Boutique

Friday, August 31st, 2007

These lovelies have been sleeping in my inventory like forever (oh well, it is an art to exagerate, must have been since mid July). Just wanted to share them with you. These are Earthtones designer Lucas Lameth’s first released dresses and I just hope that they won’t be his last. They have a distinct Asian [...]

New Designer: Myllie Writer @ Persona

Friday, August 31st, 2007

Myllie Writer has started designing clothes quite shortly after her coming to SL  last June and has now 2 small shops with also a small but very nice inventory. When I tried on some samples that she sent me, I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of the textures and the prim work which, as [...]

Style Asia and Magic Mushrooms

Sunday, August 26th, 2007

While the Second Life Community Convention rocked Chicago, those of us left on the grid had some fun in-world events of our own. One of these treats was the Style Asia show at Artificial Isle. It ran both Friday and Saturday afternoons and presented a wonderful array of styles from a bunch of designers. [...]

Chinoiserie at Muse

Sunday, August 26th, 2007

After a period of less content creating activity, Caliah Lyon, the extremely talented Muse designer, is back with a very intricate set of Orient inspired jewelry: Chinoiserie Fan.
It is an amazing set with so much attention paid to all the details. Ms. Lyon sure knows how to work the tiny prims. This set, consisting of [...]

New Blog Roundup

Sunday, August 26th, 2007

This week’s blog item of the week comes from Kya Eliot of Escape (Here’s a SLURL). The outfit is called Sam and I LOVE it! Punky funky subtle plaid skirt with a leather top and exquisite detailing. The package comes with different variations of the top. Sam comes in 5 colors (four plaids and one [...]

Wearable Second Life

Saturday, August 25th, 2007

Update: Just wanted to show the in world version of this dress. (I couldn’t find it in my 60 second search through MadamG’s store, so she sent me a copy of the ad texture.) Pretty amazing, in my opinion.
I just came back from a fascinating panel about bringing Second Life clothing designs into the real [...]

Weekend sales, SLCC edition

Friday, August 24th, 2007

Three bargains you need to know about, even if you’re hanging around the SLCC hotel in Chicago!
Jolie Lumiere of Jolie’s Boutique is having a big sale through September 4th to raise money for medical expenses. Whether or not you’re feeling especially charitable, half off is half off, and Jolie makes some really fabulous items — [...]

Update: Sand Shack Surf Company Saved

Thursday, August 23rd, 2007

Update: Emma Gilmour sent me a notecard today with a message to everyone who has helped her raise the money to fix her laptop. I can’t really imitate Emma’s inimitable style, so here’s what she wrote verbatim:

Hello everyone! The fundraiser is over and the goal was met!!!!!! Thank you so so so much for [...]

Mad Ad Rush

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007

We have just a couple of slots left open for ads in Issue #11 of Second Style Magazine which we’d like to fill before we put the magazine to bed for publication in early September. In addition to our normal, on-going buy 3, get 1 free promotion (for all ad sizes), we will give [...]

Reader Style

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007

Ok, I’m back.. vacation is over, mailbox has been brought back to acceptable size and is manageable again, SL is under maintancance and oh, did I spot  a lovely photo from Georgette Whitfield on Snapzilla:
 
 This is what Georgette wrote for credits on this:
Hair: Phaylen Fairchild
Skin: Naughty
Jewellery: Random Calliope
Top: Simone! (part of a wedding dress)
Pants: Last Call
Flipflops: Lassitude & Ennui
My [...]

Who’s the fierciest of them all?

Friday, August 17th, 2007

There’s been a lot of developments in modeling contests, so here’s a quick round up with links where you can get more information.
First, Style Guru and Second Style columnist Isabella Sampaio has revealed the 20 competitors (and 3 alternative participants) for her Miss SL Tropics contest. The winner will be crowned at a pageant that [...]

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