Glitterati by Sapphire

I am occasionally contacted by designers and asked to take a look at their work for this blog, or for Virtual Freebies. This happened recently, and I'm happy to say that I met the charming Sapphire Teebrook because of it.

Admittedly, I had been at Glitterati, Sapphire's shop, a couple of times during various hunts. I had noticed her work before, and felt that she was "young" yet in her design career. Actually, I still believe she is, but anticipate watching her growth as she becomes even better in her skills and learns more of the tricks of the trade.

Sapphire and I met up and chatted for awhile the other day. I learned that she uses Gimp, rather than PhotoShop, and had no graphics training at all when she started designing a year ago. Most of her gowns range between 250$L and 500$L, and she puts them out at 50% off for her group members on her release day...great benefit for her group! It takes her 7-10 days to create one of her gowns, beginning with her own original textures.

So, after our chat, I went home and opened the boxes that she gave me, all filled with rich, beautifully textured gowns. I immediately noticed that the gowns have several options to them, from mini-skirt to full skirt, although her battleship skirts seem a bit smaller than most (yay!). Sapphire includes some unique jeweled gloves with some of the outfits, such as the Envy, shown below, and there are numerous detailed touches such as buttons on the collar and jeweled belt.

Sapphire's Envy

Sapphire's Eve, shown below, has a nicely done fur collar - not too prim heavy, but realistic enough to satisy even the most detail-oriented fashionista. The jewelry was made by Sapphire as well.

Sapphire's Eve

The clothing at Glitterati is sure to please the budget-conscious shopper searching for an elegant look at a less expensive price, but I'd shop soon, because as Sapphire's talents ripen, I'd expect these prices to rise as she takes her place in the upper echelon of the Second Life™ design world - and I know she will!

Honey

Mohna Lisa Couture

Earlier this year, I was honored to be asked to model in the Fashion Designers Association show, where one of my outfits was a gorgeous gown by designer Mohna Lisa.

So when Mohna asked me to take a look at a couple of her new releases, I was quite happy to do so!

The gown above is Contessa dei Sogni - Nero and the gown below is Contessa dei Sogni. Both gowns sell for 699L$.

If you're looking for a soft, sexy, feminine gown with flowing lines, look no further! Both of these gowns will fit the bill. In fact, as I stood posing for these photos, I marveled at the softness of the fabrics and how they swayed in the wind the occurs at my photo studio. We all know that I'm not the best photographer on the planet, but I think you can see how the neck scarves flowed nicely.

At a time when designers seem to be adding as many prims as possible to create detailing, it was refreshing to see detail on these gowns without adding additional prims, as shown at the breast and hip on both of these gowns.

I liked the gowns so much that I popped over to Mohna Lisa's store this morning and took a look around. There are beautiful gowns everywhere, and some casual looks as well.

I encourage you to go by today and see what Mohna Lisa Couture has to offer you!

Mohna Lisa Couture

TBP Polished Stones

TBP Polished Stones, originally uploaded by HoneyBear Lilliehook.

Today I want to let you know about this gorgeous necklace from The Body Politik. Currently available in Earth, Ember, Ocean and Violet, this necklace is meticulously realistic and sells for 250L.

While earrings are not available yet, Polly from TBP assures me they're looking at making them. When they do, I'll be first in line ;)

Stop by today and check them out, along with all the other jewelry available. Also, TBP has put in a Midnight Mania board, so be sure to slap that while you're visiting!

Honey

RBZ-Suede Dazzle Jacket

RBZ-Suede Dazzle Jacket, originally uploaded by HoneyBear Lilliehook.

I've been a terrible blogger and worse, I've been a terrible friend!

My friend Ralektra at RBZ Designs dropped this on me a couple of weeks ago and I promised her I'd get right on it...and here we are :(

In any event, the moment I put this jacket on, I fell in love with it. The textures are just perfect! The incredible detailing continues on the back of the jacket as well. Crisply tailored, it looks great with jeans, slacks or a skirt.

It comes in umber, black and sienna, and sells for only 150L, but if you buy the fat pack, you get all 3 for 300L!

Run by today and help me redeem myself to Ralekra *laughs*...but while you're there, take a look around. Ralektra does some very nice work and her pricing is so reasonable!

HoneyBear's Bear Feet "Karen"

Yes, I'm blowing my own horn again - but if I don't, who will? :)

I've released the "Karen" style to my Bear Feet collection. You'll find Karen in 6 colors: Gold, Silver, Black, White, Red and Tan. Karen has a sweet bow at the back of the ankle and of course, features our Bear Feet Hud, which four built -in skin lines, manual RGB input, and four "user" slots in which to store your skin/nail color combinations.

As always, you'll find these sweethearts at the reasonable price of 299L at HoneyBear's.

There's a designer I've been kind of watching for about a year now. I'm going to be honest, most of her stuff is not my style, so I don't find myself in her store very often. But occasionally I'll get a notice about something that piques my interest, and this happened last week.

The store is Hot LALA Designs, and this week the owner, Hotla Hoodoo, released the outfit below called "Slacked". The first picture is a full body to show you the nicely tailored slacks pressed to a crisp crease. A pair of boot cut slacks is also enclosed.


Really, what sold me on this outfit, not once, but twice (I bought the blue as well), was the detailing on the blouse. Just a warning, your necklace will need to be a spine attachment, as the blouse needs lots of points to attach to. These prims are so beautifully handled that you'll see the softness of the fabric as it falls around the collar and moves at the hip. The texturing is superb and looks just perfect where it should.

The tank top is a separate layer, so the blouse can be worn with a different tank or without one at all.

Available in six colors, Coral (shown), Blue, Sun, Olive, Salmon, and Beige, it's moderately priced at 350$L. I had originally only purchased the coral, but after wearing it, went back for the blue. Save yourself the trip and just buy your colors now, or all of them - the fatpack is 1750$L.

Till next time,

Honey

Discover Your Skin - EXTENDED ONE WEEK!

We were going to close the skin fair yesterday, but received so many requests from exhibitors and buyers alike, that we have decided to extend the skin fair until next Wednesday, August 26th! Because we have a couple of large shows coming up shortly after, we absolutely cannot extend it any longer than that, so get over to UVogue today and see all of the great skin designers we lined up for you!

Don't forget that many of them are offering skins only found at Discover Your Skin!

Honey