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Date Night: A Formal Affair

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The Anniversary Masque of Polaire Aeghin and Cezare Blanco was just the excuse I needed to invest in something I’ve coveted, oh, since the first time I ever saw it.

The EMPIRE FALLS gown and shoes from Digit Darkes is part of a magnificent collection by Digit Darkes, bringing a stylized French Court to modern fashion. I’ve eyeballed the various dresses in this collection as well as the hair and accoutrement FOR the hair forever.  Receiving the invitation to a Masque was just what I NEEDED!

Masquerade Ball by you.

Can I tell you that this skirt DANCES like a dream?  Billowing wispy skirt prims waving all around me with grace and frankly – they looked like floating gold as we danced around the sea of wildflowers.

My partner is my love in both lives, Silo Uriza who outfitted himself at 18th Century. We hopped over there based on a suggestion from someone in the Vain group. He transformed from his normal Mech AV into a gorgeous 18th Century Rake. Hats plus hair plus Masks can be hard to manage. He had to attach his mask to his chin, I believe, to make it all work.

Picnik collage by you.

Some beautiful examples of the motion of this skirt for you…

Collage by you.

I chose the Coffee Lips of the GRACE Skin by PXL Creations.  I found a mask store simply because I put in MASQUE in SEARCH and found a store – MKS which has a ton of photosourced masks which look quite good.

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I highly recommend a formal evening once in a while. It’s great fun to simply overdress because you can. And it’s a lovely way to spend a romantic evening with the one you love.  If you are lucky enough, he’ll even dress up too.

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Style Notes

GIDGE:

  • Gidge Custom Shape by Hatchy Mills
  • Skin – PXL Creations – Grace - Fair Tone – Coffee Lips Cat Eyes
  • Eyes – Poetic Color – Lilac Blossoms
  • Hair – Digit Darkes – Marie Antoinette Hair Style 2
  • Feather – Digit Darkes – Ostrich Feather (color change)
  • Dress – Digit Darkes – Marie Antoinette – Empire Falls
  • Shoes – Digit Darkes – Marie Antoinette – Empire Falls
  • Jewelry – Paper Couture – Diamond Pearl Menageri
  • Nails – Adam n Eve – Coffee
  • Mask – MKS New Mask 48

SILO

  • Shape – Heath Shape
  • Skin – Belleza - Ewan
  • Eyes – !King for Men - Ocean
  • Hair – Pony Take by Gene Jacobs avail on XstreetSL
  • Suit – 18th Century – Redingtote – Red – complete outfit without shoes
  • Shoes – 18th Century – Court Shoes
  • Hat – 18th Century – Tricorn – Deluxe
  • Mask – MKS – Mask 20

Weekend Events 5/29-5/31

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Wow, I cannot believe it is almost June. Time just seems to fly by! I have a few weekend events to share with you all. There is still the SL Discovery Gridwide Hunt going on. You can find out more about it, and the following event son the SecondStyle Fashionista Blog Google events calendar. Please send me any event invites in world or to rhirossini@gmail.com

Friday 5/29

Kristan’s Club Grand Opening, 1pm http://slurl.com/secondlife/Lucid%20Dreams/30/198/34

Fashion Trend Fashion Show, 7pm http://slurl.com/secondlife/Tian%20Di/101/51/401

Saturday 5/30

LaRosa Fashion Show, 12pm http://slurl.com/secondlife/Royal%20Properties/178/202/1000

Almost Summer Showcase, 1pm http://slurl.com/secondlife/Break%20of%20Dawn/82/191/22

Elegance International Grad Show, http://slurl.com/secondlife/Isle%20of%20Prestige/11/175/21

Clockwork Dolls, 3pm http://slurl.com/secondlife/Bwonderland/148/198/501

Sunday 5/31

SXY2ND Magazine Launch Party, 12pm http://slurl.com/secondlife/SXY2ND/128/41/24/

 

<3 Rhi

Marnis Style Musings

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Marnis Style Musings

Welcome to the first of my posts for second style, every Tuesday I hope to bring you guys style bites and bits of my opinion on fashion related garb. I wanted to put a look together for this post although I plan on doing different things each week.

Second Style 1

Everyone and the mum has this Milk Motion jacket atm and I wanted to put my own spin on the look. I’d like to think this outfit would be Adam Ants and lady GaGas love child. I love this sort of style a military jacket is such a versatile piece and this Milk Motion version is one of the best in my opinion out there. The earrings are a Race For Live Item. The Indie RFL was excellent the items everyone produced were terrific.

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Date Night:Night Before the Indy 500!

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Casual Indy 500 by you.

Despite the fact that I’m tickled pink to be writing for Second Style now, I thought I would pretend I was calm and cool about it and just launch into my first post with little aplomb.

Who am I kidding? OMG! I am so excited! Must calm down, must pretend not to be so fangrled up you can hardly move!

Okay, now that I’ve got myself back together……..

Date Night the night before the Indy 500 can run the GAUNTLET of fashion options, from the Casual Cook Out at your friends place (black and white attire most positively looked upon but not required) to the more formal of events.

CallieCline Indy 500 by you.

 

You might get invited to a trendy club or a house party where there is catering instead of the guys gathered out back around the grill with India Pale Ale talking about stuff no one but them cares about anyway. Read the rest of this entry »

Weekend Events 5/22-5/24

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Hey everyone! Happy weekend to you. I have a lot of stuff to list, so I might as well just get down to business! In the ongoing events category you can find SL Discovery Gridwide Hunt, The NEXT – V-Fashion Face, and STYLES Body Shop – New Flickr Contest for May. You can find more info on these and the following event son SecondStyle Fashionista Blog’s Google calendar. Please send me any invite info you get in world, or to rhirossini@gmail.com

Friday 5/22

Pop Art Lab Party, 12pm http://slurl.com/secondlife/Moon%20Park%20East/62/62/22

Party and exhibition of Gianmario Masala, 2pm http://slurl.com/secondlife/Fashionista/59/191/21

Saturday 5/23

Symphony of Style, 12pm http://slurl.com/secondlife/San%20Jose%20City/172/167/32

ICON Lifestyle Sim Launch, 1pm http://slurl.com/secondlife/ICON%20Lifestyle/171/128/31

Dana’s Delights Fashion Show, 1pm http://slurl.com/secondlife/Royal%20Properties/177/202/1000

Fashion Show at Blvd Agency, 2pm http://slurl.com/secondlife/Couture%20Boulevard/191/73/461

TeenaMarie Bressing Dezignz Fashion Show, 2pm http://slurl.com/secondlife/Viana%20Tropics/101/47/1002

Sunday 5/24

CS Fandago Fashion Show, 10am http://slurl.com/secondlife/Radical%20Future/51/185/21

Happy Callie Day!

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A few people decided it would be a wonderful idea to declare May 21st an SLational holiday… Callie Cline day! If any of you do not know who Callie Cline is, I am so very sorry. :-P

callie_and_rhi.jpgShe is one of the most energetic, thoughtful, creative people I know. She is always aware of her customers and does all she can to make them feel welcome. She is constantly having “flash sales” where she has a 15 minute sale on whatever her crazy brain is thinking of that day! She is known to be at her store during these sales, chatting and playing with her loyal group members. If you are not in, Ihighly suggest you join the CAL GAL group! This picture above is me high fiving her after I just took advantage of one of her amazing sales!

Callie_Cline_random_shot_1.jpgI first met Miss callie at her store in the 2008 RFL clothing fair. Her outfit that year was the “Venus Gone Wild” which you can see me in, above. She was gathered there with a couple of her personal friends, also fellow designers. She had a picture pose thing set up in front of her shop, and next thing I know, she is inviting me to take the spare pose ball with them!

stripper_callie_1.jpgAnother time, I got TP’d to some party, somewhere..and who do you think is up onstage, dancing her lil booty off? Miss Callie! Of course! Hehe…it was a G show, but entertaining all the same! She is also involved in a lot of the various charity foundations around SL. Most recently, she was highly involved in the Maseno Project.

In closing, not only is Callie an amazing designer, but she is also a thoughtful, dedicated, and creative soul. I am proud to know her in my SL, and happy to share my feelings for her on this day, CALLIE CLINE DAY!

Visit her store now.

Visit her blog now.

Party and Exhibition of Gianmario Masala

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SuperElite so thrilled with the photos of their March/April Elite class, they decided to create an exhibit of all of Gianmario Marsala’s photos.
 
To celebrate, they are inviting one and all to the Grande Unveiling…
 
Who: Photographer/Artist, Gianmario Masala
 
When: Friday, May 22 at 2P
 
 
What: Party and Exhibition of March/April Elite Class photos.  Also featuring DJ Miguelina Cazenove.

Second Style Announces New Staff

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I’m super excited to announce these additions to the Second Style staff:

Lordfly Digeridoo: Magazine Writer
Vivianne Draper: Magazine Writer
Violet McGinnis: Magazine Writer
Leah McCullough: Magazine Writer
Dancien Graves: Magazine Writer

Brigitte Belgar: Blog Writer
Marni Grut: Blog Writer
Gidge Uriz: Blog Writer

Please join me in welcoming them. You’ll be hearing from all of us soooon! <3

Weekend events 5/15-5/17

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Happy Friday everyone! I hope it is a nice sunny day for you! I love to share these exciting events all around SL with you. In the ongoing events category, we have SL Discovery Gridwide Hunt, Gothic Fashion Fair, webQuest, The NEXT – V-Fashion Face – Search Contest 09, Huge sale at Wetherby’s, STYLES Body Shop – New Flickr Contest for May, and Indie Rock for RFL. You can find more information on these events, and the following on SecondStyle Fashionista Blog Google calendar. Please send me any event info you have in world or to rhirossini@gmail.com

Friday 5/15

SuperElite presents PopTarts, 1pm http://slurl.com/secondlife/TRASHIONISTA/50/100/23

The French Cliché, 2pm http://slurl.com/secondlife/INSILICO%20WEST/123/110/3602

DeLuSionS Grand Opening, 7pm http://slurl.com/secondlife/Moments/130/130/26

Saturday 5/16

Costa Rica presents Baiastice, 10:30am http://slurl.com/secondlife/La%20Fortuna%202/246/112/25

Costa Rica presents Baiastice, 12pm http://slurl.com/secondlife/La%20Fortuna%202/246/112/23

MEB Fashion Show, 3pm http://slurl.com/secondlife/Royal%20Properties/178/202/1000

Fashion Designers Challenge 2nd Fashion Show, 6pm http://slurl.com/secondlife/Couture%20Boulevard/67/66/3015

Prinz Photostudio – Photolife – Photo Exhibition, 7pm http://slurl.com/secondlife/Opium/29/224/29

Sunday 5/17

Grand Opening of +grasp+, 8am http://slurl.com/secondlife/grasp/100/176/225

Modavia Designer Wardrobe Giveaway, 12pm http://slurl.com/secondlife/Couture%20Boulevard/81/81/3014

Avenue Grad Show, 12pm http://slurl.com/secondlife/Royal%20Properties/178/202/1000

Yummies from Corrupted Innocence!

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A while back, I got a notice about a special bloggers party at the newly opened Corrupted Innocence sim. Corrupted Innocence is a brand that was started by Kira Paderborn and Alexxis Laszlo when they decided to work together about 2 years ago. They have been creating shapes together under that name for about 2 years. But when Kira decided to get a second sim, they made a full CI sim.

Corrupted Innocence, the brand, has become shapes, skins, clothes, eyes, and the male skins and shapes under the name Corrupted Men. This new sim also features an array of other designers such as FAD, Kakaue Kreation, Jimmy Chau, Pazazz, Tuli, A Piece of Candy, eLDee, EffDee, Intrigue, Bland, and 1 Prim Wonders. I am happy to show you some of the shapes, skins, and shoes I encountered on my lovely visit!

Serene_Pale_Midnight_Blue_High_1_1.jpgFirst up are some looks from Alexxis’ creations. I have a shape on called Serene, and I really like this shape. It is a lot more petite than my normal shape, and that is a nice change. The make-up in this scene is called Pale Midnight Blue High. The eyes are highlighted in a nice blue tone, which goes nicely with the fair skin shade.

 

Final_Serene_Fair_Blended_Desert_High_1_1.jpgUp next is more Serene, but the make-up is now Fair Blended Desert High. The skin tone is just a hint darker than the pale, but still keeps a stunning eye. Corrupted Innocence skins come in Pale, Fair, Medium, and Tan. There are twenty five make-ups each and two eyelash options. Each of these skins are priced at L$600, with 5 packs for L$2000, and full sets (25 skins) at L$6000. Drop a note card to Alexxis Laszlo for more make up options.

 

monica_medium_blended_coral_high_1_1.jpgIn this picture I am now wearing a shape called Monica. It is another cute and petite look. The face also has good proportions. The skin in the above picture is called Medium Blended Coral High. I just adore the color effect on the eyes, and the soft neutral lip.

 

monica_tan_blended_summer_high_II_1.jpgIn this last picture, I still have on the Monica shape, but this time the make up is Tan Blended Summer High. This shade is just a bit darker…been at the beach! Again, nice color on the eyes, and body highlights look good. In all 4 of the above photos I am wearing, *SHOP SEU* –Pompadour hair [purple brown], Page 3 Turquoise Eyes 1, *staged* liquid Metal Silver Bikini, and DM Modern Retro Bangles & Hoop Earrings Set.

 

final_Envy_Fair_Natural_body_front_1_1.jpgMy next pictures contain some shapes and skin from Kira Paderborn. This sweet shape is called Envy. Again, a lot smaller and girlish than my typical shape. The skin I have on is Envy Fair Natural. It is very light and fresh, and the soft make-up adds even more to the girlish look. I like the subtle details and lack of seams. Very nice and sweet looking!

 

final_Envy_Light_Tan_Natural_body_back_1_1.jpgIn this picture, the shape is still Envy, but the skin is now Envy Light Tan Natural. It is the same soft, luscious look, but just a touch darker. You can see how nicely designed the bottom is on this skin and shape hehe… The other items I am wearing in these 2 last pictures is Detour Faded lashes, ETD Chel – Blonde, Page 3 Blue eyes 3, MC Designs Eva Necklace and earrings, [PW] Park West – Intimates – Noir Lingerie Set, and ~( jcshoe )~ surudoi RED.

 

CI_JC_shoes_1_1.jpgMy final picture for this CI blog is of some awesome shoes! You can find Jimmy Chau on the Corrupted Innocence sim, and the shoes are hot! The first image is of the Bettie booties in Red. These have a great patent shine to them, as well as a cute zipper detail. The second image is the Miki shoes in Black. I love the open toe design with the wedge heel. The final pic is the Surudoi heels in Red…red patent pumps at their best!

So, I hope you will stop over at CI and see all of the great stuff they have to offer! Thanks for reading!

SuperElite presents “PopTarts”

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Second Style Announces Iris Seale as New Managing Editor

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I am very pleased to announce Iris Seale as the new Managing Editor at Second Style. She brings with her a refreshing new view and I’m excited to see what she has in store for the magazine.

Other positions still open are:

Magazine Writers
Blog Writers

Please see previous post for information about applying. You have until Wednesday, May 13.