look of the day august 13

It's a shame that I don't get to blog a lot about my fashion finds and the way I work them with the rest of my stuff. I guess its partly because I don't have a very good computer and I don't have the patience to list everything down. However, this will pretty much change as I try to get my feet wet again in Second Life and writing for it in general. 

I figure what better practice to get in the habit of blogging often is to create a Look of the Day post. As I make a lot of outfits and I do take photos of them, I might as well document them by blogging about it...so here goes.

STYLE CREDITS:
hair: Maitreya Aisha
makeup: R.icielli - Lipstick NEON / 01 ,
                                 MONS / Makeups - eyeliner cat (brown)
                                     Digit Darkes Eyebrows-high/medium point
lashes: Maitreya mesh (group gift)
skin: GP: Sundust [Dark] Lustre-Patina 1
jewelry: earrings- BenS Beauty Amazing Earring (AVENUE Magazine Readers Group gift)
bangle- Genesis Aubrey Bangles
necklace- Kungler's Velouria (discounted)
clothes:
e! Darla Blazer in Aquamarine - August VIP Gift
tank top-*GC* White Tank
miniskirt: Second Wave Apparel (SWA) PerfectFit--Charcoal
shoes: [d.l.s.] transitions high heels (stripes) (August Group Gift) 

The outfit I'm wearing is casual with some dressy elements to make it look more polished and elegant. This is how I've always wanted to dress; casual, yet glamorous and chic. The jacket's refreshing Aquamarine color makes this outfit cheery and fun as well. It's an outfit that is sure to please and will fit in anywhere.

I hope the credits I placed together would help somewhat. As I've mentioned, I'm not a fashion blogger where I am used to posting style credits and SLURLs, but I'm hoping to pick up the habit soon, so please bear with me. Furthermore, some of the items I am wearing may no longer be available, and I'm sure you can be creative enough to be able to substitute whenever it is needed. 

Please enjoy this modest post...:) I'm open to any suggestions that you may have regarding my posts. 

AVENUE Magazine APRIL 2011

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Another month, another article by me from AVENUE Magazine . I love the front cover as it epitomizes Spring. Awesome work!

I really love contributing to AVENUE Magazine. I helped start this magazine two years ago, and it has been an amazing experience and a real thrill. Writing, interviewing and searching for content fuels my interest and passion for this virtual world called Second Life that helped me rediscover my passion for writing, stunning visuals, arts, and the digital society.


It's a little sad that I get to devote my time less to my baby, when I would work on this so much before, I now work on it less, and if I am really busy, not at all. Ever since I started venturing out on my own and living as I want in the real world, I've slacked off a bit on my contributions, and my heart aches each time. I miss the Skype sessions with the editorial team, vetting the articles, twiddling with Photoshop and InDesign (which I still know so little compared to the living geniuses that is the layout team) and looking through the layout. 

Nowadays I feel like a fish out of its fishbowl. AVENUE Magazine had been my fishbowl for the longest time, and now I witness it grow and expand, with a little help from me, into a thriving, artsy, intelligent magazine that I've always wanted it to be. 


We've got an amazing staff--from the editorial team, to the writers, photographers and the guest contributors. We have our doors open for suggestions from staff, giving us more eyes and ears on the grid when my eyes and ears are not so attuned due to RL. I will always be grateful for the chance that was given to me by Rusch Raymaker, and to the editorial staff, who has to put up with my inconsistencies lately.


To my AVENUE family, please bear with me as I grapple real life with its horns. Thank you so much. 

AVENUE March issue is raining men!

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Rawr!! It's raining virtual men this March! Fabulous male fashionistas Winter, Enzo, & Gabe grace our pages along with our awesome coverage of the finest fashion, design, music, places, arts, & businesses. 

My article this month is a business feature on The Red Rock Mesa, a Native American arts & crafts sim. 

Read all about it and other finely written and styled articles in this issue!

We plan the way we w

We plan the way we want to live, but only God makes us able to live it. Proverbs 16:9

On Rod Humble's ascent as CEO of Linden Lab

Marketing SL as a platform that you can do anything with reminds me of how skin moisturizers are marketed towards women...lol. Fight 7 signs of aging with one product...only that kind of marketing tactic didn't really work with a product like SL. So they tried to leverage on the business aspects when Mark Kingdon was at the helm.

Now they are trying SL as a gaming platform. We've yet to see if this works, but really, with the exception of beauty products, categorizing something and putting them in a box and focusing on ONE of the features are what usually works in marketing most products. Some people get attracted to a product's main selling point, and nothing else. Those are the kind of people the Lab are trying to grab hold into now.

What makes for us already in SL? I hope Rod Humble will not abandon the residents and take care of us and let us participate. I'm all good with their marketing spin, as long as they don't lose sight of us that already see SL as beyond gaming and vampires and so forth.

All in all, SL is a great product, it can deliver more than advertised, BUT when handled improperly, it devolves as a bad product. We are slowly into that devolving process, when the Lab placed all their eggs in one basket, but it's not yet too late to make miracles...:)

I believe no matter who the CEO will be, ultimately WE are the experience. If they want to go to that road, well and good, but I think they should take advantage of the residents' passion by engaging with them more so that the residents can take care of the other SL aspects that they don't choose to highlight for now.

Trill's Cause

Here's my arts article for AVENUE Magazine entitled "Trill's Cause". Trill is an awesome painter whom I met through the fabulous Filthy Fluno in Artopolis last year while going through his fantastic gallery. Trill Zapatero's paintings are very beautiful and unique, but for this article I've encountered another side to her, which is discussed in the article.

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So I hope you all get to read it and enjoy it :) This will be my last article for now, until I find enough time for writing and interviewing people online again. I still manage and look for content for AVENUE Magazine though, but writing needed to be set aside for a while...:(

$GaNKeD$ All that Jazz with my old Last Call Outfit

I don't usually get review copies, nor blog a lot. Imagine my surprise when I got a pack from $GaNKeD$ designer Misty Merryman's lovely designs for GIA's Accessories Fair. I've already seen several reviews for $GaNKeD$'s other offerings, and with what I've seen, these accessories contributes a unique and eclectic facet to a wardrobe. 

In this blog however, I chose one of $GaNKeD$'s necklaces to complement a really old but very wonderfully made outfit by the original designer of Last Call, Ginny Talamasca. The Aida dress is one of the oldest items in my inventory, a particular favorite of mine, which goes well with my hair, Exile's the Aphrodite, a purchase from last year's Hair Affair. The hair is a fabulous updo with enough hair sweeping elegantly to the sides that makes it very flattering  and elegant to wear.

What you see me wearing is the All that Jazz Necklace, a cute necklace adorned with ribbons and shimmery balls that adds glamor to what could have been a plain outfit. The All That Jazz necklace adds to the girlishness of this outfit, with its ribbons complementing the lace and the delicate texturing of the outfit.

I also got myself a new pair of eyes. It seems that I have been wearing Miriel far too long already, and upon reading many blogs about Poetic Color, I gathered up enough courage to go buy a pair.

They say the eyes are the windows to the soul, and by golly, these pair of eyes epitomizes the saying to the letter. Delightfully realistic and soulful, these eyes are very reflective and wonderfully deep, one could easily get lost in them.

Not in the picture, but the shoes I chose to wear all this with is the AOHARU Walk Suede Laceup sandals in white.

By the way, GIA's Accessories Fair will run until March 27, 2010. You can find all the participating stores here and here. This event will benefit the Relay for Life in SL by the American Cancer Society.