What is up with Collabor88???

Heya peeps,

today I have been to Collabor 88. Every damned month I am really waiting for it, no exaggeration there. I used to lurk in the neighbouring skybox when it was still at its old place and cambuy stuff as soon as it was set up by the creator…ahem. :>

I know the following won’t make me popular, but I want to express my opinion regardless.

The last few rounds, I have been a little disappointed. Anyone but me noticed that the prices there skyrocketed? There isn’t much left of the original concept of selling stuff for 88 Lindens when stuff is set at prices such as 588 Lindens by now. I’ve seen prices above 1200 Lindens, too, though I think not this round. Granted, it is a good and big item, but…don’t sell such an item then? Very few items are still sold at the old 88 Lindens price, and if so, with few notable exceptions, it is usually some sort of little item, say, a ring, earrings or whatever.

Wasn’t the whole concept originally to showcase awesome creators withing Secondlife and give people access to teaser-items (or maybe exclusive items working as a teaser) for a really low price, to offer a gREAT deal? Those deals really haven’t been so great anymore, and given the financial crisis, people now even have LESS money (on the average) in their pockets. Many, many people I know on SL really need to calculated wether or not they can afford item XY. I find it sad to see sometimes crazy high prices at an event like this. I even heard rumors that some items ended up -cheaper- in the mainstores after C88 ended, but I have no personal proof of that. Would I be surprised? Yes. I really hope the organizers keep track of that though and I think they wouldn’t allow that at all if revealed.

A Few choices

Don’t get me wrong, I can understand (!!!) that the creators do not want to sell their items under their value, but there are but a few choices to pick from:

1. Just don’t offer an item that would be greatly undervalued. Or maybe not every time.
2. It is Collabor 88, not Collabor 88-1088. Maybe adjust the name a little? I think it is very misleading nowadays.
3. Be generous and do it anyways. Chances are, the customers will hold you in very high estimation for it.
4. Do it at least sometimes. Not every round, but maybe every third?

If the only idea of the name supposedly was (and I absolutely doubt that, since in the first couple of rounds almost everything WAS 88 Lindens) to have the price end with 88, then it is a really bad deal imho because it means an item sold for regularly 2000 Linden could be sold for 1988. Awesome ‘deal’, huh? And if that IS the case, why is ISON allowed to sell their stuff for (admittedly awesome) 148 Lindens? ;D

C88 is a SALES event..

I am aware that C88 isn’t supposed to be a discount event, but you know, if you start as Colabor 88 with the prices originally BEING 88 Lindens, and then start to raise those prices through the sky? Don’t be surprised if people are upset and disappointed. My two cents really. Cory Edo of Trompe Soleil even admits in this PLURK that the merchants ARE told that it is a sales event, but what kind of sale is that when you save 12 Lindens??

Summary – No more IMPULSE BUYING and a lot less lindens left at C88

I think my beef with the whole thing is that C88 promoted itself very differently at the beginning. Prices were awesome and you made a great deal. Nowadays, the items are more expensive at times than similar quality items from the same creator in their mainstore.  I can see a creator’s perspective, they need to make their cut, too. However, people’s disappointment is very clear and the explanation of “The price only has to end with 88″ seems far from logical.  I still like the event and sometimes you get a great deal out of it (I love the skirt from FD and the hair by Clawtooth this round), but I leave significantly less Lindens there now. I used to easily leave up to  3k ….now it was  exactly 2 x 188 Lindens. Back then, I also used to buy a LOT of stuff I didn’t really need, nowadays, I am VERY picky. Leaving 500 Lindens there is a lot for me. Back then, I bought a lot of stuff just because it looked cute, nowadays I don’t care to buy it anymore. Pity really, and I know I am hardly the only one.  No more IMPULSE buying for me.

Granted there are STILL a lot of cute and great items for a good price, but…it used to be a lot more of a bargain and I used to leave a LOT more money there. Sure, you can say “Don’t like it, don’t buy there.” And it is exactly whata  lot of people do nowadays. However, my kudos go out to those creators who still sell AWESOME items for a price that definitely is a bargain. Be it 188 or 288 Lindens, Glam’s skins are awesome. ;D And so are a couple of other things there.

WE <3 ROLE-PLAY – Not just another Shopping Event

Hello peeps,

as announced in my previous post, a couple of likeminded people are currently organising a shopping project for role-players mostly, and I’d like to release a bit of a teaser with some preview-information on it.

Here is our logo, made by Hottest Resident:

Here a few questions we’d like to answer:

What is your GOAL with this event?

We want to promote creators who offer high quality content in general or high quality original content. We have nothing against templates if used WELL and if used to create a unique look. We want to spotlight  and bring appreciation to stores that do not dish out mediocre work five times per week, that do not sell blatantly ripped stuff, that do not undercut everyone’s reasonable prices. We have a feeling that a lot people are not aware of all the GOOD stuff that is out there that isn’t blatantly stolen.

Who will participate?

We’ve handpicked a nice list of stores who will either appear as regulars or as guests. So far, we have gotten positive feedback from these stores:

Regulars:
1- EZ Weaponry /The Forge (Weapons/Accessories) – Deccan Arida
2- Centipede (Weapons/Accessories)  – Kendra Zaurak
3 – Trident (Furniture) – Laufey Markstein
4 – Trident Jewelry (Jewelry) – Rossana Llewellyn
5 – Gspot (Clothing) – Jalilah Jewell
6 – The Library (Clothing) – Dream Resistance/Sabina Takakura
7 – Essences (Skins) – Inka Mexicola
8 – Dysfunctional Dolly Designs (Furniture, Landscaping) – Anke Hatchuk
9 – Roawenwood (Furniture) – Searlait Nitschke
10 – Tia (furniture) – Tia Biscuit
11 – Soedara (Clothing) – Marbella Pronovost
12 – Rainbow Co. (Furniture, Houses) – Huntress Blackrain
13 – Xanimations (Animations, Accessories) – Xanxan Jervil
14 – The Fallen (Clothing) – Triad Fallen
15 – Lightsstar Designs (Clothing, Shoes!) – Krystal Silverweb
16 – Rue (Accessories, Bodyparts) – Ruina Kessel
17 – Alchemy (Skins)- Nina Helix
18 – Panda Express (Accessories, Bodyparts) – Kioko Kumaki (from May on)
19 – Bilo (Clothing) – Mayaa Thistle
20 – The Muses (Clothing) – Dolce Blackflag
21 – Evie’s Closet (Clothing) – Evangeline Miles
22 – Innocuous (Clothing) – Circuitous Resident
23 – Kouse’s Sanctum (Clothing) – Kouse Singh
24 – Knickknack (Clothing) – Levia Larsson
25 – Silkworms (Clothing) – Trippy Fall
26 – The Plastik (Clothing, Skins) – Aikea Rieko
27 – Aeva/Heartsick (Skins) – Amesha Jewell
28 – The White Armory (Dresses, Weapons) – Colton Drechsler/Bee Dumpling

Guests:
1 – Handverk (Accessories) – Daphne Klossovsky (Guest)
2 – Arwen’s Creations (Clothing) – Arwen Serpente (Guest)
3 – Rochambeau (Clothing/Buildings) – Leviathan Flux (Guest)
4 – Tokidoki (Clothing) – Maya Levane (Special Guest)
5 – Deviance (Clothing) – Surreal LeShelle (Guest)
6 – Es-kimo (Hair, Skins) – Ziekling Bunnyhug (Guest)
7 – Aeros Avatars (Skins) – Pi Rain (Guest)
8 – Fallen Gods (Skins) – Alia Baroque/Elizabeth Tinsley (from June on, Guest?)
9 – Zaara (Clothing, Jewelry) – Zaara Kohime
10 – C’est la Vie (Clothing) – Larcoco Mathy

Please be aware that due to rl circumstances or any other reason this list might change. This is what we have NOW.

When and where will the event start?

The event will likely start on May 4th. I’d like to keep the location a secret for now, since I am still working on it. We do not want the usual boring box-look most shopping events have.  However, if you open your eyes, you might stumble on it anyways.

What kind of items will be offered? Will there be a discount?

All items that fit into the medieval/medieval fantasy, gorean, ancient Rome/Greece/Persia/Egypt theme are allowed. Furniture, clothing, hair, skins… whatever fits. A minimum discount of 25% is planned, a maximum discount of 50%. Anything in between will be decided by each creator. The items do not have to be a new release, but have to be looking 2013. No old stuff. Both genders will be considered. We’d like to offer a good deal to customers while at the same time not devalueing the hard work of our creators.

How will the promotion happen?

We will promote through various blogs, forums, we’d like to start a blog for the event, through the logo in stores and on role-play sims. We’d be glad for any simowner who’ll be willing to let us display the logo there. There will also be an updategroup or a subscribo (not yet decided) for customers. Plurk, Flickr, Facebook…so many possibilities.

I’d like to be an official blogger!?

That’s great! We are both looking for role-play bloggers as well as casual fashion bloggers. If we haven’t contacted you by April ~ 10th, feel free to contact us (see below!). There are but a few expectations:

1. Your blog must be older than 3 months.
2. Your blog must contain quality pictures.
3. If you knowingly support stores that sell blatantly ripped content and are aware of it, you will not be considered. We ask you to understand this (see ‘goals’).
4. Please do not ask the creators for review copies! They will contact you instead if they want.
5. You should have a unique, tasteful style.
6. You should be syndicated in at least three of the major feeds such as Iheartsl.
7. Please announce the event every month on your blog and add a link to the blog to your blogroll: <a href=”http://weloveroleplay.wordpress.com/&#8221; rel=”nofollow”>weloveroleplay.wordpress.com/</a>. If you would put up the banner as well, that would be fabulous.

I have a store and would like to join in!?

Please contact any of the four persons listed below. We will have a look at your store and will get back at you.

Who do I need to contact if I’d like to blog, have any questions, suggestions, concerns or ideas?

Feel free to contact either of us: Ost Clawtooth, Arica Storaro, Tera Varriale, Kaitlin Eiren.

I am really looking forward to this whole adventure. I am sort of putting my heart into it (and so are the other three!) and it has been an idea I have long been mulling over. I really hope it works out, it will bea firsttime for us as well. Keep fingers crossed and stay tuned!

<3 Arica

Botters going Nuts – What can we do?

Hey there,

well, after the whole giant mess around Curio, we already know how damn hard it is for creators in SL to protect their own creations from less creative people who want to leech money…also known as copybotters, texture-rippers and so on. And now it looks as if things are picking up once again.

Since quite some time, there are viewers available which will allow anyone to copy any avatar, including their skin, clothes, textures, hair, eyes and probably everything else, within a few seconds. You say this cannot happen? Well, it happened RIGHT in front of my eyes. I was role-playing with a friend (well, actually we were about to) and I have a bad habit of camming around… a LOT. I was wondering why there was a noobie looking avatar not too far away, clearly they did not belong into that sim, but shrugged it off, turned around to talk to my bf, looked back at my screen, and suddenly my friend stood there, when I was pretty sure I had not moved my cam. At first I was confused, but when I saw my buddy was still standing next to me, and still I had his avi on my camera, when it was about 80 yards away….well, go figure. That happened within maybe 10 seconds. Confronting the person they freely admitted that they thought it was completely okay using that viewer, not against TOS, avatars are for everyone, bla bla bla. I reported them to every simowner I knew and Mister Rulen resident is now on a lot of banlists.

Now, yesterday I looked at my Flickr and saw this:

Read the whole story here:

Sanya Bilavio’s (Vive9) Flickr

It appears, that once again Marie2 Cisse and her gang of girls (likely her own alts or some other equally stupid people) managed to draw lots and lots of attention to herself and her…’store’. In this case, she copybotted Inna’s complete shape, skin, custom make up and everything else, informed her about it and since then is bragging about how well it sells, of course after trying to ‘bribe’ her into giving her Lindens in order to prevent her from reselling a shape/make up etc. she never created herself.

A few comments from dear Marie2 Cisse  and ‘friends’ towards the creator of the items:

[2012/11/02 12:23] Second Life: Alexandriala has given you this body part:
Inna Bilavio shape
Do you want to keep it? “Mute” will block all future offers or messages from Alexandriala.
[2012/11/02 12:23] Alexandriala: Your shape has been copybotted.
[2012/11/02 12:23] Alexandriala: And will be sold.

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They try and bribe designers after they bot them as well ::

[2012/10/15 14:08] Gerusa Bastos (marie2.cisse): you lose your mind
[2012/10/15 14:08] Gerusa Bastos (marie2.cisse): creating skin
[2012/10/15 14:09] Gerusa Bastos (marie2.cisse): you think those skins will be on sale
[2012/10/15 14:09] Gerusa Bastos (marie2.cisse): for 1k or more
[2012/10/15 14:09] Gerusa Bastos (marie2.cisse): I can do it for 300L
[2012/10/15 14:09] Gerusa Bastos (marie2.cisse): Full fat pack
[2012/10/15 14:09] Gerusa Bastos (marie2.cisse):
[2012/10/15 14:09] Gerusa Bastos (marie2.cisse): Maliah skin will sell more with me than you
[14:10] Gerusa Bastos (marie2.cisse): 20k i am offering
[14:10] Gerusa Bastos (marie2.cisse): for don’t distruing this skin

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[17:26] issela2: Poor gurl. Never more will be at Eila?
[17:26] issela2: HAHAHA
[17:26] issela2: Take care
[17:34] issela2: I’ve all your mesh stuff
[17:34] issela2: And I’m going to giving away this

Here she goes on bragging and already posting advertisements for ‘her newest creations’:

Marie2 Cisse’s Flickr

and

Marie2 Cisse Flickr

Now, with Linden Labs forcing creators to go through lengthy and COSTLY legal processes, I wonder what we can do against such people? Not everyone can fork out the money to pay for such processes or even think about going to court, and not everyone will be able to fund money as Gala Phoenix and her team did with the ONE VOICE event. The process to actually get someone banned fro such things is absurd in Second Life, as sad as it is. Obviosu proof is not enough, you gotta file DMCAs, which can simply be countered…and so on. We all saw it happen with Gala.

So, what CAN we do? That is really the key-question. In my humble opinion, spreading the word about people like these, trying to convince people not to shop there, and that is why I am posting this.

However, quite frankly, the creators of Vive9 would likely do well with telling certain people, such as the dearest Lady Gericault, to shut the hell up, since people like her are NOT helping them by behaving like complete crazies in public. Argue with style, not like some raging rhino using capslock all over the place. O.o

Not too long ago, racist comments caused people to convince Linka Demina, founder of The Dressing Room, to not allow TIGirls to participate in the event due to obvious racist comments. View this here:
Linka Demina’s Flickr

They somehow managed to worm they way out of that, though even if the comments were a joke, they were incredibly stupid. But people forgive. But personally, I am out of forgiveness. I am simply asking everyone I know, to ignore these people, to NOT buy their stolen stuff, to spread the word.

I would appreciate if people would actually do this.

The following people are involved with Marie2 Cisse or are her alts:

Marie2 Cisse, Alexandriala, Alemanha (sallygirlpaty aho), Miss Fedorova
and more than likely all the names in this picture, in which she accuses Götzsche Resident to be herself:

Other alts

Arica.

REVIEW: INNOCUOUS

Today I am reviewing the released items of a new store: INNOCUOUS. It is my first real review-post so be patient. The pants have been released now, too!

Below you can see my avatar in their items, in several variations of colours. The creator of these items wants them to be versatile and combineable. First and foremost, they are geared towards role-players, but honestly I do not think that people who only wear casual clothes should shun these. The pants I would totally wear in rl as well, same with the bolero. They are super cute.

Colours and textures

These are only a few colours of those offered. Corset, cowl and bolero come in five different colours, the pants come in eight colours. I really like them, very classy and even fitting for role-play without looking boring. The textures are highly detailed and unique. I love the shading on both the pants and the bolero.

I am especially happy that the fabrics of these items are fitting for roleplay. Linen, leather, cloth… it is perfect. If you have a closer look, you will see that the buttons, lacings and pockets on the bolero, corset and pants are not drawn onto the texture, but rather little mesh-items themselves which gives them a real 3D look. I think the wrinkles on the pants look especially realistic. Overall, I am really happy with the attention to details the creator has shown.

Shape and fitting

All items (besides the daggers) come in the usual five standard sizes: XXS, XS, S, M and L. In my case, my avi almost always fits in either size S or M. On the pictures I wear the pants in size S and the corset and bolero in size M. If you want to layer meshitems, you obviously will have to choose bigger sizes for the items you wear OVER other items.

In this case, the pants, as you can see on the photo, stick a bit through the corset on my avi’s right hip. While moving, that happened a lot. However, this has more to do with me than with the creator: I refused to wear XXS pants to prevent the corset/pants from sticking trhough, or I could have worn the corset in one size larger, but I refused to make my boobs bigger to adjust to that. So, I went with a bit of clashing mesh which, in my case, will be hidden under a belt anyway. I just think outfits with no belt usually look boring.

Overall I must say the items fit really well. Only some minor things that I noticed:  For the cowl I needed to wear an alphalayer from one of my LeLutka hairs, otherwise it would have shown on top. But I told the creator about that little problem and she said she’ll add alphas to the cowl-vendors, too.

The corset will at times stick through your boobs or not work well with crazy animation, but that’s how it goes with pretty much every underbust-corset that I own. I think it is more of a general rigging-problem than a problem this specific item has.

There is also a little gap showing between my legs. Not invisible-ponyrider-worthy, but it is there. Honestly, I have that with pretty much every single meshpants out there and if I want to have it less, I just wear the pants in size M and it looks better already, but then I have to hide that part under the belt, because pants size M and corset size M don’t go well together on my shape. I do think that my shape is partially at fault as well, because my elf has a big bum, so well, I’ll deal with a small gap. And those pants look really hot from behind, too!

I am especially happy about the length of the pants: perfect for boots. Finally I have mesh-pants than I can wear with boots, woohoo.

So, what’s the result?

I think as a summary I can say that despite some minor things that more than liekly will eb ironed out soon, these items REALLY impress me and I hoped this review was helpful for you. If you have any suggestions, please do not hesitate to tell me. I am always open for helpful advices.

Arica.

If you let me go I’m running fast

Hello everyone,

time for a new post. Lately I was asked again and again if I could do a review on some items, usually though, I refused, for two reasons: Most clothing is after all a matter of taste, so my opinion is just that…my opinion and 2. I quite simply don’t have the time to do a lot of reviews. But, I decided, every now and then I will. Think it is a good idea? I am not sure yet, some feedback would be awesome.

So here we go, with a usual post first and later on one with a review. You’ll notice the outfit is a bit similar to the last, but I simply had to blog this stuff once more, this time with the soon to be released pants. Promise the next one will be different again!

Hair: LeLutka (Thora Charron)
Skin: League (Nena Janus)
Shape: selfmade
Ears: Illusory (Crushed Clarity, currently not for sale)
Horns: Rue (Ruina Kessel)
Eyes: Mayfly (Arkesh Baral)
Lashes: LeLutka (Thora Charron)
Make Up: Kosh (Lynaja Bade)
Lipgloss: Dead Apples (Soleil Reid)
Bolero: INNOCUOUS (Circuitous Resident, Mesh!! NEW!!)
Blouse: Hal*Hina (Hinano Runo)
Corset: INNOCUOUS (Circuitous Resident, Mesh!! NEW!!)
Pants: INNOCUOUS (Circuitous Resident, Realeased NOW!! Mesh!!)
Underpants: Zenith (Miffyhoi Rosca)
Boots: mon tissu (Elie Spot, Mesh!!)
Gloves: Celoe (Jadenart Resident, Mesh!!)
Belt: Mandala (kikunosuke Eel)
Necklace: Tres Blah (Juliette Westerburg)
Ring: EarthStones (Abraxxas Anatine)
Bow: Centipede Weapons (Kendra Zaudrak)
Dagger on Tigh: LR Weapons (Larion Rhode)
Dagger on Arm: INNOCUOUS (Circuitous Resident, Mesh!! NEW!!)
Location: The Desolate Swamplands (Gorean Role-Play), Skerry of Einar

It is me again! – The pony-riding Chipmunk!

Hellos everyone!

I have summer-vacations since yesterday and I loooove it. But it always gives plenty of time to 1. do things I procrastinated the entire time 2. chill and hang with friends 3. prepare our holidays and 4. blog a lot!

Ohai! It is me the chipmunk again!

Once again, a disclaimer: I bought the items in this picture, which means I LIKE them. But since I did not want to wear nothing at all and go with a newbskin, I had to pick something. If anything, this picture shows that even good, high quality items can look bad on a bad shape.

Not too long ago, I wrote a post about the rather  – in my humble opinion – fugly looking shapes that seem to dominate the blogs and feeds lately. You can find it here: Old Post. Miefi Willis, a fellow german blogger, wrote something rather similar: Momo’s Blog.

I believe our opinions on these wonderful beauty ideals of SL are pretty clear: Fugly, fuglier, chipmunkfaces.

So, what constitutes these shapes in general?

As I said, to create this shape I needed ~ 2-3 minutes. The mandatory characteristics are:

1. Set your hips as widely as possible.
2. Make your lips HUGE and PUFFY and turn down the mouthcorner-sliders a LOT.
3. Both the eyesize and the eyeopening should be close to zero.
4. Set eyes so far apart that Admiral Ackbar would be jealous of your pretty features.
5. Tippy-toe-feet are mandatory.
6. The slider that affects the width of your upper nose-bridge: Set it to WIDE, very wide.
7. The rest of the nose has to be Michael Jackson-Style.
8. Bunnyteeth are mandatory. It adds to your sexappeal.
9. Do not forget to set your boobs to ~ 90 at least. They are, of course!!!, not affected by gravity.
10. Add piercings and, if you have it, slutwear. I don’t really sport that in my inventory.
11. Angry or sad-panda eyebrows are welcome, too!

Summary: Just exaggerate with every slider and set them to the extremes. The outcome is what would happen if Leia decided to have kids with Ackbar.

But what did the POLL say??!

Here is a screen I gyazoed of the results.

Surprise, surprise! An overwhelming majority does NOT like the frowny ponyriders. Why am I so not surprised at all? So why on earth do we still SEE them everywhere? Yes, I noticed the trend is somewhat declining lately, but still they hurt my eyes. Of course, everything is a matter of taste and people can look however they want. I agree. That does however not mean that I will not voice my opinion on certain looks.

In summary, I can only hope that these …creatures…vanish sooner or later.

But wait! The chipmunk-faces aren’t the worst on the grid!

Revelation: The Psychotic Barbie!!!

Amd I not pretty? Well, I’d say while this trend luckily has faded some, there are still many, many around of these. Pretty ladies with legs so long that Linda Evangelista would faint at sight, eyes so big that Sailor Moon would die of jealousy, titties so big Lolo Ferrari pales next to them and très chic flexihair that was way cool in 2007 (yes, this is my hair, too. I liked it a lot way back.). Usually they wear flexi miniskirts and a whole lot of…bling bling bling. And ripped Redgrave skins from 2007. And looks how lovely she smiles! Jo-Jo-Jokerface!

These two do have something in common however, besides being out of porportion and generally being pretty ugly, imho: Tippytoe-feet!

In my opinion, neutral expressions win!

We do not run around the entire day smiling as if we are on drugs, nor do we look 24/7 as if our favourite teddybear has been stolen from us. I think a neutral expression is the best. SURE, you can emphasize the character of your avatar soemwhat by giving it a slight smile or a slight frown (I think I even have the latter?), but there if a fine line between looking good and looking ridiculous.

Gogo once wrote a good article about it with some examples of what I personally find to be pretty okayish. You can find it HERE: Juicybomb.

So, what do YOU guys think? What is worse? Psychotic Barbie versus Chipmunks!

Vote, vote, vote!

Yours, always ranting,

Arica.

New Store for Role-Play Gear!! – INNOCUOUS

Hellos peeps!

I have some AWESOME news for you: A friend of mine has opened a new store geared towards role-players. Usually involved with making awesome, highquality stuff for the casual SL ‘fashionindustry’ she now makes stuff for US! WOOOHOO! And I tell you, the stuff is impeccable: Awesome, unique and high quality mesh items with unique textures. Everything is selfmade, too. No templates. You won’t see every dummy and their grandma wearing this stuff. I am in love with these things, she constantly showed me the process on the items and I couldn’t wait for them to be released.

You guys know me, I’d not blog this if I wasn’t convinced it is pretty awesome. So I am happy to introduce:

Innocuous will bring you versatile, combineable and high quality clothing and accessories to make your role-play-life a little bit more perfect. Each item comes with a demo to make sure it fits your avatar. So far there are only few items, but I do know for sure she is working on belts, pants, boots and lots of other things, so stay tuned! Every item will also be available in different colours.

The mainstore you can visit here: INNOCUOUS MAINSTORE

So here are some pics featuring the new items.

She’s good at martial arts, too!

Sneaking up to the throneroom…

Hair: LeLutka (Thora Charron, partial Mesh!!)
Skin: League (Nena Janus)
Shape: selfmade (not for sale)
Horns: Rue (Ruina Kessel)
Ears: Illusory (Crushed Clarity)
Eyes: Mayfly (Arkesh Baral)
Lashes: LeLutka (Thora Charron)
Blush: Bella di Notte (Jade Glazner)
Make Up: Kosh (Lynaja Bade)
Lipgloss: Dead Apples (Soleil Reid)
Boleros: INNOCUOUS (Circuitous Resident)
Corsets: INNOCUOUS (Circuitous Resident)
Short: Kyoot (Saeya Nyanda, part of Bronte Dress)
Skirt: Kyoot (Saeya Nyanda, part of Soft Holiday Minidress)
Pants: Zenith (Miffyhoy Rosca)
Boots: LightStar (Krystal Silverweb)
Gloves: Severed Garden (Berta Avro, part of Berit Outfit)
Belt: Mandala (kikunosuke Eel)
Necklace: Maxi Grossamer (Maxi Grossamer)
Ring: Kunglers (AvaGardner Kungler, TDRB Item!!)
Posture-Collar: The Plastik (Aikea Rieko)
Daggers 1: Losthaven (Lucia Cyr)
Dagger on Thigh: LR Weapons (Larion Rhode)
Dagger on Arm: INNOCUOUS (Circuitous Resident)
Bow: Centipede Weapons (Centipedeweapons Resident/Kendra Zaudrak)
Poses: wetcat (wetcat Flux), Olive Juice (IsabellaGrace Baroque), Bent! (Catherine Fairport)

Location: The High Kingdom of Arerin (Medieval Fantasy Role-Play), Navagrod

Here a Gallery with all items so far available, more to come VERY SOON!

One Voice for Gala Phoenix

This fashionpost will be a bit different. Usually I take pictures at locations that I love, this time, the backround will be less…colourful. And, it will be modern stuff. And…I will only credit items from the event (which are pretty much all). Every single one displayed AND credited on the following pictures can be bought here as soon as the event opens its doors at midnight SLT:

ONE VOICE FUNDRAISER

Remember, all designers donate either 100% or 50% of the price to the fund.

Hair: Exile (Kavar Cleanslate)
Skin: Lara Hurley Skins (Lara Hurley)
Make Up: Chelle (Aemeth Lysette)
Shirt: SAKIDE (Kinu Mayako)
Skirt: Ingenue (Betty Doyle)
Shoes: NCore (Claire Messenger/Nuria Augapfel)
Bracelets: Handverk (Daphne KLossovsky)
Bag: Chandelle (Chandelle Resident)
Pose: wetcat (wetcat Flux)

Hair: Wasabi Pills (missAllSunday Lemon)
Skin: Al Vulo! (Hlin Bluebird)
Make Up: Chelle (Aemeth Lysette)
Top: Mon Cheri (Freya Olivieri)
Shorts: Tokidoki (Maya Levane)
Shoes: NCore (Claire Messenger/Nuria Augapfel)
Bracelets: Handverk (Daphne KLossovsky)
Pose: wetcat (wetcat Flux)

Hair: Mina (Mina Nakamura)
Skin: Al Vulo! (Hlin Bluebird)
Lipstick: CENSORED (Cindy Oysternatz)
Make Up: Chelle (Aemeth Lysette), CENSORED (Cindy Oysternatz)
Top: Razorblade Jacket (Kehl Razor)
Pants: Tokidoki (Maya Levane)
Shoes: NCore (Claire Messenger/Nuria Augapfel)
Bracelets: Handverk (Daphne KLossovsky)
Pose: wetcat (wetcat Flux)

And last but not least:

Me protesting!

Don’t waste your time, or time will waste you

Hair: Maitreya (Onyx LeShelle, NEW!! Mesh!!)
Skin: League (Nena Janus)
Shape: selfmade (not for sale)
Ears: Illusory (Crushed Clarity, currently not for sale)
Eyes: Mayfly (Arkesh Baral)
Lashes: LeLutka (Thora Charron)
Blush: Bella di Notte (Jade Glazner)
Make Up: Kosh (Lynaja Bade)
Lipgloss: Dead Apples (Soleil Reid)
Blouse: Leverocci (Leverocci Resident, Mesh!!)
Short Skirt: The Sea Hole (Drinkinstein Sorbet)
Long Skirt: oyakin (kinbo Akina, tinted!!)
Socks: Modd.G (moddishh GossipGirl, old Gift)
Shoes: Tokidoki (Maya Levane)
Scarf: Tee*fy (Azure Electricteeth, The Dressing Room Blue item!! Mesh!!)
Bag: Tokidoki (Maya Levane)
Belt: Surf Couture (Emma Gilmour)
Necklace: Tokidoki (Maya Levane)
Ring: Kunglers (AvaGardner Kungler, The Dressing Room Blue Item!!)

Location: Arynfell (Adult Fantasy Role-Play), The Lost Realm

One Voice Fundraiser for Gala Phoenix

Hey peeps,

so, after Gala’s official statement, things have been moving forward rapidly.

“Standing together to support the rights of legitimate content creators.”  is the group charter for One Voice, a group organized by Vivienne Graves and Sophia Harlow who are hosting a fundraising event to help support Gala Phoenix.

Following the call by Vivienne Graves and Sophia Harlow, the designers of Truth District have agreed upon helping with the fundraiser for Gala to help covering her legal fees to battle Hush Darkrose’s false claims. Gala Phoenix is indeed involved in a legal battle over all this now, which is pretty damn upsetting imho.  After so many designers have agreed to participate, the event will NOT be held at Truth District, but rather at a new location: One Voice Fundraiser

The event will be going from 9th of July to 16th of July and the following creators of Secondlife are definitely participating:

League, GoS, Belleza, Glam Affair, Adam and Eve, SLink, One Bad Pixel, Exile, HoD, Laqroki, Aura, Bare Rose and many others will be there and offering items at either 50% of 100% donation.

So watch out for when it opens and make sure to visit and spend your Lindens there. It really is for a good cause in my opinion, because what happened to Gala, could as well happen to any other designer out there.

Arica. <3

PS. I am working on new outfits, too, so don’t worry! I won’t be just raging on Curio vs. Hush.