Posted in Belleza, Exodi, LOTD, MV-SL-Fashion, Sascha's Design, Truth, tagged fashion, Fashion Feed of SL, Grazia, Grazia Horwitz, MV-SL-Fashion, Second Life, SecondLife, Shopaholicfeed.com, SL, Style, Virtual, Virtual World on September 27, 2009| 1 Comment »
LOTD090926, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.
I’m wearing Sacha Frangili’s latest creation today, Pudding in Pisang. It’s a beautiful formal which comes with Sacha’s usual plethora of skirt options. There also is a matching bolero to go with it, but I love the collar on this gown that goes with then strapless top. I’m wearing it with Exodi’s latest release, the gorgeous Kamen set.
Today’s skin is Belleza’s Jesse, and I’m wearing Truth’s Evie
Posted in MV-SL-Fashion, shapes, tagged fashion, Fashion Feed of SL, Grazia, Grazia Horwitz, MV-SL-Fashion, Second Life, SecondLife, Shopaholicfeed.com, SL, Style, Virtual, Virtual World on September 26, 2009| 4 Comments »
So… we have a skin/shape expo, and almost half, if not more, of the merchants are shapers… then that calls for a shape post on More Than Meets the Eye, even if I’m not really comfortable blogging shapes. After all, even if I closed my shop about a year ago… I still consider myself to be a shaper, and I have a personal vision about what I think a good shape is. That’s why I have decided this post is not going to be a shape review, but a shape comparison.
I have taken 9 shapes, plus my own for reference, since that’s what you guys see me in all the time, and 3 skins and put it all next to each other, so you can see the difference. I’m sticking to the same order of shapes in all 4 series of pics (1 set of body pics, and the 3 x10 face shots).
The shapes used:
OK… sit back and relax… some shapes look a bit weird on some of the skins, but hey…. for comparison’s sake…?
First, the series of body shots… these were all taken in the same frame, with a fix camera position, so the tall shapes are really tall… and the short ones… yes… really short (My length is 62 BTW)
For the faces it was difficult to keep a fix camera position, because due to the length of some shapes, and the shortness of others, you’d either see the boobs or the top of the scalp instead of the face. So beware… if the face looks much bigger than others… it’s likely bigger for real… but maybe not this much!
Posted in MV-SL-Fashion, new releases, skins, tagged fashion, Fashion Feed of SL, Grazia, Grazia Horwitz, MV-SL-Fashion, Second Life, SecondLife, Shopaholicfeed.com, SL, Style, Virtual, Virtual World on September 26, 2009| 1 Comment »
click here for more make ups
Belleza’s Tricky Boucher did it again. Last year he won me over with Bella, and now he releases Jesse at the skin/shape expo. She’s gorgeous. I bought one fatpack when I was at the expo earlier, but while taking piccies, … I got greedy.. but now the expo is full and I can’t get back in for more!!!!! :-(. There are 2 skint tones available at the expo, this sunkissed, and a darker tan, I don’t even know right now how many make ups there are for Jesse, other than I bought make up 12-15, so there4 are at least 15 :-). It’s a must try, k?
direct TP to Belleza at the expo: http://slurl.com/secondlife/KMADD%20Events/152/152/22
Posted in MV-SL-Fashion, Rambling, tagged fashion, Fashion Feed of SL, Grazia, Grazia Horwitz, MV-SL-Fashion, Second Life, SecondLife, Shopaholicfeed.com, SL, Style, Virtual, Virtual World on September 26, 2009| 8 Comments »
[update: October 06, 2009] 10 days have passed since I blogged this, and the basic RL info about said “Corporation” , which Mr. McMillan agreed to give asap, has not been disclosed as of yet. I repeat, I have not been asking for sensitive corporate information but for data that should be publicly available anyway, like a chamber of commerce no. and their investor relations webpage. Hence I’m leaning towards the conclusion that Mr McMillan has gotten carried away with the SL business play, and that there is no multinational behind his SL shop after all. Also, you might want to check the comments to read what some of my readers have to add to the topic. *sighs*
…..is that they might raise awkward questions… like: What Corporation is it you claim has taken over your uhm, high end SL business? It for sure is a question popping up in my head when I found Vasgez McMillan’s press release about Victoria-V being taken over by Switzerland, Germany and UK based Exclusiva Corp. So I googled… and googled… and yeah, googled some more and boy did I find interesting things… but nothing about said multi national, other than mentions in Victoria-V’s blog, and above mentioned press release on the feeds.
Since the press release offered precious little traceable information, I decided to contact the listed Exclusiva Director of PR, Candy Starsider, to get some more information about this corporate take over that apparently is about to facilitate customers to buy SL designs in RL, but Candy could not disclose as much as a registration office number for Exclusiva, or direct me to their corporate site and/or investor relations site, which I find odd to say the least. She kept saying that she was not allowed to disclose that kind of information, that they would gradually give out more information and that in due time Vasgez would absolutely answer my questions. Well…. I didn’t ask for their long time strategy or the past 5 years profit… I only wanted a website, or a verifiable chamber of commerce number. After all, their financial statements should be deposited there by legal requirements, and last 5 years’s profit should be public information anyway.
Considering the reluctance to share basic and public information about Exclusiva Corp. , or the lack of knowledge about the corporation Ms. Starsider is supposedly to be the Director of PR (and thus an employee, getting paid, and hopefully getting pay slips as well), to me it’s another case of bragging, of SL CEO group tagging and masking a simple SL re-branding with a “corporate” take over, especially since a simple question lead to silence and defensive behaviour…..
If anyone can find something substantial on Exclusiva… by all means, feel free to comment, inform me…
Posted in MV-SL-Fashion, skins, Tuli, tagged fashion, Fashion Feed of SL, Grazia, Grazia Horwitz, MV-SL-Fashion, Second Life, SecondLife, Shopaholicfeed.com, SL, Style, Virtual, Virtual World on September 25, 2009| Leave a Comment »
click here for a preview of all skin tones and make ups
I got the chance to visit the skin/shape expo today and while some merchants are still setting up, it looked very promising already. Thanks to the simple modern white build of the expo, everything rezzed pretty fast, and that is encouraging for when the expo actually opens. I spent way too much on skin already, and if I have enough time over the weekend, I will share some of my thoughts on the skins and shapes on display, but right now I want to share Tuli’s newest addition to her skin range with you. She has teased us with it on the blog several times already, but now there is a fist release: Bella Natural, in 5 skintones, 3 cleavages and 4 eyebrow colours and 3 additional make ups. Please click the picture to preview them all.
Skin/Shape expo opens tomorrow… don’t miss out!
Posted in Adam 'n Eve, MV-SL-Fashion, skins, tagged fashion, Fashion Feed of SL, Grazia, Grazia Horwitz, MV-SL-Fashion, Second Life, SecondLife, Shopaholicfeed.com, SL, Style, Virtual, Virtual World on September 24, 2009| 2 Comments »
click here for close-ups
Adam ‘n Eve, the brain child of Damen Gorilla and sachi Vixen was one of the major skin brands when I came to SL, now 3 years ago. Recently sachi has been updating some of her skin lines, and also been making totally new ones. Her recent skins are easier to wear, they fit a way larger range of shapes than they used to do. At the skin/shape expo Sachi will release Amanda (set 2) and Desire, but if you can’t wait that long, you’ll find the first make up set of Amanda and Natasha in the shop already… and I just couldn’t resist putting Portia and Mei Li in here as well, because it shows so well how able sachi is to create various characters in her skins. All these skins are shown on my default shape which for the sake of comparison, I didn’t tweak at all.
Posted in Corrupted Innocence, MV-SL-Fashion, preview, skins, tagged fashion, Fashion Feed of SL, Grazia, Grazia Horwitz, MV-SL-Fashion, Second Life, SecondLife, Shopaholicfeed.com, SL, Style, Virtual, Virtual World on September 23, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Sometimes I think being a fashion blogger is one of the most gratifying things to do. NO!…It’s not about the free stuff. I buy most of the things I feature on my blog anyway. The cool part of blogging is when someone send you their new stuff and you recognise quality, but also still a lot of work to be done, and the content creator is actually appreciative of your feed back, uses it, and contacts you after a while with new content that is like so much better that you get the blog itch and shove aside a few RL things to take pics and blog.
That is what happened between me and Kira Paderborn. A few months ago she dropped me a pack of her first Envy skin for blogging or feed back, which was really cute, but had still so many issues, that I didn’t feel comfortable about blogging them. When I see flaws and issues, I won’t hide that on my blog, because it would be a buyer beware of sorts, but I don’t like to write about flaws… so instead I wrote my feed back and shared it with Kira, who without any doubt will have swallowed a few times at my critiques, but then decided to actually use it and start on a second skin. The work in progess I have shared with you a couple of weeks ago, and now Eva is ready! And I love the final result… so feel free to click the pic here below to get a preview of all the make ups and skintones!
Click here for a preview of the make ups and skin tones
I’ll add the NSFW body pics after I get back from work later today. But let me finish with telling you that Eva will be released on Friday, September 25 in Kira’s shops Shapes by Kira and Corrupted Innocence, and then also at the skin/shape expo which will start on the 26th.
Posted in 5th & Oxford, Dutch Touch, LOTD, MV-SL-Fashion, Rebel Hope, RH Engel, Truth, tagged fashion, Fashion Feed of SL, Grazia, Grazia Horwitz, MV-SL-Fashion, Second Life, SecondLife, Shopaholicfeed.com, SL, Style, Virtual, Virtual World on September 21, 2009| 1 Comment »
Rebel’s Lumiere Azure Limited Anniversary Gown, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.
Within the community, by now it is probably widely spread what has happened to Rebel Hope and RH Engel. If you have been living under the proverbial rock, you may want to catch up with this post at Shopping Cart Disco. The positive news in this whole ordeal is that for once, Linden Labs has acted promptly and Charlene Linden has immediately banned the offending avatars. The latest news is that LL has removed all copied content from their servers.
I’d like to link to Cajsa’s brilliant post, since right now it’s about bed time for me, and my brain has shut down for the day. I’ll just be pretty and show my most favourite Rebel dress ever. This azure version was a limited for last year’s anniversary and the texture is simply amazing. It sparkles! I also like that it has no provocative belly button deep cleavage. The halter neckline is of a demure classiness which is sexy in its own way. While this blue dress is no longer available, Rebel has released other colours of this dress. I’m wearing 5th & Oxford’s electric long gloves with it. They are currently not in their main shop, however you might find them at their satellites in Rue d’Antibes or Muse. The matching jewelry is from RH Engel.
I’m wearing Dutch Touch’s Mauve in Cream (Violet Blue) and Rose hair in honey from Truth.
Posted in Artilleri, Boom!, Decoy, LOTD, MV-SL-Fashion, R2, Rockberry, tagged fashion, Fashion Feed of SL, Grazia, Grazia Horwitz, MV-SL-Fashion, Second Life, SecondLife, Shopaholicfeed.com, SL, Style, Virtual, Virtual World on September 21, 2009| Leave a Comment »
LOTD090920, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.
Just a quick one today as I have a really FULL week ahead, but I noticed this lovely Swallows dress yesterday at BOOM! and I figured it would be so cute with R2’s new Kahiwa shoes. I’m wearing it with Decoy’s ruby Mraz scarf (slightly tinted to match the sash from the dress better) and Artilleri’s red Paula glasses. Also from Artilleri is the Maggie tattoo and I’m wearing Rockberry’s Uma K light with tintable lips.
Posted in Balderdash, Jewelry, MV-SL-Fashion, Rozorregalia, tagged fashion, Fashion Feed of SL, Grazia, Grazia Horwitz, MV-SL-Fashion, Second Life, SecondLife, Shopaholicfeed.com, SL, Style, Virtual, Virtual World on September 19, 2009| Leave a Comment »
RozenKavalier by Rozorregalia
Two of my fave purchases from the Jewelry fair are the RosenKavalier hat from Rozorregalia and Amuck Amuck Amuck ! from Balderdash. Not that there is no beautiful jewelry at jewelry fair… but these two hats just really stand out and I wanted to share them with you. Both hats come as they are. The RosenKavalier has a Hat + Hair option, but neither of the hats are scripted to chancge flowers or colours.
Amuck Amuck Amuck! by Balderdash
Posted in Armidi, Bax Coen, Church of Luxe, Coco, Dutch Touch, LOTD, MV-SL-Fashion, Paper Couture, Truth, tagged fashion, Fashion Feed of SL, Grazia, Grazia Horwitz, MV-SL-Fashion, Second Life, SecondLife, Shopaholicfeed.com, SL, Style, Virtual, Virtual World on September 19, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Wear grey for a day is a way to raise awareness for brain cancer, so it’s something I gladly participate in. It’s such an intangible disease and it affects so many people, that the more people are aware , and are willing to support one way or another, is worth the effort since the best way of beating brain cancer is early detection… and for that, people need to know about it.
So, grey is key today, starting with an Armidi base of their Kogo skinny pants and the white Cambridge shirt. On top of it I’m wearing the grey Julian Argyle cardigan from Church of Luxe. Jewelry is the black pearl set from Paper Couture and I honestly don’t know if it’s still available. I’m also wearing Bax Coen’s black prestige boots and Coco’s black leather belt.
Today’s skin is Dutch Touch’s Cleo in Apricot Punk and I’m wearing Truth’s Rose in silver.
Posted in charity, Jewelry, MV-SL-Fashion, tagged fashion, Fashion Feed of SL, Grazia, Grazia Horwitz, MV-SL-Fashion, Second Life, SecondLife, Shopaholicfeed.com, SL, Style, Virtual, Virtual World on September 17, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Jewelry Fair starts tomorrow!!
The fair will be open from Friday September 18th to Sunday September 27th. Please TP in using a random choice from the 8 landmarks below, so traffic can be divided over the 2 sims and help reduce lag.
The fair is designed as a continuous hedge maze – there are no dead ends, and if you keep walking in one direction you’ll get through the whole thing. The chosen charity is Oxfam – you can read more about them at www.oxfam.org – and visitors will be given lots of opportunities to help out. Oxfam happens to be one of my favourite charities, for the ability to gift your friends cute pressies like a goat… or a water pump… which then will be delivered to people who really need it more than your friend. They do great work also in case of disasters, so donate generously if you’re so inclined (and remember, even 1L$ helps!!)
So…. what can you expect?
*over 130 Jeweler’s creations
*Dunk Tank – dunk a Jeweler (or a Linden!) for charity
*Kissing booth – kiss a Jeweler for charity
*one of a kind auctions – bid on original jewelry pieces never to be owned by anyone else on the grid
*jeweler resources area – how to make your own jewelry!
*demonstrations and classes on jewelry making (schedule handed out at the fair)
Many of the vendors are selling special pieces which 50% of the money goes directly to charity. Read more about the fair at the jewelry fair blog!
See you at the fair… leave your jewelry and other excessive prim items and lagalicious inventory items (ao’s, mysti tools or other gadgets) at home.. you can buy pretties at the fair, ya know. And get rid of the anti-inspect shields… really… jewelry fair is not about you or your fabulous outfit… people come for the jewelry!
http://slurl.com/secondlife/JewelryFair%202/79/120/28
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http://slurl.com/secondlife/JewelryFair%202/70/187/28
http://slurl.com/secondlife/JewelryFair%202/211/183/28
http://slurl.com/secondlife/JewelryFair%201/122/69/28
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http://slurl.com/secondlife/JewelryFair%201/71/130/28
Posted in Aitui, Cupcakes, Elymode, MV-SL-Fashion, skins, Truth, tagged fashion, Fashion Feed of SL, Grazia, Grazia Horwitz, MV-SL-Fashion, Second Life, SecondLife, Shopaholicfeed.com, SL, Style, Virtual, Virtual World on September 16, 2009| 3 Comments »
click picture for a slideshow of all new make ups
Rose and Mimi from ❤ Cupcakes have added 10 new delicious make ups to their Enchanted skin line. I couldn’t resist getting the fatpack for a number of reasons:
1) they’re pretty!!
2) they are SO pretty!!
3) they are only 3000 L$ for the fatpack of 10 make ups
4) they REALLY are pretty!!
5) Cupcakes currently has a 60% (!) off card sale… so, pay 3.600 for a card.. and you can buy up to 9.000 on anything in the shop (or buy a smaller card and yet you will be able to buy a lot 🙂 )
… I did mention the prettiness… did I?
Other than Cupcakes Enchanted I’m wearing Truth’s Heidi hair in walnut and the new lounging set from Elymode (snuggly must have!). The cherry blossom tattoo is from Aitui
Posted in Aitui, AlaMood, Another Level, Chai, Dutch Touch, MV-SL-Fashion, tagged fashion, Fashion Feed of SL, Grazia, Grazia Horwitz, MV-SL-Fashion, Second Life, SecondLife, Shopaholicfeed.com, SL, Style, Virtual, Virtual World on September 15, 2009| 2 Comments »
AlaMood Alkahi Dew, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.
Jori Watler is rebranding her shop and AlaMood will be the new name. She has made oodles of pretties err… beautiful new bijoux that will premiere at the Jewelry fair, starting September 18, but in anticipation I’d like to share this Alkahi Dew set with you. I love stones like turquoise or aquamarine, so this is really my thing. A cuff and a ring are also part of this set which matches so perfectly with Launa Fauna’s new Chai eyes. Other than Alkahi Dew and matching eyes I’m wearing Aitui’s Vintage Hawaii tattoo on Dutch Touch’s Cleo skin (caramel. camo) and Another Level’s Aphro hair.
Posted in Coquette, Exodi, LOTD, MV-SL-Fashion, Shag, tagged fashion, Fashion Feed of SL, Grazia, Grazia Horwitz, MV-SL-Fashion, Second Life, SecondLife, Shopaholicfeed.com, SL, Style, Virtual, Virtual World on September 15, 2009| 2 Comments »
, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.
Usually, when I hear a designer being all enthusiast about their own creation, I’m rather skeptical… after all.. if a creator can’t be happy with their own work, why even bother to release it at all….. but when Shannon Carroll from Coquette blogged her pure elegance dress yesterday and I saw the lace top I was like… mhmmmm… ok… lessee :-). And I absolutely don’t regret the purchase. The lace indeed is yummy, and the asymmetrical, sheer skirt is sexy and classy. The little pearl set also comes with the dress as well as a pair of matching shoes.
Shannon has a special offer… if you pick the dress up on Xstreet, this week and this week only, she includes a special version of her Aurora skin (in 4 skin tones) which well never be separately available in her shop. Now I’m not wearing the skin this time, but believe me, it’s as lovely as the dress with soft pink lips and a hint of blue on the eye lids.
Instead I’m wearing Exodi’s Lily today, Hybrid, which is only available at the Fusion sim and my hair today is Lovesick, from Shag
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