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blog – Sticky
Still so many items to show from Footwear Expo 2009. One of the stand out items for me was from a store I love to visit regularly. I have shown in the past their heels and boots, one pair are even open backed which I love bunches, and are actually set up in their booth at the fair too.
This New release boot is gorgeous. Divine texture work, on equally fabulous sculpted form. The Pauole boots are just must haves for sure, not only because of how wonderful they look, but also because of how inexpensive they are, especially for boots, but that is normal for R2.
Most of the clothing I am featuring today is LeLutka, the seperates they have been releasing of late are just perfect for mixing and matching, to their own; or other designers wear. I especially am in love with the Rockin Pants, they are a leather highwaist style pants, and are HOT HOT HOT. The work on the textures to give them that authentic look is remarkable.
The last few releases for LeLutka have been all about pants, and leggings. A big fan of both, this allows for such a broad scope of fashion ideas. Whether worn on their own, or with large oversized sweaters or dresses layered over them, there is no end to the possibilities of your imagination. But if your imagination doesn’t reach that far, you can check out many of the blogs that take care of those ideas for you. * Points to blog roll on the side ——>
Accessories too play a huge part in an overall look, and lately those have been coming from all over SL. I have been seeing a lot of designers step up to the plate in providing pieces that compliment their own style, as well as add to others.
Fishy Strawberry and Luck Inc have both recently added belts to their stores, first off with the Fishy Strawberry Geisha Leather Belt, these belts are done in the Obi style around the mid thoracic area, but can of course be resized with script and moved down around the hips as I have done for this pic. Luck Inc has made solid and print hip belts as well, a wide double holed belt look, very military in style, but totally chic.
Another thing when it comes to accessories, is don’t limit what comes with one thing, to only that thing. Perfect example is the bow in my hair, it isn’t actually in it, but it is actually from another hairstyle, but I loved the bow so much I dismantled a copy of the hair, and I add it to a number of styles as you have seen in the past.
Pulling out some older items, the first being an item from MichaMi, it is a piece from a set, which of course is wonderful. The other is a swimsuit by Persona, that was actually named after me, and I am honored because it was, because of the layering options, both pieces work well.
Again showing more of the fabulous new Winter2 Skins by Gala @ Curio. The make ups in these are wonderful, and the red lips in the smudgey make up, was perfect to show with the Rockin Pants…that kind of dancing until dawn, mascara running down the face look most hardcore partiers will know well.
My favourites would have to be the silvery based shadow ones, they are the Snow Angel ones, but all of them from top to bottom are fabulous.
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Picture 1:
Hair: Green II – Maitreya
Skin: Winter2 – Gala @ Curio
Clothes: Rockin Pants – LeLutka
Carmela Bustier – MichaMi
Shoes/Boots: Pauole – R2
Accessories: Red Hair Rose – Essentia
Jills Fighting Talk Gloves – LeLutka
Eyes: Thaw – Fusemelon
Poses/Animations: Niqotine
Lashes usually worn : Volumen by LeLutka
Equipment: VR Professional Posestand and HUD – VR Foundry
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Picture 1:
Hair: Whoop De Doo – Lamb.
Skin: Winter2 – Gala @ Curio
Clothes: Felicity is Hurting my Eyes Leggins – LeLutka
Sasy Swimsuit – Persona
Shoes/Boots: Pauole – R2
Accessories: Wide Leather Belt Solid – Luck Inc
Eyes: Thaw – Fusemelon
Poses/Animations: Niqotine
Lashes usually worn : Volumen by LeLutka
Equipment: VR Professional Posestand and HUD – VR Foundry
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Picture 1:
Hair: Say – Lamb
Skin: Winter2 – Gala @ Curio
Clothes: Tess is on a mission body suit , Jen says Time to Grow up, the Rave is Over pants – LeLutka
Shoes/Boots: Pauole – R2
Accessories: Geisha Leather Belt – Fishy Strawberry
Jills Fighting Talk Gloves – LeLutka
Hair Bow from 69 hair modified
Eyes: Thaw – Fusemelon
Poses/Animations: Miseria
Lashes usually worn : Volumen by LeLutka
Equipment: VR Professional Posestand and HUD – VR Foundry
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Blog – Your Cherry
I even played with my own decal today for this post, just because I wanted to add a little something, but couldn’t find one that sat in the right place. The first hair was a revisit to a incredibly popular store, I don’t get over there often enough, and until last night I only had this style in a mix blend.
I love Anette by Deviant Kitties, it’s such a classic updo, that because of the creator and just how you feel in it; carries over into mainstream.
But this post is mainly about the BOOOOOTS. J’s has recently released at the Footwear Expo these INCREDIBLE Thigh high boots in a gorgeous range of colours that match their previous release of ankle and knee high boots. What is also gorgeous about these boots is that they come in three heights, and as they are made using the shoe base as the actual boot itself, allowing for an extra tighter than tight fit. It is not an easy feat – pun pun pun – to achieve this look properly, many have done so over the years, and often it comes up short…but JB has nailed it.
For the super slick and shiny look of the black Thigh Highs from J’s, I went with a mix of Tank dress and wool pantys from Luck Inc…wanting to add a splash of something to the look, I opened up ps and made a starburst and made it tintable to get a similar hot pink in world. Now I did go looking at Decals made by others first, Artilleri and Stellar both have items with this kind of option, a jacket layer over a plain shirt allowing for the mixing of looks. But as the Luck inc Tank is so low cut, it didn’t match up properly so I improvised.
The Godfsts as they are called were a gift a long time ago from the owner of Gearshift, when Fia bought his nintendo belt and proceeded to drive me nuts with all the sounds. I still love these and bring them out every so often. There are actually three versions to the set, so if you aren’t into the spikes and other bits and pieces, the ones I have on are a nice fit.
With the Cherry Red printed Tank Dress, I of course went with the Cherry Red Thigh Highs…YUM. Adding a few more age old accessories, such as the Cherry bag and bangles, but with the NEW Addition of the Posture Collar from The Hat Mechanic that I was so grateful to beta test at the time of it’s creation. It was actually something that I begged for to be sold as a separate from her other items, and she went above and beyond and created a whole line of them in varies frontages and colours.
Just as new and simply divine, are the Raphael wings from Material Squirrel. All the bells and whistles you are used to in a Material Squirrel wing set, with the hud even including xcite compatibility.
The other day I did a sweater dress with corset overlay, this time another sweater dress this time from Luck Inc, with the other alternative Just Band from Nyte n Day…again tinted to match perfectly to the Thigh Highs from J’s. A much lower cowl neck , very revealing in this beautifully thick hemmed knit style. The other alternatives for this dress is a sheer version, that allows the knit to really stretch across the body, or just removing the cowl for a scoop neck look. Great for showing off such gorgeous Jewelry like the Tigers Eye set from Essentia.
All the scintillating skins I am wearing are from GALA @ Curio, yes I still cannot just say Curio it is odd to me. They are Winter2 the follow up of course to Winter1 that was released for Skin Fair and raved about. There are even more faces in this range that I will show in another post, these first three are a peak into not just the beautiful overall skin, but the way in which the face is really illuminated and given such character with the make up ideas Gala comes up with.
I do not change my shape for skins, so I really see little nuances; in the way my shape wears them…and with the Gala @ Curio it is always there, that variation that comes through from skin line to skin line. This winter one for me has an air of change, naivety and innocence that carries out through the eyes and glow to the cheeks. Maybe it is all in the name, that clearing of the old, and making way for the new signs of change..whatever it is, it is one of the reasons that Gala @ Curio skins speak to so many.
The last picture is me showing off the othertones available in this range. I am wearing the Little Miss Lingerie by 5th & Oxford again, because it is just so feminine and appealing to my sensibilities today. Also it is Roslin Petions Birthday week this week, as well as Autumn Hykovas of Tiny Bird, so if you see them around YELL OUT Happy Birthday.
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Hair: Anette – Deviant Kitties
Skin: Winter2 – Gala @ Curio
Clothes: Tank Dress, Wool Panty’s – Luck Inc
Bette Short Leather Jacket – DeLa
Star Decal – Sasypants
Shoes/Boots: Thigh High boots (three heights) – J’s
Accessories: Doll Necklace – Addict
Godfists Candy – Gear Shift
Raphael Angel Wings – Material Squirrel
Eyes: Thaw – Fusemelon
Poses/Animations: Glitterati
Lashes usually worn : Volumen by LeLutka
Equipment: VR Professional Posestand and HUD – VR Foundry
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Hair: Butters – Gritty Kitty
Skin: Winter2 – Gala @ Curio
Clothes: Tank Dress White Cherry – Luck Inc
Fishnets – Blowpop
Shoes/Boots: Thigh High Boots – J’s
Accessories:Â Posture Collar Red – The Hat Mechanic
Cherry Bag – Artilleri
GoGo Speed Racer Bangles – Woo’s
Raphael Angel Wings – Red – Material Squirrel
Eyes: Thaw – Fusemelon
Poses/Animations: Miseria
Lashes usually worn : Volumen by LeLutka
Equipment: VR Professional Posestand and HUD – VR Foundry
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Picture 1:
Hair: Enrica – 0Style
Skin: Winter2 – Gala @ Curio
Clothes: Sweater Dress – Luck Inc
Just Band – Nyte n Day
Little Miss Lingerie – 5th & Oxford
Shoes/Boots: Thigh High Boots – J’s
Accessories: Tiger Eye Necklace and Earrings, Leopard Hair Rose – Essentia
Eyes: Thaw – Fusemelon
Poses/Animations: Miseria
Lashes usually worn : Volumen by LeLutka
Equipment: VR Professional Posestand and HUD – VR Foundry
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Blog – Big Sur
More beautiful items from the Footwear Expo, I am loving the diverse range of this years fair. So far there has been an equal kind of ratio on new items and already released. But as I always say ‘everything old is new to someone” so those creators that didn’t get a chance to release new items for the fair, still have an audience.
I got all excited a few weeks back, when I saw the city fur hat from LeLutka, I even mentioned to Minnu that she needed to make us muffs for the cold weather, as I have always wanted one in Second Life, and funnily enough had still yet to find one. Now LeLutka has released a fur hat and muff combo as their LeLook Exclusive for this month.
I went to Elate the other day as mentioned, and was really excited to see a dress called Tuli, which of course makes sense when you realise that the latest Bella skins have a make up called Kellie lol. I decided that I wanted to go all out with the sweater dress. I grabbed one of the latest releases from Nyte n Day, the Just Corset in Sand, and adding a tint got it the colour I wanted. The Just Corset and Just bands are great to completely change, or enhance a look, coming on all layers they rock.
Back to the Tuli dress though, this sweater dress is snuggly, with the large cowl neck and extended sleeves you will feel all huggable in it. The leggings I am wearing are the Zaara’s Nishar Leggings in Ivory – again tinted – to add the same tone to them as the dress…because if I am going to be this warmed up, I need to get into some serious layering. I also at one stage just wore the knee high and thigh high sock versions of the leggings, which also created a fun look.
The sensational Big Sur boots are from YS & YS , they are featured at the footwear expo and are just glorious leather in a great range of colours. They definitely have a lovely lived in look to them, and a definite trip to the cobblers to have them perfectly fitted feet.
Also from YS & YS in the footwear department, is the Illetes Sandals. A roman sandal look, with the added bonus of not just being able to change skin, nails and toe rings, but also the ability to change the metals featured…I went with the bronze as it is a lot softer with the brown shades in the picture.
Again from Elate is the Penelope dress set combo. You not only get the colour top that you buy the outfit in, but also the white. Giving you two looks, and more if you choose to wear the tops on their own with other skirts or pants, or the skirt with different tops, it is all finished well to achieve that. I love the scaled look of the skirts on these dresses, as being a pisces they rock my fishness.
More tones of the beautiful Bella Skin by Tuli than the ones I took the main pics in. I am also wearing a latest release lingerie set from Blowpop, lowrise boyshorts and triangle bra’s called Cassie, which is funny because the triangle bra reminds me of training bras we used to start out with when younger. Most recently Bonds of Australia brought back this look big time here, and the colour coordinating or not contrast look has been featured big time in their ads… so I am chuffed to have that option for Second Life too.
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Picture 1:
Hair: Somebody’s Lady – Clawtooth
Skin: Bella – Tuli
Clothes: Tuli – Elate
Just Corset Belt Sand (Tinted) – Nyte n Day
Nishar Leggings Ivory (Tinted) – Zaara’s
Shoes/Boots: Big Sur Boots – YS & YS (footwear expo 2009)
Accessories: Fur Hat and Muff – LeLutka (LE.LOOK Exclusive)
Eyes: Thaw – Fusemelon
Poses/Animations: AO Built in to Muff
Lashes usually worn : Volumen by LeLutka
Equipment: VR Professional Posestand and HUD – VR Foundry
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Hair: Apple II – Maitreya
Skin: Bella – Tuli
Clothes: Penelope – Elate
Cassie lowrise boyshorts & Black Triangle bra – Blowpop
Shoes/Boots: Illetes – YS & YS
Accessories: NY Beads Wood – House of Heart
Eyes: Thaw – Fusemelon
Poses/Animations: Tuli
Lashes usually worn : Volumen by LeLutka
Equipment: VR Professional Posestand and HUD – VR Foundry
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blog – Ba Ba Black Sheep
Wow what a rollercoaster. I ended up online for 20+ hours straight, tried to sleep in this disgusting heat, and ended up back on three hours later. But with so many gorgeous shoes to take pictures of, with their equally beautiful counterparts of skin, hair, clothing and accessories…I am not too upset about lack of sleep.
I actually took some pics, and ended up stopping for a bit to meet up with Fae for a quick demo of skins. The funniest things have been happening with pictures kicking in with avatar baking for me lately, but that is a whole other enchilada.
The Lace Up boots by Anexx are hands down some incredible work, for boys and girls. YAY for the men, I was in FE for hours having to assure some the other night that there were in fact mens items at the fair. I love the work boot look, I was actually umming and ahhing over some others I saw the other day, that just weren’t doing enough for me, but it was the fates making me wait for these.
As other fates would have it, there was an all pink sale at pink outfitters I went to yesterday with Whimsy. I snapped up a few bits and pieces, and one item was the bermuda shorts that just perfectly went with the pink boots. I wanted to do a little more for this look, so I went a rumagging. Taking some older pieces by Canimal and adding a new but vintage twist with the cardi by Artilleri.
Definitely a back and forth mix up, with the bag a timeless classic by SLink and the hair the latest release from Nishant Zobovic who has returned to SL with the NEW Brand for hair, Anaphora.
The Gluttony skins by Red Queen are just gorgeous, whether going with the RP look, or the more sedate but captivating look of the first picture, it all works. How she features the eyes on her skins is always my favourite part, she really knows how to work those make up brushes.
If pretty in pink isn’t your thing, then go to the darker side with the second look. Ok not darker as such, but it sounded fun in my head. The NEW Release of the Oversized cardigan from Fishy Strawberry happened just as I was in the process of taking pics, and it is just splendid. I have to point out that Fishy – or Fi.St (does anyone else giggle at that in inventory?) -Â is now doing fat packs, YAY.
They actually do come with their own socks, but with the prim attachments taking the same as the upper portion of the boots, they had to go, in favour of the WWI ones with garters. The cardigan actually comes with a more voluminous attachment to the middle, giving it more of a baggy look, but I wanted to go with the length of it, and keep it tight and fitted, it really is just snuggly yum yum.
Again the Lace Up boots by Anexx were just perfect, they have such incredible detailing, from the laces themselves to the little toggle prims on the sides. two options for each with the uppers, one of them being mouton, which is of course a shaved sheepskin giving extra warmth to the look.
You can also see in my pics that the insides are as beautifully detailed as the outters, no cutting corners when it comes to Machang’s creations, she really goes all out. I would love to see this style in a higher boot if possible, mid calf length would be sensational, with a flopped over tongue perhaps as an option…if you build it, they will come :P.
Peace out shoe lovers, and don’t forget proceeds of this years fair goes to help the children at Toys for Tots.
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Picture 1:
Hair: Feldt – Anaphora
Skin: Tan@TYPE.o6-G.o7 – rQ (Red Queen)
Clothes: Elspeth Cardigan Plain – Artilleri
Lust Bra and Corset (pink dots) – Canimal
Roxy Bermuda Shorts – Pink Outfitters
Shoes/Boots: Lace Up Boots – Anexx ( Footwear Expo 2009)
Accessories:Â Soft Pink Hair Rose small – Essentia
Tote Bag – SLink
Long Scarf – Maitreya
Eyes: Thaw – Fusemelon
Poses/Animations: Miseria
Lashes usually worn : Volumen by LeLutka
Equipment: VR Professional Posestand and HUD – VR Foundry
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Picture 2:
Hair: Shy – rQ (Red Queen)
Skin: Tan@TYPE.o6-G.o3 – rQ (Red Queen)
Clothes: Oversized Cardigan – Fishy Strawberry
Army Girl Garter Socks – WWI
Shoes/Boots: Lace Up boots Grey – Anexx (footwear Expo 2009)
Accessories:
Eyes: Thaw – Fusemelon
Poses/Animations: Long Awkward Pose
Lashes usually worn : Volumen by LeLutka
Equipment: VR Professional Posestand and HUD – VR Foundry
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Blog – Work It, Like Wow
Footwear Expo starts at 10am HERE
Incredibly small prims are a challenge for anyone that builds, whether it be for clothing, Jewelry or accessories. It takes an ability to manipulate prims against all boundaries, there are of course nano prims now, and sculpties make that task easier…there are older creators who mastered it with regular prims though, and often it is just awe inspiring.
Whether old school or new skills, the task is hard, but the outcome can be incredibly satisfying. One creator doing amazing things with small prims and in this case shoes, is 2408 Alekseev and her store 24 Shoo Shoes. I know 24 from other endeavors and she has always been such an incredibly lovely person, and really cares about her business…seeing this progression over the past year into this incredible work is a delight.
Definitely catwalk inspired shoes, these are why we adore Second Life most I would say, the ability to wear spine snapping shoes with no aches or pains, other than making sure our skin matches, and believe me 24 has made that incredibly painless too. She has included two skin huds in her shoes, which genuis-ly (ok possible made up word) are on an alpha layer that you can move your camera to make sure your legs are behind and get the perfect shade, its fabulous. Like I said incredibly detailed and just beautiful, you will have to see them for yourself.
The clothing I chose to feature the shoes with, are the sexy and seductive Feather Dress by LeLutka, such beautiful details to this dress, I am though missing a part of it which covers the breasts, but I liked it without and with Jewelry that I chose to let it go. Definitely runway worthy, this dress lets you dress it up even more with things such as the Dramatic lashes from PanJen, and some lovely Jewelry pieces from Sigma and Hair Rose from Essentia finished the look.
Then we have a much older dress from Tuli, this dress comes with a long skirt gown option that I adore, but of course because we were featuring the shoes I went with the shorter option, still such a classic the Gwen gown is, it makes me want to beg Tuli to make more and more clothing, when she is able to create such perfect pieces as these.
Perfect accessories from Glow Studios in the KOS Set, it even actually comes with a handbag, but it was enough without, and a wonderful soft gold, that just enhanced the richness of the whole look. The vixen skins by Gala were an easy choice for that severe yet gorgeous look I wanted to create, BAM! I am a serious catwalk model BAM BAM! – laughs as I tip off the stage. But seriously it really has that look for runway, especially with such incredible make ups, my obvious choice for the gold was Majesty make up.
Just remember whatever shoes you buy at the fair – and don’t forget part of most sales are going to charity, in some cases all -Â make sure you WORK IT BABY!.
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Picture 1:
Hair: O’Hara – LeLutka
Skin: Vixen – Gala
Clothes: Feather Dress – LeLutka
Shoes/Boots: WoW19 – 24’s Shoo Shoes ( Footwear Expo 2009)
Accessories: Black Tipped Grey Hair Rose – Essentia
Wooden Bead Set – Sigma
Curly Feather Dramatic Lashes – Panjen
Eyes: Thaw – Fusemelon
Poses/Animations: Long Awkward Pose – Shoe Poses (Footwear Expo 2009)
Lashes usually worn : Volumen by LeLutka
Equipment: VR Professional Posestand and HUD – VR Foundry
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Picture 2:
Hair: Zoe – Maitreya
Skin: Vixen 2 – Gala
Clothes: Gwen Gown – Tuli
Shoes/Boots: Wow 18 – 24 Shoo Shoes ( Footwear Expo 2009)
Accessories: Kos Set – Glow Studios
Gold Hair Rose – Essentia
Eyes: Thaw – Fusemelon
Poses/Animations: Long Akward Pose
Lashes usually worn : Volumen by LeLutka
Equipment: VR Professional Posestand and HUD – VR Foundry
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blog – Rawr
An interesting spin on things for this years Footwear Expo, is that there are going to be pose stores set up at the fair, and the exciting part of that, is that some – if not all – are going to be selling shoe style poses. Often it is difficult not only for bloggers and photographers to find the right shoe pose, but for shoe makers themselves. So if you do, or are planning to make shoes in the future, even if you aren’t at the fair this year, stop by the animation/poses stores and pick up some.
Footwear Expo – TELEPORT – starts at 10am tomorrow and a percentage of sales made at the event will go to charity.
One such pose is the one on the left by Olive Juice, who will be at the fair, showing off the NEW Demoness shoes by Kalnins. These shoes have as usual all the trappings of a Kalnins shoe with feet inbuilt. The hud has options to not just tint the feet and change nailpolish, but also to change the texture of the shoes from base colour, to heels, with the metal studs being either gold or silver.
The outfit I am wearing is from Twisted and Spoiled, an incredible store that does so many things, not only clothing, but shoes, hair and accessories, and most sets are complete including shoes and jewelry. I kid you not except for the shoes in this pic, all the accessories and clothing pieces can in one outfit. Definitely a right click wear kind of deal. The amount of work that goes into each piece is just fabulous and you will definitely be seeing more of them here in the future.
The skin I am wearing is a much loved Bella by Tuli, we waited patiently for its release after the past skin fair, and just recently it was released in Tuli’s main store – which is actually a temporary location while rebuilding -Â Stunning make ups, and that divine breast enhancement she does so well as an option. Make sure you check the demos if you haven’t already.
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Picture 1:
Hair: Whoop De Doo – Lamb.
Skin: Bella – Tuli
Clothes: Rawr Set – Twisted and Spoiled
Shoes/Boots: Dragoness – Kalnins
Accessories: all part of Rawr Set
Eyes: Thaw – Fusemelon
Poses/Animations: Olive Juice
Lashes usually worn : Volumen by LeLutka
Equipment: VR Professional Posestand and HUD – VR Foundry
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Shoe Fair Flickr Contest
***SHOE FAIR *** SHOE FAIR *** SHOE FAIR ***SHOE FAIR *** SHOE FAIR *** SHOE FAIR ***
Shoe Expo 2009 starts this weekend!
From now until December 2nd there is a Flickr Photo Contest for all to participate in.
DETAILS HERE !Anyone may enter the Flickr Contest, with as many pictures as they like, wearing any shoes that they like.
*Only photos submitted between 18th November to 2nd December at midnight slt will be considered eligible.
*Deadline for entry is midnight on December 2nd 2009
*You may enter as many photos as you’d like
*One photo will be selected by a panel of Footwear Expo staff
*Winner will be announced on 6th December 2009 during the final day of the Expo
*Please include SL avatar name in the description of the photo
*Photos should reflect both themes: shoes + winter wonderland/holiday
Have fun! Kick it with some fabulous shoes and show us your photo skills!
The prize package for one lucky winner includes :
* Dove Swanson [LAP] Long Awkward Pose
* aDORKable Poses
* Tillie’s Posestand
* Serenity Mercier’s AMS PhotoStage
* Idiosyncrasy Skins – Fatpack of choice in one tone from the store
* VR Foundry Professional Photo Studio and HUD
* Olive Juice Poses- Exclusive Pose Pack, Group Pose and Pose set
* 2000L from What’s New SL
2008 Submission For more info click HERE to also keep up to date with what is occurring during the 2009 Shoe Expo
*Contact Rosie Shark if you wish to donate prizes for this and other events at the fair.
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blog – Bitter
The name July came about not originally as the name of the month at all, but in fact it was named that after Julius Caesar. Even though we are well past July now, these skins carry the name, and do so well.
They are lovely skins as usual from the PXL line, and with the brand new build, and all of Harts other endeavors going on at the moment, it is amazing they got released at all. But they did, and just in time for Vanity Skin fair, that will be ending this weekend. There are lots of brow options for this skin, freckles and wonderful tones from light to dark..I actually left one tone out, because at the time I did think it was the tone I took the main pic in, my bad, but they are all there at the store.
I logged into SL yesterday with one mission, to get me to Lamb as fast as I could. The new Whoop De Doo hair is all win for me, and I am hoping that Lamb will do more of these bangs on her regular styles, Say with a Widows Peak would make me happier than Happy.
For now I am just over the moon with this style, and it fits my mood so well right now. A new release from Miseria this week, has me in the Bitter Jeans as well as the Ash cardigan..also from Miseria, I love the jeans, they have that worn in look, with a low slung hips finish, and the cardigans are twinset look adorable. A college student look for me; with even the HOC Glasses to add a touch of authenticity to my look. Jewelry by Essentia to wrap up the look, and away we go.
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Picture :
Hair: Whoop De Doo – Lamb
Skin: July – PXL (Vanity Skin Fair until 22nd Nov)
Clothes: Ash Cardigan , Bitter Jeans – Miseria
Latex Bikini – Elixir
Shoes/Boots: Shanti – Maitreya
Accessories: Byzantine Cross, Medallion Earrings – Essentia
Glasses – HOC
Eyes: Thaw – Fusemelon
Poses/Animations: Miseria
Equipment: VR Professional Posestand and HUD – VR Foundry
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Blog – Jira : More Versatile Clothing Layers
More Versatile Clothing Layers Jira :
Second life would benefit immensely from a simplification of the clothing layers. Modern SL clothing is cut using alpha maps, as the built-in sliders for trimming the clothing leave messy edges and are not really usable. The functionality that is worth keeping is the ability to change bagginess in various areas. Beyond that, there isn’t really any reason not to put all clothing on meta layers. A meta layer would be a single clothing article with 3 texture spots which would be by default a transparent texture. The 3 texture spots are of course legs/feet, torso, and head. The meta layer could then be applied to the avatar on a new set of clothing layers marked simply from 0 to 10, or 20, or whatever it is deemed necessary to fully outfit an avatar.
The benefits of this sort of change are many, beyond just the verastility of being able to put your undies on over your tattoo, or your shirt on over the bra that only came on the shirt layer because the designer was apparently high. For example, it is common practice for ambitious designers to put their clothing items on all layers – to allow for the kind of versatility of this new system (although it falls short). This means that for a single shirt, for example, you’ll have 3 inventory items: an undershirt, shirt, and jacket version. This means 3 assets the server needs to keep track of. A designer who uses this as their standard will generate about 2.5x as many assets to create an outfit as one who don’t offer items on all layers. This could be massively reduced, much to the relief of overstuffed fashionista inventories, asset servers, and sim servers the metaverse over.
Existing clothing might be able to be ported to the new system, although it would require experimentation to determine for certain. Lots of (ancient) clothing that does depend on the sliders to trim the clothing would wind up breaking if those sliders were no longer effective, since it is impossible to translate the sliders to a system that include shirt and glove components together. Thus it may be necessary to allow older clothing to continue using the old system of shirts, socks, underpants, etc.
Unfortunately this would mean that the new system would need to be flexible enough to allow people to create their own layer ordering to be able to put new clothing items under or over the older clothing layers, however this creates another opportunity to improve the versatility of older content. Since it would be necessary to create a layer organizer to allow people to choose the order in which clothing items stack, it would be possible to wear several shirts at the same time layered on different strata, allowing older clothing to be just as versatile as newer meta layers. This would also allow people with overstuffed inventories to go through and delete unnecessary duplicates of items that were created on all layers.
Notes:
An additional feature allowing people to update their clothing to meta layer clothing might be worthwhile, though permissions would need to be investigated to ensure abuse is not possible.
It could be possible to leave the layer limit as a very high value (like 50) if the clothing layers were not broadcast to the server until fully baked, like Emerald does when clothing layer protection is enabled.
Mel Vanbeeck
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Blog – Suki Suki La La
So the other day I was flipping through some pics, fashion ones. I came across some ankle boots, and it was instant drool worthiness. Then later that same day, I came across a pair very similar, and they definitely deserved my attention.
The CoCo Zipper boots are just too cool to pass up, a few days later I ended up seeing them as well as others featured on Fabulous Fashion by Carissa Crimson, and I almost ended up with more by this creator, but with Shoe Fair only days away I have decided to wait.
With the oncoming cool weather for the majority of SL residents, stores are changing their colour pallettes, but bold vibrant prints are taking charge and are not going down quietly. LeLutka has just done another large release of incredible clothing, and with their new regime of smaller releases, it is going to be hard to keep up.
Charliz is Dancing in Polka, is a sexy mini dress, with bold pattern and colours. This style reminds me so much of Grace Jones I just had to get hair to match, or in this case Hera.
Another Vanity Skin Fair skin, this time by Chai Suki, the Elise skin is a sneak peak of more to come from this range, and in this make up is released at the fair in all tones..with more to come. Four lovely tones, with great body work, and passionate make up.
The body of the skins as stated is great, and unusual to see vein work on the legs and hands, it is only subtle but definitely there, giving it a more natural look. Even the underneath of the feet have the shading of bent toes, which I found really cool.
When thinking bold and vibrant, you can’t really go past Artilleri, so with that in mind I decided to show off the tones in the LeeLee bikini, a lovely vintage swimsuit, that if you do not have it, you must go get it now.
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Hair: Hera – LeLutka
Skin: Elise – Chaisuki (Vanity Skin Fair until 22nd Nov)
Clothes: Charliz is Dancing the Polka Mini – LeLutka
LeeLee Bikini Zebra – Artilleri
Shoes/Boots: Zipper Boots – COCO
Accessories: Medallion Earrings – Essentia
Eyes: Thaw – Fusemelon
Poses/Animations: Vista, aDORKable Poses
Equipment: VR Professional Posestand and HUD – VR Foundry
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