A Vision of Loveliness…

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Wearing:

Skin/Shape – Modish – LiLMay Sunkiss clev / LilMay shape NEW! For GSP
Makeup – "TSG" Maquillaje – Rainbow Eyeshadow
Hair – /Wasabi Pills/ Cookie Mesh Hair – Powder NEW!
Outfit – Nomine – Ariel Wedding Gown Lilac NEW!

feeling bizarro…

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I was quite taken by an image I saw recently on a magazine cover of “Skin Deep” that inspired this photo shoot… This was my interpretation of said cover.

Wearing:

Skin – Pink Fuel – [PF] Dia De Los Muertos (Rose) NOT available anymore.
Eyes – Ugly Duck Eyes – The Void
Hair – EMO-tions * ICE QUEEN * / snow
Roses on head/chest/waist – from the outfit Nomine Cernunna Gown Roses NEW!
Outfit – *SoliDea FoliEs * PollyDoll NEW! For Couturier’s Docks event
Tattoo – URCo.> Retro 2 Tattoo< 2

The image that inspired this shoot:

So you wanna be a Designer?

Hello again, today I would like to present the result of “So you wanna be …” The last time I looked at the topic of Bloggers, an area I know very well. Today I would like to venture into something more complex that I’ve gotten to know personally, or by reading different articles. A small guide to the designer or to become one. It is not gospel truth, but only the fruit of my experience so if I’m wrong let me know. :3

Certainly the beginning is the most beautiful, there is enthusiasm, hope, trust, uncertainty, and all those emotions when you start something new.I also love things like reading a new book has just been printed, or use a new pencil, but to create a store is something a little different a little more complex than it may appear (if you want to do well).

1. Why? is the main question you should ask yourself or we can ask.why did you do choose, there’s something that made you do it? some passion, boredom, or simply because you need money and do not want to charge those rl.
2. Are really sure of your choice? or is it a fluke?
3. What you can do? well it seems obvious to ask but if you want to open a store means you do something or you wanted to learn to do it.
4. Have fun at the end sl is a game and the store should be taken as this only leads to stress otherwise. do not tie yourself to commitments that seem too hard because then they lead you to give up soon.
5. The name, must be something that represents you and gives the idea of what you sell. It must be catchy to attract the attention of the buyer just like in real stores.
6. Personal conduct, be yourself, do not believe superior to others just because you have your own store and do nice things. You are a player of sl like many others, and if you claim to be treated with respect, as many do.

The place where you choose to put your new store is a basic soooo important. Because it will be the base or the mainstore to which all buyers may reference, and therefore must have a solid foundation.

1. Location, i believe that any land may be fine, so avoid buying a land of your own, or rent server, because you do not know even if you’re lucky or not with this project, so go careful.
2. Space, you been started yet? and don’t have many items, not splurge on larger businesses to you, with large spaces. Do’ot need it. You will make your articles just more wasteful (because then all you need to fill space). More walking for a large space to search for a thing is not at all pleasant, people like to have everything at your fingertips.
3. Rent, here you have to pull out all your experience in terms of sl research. Is very difficult to find common ground with a suitable size and with a fair charge. So the calculator in hand and get a first idea of how many feet you need and how many prims you want to use.
4. Land, did you choose the offer you require seems convegnente? not splurge on payments compulsive, but rather examined the life of the server (update status) of land, how serious is the agency or person who rents? how long this land is on and if you have had problems previously? I recommend you do to avoid unpleasant surprises, such as land disappeared without notice with all your money return to you a bunch of prim indecipherable.
5. How to use the space we have? you need an idea of how you want the store, a skybox or a store with a beautiful garden in front, or other types of decorations that will take up Space and Prim.
6. Prim, will be your headache then you should be able to make us feel everything you ever imagined in a certain limit of prim, so be very careful to be frugal and use decorative objects (albeit expensive) of a few prim, avoiding the lag, making it innavigable staying in your store.
7. Style, surely you will have your taste and your style on how you want to decorate everything. Be original in a way that also reflects the idea behind the construction of the store. But if you can’t, also fine the stores ready to use, just find the one you prefer and use it as a base for the changes.

Now that we have our modest structure can switch to its internal organization and also external (or managment). Unlike what you think if you start with yourself is a job that may take time and perseverance. Hold on!

1. FAQ, are very important, because to avoid flooding by IM or NC for any problem but above shall inform in advance the rules of the store.
2. Let yourself be to know! You just have to make a bit of publicity, I mean the good one. Don’t spam at random but do subscribe to the groups for designers where you can announce your new creations.
3. Use social networks like Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Plurk. Surely increase your popularity.
4. Bloggers can help you show off your creations, but remember to handle them well and check them periodically. Often they can be lazy, to avoid this I suggest you choose them personally.
5. Group. There are many ways to manage groups of your store but basically serves to inform their fans of new releases or other important events involving the store. If you choose to make a group for a fee, to be a little more VIP, surely you must justify this expense with discounts, offers or gift.If you pass a long period where you have not released any of these three, immediately alerts members to reassure and make them understand that they have paid for nothing.
6. Customer Service, be available with your customers, are the ones who spend money in your store and they deserve to be treated with kindness.
7. Subscriber is very useful and is an extension of your group sl but much freer especially because you do not need to sacrifice one area of your 42 groups (which are never enough I would need at least 100)
8. Satellites are extensions of your maintstore where you provided on average by 10,50 or 100 prims to display your creations. Are particularly useful because they allow you to get you noticed by more people. Be careful to choose with care the mall are often time events of short duration and lack of professionalism.
9. Rooms is a new trend to show off your store, a room where each participant presents his own creation or theme created exclusively for this event.
10. Fairs, an event theme that has often limited to a duration of one month where every Shop creating a set of designs based on that theme, or simply showing their latest releases. Very popular because in such a short period there is a large flow of people and therefore a great opportunity to show to others.

The juice of your entire business.

1. Creativity, be original and creative so that your belongings will recognize from other very well.
2. Inspiration, inspired by looking at fashion magazines and trend in the world. Often trends rl, sl same with the, if you want to be updated you should read a lot.
3. Sharing if you have the opportunity to help someone who starts or asks you for advice, don’t deny it so brutal in the end all of us when we start looking for help. The success doesn’t depend on secret, but how you know to use what you have learned.
4. Trends often tend to flatten the individuality of the store because if you buy something like all the other stores as well reproduce it and it spreads like wildfire homogenized whole market.
5. Care, be precise in detail even though no one will notice them, then looking at a whole will have a big performance.
6. Take your time, to get things done right it takes a long time especially at the beginning because you must take experience. Don’t worry there is nobody chasing you.
7. Be honest with yourself and with your buyers, if a job has taken you less time and effort is useless it cost 300-200 linden, especially if you use ready-made templates.
8. Be patient, do not give up and keep trying until you are satisfied with the work. Not always do what we want to succeed first.
9. Test, try things before you sell them, often you may have missed something then you bring complaints in the future. You can use your friends to see if everything works and objects are of good quality or is there something to be corrected.

The way you manage and expose your creations.

1. Size, must be acceptable not overly large nor too small, otherwise you risk needlessly taking up too much space or on the contrary you can not understand what it is.
2. Demo, put it more available to customers (if necessary) so customers can try before you buy. Eliminate a large part of hassle.
3. For delivery can use the simple buy or even use the appropriate script, the important thing is must to be clear.
4. Good picture are always appreciated beautiful pictures because they capture the attention and entice you to buy. Care for it much, but do not deform the content because you risk to idealize too much.
5. Gift to bloggers. Objects that sent to your bloggers try to compacted as much as possible with the attached notecard of information on the product in order to inform them as much as possible.
6. Information, in the images of the vendors indicated precisely what it is about, avoiding the risks of misunderstandings.

And here I am at the end, I do not know if I wrote everything I probably missed something let me know if this is so. Maybe my vision is too much idealized of designers. XD

Ps: Excuse my bad english. ^^”

Fashion Designer Darius Cordell Says Long Sleeve Wedding Dresses Will Be More Popular Due to Kate Middleton

One can easily argue that due to Kate Middleton wearing a long sleeve gown for her wedding that more brides will be looking for long sleeve wedding dresses for their own special day.

Wedding Gowns that have long sleeves are very timeless and elegant. That style of gown fits on just about all body shapes and sizes. If you are trying to hide part of your arm this is a great option. There are some brides who also need to cover their arms for religious reasons. But unfortunately finding attractive long sleeve wedding gowns is not always an easy task.

Here at Darius Cordell Fashion Ltd we have always included long sleeve wedding gowns in our collection. Since we allow all of our designer dresses to be made to order with any changes our clients also know they can request a strapless gown to be made in to a long sleeve dress as well.

If you or someone you know is looking for long sleeve wedding dresses or any other type of special occasion evening wear (for mother of the bride or otherwise) please have them take a look at the Darius Cordell couture collection of gowns & dresses at www.DariusCordell.com

Darius Cordell | Blog for Couture Fashion Designs – Dresses, Gowns and all things Fashion

Amongst the cherry blossoms…

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Wearing:

Skin/Shape – Aliza Karu – [AD] Keep calm skin and keep calm shape NEW!
Outfit – Aliza Karu – "Haw" / AD Creations Doll House exclusive for Couturier’s Dock
Boots – [SC] Surf Co. – (F) Paperboy Ankle Boots NOT AVAILABLE. *these were ltd. edition item from awhile ago.
Main Pose – ILAYA Fashion Stork 1 NEW!
Cherry Blossoms addon poses – Sugar Mill Poses – SM – Cherry Blossom Bunch From a past Chic Limited event

Information from Aliza about the Couturier’s Dock:

Welcome to Couturier’s Dock! We are Salimar Art SIM and in just a few more sunrises we will be hosting a group of designers with a Passion for creating fashion. We purposely kept our designer’s list limited to some of the designers we feel have niched their own genre of fashion so the items available to you will be unique, limited to lots of 35 units, will be affordable at a price range of 50 to 500 Lindens (50% off the main store price) and we hope will be a treasured addition to your Second Life inventory. On May 15th, and recycling every 15 days, we are opening our SIM featuring creatively minded designers, to you, our creatively minded consumer’s. We are very happy to have all of these dedicated SL designers committing items to this event and the only thing missing is YOU. Will you please join us?

Woo Hoo Witchy Woman…

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Wearing:

Skin – AVid: Charlotte’s Sisters – Red Lipstick, Blood & Eye Tattoos
Makeup – .la petite morte. diffused makeup black NEW! for Culture Shock
Outfit – AVid: Bewitched NEW!
GROUP OFFER
On group offer in the lower cave at 550L

Raven hair and ruby lips
sparks fly from her finger tips
Echoed voices in the night
she’s a restless spirit on an endless flight
wooo hooo witchy woman, see how
high she flies
woo hoo witchy woman she got
the moon in her eye
She held me spellbound in the night
dancing shadows and firelight
crazy laughter in another
room and she drove herself to madness
with a silver spoon
woo hoo witchy woman see how high she flies
woo hoo witchy woman she got the moon in her eye
Well I know you want a lover,
let me tell your brother, she’s been sleeping
in the Devil’s bed.
And there’s some rumors going round
someone’s underground
she can rock you in the nighttime
’til your skin turns red
woo hoo witchy woman
see how high she flies
woo hoo witchy woman
she got the moon in her eye

(Witchy Woman – The Eagles)

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Koi Pond

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Wearing:

Skin/Shape – FILTHY – Jasmine . BeachTan . 01 and Jasmine Shape NEW Group Gift!
Hair – ^;^CaTwA^;^ Lamya/Wheat 
Eyes – Nomine Loki Eyes – Ruby NEW!
Tattoo – EssentialSoul – *ES* Koi Pond – Fresh NEW!
Pasties – >>ROOTS<<00S10021.01>>PASTIES.o2

This tattoo is absolutely STUNNING! Also comes in faded and faint.

Puttin’ on the Ritz…

Wearing:

Skin – [inaya] Skin -  Soha (Teinte SantaFe) HB NEW!
Hair – combination of EMO-tions * SURVIVOR*/black and SURVIVOR-2 NEW!
Dress – PurpleMoon -  PM  Malena Dress in Black NEW! For Culture Shock
Hat/Tie/Cuffs – PurpleMoon – PM  Tangorize Me in Black [Hat-Tie-Cuffs] NEW! For Culture Shock
Shoes – *YS&YS* Brera Pumps CS2012 NEW! For Culture Shock
Cane – ~Albion~ Silver Walking Stick
Pose – BehaviorBody – Model 60’s 11

Nomine, WTG, Culture Shock new items

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Wearing:

Skin – *YS & YS* Jenny Teeth For Culture Shock 2012
Outfit – Nomine Loki Gown – Ruby NEW!
Helm – Nomine Loki Helm 3 NEW!
Lace Hood – blackLiquid HOOD NEW! For Culture Shock 2012
Face Tattoo – .la petite morte. tribal makeup white NEW! For Culture Shock 2012
Bracelets/Necklace – +:+WTG+:+ **Dignity* set NEW!
Rings/Nails – +:+WTG+:+ **Prelude-G** bangles & jeweled nails
Pose – BehaviorBody – 44 (model poses)

The Water Maiden…

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Wearing:

Skin – *LpD* Skins – *Natalia* Special Ed. NEW! for Fashion Limited event NOTE: Only 50 of these skins will be available till May 27th!
Eye makeup – Cheap Makeup - Zeitgeist Eye Makeup 5 NEW! For Culture Shock
Hair – EMO-tions * PARIS – 2*/flames NEW today Saturday May 5th
Dress – EMO-tions  LEANNE NEW!
Jug on head – ~plank couture~ Aquarius ad Aqua NEW! For Culture Shock
Pose – oOo Studio -  equinox_freebie for Culture Shock NEW!

Culture Shock 2012 Opens Today!

Wearing:

Skin -  Modish – AmbrosiaRedolent Pale NEW! For Private Room
Makeup – .la petite morte. tribal makeup white NEW! For Culture Shock
Eyes – MONS / Shocking eyes – black  NEW! For Culture Shock
Hair – Vita’s Boudoir – Butterfly ninja hair blonde NEW!
Dress – *Bliss Couture* Byrn Sculpted Dress NEW! For Culture Shock
Shoes – GB (Gabriel) – Ring Sandals (White) NEW! For Culture Shock
Necklace – FINESMITH  Safari Back necklace NEW! For Culture Shock

Another new Petite Outfit from Blue Blood!

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Wearing:

Petite Avatar – ~Mynerva~Petite Light Drow NEW!
Hair – EMO-tions *LILOEpetite* /black (Recent)
Outfit – Petite +Blue Blood+ Kirsten NEW!
Wings – EMO-tions *NIGHTWISH * wings-petite /black (Recent)
Shoes – MOONSTRUCK – Petite Brocade Shoes * Black

Where I plant my roots…

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Wearing:

Full Avatar – Vita’s Boudoir – Forest Goddess NEW!

Petites Go Goth!

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Blue Blood always does Gothic styles so wonderfully, and now Ghanima has branched out into the petites clothing market! Imagine my surprise to find these great outfits available for the much loved petite avatars. I so love Gothic styles when they are done right.

Wearing:

Petite avatar – ~Mynerva~Petite Light Drow NEW!
Hair – EMO-tions *MYST-petite*/black NEW!
Outfit – Petite +Blue Blood+ Ivonne NEW!
Wings – PETITES Demon Outfit +FGInc.+ Wings Inferno
Boots – MOONSTRUCK Petite Brocade Shoes * Black
Pose – Exposeur Poses & Animations – Ashley

Culture Shock 2012 Sneak Peek & Press Release

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The Second Annual Culture Shock event is coming on May 4th, and you don’t want to miss it!

Press Release:

Culture Shock is a sim fair event, this is it’s second year. A CHIC Management event sponsored by MODAVIA Productions with proceeds going to Medicins Sans Frontieres (Doctors without Borders).
www.chic-management.com
www.modaviafashionmarketing.com
www.msf.org.uk/Culture_Shock_2012.event

Last years receipt: http://www.msf.org.uk/Culture_Shock.event

"Celebrating trends and trendsetters within our business, and incorporating music and art, all with reflections of our own personal first life cultures depicted in our creations."

Every store has a mandatory participation of one NEW and EXCLUSIVE (for the duration of the event) item that gives 50 – 100% of the profits to the charity, however because last year we asked for THREE items, most people have more than the minimum.

DATES: May 4th at 4pm SLT opening – May 26th closing

Wearing:

Skin – AKERUKA Antonio skin Shaved Pale Haired  for Culture Shock NEW!
Shape – KMADD Premium Shape ~ SENECA for Culture Shock NEW!
Hair – MADesigns HAIR ~ SENECA ~ Black IV for Culture Shock NEW!
Head Scales and Hand Scales – Plank Couture – Libra – Libra im Balantium for Culture Shock NEW!
Pants – E-Clipse Kyllikki Leggings  Zebra
Belt – EMO-tions * SURVIVOR * belt male
Pose – Exposeur

Crimson..Rose…Scarlet…Ruby…RED!

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Wearing:

Skin – *JeSyLiLO* Kaljya *LightSkin*J4 (GlossLip) NEW!
Shape – DUTCH TOUCH  JoLiE Shape
Hair – EMO-tions  * SUNSHINE and Roses*/blonde NEW! For Fashion Limited!
Outfit – Vita’s Boudoir – Labor Day Dress NEW!
Jewelry – ++WTG++ **Prelude-G**necklace & ear pierces NEWish!

Pandas are so freakin’ cute!

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I’ve seen this adorable outfit blogged a few times since it’s release, but I wanted to put my own spin on it as it screamed for a cute storyliine. Thanks so much Berta! She’s so cute.

Wearing:

Skin – Modish – Untamed Tan {cleav} NEW!
Hair – ^;^CaTwA^;^ Manar HairStyle/Wheat
Outfit (including ears/face makeup/hooves/top and bottom/panda addons)
by *{ SeVered GarDeN }* Pam – clear NEW! for Zombie Popcorn
Pose – Behavior Body  model poses 45

light my way thru the desolation…

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Wearing:

Skin – FEATHERS xx +Fallen Gods Inc.+ RAVEN dawn (XXX) New! For Fantasy Faire
Shape – ND/MD Nahari Shape – for Andora Elven skins
Hair – /Wasabi Pills/ Hawk2 Mesh Hair – (BOOBS) – Night shadow NEW! For Fantasy Faire
Ears – ND/MD Andora Elves
Pose – Behavior Body Bebo Model 60’S-3
Background courtesy of: indigodeep

Like Clockwork…

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Wearing:

Skin – Modish – Ole!Mai Pale NEW! Group Gift
Hair – MINA Hair – Moriko
Outfit – Vengeful Threads- Clockwork Cabaret (from Fantasy Faire)
Boots – Death Row Designs – DRD drifter boots brown NEW!
Pose – Behaviour Body – Model Poses – 72