More Than Meets the Eye

Back in December I was so happy I could lay my hands on some of Dazzle’s last limited editions that Ginny released around the holidays. They still are among my all time inventory favourites. I was thrilled to see that a new limited from Ginny’s magic hads was about to be released and got all geared up (in casu… stripped naked, no hair, no nothing), ready to face what was about to be a fashionista nightmare over at Last Call. Ginny has over 1000 fans in her update group and only 75 gowns available. The only attachment I was seriously considering was a push gun to shoot everyone of the premises, if I had one, but on second thought, I really like Ginny, and I would hate being banned off the sim.

Anyway,almost immediately after the notice that the Sea Nymph was released… the first batch was gone. Ginny herself was impressed by the incredible amount of people camping outside

.**RE-EDIT: The Sea Nymph is officially gone and out of rotation. I apologize profusely for the lag. I had no clue how many people had camped out inside of the store. The dots on the minimap didn’t reveal themselves until I expanded the map and saw a pancake stack 35 high with 18 more stuck at the entrance to the store (me being one of the 18). Remember the hair is limited release and will be in my store and at ETD until July 31st. It’s SO gorgeous. We have a WONDERFUL release planned for next week – an extensive MEN’S AND WOMEN’S release along with exciting news about new projects, new collaborations, new stores, and new builds <3 Have a wonderful weekend!!!! <3<3

Second Batch which was released in the early SL evening… same story, within a couple of hours all 75 items were gone, and a lot of people were disappointed. I must admit, I did not expect this to happen. Wit the last Dazzle limiteds, that were only 60, after a couple of days, there were still some available.

I can’t wait to see the hype that will rock SL next time Ginny releases a limited edition.

Elika made the hair to go with the Sea Nymph, 2 versions of it and a bunch of awesome special textures. This hair is also limited, but in time, not in numbers. It is available until July 31. I usually am not a Willow Pack fan, but in this case I could not resist it, and I even might go for the other pack too.

Hehehe, since Second Style is off the air for a couple of days, and I am addicted to blogging fashion, this has become quite a fashion post.

Blogging for one of SL’s major fashion blogs, I do see a lot of shops. I do check out a lot of new shops too, always looking for that one new designer that stands out in the crowd of wannabe SL fashion designers.

Yes, on my hunts I see quite some new designs, brands and concepts, although these days it seems hard to be truly original. Recently I befriended one of those new designers, Melodee McMillan, who has come up with an original new idea. She sells t-shirts, and there are a lot of people who start their content creating activities with that. But Melodee stands out with her concept. For a review on Melodee’s tees, check the Second Style Blog. The cool concept is the custom colour kit that Melodee offers.She made some of her shirts on 2 layers which you’ll wear together. the actual t-shirt on the shirt layer, and the slogan on the jacket layer. The shirt layer is modable so you can give it any colour you’d like. Now that is creativity in my opinion.

But I was not going to write about Mel’s tees. She has her shop in a new mall, and new malls usually attract new content creators, so while there to check out Melodee’s shop Bratney!, I also looked a little bit further to see if I could spot anything blog worthy, which, on this round I did not.

What I did notice though is the guts that some of the new content creators have in pricing their products. You’ll see poorly styled outfits that are priced at a stunning 300-450 L$! Now I tend to keep the established designers as a pricing reference, and when Ginny Talamasca at Last Call prices a gown at 275 L$, I really wonder how these new folks are going to establish long term relationships with their customers, charging the prices that they do. When you are new to SL and go on your first shopping spree, I can imagine you’ll fall for it, after all, you don’t have a clue about quality and price level in SL. But as soon as you discover the more skilled work of other designers that are priced lower… dunno but I’d feel cheated.

I found this great article by Myst Panther about pricing in SL which I think makes a lot of sense. Myst’s blog Caveat Emptor has a lot of very useful articles for people who are considering opening up a business in SL or have recently done so.

My friend Aradia Dielli took this picture after she installed her new graphic card….. I have a notebook wit an integrated card that might not even survive the next update, although it’s not even 1 year old……..In order to update anything, I would have to buy a new motherboard, which would cost me as much as a new computer. /me notes that a next computer should be a heavy user desk top

Second Life is massively popular in Italy. Ever since last november the Italian media started covering Second Life quite frequently, there has been a continuous flow of Italian residents to our grid. Since most Italians are not known for being polyglots , they tend to stick together in an increasing number of Italian sims where they can speak their own language. Some of which are really nothing more than a bunch of prims thrown randomly together, but others are real jewels. Like the recently opened sim of Toscana. I went there today to take some photo’s of Last Call’s latest release which I will cover on Second Style Blog. There is a beach, a disco (for the better Rimini feeling), but also replica’s of the bell tower of Pisa, the Florentine Cathedral and a delightful tuscan borgo, a little hill town. It’s a nice sim to just wander around, or to spend a Sunday afternoon with a bunch of friends at the picnic tables. Very Italian, very nice.

The photo is the Milena outfit, that is really lovely and sexy, but did not fit in well with the other photos. I love the contrast though of the dramatic black outfit with the clean drying laundry

Ever since December 2006 I have been writing for Second Style blog. I love it, and probably will be blogging for a long time, but every now and then I would like to share some things with you that just are not appropriate on a fashion blog. Like for Instance the press conference with Bruce Willis which I attended the other day.