Young French Fashion

When it comes to fashion design there seems to be a lot more creativity and risk taking in Europe. I know its not very lucrative for the market here in the USA but thats OK because it still exist and it has to. Because without those who fully experiment the ultra beautiful craft of fashion there would be not enough when it comes to watering it all down for the main market. Although lets face it if your reading my blog there is a certain percentage of you that wants more intense designing happening in your closet next to the H&M dress you still love. These lovely pieces you see here are by Rita Saardi a grand talent indeed!!!

Finding First Love at First Egg

Yes, yes, yes.... It's a post about another Japanese clothing store. Today I'd like to introduce you to a store that is named First Egg [JPL OSAKA (188, 31, 23)]. You'll not want to pass this store up! Not only are there great freebies:

{Above clothing pictured: FS Free 004, FS Free 003, Fs Free 002, Fs Free 001, Fs Free pumps: all $0 from First Egg. I used the free beginners avatar (PRECIOUS+ HENSHIN) from Precious+ [PRECIOUS+, Ferguson (165, 211, 90)]$0. }

But, EVERYTHING is a steal!

{Free Cami ($0) and Free pumps ($0) modeled with First Egg 030 (Prim Skirt 009) Black $4 for two versions! all from First Egg. Pictured again with the free avatar from Precious+. $0}

That wasn't so bad, aye? $4 for two cute skirts. Well, since you've got your wallet out.... Why don't you buy the most expensive thing in the store? ^.^ At $10 you'll get two looks complete with boots. *poses*

(Set 003 comes with another skirt option not pictured and boots from First Egg $10, Pictured with Emmie skin from bazy $1 10pm pst January 7, and hair from Bewitched which if you've been following their blog or in the Bewitched Hair group you know that secret sales are upon us! $1)

All the dresses pictured below are between $6 and $8 each and all contain additional pieces not photographed.

(All outfits are shown with $1 skins from bazy, hairs from Bewitched's secret sales ($1) and the jewelry photographed with the green dress is from the Fae Designs hunt mentioned in the entry previous to this one.)

I hope when you do go to First Egg you learn appreciate the excellent textures, cute styles, and modest pricing as much as I do.

eta: All photos taken at Chakryn Forest and treehouse, Dreamworld SE (84, 63, 31) which is part of the Virtual Park & Recreational Service areas.

Alice and Olivia

Last Chance opportunity to go hear Stacey-pants speak. Stacey Bendet owner of Alice and Olivia quit her 9-5 day job and launched her fashion company only to make millions!!! Want an in on her secrets to success she'll be speaking at the Learning Annex this Tuesday. Register here for the class!!!

Sexy Once, Sexy Twice!!!

I'm all about a pretty convenience. Wearing makeup in you jewelry is a fun concept. I found these from makeup brand Two Faced,an awsome photographer Scott Nathan shoots their campaigns so you should take a look. He's quite a talent. Check out his soon to be new site http://scottnathan.com

Down at the McD's

During the week more than a few of us are doing the work look. We're rushing to work and then rushing home. Shirt, skirt, and maybe by Friday we get to slip out of the heels and into the flats. And every now and again we get to indulge in some fast food like McD's the location of this shoot.

(Shirt: Ash Style - Plain Shirts White $0 , Rings from Accessories Peridot -Blue Topaz and Peridot both $0, Hair from Mayamaya Creations $0, Skirt and lace stockings are part of a set from Honey Soul $0, Skin is the new Cf○ skin from Eloh Eliot $1 or whatever donation you feel is appropriate, Eyes: Inspired ~ Sapphire Gemstone eyes $1/fatpack, Shoes:Illuminare/Colorful Star Ballet Flats from the Free Dove $0, Jewelry from Fae Designs grand opening hunt *this week only*! $0)

Everyone knows I have a soft spot for jewels! So, you guys and gals know I couldn't make an entry without telling you about Fae Designs Grand Opening. Ashlin McMillan has placed out 25 of the cutest little chest for everyone to hunt out and find some great prizes! Prizes include jewels and also furniture. This is only going on for one week so go and check it out. While you're looking around please take note all the jewelry is 50% off!

(Closer view of Fae Designs jewelry $o, Shirt from Honey Soul outfit above $0, and Hair from Bewitched's Secret Sale $1)

If we're a really lucky guy or girl we might even get to doll up for the weekend! The following outfit is courteous of two content providers that offer weekly freebies for the citizens of SL:

(L'Oreal Skin & dress can be found at Nuclear Boutique $0 each, Eyes are Inspired ~ Emerald Gemstone Eyes $1, and Earrings are the weekly gift from Second Mirage $0, Hair is from Bewitched Secret Sale going on for the next 24 hours!)
But, really once the weekend rolls around what we really want to do is just kick back in something comfy and hopefully as stylish as this little number from Sh*t Happens!

[Outfit from Sh*t Happens (there are 5 freebie boxes here, find this outfit in the Sh*t Happens Freebie Box) $0, Shoes from the above pictured outfit from Nuclear Boutique $0, Eyes are Inspired ~ Emerald Gemstone Eyes $1, Earrings are the weekly gift from Second Mirage $0, Hair is from Bewitched Secret Sale going on for the next 24 hours!, skin is from the I am Legend Orientation Area $0]


Fae Designs along with Second Mirage are two of the generous stores that provided advent calendar's during the holiday season. Please go check these stores out and show your appreciation for their overwhelming generosity of providing daily gifts over the holiday season at no charge.

C'est Tres Jolie!!!

Photography like this just makes me WANT WANT WANT everything in the picture!!! Advertisement is never this beautiful as photos like these. These days too many people like to play it safe. When has safety ever set a soul free much less given back to art? French photographer Emilie Arfeuill has managed to make my mouth salivate for berries and flowers all while wearing some gorgeous gems in the process.

The Inventory Done Hit the Fan, Ya'll!

It seems that a few of ya'll are feeling the Christmas bloat and need some advice on how to shed the excess inventory. So here's my suggestions: (Keep in mind they are suggestions and you can ignore them. =D )

ORGANIZE! Yep, it takes time. It sucks. Get over it and do it!

My suggestions for the Girls are: Find your 'Clothing' folder> right click> new folder ... create the following new folders: shirts (inside this folder make: short sleeve, no sleeve- for tanks and corsets, long sleeve, and tshirts then you can further subdivide by colors) , pants (long, capri, and shorts then sort by color), Long dresses (divide into casual and formal and then by color), short dresses (divide into casual and formal then by color), Pants outfits (inside this one make 3 folders Winter, Summer, and Short sets. You can further sort by Casual and Formal and then finally by color), Skirts(long, medium, and short then by formal-casual and further divide by color), *if* you're like me you'll also need a folder for costumes and finally accessories (Jewelry, Shoes, and Random or whatever you seem to have a lot of belts, hats, etc. could be a main folder inside your accessories folder.)

What does my clothing folder look like when opened? Well the first thing you see are a series of numbered folders:

1. Accessories [1. Jewelry (sorted by 1. Designer 2. Color, 3. Gold 4. Silver - further sorted within each folder by designer if a set or necklace, earring, bracelet, ring folders if picked up seperate), 2. Shoes (sorted by color then heel, boot, flat, casual), 3. Random (1. Hats, 2. Belts, 3. Purses, 4. Fans 5. Boas 6. Food 7.Flowers, etc... )
2. Long Dresses [Casual, Formal - then sorted by color]
   
3. Prim and Proper [1. Accessories (hair, gloves, shoes, dance card), 2. Period (then by color), 3. Lady like, 4. Free Women)
   
4. Casual & Short Dresses [Casual, Formal - then sorted by color]
5. Kimono's & Asian Outfits [1. Accessories {Avatars (skins & shapes), Hair, Shoes, Fans, Umbrellas, Random}, 2. Cheongsam Dresses (color), 3. Kimonos {Formal, Casual (color)}, 4. Saris (color), 5. Vlintuitions]
   
6. Goth clothing [1. Accesories {Body (hair, skin,) Shoes, Dolls, Gloves, Jewelry, Hats, Stockings, Corsets) 2. Lolli {!Accesories (hair, dolls, shoes, jewelry, purses) and dress folders), 3. Pants sets, 4. Dresses (Long, Short) 5. Skirts, 6. Shirts (tanks, short sleeve, long sleeve)
   
7. Pants/Short outfits [1. Pants (jeans, slacks), 2. Capris, 3. Shorts]
   
8. Costumes [sorted by type ex. - animals (neko, tinnies, bears, anthropomorphic), bugs (butterflies, wasps, bee, ladybug), fantasy (elf, dwarf, fae, drow, hobbit, druid), homeless, cowboy, etc...)]
   
9. Lingerie [sorted by type: Bras, Panties, Silks, Corsets, Nighties, etc.. Then by color]
   
10. Seasonal [This folder is packed and saved at the end of a holiday. It's now empty, but during Christmas it was full.
    
11. Not sorted yet [These are clothes that need to be paired with hair, shoes, and jewelry before being put into the appropriate folder or DELETED.]

You can see that over time I've focused in on a couple of looks rather than just general clothing item folders.

For organization of body parts please look at the guy's #2 suggestion and feel free to substitute a fingernail/toenail folder for the mustache/goatee folder.

(Dress from the Free Ring, Hat from Illusions $1 box, Hair from HCT the style worn is discontinued, but there is a similiar one for $100)

For the Guys organization is much simpler. This is exactly how I organized my husbands and it really hasn't changed since he's started, then again he doesn't get sl.

1. Find your 'Clothing' folder> right click> new folder ... create the following new folders: shirts, pants, suits, outfits, and Accessories (shoes, jewelry, hats, ties, and weapons folders in accessories)

2. Find your 'Body' folder> right click> new folder... create the following new folders: skin, shape, hair, mustache/goatee, & eyes

Get an inventory organizer.

Oh, and don't forget to use it. ;) This is a really simple tool to use especially if everything in whatever folder you want to save is no copy. Oh boy, does that help!

1. All you need to do is make a prim on the ground> press the more button in the bottom right corner of the edit menu> Name the prim on the general tab> click the contents tab and then drag and drop each item into your prim waiting for it to show in the contents tab.
2. *If everything you saved was no copy it has been removed from your inventory and is now safely inside a prim and you can go to step 3, but if no transfer boogers were in your folder you'll have to delete these items as not to have duplicates nesting inside the inventory you carry around with you.
   
3. Take the prim you created into your inventory
   
4. Move your prim from the objects tab of your inventory into your inventory organizer
5. If there were no transfer items in your folder now is the time to delete them from your inventory.
   

An Inventory Organizer can be as simple as a self created prim, a piece of art, a rug, or something as elaborate as the many inventory organizers out there that have floating text and scroll buttons. I don't suggest that you carry your organizer around with you *unless* you're doing this because you have no other place to put it.

( Sorry just a funny pic. Location: Tusk Sim, Skin: Tuli, Hair: HAIRAPY - Coeur, Necklace: Pixel Dolls (free), Earrings: MIA sim freebie store, Bracelet: Woo's, Dress: Prim Princess (lucky chair), Shoes: Absentia )

Full permissions items can be saved onto a notecard.

Yep, that's right if you've made some things and want to organize them nice and tidy- slip them into a notecard. Got tons of textures and want to organize, but haven't picked up a texture organizer *notecard* them. Went crazy at a freebie place or bought a business in a box item feel free to put those items inside a notecard. Oh, and when you have a lot of notecards: box them and put them into your inventory organizer! And don't forget you can put notecards inside of notecards and rez the items whenever you need them.

(Location: Tusk Sim, Skin: Tuli _ []::Tuli::[] S4 sunkissed brown brows ~ rosy lips/smokey blue_ group gift $0, Hair: Bewitched _ Milano (mens) - babypink _ secret sale $1, Jewelry: Talisman _ Sara Pendant Necklace _ group gift $0, Flowers: Body Politic _ Drifting Sands Spring Fling Freebie Morning Medley $0, Dress: Sexy in Pink _ **SIP** Tropical Formal _ was free when store opened $0)

Delete, delete, delete....

Don't be afraid of deleting something *especially* if it was a freebie. There will always be another one, and it may even be better. It's easy, it's simple, and it's fun to watch your inventory go down (even though the count isn't accurate.). No transfer items are particularly my peeve. I think of them as through aways and never spend more than $50 on any one item/outfit, because I know it's just so much easier to delete than to pack. (but, that's just my opinion many people love duplicating things over and over in their inventory)

But, if you were wise and bought no copy/transferable items then you have a couple other options: yard sale the item, go to a swap party (not wife swap, but clothes swap), transfer it to an alt/holding acount, or my personal favorite -thrift it- go to help island or the welcome area and give the dress/hair/shoes/etc. to a new person and if all else fails you can still delete, delete, delete and empty the trash.

Ok, so you may be asking why am I doing all of this? Well there's a simple reason ...

Your inventory should have no more than 20,000 items.

Where did I get this number from? Well a while back Hazle Kyrgyz had an inventory issue and wrote about it on the Talisman Designs blog. Which in turn lead to someone posting a comment linking to Boneflower's blog where Zoe Llewelyn discussed her inventory losses and wouldn't you know it a linden (kona linden) actually commented:

- You should never have more than 15-20k of objects in your inventory. The more objects you have, the slower it will be for you log into SL...even to the point where you will no longer be able to log into SL because you have too large of an inventory. Remember, data is data (which Linden Lab owns...you merely own IP rights). This is clearly detailed in TOS. Data can become corrupted, pending on several factors regarding one's client (your hardware) and server side (Linden Lab servers). Should your data get corrupted for whatever reason (ie. poor connectivity, server crash...etc), there is no guarantee we'll be able to recover the data. Because the amounts of data our systems manage, we clearly state in TOS that no data is guaranteed and should be treated as so.

Uhm yeah, we get it Linden's don't want the responsibility of securing digital information and we must be tidy little children and pick up, pack up, and pay for an alt. So, you heard the linden go clean up your inventory!