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Skinkie-Style:: It *is* nice to Sn@tch
By Skinkie | February 29, 2008
Ivey Deschanel’s notices always begin with a warning, “do not read on if you are easily offended”, so it seems sensible as this post is about her designs, that I give the same advice. Some of her work does swing over the line separating good and bad taste, usually in a humourous way, poking a metaphorical tongue out at society norm’s. However, there’s absolutely nothing offensive about Ivey’s skills as a designer, her enthusiasm or her ability to say exactly what she means, and that’s what I love about her.
I had decided to do a blog piece about Sn@tch way before I ever spoke to Ivey, and only IM’d her because I read her rant about fashion blogs and was, quite frankly, not sure if she’d appreciate her work being Fashionista’d. When I told her my intentions though she was thrilled. Her moan isn’t against the blogs themselves, but that they contain the same few names time and time again whilst there is a tonne of talent out in the rest of the metaverse that never gets a mention. On the whole I share her view, although I think in most cases the high profile designers deserve the attention they get. Part of the problem has been finding out about these newer less well known talents. One has to go looking for them, something I know I don’t always have time to do. However, with the opening up of FashCon (thanks Honey, you rock!) this is becoming less so, and even though I am sometimes overwhelmed by the number of notices, I do take time to scan through them all, and follow up on those that stand out.
Sn@tch always stands out for me, not just because of the warnings, but because the clothes are really good. A combination of grunge, goth and punk, Ivey somehow also manges to inject chicness to her outfits and even, dare I say it, a little couture.
My friend, Noel Oh of A&F Photography turned up whilst I was doing the shots for this post, and before I knew it he’d dropped me his own take on this as shown below. His way of doing SL photography is completely different from my own, but I love the results he gets, as shown here.
These are just two examples of some great designs you can find at Sn@tch, I really was spoilt for choice when deciding which to feature. I would seriously recommend you check out the Barfly dress, Film Noir gown and La Petit Mort Top Hat, not forgetting of course the irresistible Chainsaw of Love - every girl should have one! It really IS nice to Sn@tch!
What I’m Wearing::
Pictures 1-3::
Skin::La Sylphide - Black and White II - Free Skin
Shape:: my own
Hair::**Digit Darkes-NATURALe-Defiance - Wavy Night Blood
Eyelashes::Cake - Cake - Flutter lashes - Tintable
Eyes::Shapes by Zada - -SbZ- Eyefidelity Neko eyes Deep Blue Freebie
Manicure::Skin Within - [SW] Vixen Manicure
Dress::Sn@tch - [The Hunger] Dead Flowers Dress (Black)
Boots::Oi/Beckenbauer Productions - Womens Oi! 16 eye doc’ boots
Belt::Digit Darkes - Black LEATHER STUDDED BELT SIMPLE STUD-SILVER (from Couture Collection Set 13)
Jewellery::Paper Couture - p.c. Black Pearls Set
Picture 4::
Skin::Fleur - Vivant Bronze Lalique 3
Shape:: my own
Hair::Muism - *Muism* Shaggy /platinum blonde
Eyelashes::Cake - Cake - Flutter lashes - Tintable
Eyes::Skin Deep (now The Body Politik) - Skin Deep Real Hazel eyes/Twinkle Eyes
Manicure::Tete a Pied (now Fleur) - TaP Long Dark Nails in Scarlet
Dress::Sn@tch - :::Sn@tch Sinful in Black:::
Shoes::Stiletto Moody - O Wedge (Gold)
Jewellery::Paper Couture - p.c. Black Pearls Set
- Items seen in world:: Yes
- Review copy:: No
- Friend’s List :: Yes
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in the 4th pic you are wearing short hair, any idea where that hair is from?
Posted by: Sammy Barrett on February 29th, 2008 at 5:33 pmThanks for pointing out my mistake Sammy! That’s what comes from copy&pasting to save on formatting :D
It is Shaggy in Platinum Blonde from Muism. I will edit the post now to reflect that.
Posted by: Skinkie on March 1st, 2008 at 11:29 am