I am a huge fan of Lion Jonesford's skins, from the soft everyday skins, to the sometimes outrageous runway make up I am eagerly anticipating the release of her new line.


I am also looking forward to getting acquainted with the talents of Bliss Beningborough.

See you Saturday!

One of my favorite stores to window shop in is Orage Creations. I'll pop in occasionally just to see what new wonderfulness has been put up by talented designer Elettra Gausman, and while all of her work is extremely lovely, I'll wait for the call of a dress so lovely that I'm forced to buy it - and that happened the other night.

The dress below is called Spring Dream - and what a dream it is! I put it on and instantly felt like the sexiest female in all of SL™ and judging by some of the comments I received - at that moment I was!

I think what I like most is the simplicity of the design - there are only five pieces to the dress and that includes the beautiful headpiece - and yet those five pieces carry a huge impact.

The front of this lovely design has a cut-out on the left side, accented by a floral decoration that gently wraps around the hip. The skirt and waist sash have absolutely perfect movement.

The back side of this dress with the deep plunge back is simply sexy, with one side "nearly there", but covered enough that you don't feel that you're walking around nue.


Spring Dream carries a price tag of $L850 - and well worth it to look like a dream come true!

Honey

Check out the grand opening of the ICON Lifestyle Sim!



Gifts have been set out by some of the merchants, be sure to stop in!

Start at Novi, pick up her gorgeous red gown set out for OL, have a look around. Say "Hello" to Kendall Larnia, shop Owner and creator. Be sure to let her know that I sent you.

Other shops wonderful & amazing shops include NLimbo Poses, Phoenix Rising, DCNY, Bliss Couture, Indyra Originals, Modern Gypsy, paper.doll, Fashion Nomads, Nardcotix.

SySy's has released a sweet strappy bikini that is selling for a mere $L55. It's available in aqua, lime, orange, purple, and red. The golden olive color shown below will only be available at the Icon Lifestyle shopping sim opening on Saturday, May 23. The festivites will start at 1pm. If you're interested, here's the LM.

Great way to start the summer! ;)

Honey

SL Event: SYMPHONY OF STYLE presented by UVogue Fashion Agency

SL Show Date & Time: Sat., May 23, 2009, 12:00 PM SLT



The note card I received is full of information, so I will copy & paste it for you here.

This premiere event will showcase couture fashions, skins, accessories, and shapes by LeeZu!, LionSkins, Stiletto Moody Shoes and Styles Body Shop!

Themed a SYMPHONY of STYLE (click the link for a tp) to echo the blending of these leading-edge designers, each a beautiful note, but combined to create a master-work. Symphony of Style will present the beauty of LionSkins, the sophistication of LeeZu! the impossible heights of Stiletto Moody, all adorning SL's top Supermodels in shapes by Styles Body Shop.

Please join us after the show for a LIVE PERFORMANCE by Coda Cazalet, one of SL's most well known and well respected jazz singers!! You won't want to miss her performance after the show!!



Guests are kindly asked to remove all scripted attachments, this includes items such as size and color scripted shoes and hair, collars, HUDS and even AO's, which have been found to greatly increase sim-wide lag issues for large-scale events.



Your help in reducing lag is greatly appreciated!

This looks like THE Event of the year, to date. Don't miss this opportunity! I hope to see you there.




Hugs,
Sav

After a long dreary winter, I've been ready to break out into the warmer temperatures of Springtime, with Summer not far behind! So, I headed to the cheery shores of Calliefornia to see what Callie Cline was offering.

I didn't get very far in the door when this little cutie jumped out at me.

Called the Passion Splash in Purple with Gemstone Accents, this outfit was exactly what I needed to lift my sagging spirits! It has a triple layered skirt in purple, a lighter purple ribbed tank, with matching paisley scarf and belt. The belt has a gemstone flower, which is also detail for the adorable matching flats. The outfit is finished off with the addition of a purple fat bead bracelet and matching earrings. When I saw the light price tag of $L199, this charmer became a welcomed addition to my wardrobe!

Drop by Calliefornia today and see what might make your day!

Honey

Quick, get your wallets ready! Ranena Olivier Couture is having a red tag sale starting at 9PM SLT tonight, and which will continue through May 24th! After the sale, some styles will go back to their regular price and others will be discontinued. Be sure to hit her Subscribe-0-Matic while you're there so you can get advance news of these types of sales, which Ranena has several times a year!

I was going through some of the gifts received through the Bloggers Appreciation Week today, and found this great pair of capri pants, jacket, and hat, and fell in love with them instantly. I didn't recognize the name of the store (hey, sometimes I'm oblivious), but when I looked at the creator, it turns out I know her, so I spent some time talking with her, and decided to blog some of her items.

Fashion Nomads is owned by Aleida Rhode, model and fashion photographer. I'm going to admit here, as I did directly to her, that when I heard that she had started designing, I kind of blew it off for a few months, figuring I'd give her time to "season" as a designer. BIG mistake! While Aleida only opened her store in March, she had been working for almost a year before that, on sharpening her design skills, by taking all the skills that she had learned about texturing from doing photo work, and turning it into wearables.

In the photo below, I'm wearing the Summer Wine Red Mozaic jacket and the Used Black Gulu capris.

The capris have sculpted leg cuffs, fit snugly but without being too revealing. They come on both the pants and the underwear layers. They come in dark black, dark denim, light blue, used black, used black with splash, and light used denim, and sell for $L149.

The Mozaic jacket is really classy, and dresses up your favorite jeans or dress pants. It comes with both a long-sleeved and short-sleeved option (on both undershirt and shirt layers), nice belt and neck scarf, and sculpted prim sleeves and collar that are very nicely done. The Mozaic jacket is available in silver, summer wine red, old purple, nature brown, gold, or charcoal, and carries a price tag of $L175.

Next is the Shaba mini-dress. By the way, I started the day craving shoes in a merlot color, and the trend continued through the day! The Shaba comes with three different skirt options - flexi, one prim, and sculpted. It also comes with a detachable mink stole and gloves. The Shaba is also available in silver, summer wine red, old purple, nature brown, gold, or charcoal and is only $L399.


Being the freebie blogger that I also am, I have to mention that you'll find five free gifts at Fashion Nomads, four on the floor and one in the Subscribe-o-Matic. But I want you to go get them and check out Aleida's great designs, so I'm not telling you what the gifts are ;)

Honey

I know these photos are going to be a bit small - blame my template which persists in shrinking my photos!

I attended the opening today of a new boutique called Stylissmo, which carries couture clothing, male and female shapes, poses and furniture, all very upscale. One of the gowns sold is called Butternut Hawk, which is shown below.

The Hawk has a multiple layered skirt, snug bodice with beautiful detail, plunge back, and sleeves made of gorgeous hawk feathers. This very unusual but beautiful gown retails for $L450. If you want to get noticed at your next event, this is the gown for you!

The next bird of fashion comes from Ora Trei Designs and is called Raven. This mini-dress has nicely sculpted sleeves, a belted bodice, and a belted skirt with layers of black feathers. It comes with a lovely black lace neck scarf with feathers trailing down the back, and retails for $L300. While a mini-dress, you won't feel as though your assets are showing, as the feathers add length to the hemline. This dress is very feminine and has wonderful movement!

That's it for this time!

Honey

This started out being a post about one little black dress (LBD), and ended up being about three LBDs! As far as I'm concerned, a girl cannot own too many LBDs, so I decided to showcase a few here.

I was browsing Flickrs today and saw that SySy Chapman had released the cutie below, called Fleur de Nuit, and had to have it! I got over to the store tonight and picked it up, and was thrilled with how it actually looked on. It's soft, feminine and frilly, and the back (which yes, I should show you, but a photographer I'm not) is a very deep V-plunge with four little straps across the back. The frill skirt is prim layers of lace and very well done. This sexy little number is available for a mere $L275.

I found this dress this morning at A.D. Addoro Design, but it carries the label "OneSoul", a collaboration of Anubis Hartunian and Mew Denimore. It consists of a black crepe skirt with a lace flexi overskirt, lace sleeves and lace jacket with scalloped edges, black lace gloves and black seamed stockings. The hat is included and needed no modification. The detail on this adorable dress is incredible and it's well worth every penny of the L$790 price tag.

Thinking about blogging the two dresses above reminded me that a couple of weeks ago, I bought the dress below at Ora Trei Designs. This dress, called Charisme, is another frilly creation (are you sensing a trend in my wardrobe?). It comes with a sheer lace patterned bodice which suggestively reveals the black bra underneath (part of the layer, not separate), pearl buttons in the front and back, belled sleeves, two sculpted skirt options, hat and patterned stockings (not shown), all for $L325.


There's another LBD by Ora Trei...but I'm going to save that one for another day very soon.

Honey

One of the things I absolutely love about owning my blogs is when I stumble across great new designers. I always friend them, talk to them and find out a little about them, and encourage them as much as I can because, let's face it, it's a very competitive industry and the new ones need all the help they can get.

So, today I'm standing at a well-known designer's store picking up a Mother's Day freebie, when I see this very nicely dressed woman standing nearby. I zoom in a little closer and it was like...WOW...that's a great outfit! I inspect it and find that she's the designer, so I immediately ask her for her landmark. We start chatting and it turns out that she's only learned to design in October of 2008, and opened her store, Ranena Olivier Couture (R.O.C.) in December, 2008. She mentioned she has a freebie, so I hop over there to get it for Virtual Freebies and stopped dead in my tracks, as I looked around at all the mouth-watering and budget breaking wonderfulness.

I'm not going to lie to you - the prices here are fairly steep for a newish designer, but the casual clothes are quite reasonable. I didn't purchase a gown but prices are around $L800 and up (but I suspect they're worth it, given the outfit I saw her wearing), while the casual clothes are around $L225 and up for a complete outfit.

Ranena uses beautiful textures in her designs as you'll see below. In our conversation, she stressed that she loves for clothing to fit right too, so you shouldn't have to do much editing (I did none, btw...everything fit perfectly). She also mentioned that a gown she submitted for the Maseno Project auction sold for $L10,000!

The dress is called Krisha and sells for $L350.

The outfit below is called Narnia, and sells for $L225.

I encourage you to stop by Ranena Olivier Couture and see what wonderfulness catches your eye!

I'm going to make a confession. I'm finicky about skins - yes, it's true. In particular, I'm beyond picky about the area above the mouth, just under the nose - whatever that area is called. In so many skins, it's either too shiny, or too wide, and no amount of editing will help it, and it just doesn't look natural.

So, when I discovered the hand-drawn Symphony Skins a few months ago, I was delighted to see that designer Claire Harford had actually gotten it right. Her mouths are a beautiful shape and that area above the top lip was perfect!

When Claire released the third generation of her skin line this morning, I ran over to pick it up. I knew from my past purchases that Allegro was the color I wear, but Alto is the new Allegro. I was not disappointed!

As a "most of the time" redhead, it's sometimes difficult to get skins that were truly made with the redhead in mind. They're either too light, or too dark, but the Alto color is perfect! It helps that each of the skins comes with three eyebrow options - light brow (LB), dark brow (DB) or red brow (RB). They also come with a "Busty" option which enhances the bustline...a nice touch which gives a more natural look. You get day options and night options. The day option has more noticeable freckles, while the night option has considerably less freckles.

Claire's treatment of the more personal body parts is quite nicely done too ;)

At $L600 per skin, Claire's pricing is very reasonable; in fact, the entire color line can be purchased for $L4,000 - with all the options Claire includes, that's over 60 skins! If you just want the day version, or just the night version, they can be purchased for a mere $L2,500.

If you're in the mood to do some skin shopping, I recommend a hop over to Symphony Skins to try a few demos...I'm sure you'll be glad you did!

Honey

*laughing* God, I love you designers...you really make my slife interesting :)

Callie Cline posted this on her blog so, I'm reprinting it here. Do with it as you see fit ;)

I get a lot of stuff dropped on me during the day, and my account is quickly logged on twice a day to clear all deliveries, IMs, etc., so I don't always notice everything that is given to me. Today, I happened to be searching in my inventory for something...and noticed a box from LeeZu Baxter called Revolution Pan. This didn't register in my memory as anything I had bought or picked up, so I rezzed it to find out what it was.

Imagine my surprise when I found this gorgeous dress in the box!

There was a notecard in the folder, so I read it, and found that on May 1st, LeeZu started selling this dress in her store. Her notecard will explain it better than I can, so I'm pasting it below, with hopes that she'll forgive me for it.

LeeZu! will be donating 100% of the proceeds of sales of the Revolution Pan gown to this charity starting May 1st, 2009 and on an ongoing basis. The gown will be placed in-store at a price of L$5,000.

The terre des hommes International Federation is a network of eleven national organisations working for the rights of children and to promote equitable development without racial, religious, political, cultural or gender-based discrimination. Protecting disadvantaged children and those drawn into war, prostitution and slave labour terre des hommes is a beacon of hope to underprivileged, exploited and vulnerable children worldwide.

https://www.tdh.de/

Thank you for your ongoing support of our brand and for your contribution to this worthy charity.

LeeZu Baxter

This dress has multiple layers, and no matter what pieces you're wearing, it is one of the sexiest yet elegant dresses I've seen.

Now, any agency to help children is worth L$5,000 in my book, and I appreciate very much her supporting this agency....so I'm encouraging you to run by LeeZu's today and get your Revolution Pan dress and help the cause!

Honey

Dinzeo Designs has just released three new pairs of men's jeans, and the Manchester vest, each selling for 200L.

The jeans are your typical "worn" jeans. The vest comes with both a t-shirt on various layers to wear alone, or with the vest. The vest itself appears well done with a soft pattern on the back.

Dinzeo sells their clothing with transferrable permissions so that gift-giving is made easy...that's always a plus in my book!

RBZ Design - Tricie

Occasionally, I like to slip into an older, easier time, and this new dress by RBZ Design will definitely be a nice addition to my wardrobe for those visits. I tried it on last night and fell in love with it immediately.

The Tricie (being released Tuesday, May 5) is reminiscent of the victorian period, but still modern. It comes in three colors: cobalt, claret, and viridian green. It features handdrawn crushed velvet textures with satin trim. In the package you'll find:

White blouse on 2 layers
Jacket on 2 layers
System skirt (serves as jacket bottom)
Glitch pants (2 lengths)
2 flexi skirts (one full length, one tea length)
Prim ruffle attachment for blouse (attaches to spine)
Prim hat with sculpted bows

If you're a fan of handdrawn textures, you'll absolutely love this gown!

Tricie will be available for the more than reasonable price of 225L.



Sebi - Annelie

I love outfits that come with mixable pieces, and Annalie was definitely a pleasure to get!

First, there's a white shirt, which you can wear with or without the sculpted collar (and I have to mention this was one of the best sculpted collars I've seen). Then you can layer on the included vest. The vest can be worn without the shirt (and with or without the collar), and there's a skinny black tie (that looks better with the vest than with the shirt).

In the package you'll find pair of nice striped pants and a dark gray mini-skirt. The pants go with the vest and shirt, but the skirt can only be worn with the vest due to layer constraints.

There are so many combinations here, and they're all quite lovely and well worth the 299L price because it's like getting four outfits in one!


That's it for tonight!

Honey

Happy Monday my Fashionista friends!

It's no secret that I just love shoes & boots, which will probably be the main focus of my posts on the Virtual Fashionista. I own hundreds of pairs of shoes, so I of course have my favorite places to shop, but I am always on the look out for new designers - which brings me to today's post. Let me explain.

I am a member of Callie Cline's update group, and received a message last week about new items in her store, made by a new designer. Today was the first that I'd been able to get over there to have a peek, and am I ever glad that I did!

*swoons*

It was boot heaven! Fashionable, and AFFORDABLE! Take a look at these fine pics, generously provided by the designer Didi Morrisey.


Are you drooling yet?


These boots are absolutely fabulous for the price. I paid a mere 150L per pair for these. There are many color options available to suit every item in your inventory.


These Denim styled boots come in 5 awesome colors. They are 120L for each pair, or you can buy the fat pack for only 450L.

I have a collection of boots that I paid up to 10 times more for. I like these just as much. Granted they don't have all the bling options, and the scripts; but personally I am completely OK with this! The pay off is less lag & more money in my pocket. What's not to love about that!?

I love, love, love these fantastic summer sandals! Have a closer look at these items, here.

The set, pictured above (shoes, and handbag) can be yours for 180L.

I sent a note to Didi, asking her permission to feature the items in our blog. I had a fantastic chat with her. I was full of questions, and being the sweetheart that she is, she was gracious enough to answer them.

I asked Didi if there was anything she wanted us to know about her, and she replied, " I'm a simple, genuine crafter, not a professional builder; but I do love so much building and crafting even in my RL."

Didi also told me that she works with Aristaeus Corporation which is a Distribution Center for creators and sellers. And then I found out our very own HoneyBear is a distributor!

Along with the items previously mentioned, Didi has belts available at the Callie Cline store, and a small grungy collection at City 17.

I am looking forward to more fantastic releases from Didi!

Hugs,
Sav

As much as I love Inga Wind's clothing, it's fitting that I start this blog with her new gown, Cinderella, which is being released today.

Cinderella comes in black, red, and white, and as part of a hunt Inga is having starting today, blue. I've always loved Inga's use of her original textures - they give depth and definition to her clothing - and it's no different with Cinderella. The texture on the ankle-length skirt panels gives the skirt a soft, feminine look.

Inga gave the shoulders of this gown an interesting sculpty treatment. As a model, I'm fairly thin, but found that I needed to stretch the shoulder piece a tiny bit to make it fit right, and once that was done, all was well.

The gown comes with gloves, a pair of nice shoes, and a flower for your hair, all for only 400L. But don't forget the hunt! Hunt for 9 little acorns and in each acorn you will find a piece of the blue Cinderella dress - and knowing Inga, they won't be all that hard to find ;)

*IW* Inga Wind Clothing