Friday 29 February 2008

Flapp'n it Up

Bossa Nova has come out with the cutest hat topped hairs. The Julie style (Amour 178, 61, 27) is free ($0) and the others are just $100/hair pack- which is a pretty great price. Both of the looks below are modeled with shoes Maitreya Free Slinky Stilettos - Black Leather (Glam World 2 180, 170, 126 -$0) and Alexis Goth skins available TODAY ONLY from Vanity Designs (Phloston Paradise 180, 57,23). in 6 Caucasian skin tones ($1/skin tone). The graduated diamond jewelry set is a $1 set from Caroline's Jewelry (Lo Lo 54,198, 23).

The black dress is from Cover Girl it is in a box with the text free gift above it (Shimokitazawa 14,111,28).:

Cover Girl_Black Dress

The second dress is the new spring dress from Pin Up Dolls (Retrology 120,250,41)$1.

Pin Up Dolls _ Lisa Spring Freebie Dress

Thursday 28 February 2008

Yee-haw!

Howdy Boys and Girls,

While I was moseying about the grid I found a really spectacular offer from the designers at The Bobbysocks Shop (Demented Isle 186, 67, 25). Here you'll find 13 pairs of boots completely free nestled among some great cowboy, cowgirl, and Native American gear. You'll also have the opportunity to pick up a prairie style outfit for the girls or a cowboy outfit for the guys.

The Bobbysocks Shoppe_Boots

More pics after the cut

Prairie girl:

The Bobbysocks Shoppe_Prudence

Cowboy:

The Bobbysocks Shoppe_Euriah_Huestis

I used the L'Oreal free skins that can be found at Calla or Nuclear Boutique among other places. To find the L'Oreal skins open your search window and search for " L'oreal " via the places tab. Why am I not giving the slurl? Because search is your friend and this is a tool that everyone should learn to use. ($0) You can find the hair that I'm wearing at Sirena (Zoey style- West Sunset 160,50,22 - $1).

Wednesday 27 February 2008

Kcoline high fashion at midway prices!!!

I'm thinking this has major Vivian Westwood appeal to it. Want the look come here!!! This is fashion my friends. Skilled fine tuned draping at work with an extraordinary detail. Just look at the gorgeous and unique silhouette. This is so rarely available to us ... This is the stuff that should be out there backed and financed, away with the celebrity lines oh fashion industry hierarchy!!! This fine work of fashion by Kcoline is 230.00 usd.

Tuesday 26 February 2008

Render

Today I zipped over to a new sim that is under construction Rendervisions Isle. Nice place; and I hadn't heard of any of the shops before. So, if you'd like to head on down there are plenty of freebies and nifty, good, newness. I'd start with Rendervisions Isle 116,111, 23 where you will find a cart full of items including 3 hairs (2-f/1-m), a hat, rose diamon necklace and earring set, jet pack, tshirts, cottage house, and many art gifts. You'll be able to either hop on a horse and carriage or stroll down the lovely bricked walkways. One place you might step inside is Timecat's Treasures! (Rendervisions Isle 97, 78, 23) you'll find two freebies for a female child avatar 1) School Girl Green and 2) Valentine's Freebie - Heart Patched Outfit. If you happen upon Spellbound Animations (Rendervisions Isle 151, 28, 23) you can pick up a practice wand with spell. Curio Obscura (Rendervision Isle 172, 158, 26) has several freebies among them you'll find: zoethrope, franimation, sculptie tools, copper stockings, and a clockwork mustache. ($0)

Rendervisions Isle Sillyness

Less silliness behind the cut....

Another place to check out is A Piece of Candy (Taranatha 187, 144, 45)where I bought the skin I'm wearing in all the pics for $1. Candy added another outfit and skin to the freebie section, which I haven't picked up.($1-0) And all the girls will want to run on over to the W.I.S.H. Shoes and more Mainstore (Alderney Island 34, 177, 22) to search for and touch those 5 little bitty golden boxes hidden around the parcel and recieve the shoes, boots, or bags up for grabs. ($0) You'll find both lovely lacey dresses pictured below at Kunglers Fashion Design (Agapema 242,136,48) both completely free ($0).

Kunglers Fashion_Lace

Kunglers Fashion _ Pink

FYI

Oscar fashion post coming soon!

Sunday 24 February 2008

Limited Time - Crystal Queendom

This is the second time Crystal Queendom [Vigdorova (58, 45, 319)] has put out a $1 dress and announced it on Fashion Con. The dress usually sells for $900; so if you like it you may want to rush over and get it. It will only remain at $1 for the next 5 days.

Crystal Queendom

Skin: Lotus_FreeSkin_Titania by Rabbit SKIN shop,NEOJAPAN TOKYO(147,60,22)
and/or LicoLico(8,213,21) $0
Hair:Creamy(Bittersweet) by SoulFire (Heathrow 241, 226,22) $1
Shoes: 'Elise2' Mary Jane Heels by Tesla (Tesla 61,78,54) $0

Saturday 23 February 2008

OMFG Dollarbies Gallore

If you haven't checked out OMFG (Nerdagara Falls 211,104,265) you should! There are tons of pieces here and they could have endless applications (post apocalyptic, steam punk, neko, etc.). You'll find 5 full body suit/armors, many individual pieces of armor, weapons, wings, chokers, and boots to name a few. Everything is laid out and easy to view and all boxes are just $1 each. Here are a couple of the outfits along with the assassins armor that I threw on to give you guys a sampling:

OMFG Assassins Belted Armour Set

OMFG _ 1

OMFG_2

Underneath everything I created a shirt and pants. Simply open inventory, select create from the top menu of your inventory, create a shirt and a pants, wear both, go into appearance and tint both the pant and shirt black.

I wore the SYD anti valentine skin which is no longer available. However, you can find a male and female goth skin at SYD (http://slurl.com/secondlife/Granymyr/214/181/60) $1 each.

The hair is from Hayate of H2L but can be found at Entama (ENTAMA 133,132,29). $0

Content Thieves Strike Again- Layniewear & Maitreya

I received the following via a note card dropped on me by Laynie:

Hi,

Long story short, I refused to remove an Autism Speaks kiosk from the shop Teagan Blackthorne and I share, an as a result the avatar I disagreed with has begun passing around my black Vanessa dress. As a result, I'm offering it for free at my main shop. Please blog it, so that people know i am NOT affiliated with the Autism Speaks protest.

Thanks,
Laynie Link

Please guys take note and pass on the message. I'm showing the dress in question from LaynieWear (http://slurl.com/secondlife/Granymyr/218/190/0) with shoes that have also been ripped off and now you can find for free at the original makers shop; Maitreya (http://slurl.com/secondlife/Glam%20World%202/243/213/27). You may find the shoes in a gift bag below the Maitreya sign.

Laynie and Maitreya Stolen Goods

On a lighter note check below the cut.

If you haven't been by Ivalde's (http://slurl.com/secondlife/Ivalde/80/205/502) in a while you may want to take a look. Nef has added 3 new dresses to the freebie section upstairs and all are just $1.

Ivalde New Dollarbie Dresses

Hair: Mod's Hair (http://slurl.com/secondlife/NTT%20DoCoMo/194/120/131) $0
Skin & Eyes: SHOP BF (http://slurl.com/secondlife/New%20Tokyo/133/91/27) $0

Friday 22 February 2008

Chrissie Miller on designing SOPHOMORE



Chrissie Miller's SOPHOMORE is taking off and expanding in her direction as a once strictly T-shirt company into a full blown line of clothing reminiscent of the old lower east side. This is not a line for hipster-ism. There is a very contemporary vibe to what she is doing. To think this all started as one big happy accident. Which is why I always try to push the idea out there to just do your art. Get it out there not 100% perfect. But expose yourself. And who knows what will happen next?!

-From what I understand you where a graphic artist who accidentally spawned a line of kitschy pop culture T shirts meant for friends only and voila it just blew up from there. Tell me a little bit about your beginning, and was it way overwhelming?
The beginning was the best part!

We made 72 t-shirts for Charlotte Ronson's store, then Daily Candy wrote about it and then we got orders from tons of stores including Bloomingdales! We didn't even have a company name yet! I thought I was going to be a graphic designer, but couldn't find a job. Then when our t-shirts starting doing well, it gave me a job! I love clothes and had so many ideas, it just felt right.

- For a few years now I've noticed you how you have a quirky sense of humor when it comes to the sayings that are printed on your T's ie ( The New York Crimes)... Currently Just Another Rich Kid is doing the same thing. Are you 2 friends that have happened to influence one another? If not what do you think of his work?

I've never heard of "just another rich kid"... We were inspired by the whole NY underground t-shirt culture. Brands like aNYthing, Danucht, Fuct, Ssur. None of those lines were really doing womens clothes so i wanted to put great graphics on good bodies.

- I love Cory Kennedy's style and would have loved to be in her shoes at that age (Hell this age too)... Lately she's been name dropping SOPHOMORE all over her high profile blog. How where you 2 introduced and has this really expanded your business, is the Sophomore fan base growing???

Ha!! I LOVE Cory, she is the most photogenic person I know! We met because she was dating my friend Wade (from the Virgins). She's a Pisces, I'm Pisces... She likes fashion, I like fashion it just works! I do get a lot of emails from her fans and now that I'm on her top friends on myspace my friend requests have tripled!

- When you are designing at your showroom what are you listening to these days musically? And what is the Showrooms atmosphere like?

Good question! I ALWAYS listen to music when I work. Right now I listen to The Virgins, Radiohead's In Rainbows and Amy Winehouse!

- Is your company involved in any charities, if so please tell us a little bit about which ones?

There are a few I am interested in getting involved with but nothing officially.

-You know there is kind of a soft spot I have for your line, it really reminds me of X-GIRL in the late 90's when Kim Gordon started this little brand of clothing, and had Chloe Sevigny sporting it around town as well as Kathaleen Hannah from Bikini Kill flaunting it in her video's. Not sure if you grew up around that era while "KID'S" the movie came about. But were you associated at all or into X-GIRL, and have you ever thought for a second "I take after that a bit coincidentally?"

WOW! That is a huge complement!!! Thank you so much! I think the 90's are in the air right now so I think for sure that came out in the clothes. I love the idea of being nostalgic with without looking vintage. Staying contemporary is key.

7 I get the feeling you and Charlotte Ronson are friends with Similar career paths. Did you always know each other, and do you ever plan to collaborate with one another?

Charlotte is one if my best friends! We have known each other since high school. We collaborate all the time, we did that Vote Ronson t-shirt together. (I think it was on your blog right?)

It was I thought is was way clever!Well thank you for your time,and I look forward for years to come with SOPHOMORE, what can we expect in the future from you?

Thank you! I'm a big fan of denim and I have yet to find a great line (even though there are tons) So maybe we will do a denim line some day..

-Kristen May Anastasia

SHOP ANGEL LUST



You can purchase my head bands on ETSY!!! I will update it again soon!!!

Thursday 21 February 2008

Anthropomorphs Galore

If your looking for a variety of anthropomorphic avatars you might want to check out Yiffy Yaffle's store ($0) (http://slurl.com/secondlife/Wolf%20Valley/249/169/21) where in a small free box (71 Quality Free Furry AVs v1.2) you'll find a wealth of furry goodies among a ton of other freebies. Here is just a small sampling of the avatars (all these are female, but there were more male avatars in the box- so guys if you're into anthropomorphic avatars this would be a jackpot for you.):

Taylor Made Collie:
Taylor Made Female Collie

All the photos were taken at Groll's Inn & Hideout (Clematis Island). More after the cut...


Taylor Made Female Dalmatian:
Taylor Made Female Dalmation

Axel's Female Wolf:
aXel_s Female Wolf

Wingless' Licorice Hyena:
Wingless Licorice Hyena

Wingless' Pink Fox:
Wingless Pink Fox

Wingless Rainbow Horse:
Wingless Rainbow Horse

The avatars made by Wingless were boxed according to color and contain both male and female versions in the boxes. There are also several hairstyles and a hud included with the horse avatar that may help newer players who are unfamiliar with editing linked prims customize the avatar. If you've wanted to try out a furry or anthropomorph and haven't yet, this is your perfect opportunity.

Having fun

Todays whole outfit started with these sort of funky, kind of cute unisex steam powered skates I found on a Japanese sim. The shirt I bought ($1) from a store Cheri Pye recommended named Frozen Turquoise Valentine which had a number of dresses, but I really like this shirt which I modeled sans boa. The shirt seemed to match the pants perfectly to, which I picked up at one of my favorite stores Kurotsubaki. And the hair from Adimu just seemed to pull everything together.

Having Fun

Skin: Shelly Skin from A Piece of Candy (http://slurl.com/secondlife/Taranatha/187/144/45) $1
Eyes: Eyes #24 from Free 4 U located on both MIA and MIA2 sim Read about here. $0
Hair: Oh Lye, My -Brunette Fat Pack from Adimu (http://slurl.com/secondlife/Zouk%20City/251/3/29) $1
Shirt: Freebie 1 (Eye Candy) from Frozen Turquoise Valentine (http://slurl.com/secondlife/Nova/127/18/23) $1
Pants: Free dot pants from Kurotsubaki (http://slurl.com/secondlife/Born%20North/238/66/30) $0
Shoes: KxH Skate by KissxHearts ( http://slurl.com/secondlife/ALC/250/234/26) $0

Wednesday 20 February 2008

Primalot -Steals and Deals

I vaguely remember seeing something written about Primalot (Blackmount 7, 121, 706) around the ever hectic Halloween season, but sadly to say I quickly forgot about it. Yesterday after a friend checked out a Freestyle notice about a witch outfit (which I unfortunately clicked through) she tped me to the store saying that there were a couple other things to checkout. Although the store does offer male clothing all the free outfits are for females. But, there are a couple unisex items in the free section: neko ears & tail ($0) and I think the caged heart chocker may also work for a male ($1). I also think the Halloween Witch outfit would make an excellent Halloween Warlock.

What I can show you from the store are four looks. The last is a complete avatar priced at $10, which I thought was pretty reasonable especially when you'd likely pay more for just the hat that is part of the avatar. So here are the looks:

The Halloween Witch included a scripted crow with pose and sound:

Primalot_Halloween Witch


The little snowflake outfit included a wand that emitted particles while playing an animation along with 3 skirt options:

Primalot_Little Snowflake

The Valentina Red was priced for $0, but the other colors in the room were priced at regular price:

Primalot_Valentina Red

All the above outfits were photographed with various skins from previously blogged Coquette (
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Puea/56/16/0) * C ASM Series II Skins $1. The next picture is of a $10 starter avatar set that includes a freebie skin along with outfit made by Primalot.

Primalot_Silvestra Sparkle_10

The Silvestra Sparkle outfit also included a wand with sparkles and the skirt and shawl parts were scripted to bling, but the hat is bling free.

Overall I think the store is worth the time to look around. It's small and it won't take a lot of time and there are a number of cute items there. Also many of the dresses included shoes, hair, and jewelry.

Tuesday 19 February 2008

Spring Wishes

It's that weird sort of year when it's still a bit cold, but everyone is thinking ahead to spring. I put together an outfit that gives just a hint of spring thanks to the strawberry skirt from Feather:

Strawberry Skirt
Hair: Mod's Hair (http://slurl.com/secondlife/NTT%20DoCoMo/194/120/131) $0
Eyes: Shop BF part of free avatar (http://slurl.com/secondlife/New%20Tokyo/133/91/27) $0
Skin:*CASM - ModLips - Silver/Pink from * C ASM Series II Skins found at Coquette/Go Dutch (http://slurl.com/secondlife/Puea/56/16/0) $1
Skirt: Berry Mini Skirt from Feather (http://slurl.com/secondlife/ToshimaKu/110/228/22) $0
Shirt: Free Topps Kurotsubaki (http://slurl.com/secondlife/Koenji/196/225/33) $0
Shoes: Free Red Loli Mary Janes from She's So Unusual (http://slurl.com/secondlife/Redux%20NW/172/205/23) $1
Necklace & Earrings: (Shiny Things) Enamel Flower Jewelry available at the Gnubie Store (http://slurl.com/secondlife/Indigo/236/44/31) $0

While you're at She's so Unusual picking up the shoes you may want to look around. There are 10 pairs of shoes hidden around the store priced at $10 until February 25th at which time the store will close for remodel.

Monday 18 February 2008

ECS Sim

I first stumbled upon this sim searching for the much blogged about 69 (shoe, hat, and accessories store). Although some of the areas still look like they are being developed most appear to be finished and ready for business. If you're strapped for time I'll suggest two main areas that need to be checked out, but really you could spend the better part of a day seeing everything that there is here. First, I'll suggest the ECS Katurin Park (http://slurl.com/secondlife/ECS/86/14/22) a free market (no not freebie - free as in non-discriminatory free trading) that houses several merchants. Many of the merchants have put up free items. You'll find the bulk of the items located in the four corners of the market: complete outfits for both males & females, hair, jewelry, and tons of novelties all $0.

ECS Katurin Park

Wow, that was a lot of stuff. All the outfits and hair are from ECS. I did use the valentine skin and unisex hair from another part of the sim. If you want the skin or unisex hair look at the list of free items that will be at the end of this entry. (larger photo here)

The second place I'd suggest you check out if you're pressed for time is another of the larger shopping areas on the ECS shopping mall (http://slurl.com/secondlife/ECS/206/156/21) which like the Katurin Park also offers a lot of goodies for both the female and male avatar especially any avatar 60 days or younger. Yes, you have to be a new player to get some of the items, but since I'm not new I can't show you any of those items. What I can show you is:

ECS Shopping Mall

Now guys, you have to admit that coat is pretty darn cool and the hat with hair is unisex both can be found on the second floor. The dress near the entrance on the first.

I know I suggest if you're strapped for time that you check out the two areas above, but keep in mind there is a lot here to see. You'll want to check out this sim really well because almost all vendors offer something for free. And almost all of the vendors are offering great prices for their items especially in the open market and the small vendor carts located here. Following is a list of the freebies on the island (these may change so it's all in your best interest to explore):

Endeavor (ECS 243, 177, 22)
Eyes, Bag, and 2 Belts $0

PISA (ECS 205, 196, 32)
Ruby & Diamond Bracelet $0

ECS Rentalcycle (ECS 152, 99, 22)
Free Bicycle $0

Azul (ECS 155, 72, 22)
3 female shirts, 2 male $0

Sakura Original (ECS 159, 52, 22)
2 shirts $0

Tsubaki Original (ECS 161, 47, 22)
5 (3 boxes) novelty dolls $0

Bell Equipe (ECS 157, 28, 22)
Keyboard object $0

Book Store (ECS 154, 12, 22)
3 books, 1 tshirt $0

69 (ECS 81, 48, 23)
Succubus Hat $1

La Petite Fleur (ECS 21,111,22)
2 skirts $0

Star Hitters (ECS 21, 106, 22)
Chair & Dress $0

NexR Jewell Collection ($7 skins) (ECS 21, 102, 22) Valentine Skin $1 (Skin used in photos)

W-Zero3 (ECS 22,92,22)
Everything $0 on the cart (gadgets, chairs, hat w/hair unisex)

Lucky Card (ECS 22,86,22)
m- Cannon Hair $0

Apple Pop (ECS 21, 83, 22)
Cat hat & hat for tinies $0

Ron (ECS 21, 78, 22)
Bag $0

Putti Tiny (ECS 21, 71, 22)
Tiny Headphones $0

Leisurely (ECS 21, 66,22)
Bracelet, f- hair $0 Choker $1

Ryouta Works (ECS 22, 61, 22)
AFK tool $0

Milky-way (ECS 21, 57, 22)
Unisex Muffler $0

Me Skin & (upstairs) Kyoko's Hair (ECS 56, 82, 26) Turtleneck, skin & shape for 30 days or younger f-player, floating room, face lamp, unisex hair $0-10 (Unisex hair in first photo)

A's Motors (ECS 39,106, 23)
Tshirt $0

Moon's Dream (ECS 22, 124, 22)
Free Kitty Paw Collar $0

Nanao Loon's Cart (ECS 21, 129, 22)
Bejeweled belt $0

honepoki Aya's Cart (ECS 21, 133, 22)
Muffler pet $0

Pz (ESCS 21, 138, 22)
Face Light Set $0

Mauve (ECS 21, 148, 22)
Gift $0

Flower Stall (ECS 21, 161, 22)
2- (m) Watches, 2- (f) hair with flowers, Broom $0

Soul * Flower (ECS 22, 165, 22)
String lights $0

Yairi Akina's Shop (ECS 53, 152, 25)
5- tiny bear avatars $0

Oldie, but goodie Party Dress

This was one of the first freebies (well dollarbie) I found that clued me in that there were indeed cute things out there at an inexpensive price. I found the *Free* Colorful Party Dress ($1) at MM Clothing (http://slurl.com/secondlife/Midnight%20City/123/160/26) and thought I'd share in case anyone has missed it. It really is a cute little dress. You'll also want to take note that the sculpty hair and skins are from Bare Rose which has expanded their freebie selections and you can even find a couple of Drow skins available.

MM Clothing
(Dress: MM Clothing *Free* Colorful Party Dress $1, Skin & Hair: Bare Rose (http://slurl.com/secondlife/Bare%20Rose/187/25/30) Gothic Loliat Skin $0 & Black Cat Up-do $0, Shoes: ADA Store (http://slurl.com/secondlife/Fontaine/39/104/50) Shoe 3 $0, Earrings: Miriel (http://slurl.com/secondlife/Indigo/227/71/31) Teardrop Earrings $0)


While you're in Midnight City you might want to wander around because there are some quality deals to be had. Torrid Wear (http://slurl.com/secondlife/Midnight%20City/146/109/26) has a nice selection of inexpensive clothes available. Including a number $1 items on the second floor. Clothing starts at $10 and includes some wardrobe basics such as t-shirts and jeans. Another store of note is Mirada (http://slurl.com/secondlife/Midnight%20City/186/117/26) which has a number of $10 outfits for not only girls, but also guys. While strolling check out Preen (http://slurl.com/secondlife/Midnight%20City/105/112/27) where you can find the Howard Hughes outfit for $0 and can easily be worn by a guy to.

Preen Howard Hughes

It's ON.

Lately, it seems like Old Navy can do no wrong. Having Todd Oldham head their team was probably the best decision they've ever made...as Gap fades into the background, could Old Navy be rising up to take its place? (It wouldn't matter for Gap, really...it's all the same company.)

Check out these choice items:



Black leopard print safari dress, $29.00



Canvas and wood platform sandals, $34.50



Patterned beach towel, $10.00



Giraffe-print clutch with wooden handle, $19.50


Patterned scarf


All photos from oldnavy.com, of course.

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Sunday 17 February 2008

Nubium

I found out about Nubium through a Fashion Con notice about a week or so ago. The dress (Miona) sat in my '!Free but not yet blogged' folder collecting dust. Miona can be found at Nubium for $1 along with super cute clothing $75-275 all transferable. You get several leggings option with this dress to, so it's definitely worth picking up.

Nubium _ dollarbie
Dress: Nubium's (http://slurl.com/secondlife/Gartogg/113/192/501) Miona $1
Hair: Mod's Hair (http://slurl.com/secondlife/NTT%20DoCoMo/194/120/131) innocent_pure $0
Skin: Folly (http://slurl.com/secondlife/Kuai%20aku/218/10/22) [:]FollyASMod[:] Pink $1
Shoes: Sarah Nerd's Freebie Paradise (http://slurl.com/secondlife/NineInchNerds/92/104/35) Chunky Stars $1

The sim where I found the hair at was written about here. It's not in english, but you can see the pictures of all the styles of hair and the cell phones. You can find 6 hairs in Mod's Hair 3-female and 3-male; all $0. The hair uses sculpty prims. There are also a lot of cell phones up for grabs $0.

Saturday 16 February 2008

70% off Pedro Garcia shoes!!!
Laila Azhar Tulip dress

there is up to 70% off on Shop Bop now. Great designer discount sales!!!


Stepane Manel


I found another great artist of fashion Stephane Manel. Just look at these sultry and alluring paintings and tell me they don't make you want to have them plastered across a gallery near you!!!


Friday 15 February 2008

Adam n Eve Dress and Truths Today ONLY Hair

Truth (http://slurl.com/secondlife/Sweet%20Sorrow/106/121/26) is having it's one year anniversary and to celebrate they are giving away 2 fat packs of hair (m/f $0). Both hairs look absolutely ravishing with Adam n Eve's (http://slurl.com/secondlife/Genesis/12/149/23) free gown ($0).

Adam n Eve _ Truth

And now that you're all dolled up there's a ball starting as I type celebrating the opening of the Shengri La Sims (http://slurl.com/secondlife/Shengri%20La%20Peace/162/183/91) from 5-8 pm.