Stiletto Moody gave group members a free pair of Stiletto Moody Bare Lana in Red to celebrate the brand’s anniversary. For various reasons, I haven’t ever bought a pair of SM shoes (with or without feet). I am usually pretty good with tinting feet — and I own a lot of shoes from different brands in SL with them. I don’t understand why a pair of shoes that costs well over $2,000L does not include a HUD but a rather primitive drop-down menu. Really SM, you can’t make a HUD? It would make the tinting process SO much more pleasant. Other brands have them… Maitreya, SLink, even N-Core!
Anyways.. these shoes are FREE, so you know, like everybody else I’m curious to see what all the fuss is about.
All the photos taken below have NOT been post-processed — this is what a pair of Stiletto Moody Bare looks like to me:
1. Straight out of the box — my skin doesn’t match and the ankle strap doesn’t fit into the shoe.
2. I tried fixing my skin color via the ‘ControlFreak’ option and inputting my RGB — uh-oh my feet are PURPLE. So obviously I’ll have do it using the R,G,B drop-down menu which I hate. How am I suppose to know if I need to plus or minus more Green, Red or Blue? I’m a visual person, give me a HUD!
3. 10 minutes later, I’ve matched my skin as best as I could and fixed the fitting issue on the ankle strap.
4. Worn with my AO
Now that I’m satisfied with this, I hop off my pose stand and test the shoes out in-world with my AO. And it looks like crap….. hello hot mess. Looks good if you are posing but not so great when you want to wear it in-world.
5. Is this what you paid $2,000L for? (or however much these costs, I don’t know the exact price)
Would I buy a pair of Stiletto Moody? NO — not with the ankle strap issue. The foot isn’t that nice either with all those heavy shadows but it’s probably something I could live with.. but not for the price tag or the ill-fitted prims.
I know there are die-hard Moody fans out there, so enjoy your shoes! :)
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Well said! You can purchase an sl home for less then they sell they’re shoes for!
omg GOGO. The problem is all you. FYI.
I can appreciate that these shoes were free, but they are horrible looking when you wear them! I don’t understand how people can pay so much lindens for such horrible shoe designs when there are other shoe stores out there that are much cheaper and better designs!
Yeah i have the same problems. They are really nice, i won’t complain they were Free,but they do not want to make me buy more shoes there. I have seen other designers selling prim feet shoes attaching to the lower leg (and the invisiprim seperatly at the foot) so when the foot moves the shoes stay the same position. Might look rather odd to have a static foot, BUT the ankles fit much better.
Because you have no agenda when it comes to Stiletto Moody, do you. Didn’t they try to sue you when you stole their shoe shapes?
Weren’t these given out before? They look incredibly familiar.
@Jaansika – I’ve never called any commenter on this site an idiot but you can be the first. YOU ARE AN IDIOT. Stiletto Moody never tried to sue me — by me, I mean “Juicy Shoes”. Here’s a brief history lesson for you, since you’re CLUELESS:
When the Stiletto Moody brand launched, their shoes were created by — *gasp* not Stiletto Moody herself — but by Sasawe Capalini and Photon Pink. Why don’t you rez a pair of the 1st pumps (if you have it) and check the creator of the prims.
SM was pretty upset when I blogged about that, but as far as trying to sue ME or Juicy Shoes for anything (if there’s anything to sue about) – that’s completely false. So take your idiocy elsewhere.
I don’t know who makes her shoes now, but the prims are all created by “Stiletto Moody”.
Go ahead, ask Stiletto Moody what that’s all about OK?
AND PS. I have no agenda — I’m just reporting what people with 2 eyes can clearly see. Again, you’re an IDIOT.
I have in the past bought 4 pairs of moody’s. However I will not buy anymore. They screwed a friend of mine around. They charge way to much, mainly cause she outsources the work and has to pay them. Too many others in SL that make shoes of a higher and nicer quality at affordable prices. Thanks GoGo for the review on these. I’m glad I didn’t rush to get them.
Stiletto Moody-ism a religion or what? No one is allowed to say anything without beeing atacket by insulted belivers? Those shoes are just expensive products, and its the job of a fashion blogger to report about quality, and not to praise, when there are things so obviously going wrong. In the normal world (RL), no one would attack a fashion journalist for saying the objective truth. But this is SL where some think that bloggers are only the favourable water carriers of people who build stuff and call themself designers.
I had the same problem with the ankle overflow when wearing my AO, Gogo. Maybe there is some way to fix it, but if I had bought that pair of shoes for 2-3k, I would be very upset. If I pay that much for a pair of shoes, I don’t really want to have to do a whole lot of tweaking.
I sort of feel like maybe this was a design that didn’t work out quite right, so SM decided to pass them out as a gift. And it is nice to give a gift to the group…very nice, I am not complaining about anyone giving a gift, before someone jumps down my throat about that.
However…I don’t think this particular pair of shoes protrays the SM brand in the best light. I have another pair of the sandals (part of the Bare line, but I can’t remember the name right now) and they fit much better. Based on this pair, however, I would not go out and buy my FIRST pair of SMs. But since it was a group gift and she closed the group (with the exception of the one day) she was perhaps expecting only people who were already familiar with the brand to get this pair.
Still…I don’t think it is a glowing advertisement for Stiletto Moody.
I used to be a Moody fan but since Maitreya have started doing the bare foot shoes I’ve never worn my SM’s. I do still wear the boots and pumps but not the bare foot ones anymore. The designs are just getting worse all the time and the prices seem to be going up too even though the shoes have not been decently updated ie the HUD etc.
The skin matching system is a complete NIGHTMARE and so outdated.
Gogo, with all due respect, you have always had issues with Stiletto Moody, and anyone with a relatively short memory span can not only remember them, but there are plenty of blogs out there that didn’t delete the record of these dramas from their archives.
In any case, you are entitled to your opinion, I do tend to wonder however, why you would take the time to go collect a free gift intended to thank customers of Stiletto Moody after 2 years of tremendous success in Second Life, seeing that your distaste for these shoes is well known.
I too do not retouch photos of the footwear I blog, ever, occassionaly I retouch the avatar glitches and pointy elbows, but for the sake of the readers of ‘On Your Toes’ and my own integrity, I have never retouched a shot of Stiletto Moody’s or anyone else’s footwear, and trust me I am not an illusionist.
Not everyone will get the same result I do when wearing these shoes, mine are always size medium, straight out of the box, no resizing of the ankle part, I simply raise it up a touch to suit my avatar’s height better. The skin match takes me all of 2 seconds using a back-up bag system that Stiletto has had for a while now that saves multiple favorite skin matches that can be uploaded to any pair of her foot-in-shoe styles.
I guess every pair of eyes can see what they want to see, if anyone cares to see my unretouched Moody Pics feel free to view them on my flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/anessastine/
Enjoying My Moody’s,
Anessa Stine.
I agree, I bought a few pairs of Moody shoes and they are all ill fitting apart from one. Something so expensive shouldnt be so hard to fit, or, in my opinion, impossible to fit. The only place they look really pretty is on the shelf…
AMG Boudoir are also terrible to fit and incredibly expensive.
Way to stand up for yourself Gogo!
I couple months ago I decided to see what the fuss was about and dropped the L on some Moody’s. I’ve worn them only twice. What you reported were exactly the same issues I have with mine. Such a disappointment; they are so pretty to look at but to wear…a spendy disaster.
All I have to say is this: JUST SAY NO TO FRANKENFEET!
I have SMs here and there and have always thought something was “off” about the toes. As perfect as they looked, they looked odd to me. Then Maitreya began making prim footed shoes and I realized how fake the SM feet seem to be. Maitreya totally has them beat. But if one is really determined to wear SMs the best advice is the fewer straps the better. Excellent post today, Gogo. I’m really liking all the candor I find here.
@Kess – What is up with your readers?!
Yeah i agree for the price tag a hud seems like it’s in order. I’ve had prim feet shoes with a RBG ++ kind of menu like you mentioned and it’s really not good. I don’t know what Blue++ is gonna look like? Cheaper shoes have a hud and are much easier to use so yeah i agree with you on that factor, i’d also not buy these shoes for that price.
Gogo,
Can i get a Halleluja?! I’ve spent precious time I could’ve been shopping trying to match my Moody feet to my skin only to end up with feet the color of a cadaver
:( Wtf is up with that? Seriously, for the money I’ve dropped on Moodys, I think Stiletto should pop out of the the box and whisper the skin matching, ankle fitting code in my ear! And, then buy me dinner.
Why do people get butthurt when GoGo is honest? Surely if she agreed with the masses about popular brands, she would be labeled a sheep and a kiss ass.
I’m THRILLED to read honest, real and intelligent blogs about SL fashion that don’t just blindly praise whatever is “in” at the moment.
Once again, GoGo is spot on. Stiletto Moody’s are an overhyped, overpriced brand of shoe. I do have to give her props for creating a stellar “brand” though. I myself much prefer the new Maitreya Gold Line…they’re simply amazing and easy to wear.
*snaps her fingers*
i just thinking after sawing and reading this article here – i am happy i didnt left any of my groups to get a crappy freebie. a freebie is for me much more as just ‘free gift’ it should advertise a shop, it should show: “hey we do good quallity please use this item to see what we done, trust us and come back to buy our full price items”. if a freebie is failing, i dont want to come back as costumer. i dont can trust the creator for good work.
thats my opinion, hope the sense can be understand – fan or not fan.
nedeko
The shoes are nice, *Since I got them for free*. I agree with what was said. The skin tinting option could be and should be better especially since Stiletto Moody originally wanted 2K for these. Never in a million years would I pay for some crappy prim toes just because their by STILETTO MOODY. Sometimes I think she feels ENTITLED to gouge on her products just because. SAD WAY TO LOOSE BUSINESS. Lets make a bet, How long will it take for Stiletto Moody to have an *Out Of Business Sale*? Not trying to be mean but its just my 2¢. :D
I remember when I first went to SM. My friend was all excited cause we were given money to go there as a gift. Then I saw the price and was like wtf, I didn’t get why they were so much. Well this isn’t one of those stories where I say I totally understood how they could cost so much. After I got them i thought they were cute but not worth the amount I paid for them. My friend then told me you pay for the name not the shoe. So now i have 2 pairs of sm shoes and the question I’m sure everyone wants to know. Did they make me totally sl cooler. No they didn’t and they were a bitch to mess with the prims. I’m still just me with sm shoes in my inventory. So no you don’t get put into some strange sl elite for getting them, but that’s just what happened to me. Also only my opinion.
Ttyl layla
Your an ugly person gogo. Everyone knows what kind of meanie you are. Yuk, ill never be reading ur blog again.
Your best reponse to comments are “you’re an idiot” lol
Moody’s shoes are IMO the hardest to match iv’e ever come across, iv’e bought a couple of pairs and they always have that ‘corpse’ look about them. I’d rather spend my lindens at Maitreya and get a superior looking shoe.
I have to say thank you for being honest, because what you said above is EXACTLY what I thought when I tried on these shoes and I had the same problems (I deleted mine). Anyone above that says they had no problem after wearing the shoes with their AO is a big fat liar! I have purchased Stiletto Moody shoes in the past at the sale price and stopped because I think Stiletto Moody is arrogant for wanting such high prices for a pair of pixel shoes considering there are cheaper and better quality shoes out there. Hell, I can go to the Good Will and buy a pair of designer shoes for the same price her shoes cost converted to US dollars. In fact because her shoes were so awful I hated prim feet for the longest time until I bought a few pairs of Maitreya shoes and now I am in love with them again. I am sure Stiletto Moody is laughing all the way to the bank though.
I love your blog, Gogo, and nothing pisses me off more when people post these catty comments complaining about your honest opinions. Your blog is the only one I’ve ever seen that showcases only high quality stuff, and if it’s not top notch you say so and point out obvious flaws. I love the honesty, and I by no means think you are an “ugly person”. It blows my mind how people are so insulting to you when you’re just stating your honest opinion.
Hi GoGo
( and ALL you SM Idiots ).
and Anessa Stine, I have no clue what you did to your photos, but you DID do something to THEM. Simply because when I got these worthless pieces of sh*t out of the box, I had that SAME issue as GoGo and (I assume) alot of others!
Stop picking on people for thier opinions all of you. We are bloggers and we report on things that MOST people WILL BITCH about. Get a effin clue already.
If SM wants to make crap, them so be it. As for how much her/his shoes cost per pair and those that pay the price, well. I will quote someone here, “Some people are just, dumb” for paying that stupid price. I mean, come ON… look at all the MOD shoes JUST like this out here in SL!
Something needs to be done with so called designers screwing people out of L$ and USD$ or $ here in sl. We all KNOW that those hoes.. I mean shoes are HOE shoes, and those that DO buy them need to have their vasoline out and ready!
SL Bloggers are here to BLOG and give their OPINIONS on things that they obtain for those READING their blogs. We are NOT here to give a crap about your damn drama, keep it in SL and off the GD blogs! (Unless of course, you ARE an idiot!).
GoGo, maybe the time has come to block comments (like I do on mine) until you get to read them (if you do that already, cool!) to stop all this BS babies crying about their favorite shops/stores. I have and show NO favotism to ANYONE, friend or foe. Fair game, JUST like we are to the stupid designers (but some of us KNOW what to look for and KNOW what is good and what it’s JUST by looking at it), that think they can trick us by the angle of a photo to hide seam flaws etc..
I WILL be making and entry on SLSR soon, and I am SURE SM and SM followers will not like it one bit.
Happy Holidays to you and yours GoGo!
Enid!
Fixing the ao ankle breaking is easy you need a boot fixer, they run about 50L and will keep your ankles straight. BAX was smart enough to integrate one into the BAX ankle boots.
Finally! A blogger who doesn’t kiss the bum of Stiletto Moody. Didn’t get that pair of shoes since I had left the group before, but relieved I didn’t miss anything. I do have a pair of SM (Greta Bare), but since I got my 3 pairs of Maitreya Gold, that pair of shoes is lost somewhere in my inventory. Stiletto Moody seems to live in her bubble, not realizing that many others are now selling prim feet shoes at a better price and of same or better quality. As for the SM fanatics, it’s their right to shop there, but there are so many other shoe designers out there that are extremely talented, maybe trying new designers would be good… especially for their wallet.
I find that SM shoes tend to look better with a darker skin tone. As Gogo says, they have taken a heavy hand with shadowing and it isn’t favorable to lighter skin tones.
Anessa did “something” to the shoes as she states in her comment – she pulled up the ankle section and fiddled with it a bit. I have to do the same with my SM bare shoes. It’s not THAT big a deal. Does it look perfect with my AO? No. But it isn’t a hideous affront, either.
I know we all spend a lot of time adjusting prims for various things, and I think this is no different.
Yes it would be nice to have a color HUD. Yes, I agree that Maitreya’s Gold line has superior feet, and in fact, superior styles. But I appreciate what SM has done – I LOVE my free gift shoes that I would never have bought (due to the style) but now adore.
I wish people wouldn’t be so rude, on both sides of the argument. I love your blog Gogo, but your comebacks to the accusatory and inflammatory poster only seem to lend credence to their accusation. >< It's your blog and you do what you want to, and I have nothing but respect for that. I read it every day. Just don't let the asshats get to you!
- Bunny
@ Enid – I hope Gogo is as comfortable being included in your definition of ‘SL bloggers’ as you seem to be, a quick visit to your blog is all it takes to see that instead of writing informative or objective ‘Special Reports’ about SL, you are much more comfortable calling your readers ‘F*cktards’ and mocking the mentally retarded in between your wildly unfocused and angry rants.
I stand by my photos as being unedited, and my right to comment on a blog that allows for such (you conveiniently close comments on yours, no shock there). In many cases I agree with Gogo’s reviews and I respect her abilities as a blogger and photographer, in this case however I felt the need to share an opposing viewpoint, no harm in that, I didn’t call her names or suggest that her photos were doctored.
I would much rather live in a world where I can comment on a blog and agree or disagree with an author, and be part of a discussion rather than simply dictated to by people who refuse to tolerate the opinions of others. I don’t like to see the personal attacks and name calling, but that is to be expected in any open forum.
If the rest of you are comfortable living in a vacuum, where you think that any one blog or blogger hits the nail on the head every time they hit ‘publish’ – then more power to ya. I for one will be camped out over here in the world of ‘make up your own damn mind’.
Thanks for reading!
Pricing is always a sensitive issue when you create something. It’s always been a personal problem of mine, and of many designers I know. There’s always the question “What if the price is too high? People won’t buy it” conflicting with “What if the price is too low? People will think the quality is less than it looks”. That said, while the quality of this kind of shoes is undeniable (but admittingly, some more effort in the scripting and adaptability could have been made, HUD scripting isn’t that hard and even outsourcing one shouldn’t be impossibly costly), I wouldn’t name it a 2000 L$ quality. Personally there are very few products in SL whose quality gets near to my idea of 2000 L$, and none of them pertains to fashion excluding quite sizeable fatpacks. A complex vendor system, a state-of-the-art car maybe… But a single pair of shoes? No.
Though, if Moody can get away with that pricing, and be as popular as she is while charging that much, great for her. As always it’s the customer that decides what is warranted and what isn’t.
One thing is for sure though, Gogo is a blogger, not a professional flatterer. I’d say she can definitely write some criticism on a product, no matter what popular, without being accused of having who knows what hidden agendas, expecially when she says something that can’t be defined outlandish by any stretch of the imagination. At 2000 L$ those shoes (or any shoe) ARE overpriced. That isn’t necessarily negative. Gucci is overpriced, Armani is overpriced, Valentino is even more overpriced, and so forth. There are brands, in RL and in SL that make overpricing one of the peculiarities of their brand identity. If the quality is high, they will have a market, if it’s not, they will not. It all comes down to that.
So, having determined (at least according to my personal opinion) that those shoes ARE overpriced, i’d say that accusing Gogo of who knows what secret plan to bring down Moody because she said exactly that, seems quite a bit excessive.
A brand isn’t a religion, even more so in Second Life. Come on…
I really appreciate everyone’s comments — even people who don’t agree with me. I can assure you I publish 99% of the comments on this blog because I don’t mind it when people disagree, as long as they’re not inflammatory.
I got my first pair of SM when they had a sale a few months back, and I really liked the shoes. I had no problem with skin matching or prim fitting, and I liked the height of the heel, more than any other shoe I’d worn. When Maitreya released the Gold line, I tried those too, and had massive problems fitting them. I love the shoes, but they just don’t look right on me. Like so many things in SL, I think how things look on us depend so much on our individual avatars.
Are SM shoes overpriced? Absolutely. No question. But I think Maitreya is too, and honestly, I’m tired of paying $500 for a dress and $1000 for shoes. Prices in SL have gotten slightly ridiculous and Moody’s is just one of the worst offenders. Right now I have my eye on the new shoes from Courtisane, but am finding it difficult to spend $1200 on a pair of shoes, no matter how cool they are, when I’m trying to cut back on my SL spending so I don’t have to move into an SL Hooverville.
most comments i’ve ever seen…
not everyone likes everything.. not everyone looks good in the same thing.. people will shop for what they want regardless of what is said.
Well Well Well….someone has finally said what needed to be said. I remember my first trip to SM….then i was just like WTF are you serious 2000 ls for a pair of shoes. I expected the shoes to transform into a being from outer space and give me powers of some sort. I was informed that wouldn’t happen and then i was like well these have to be some pretty impressive shoes to be this much. My first dealing with prim feet was js and i never had a hardcore problem with their shoes, So i decided to give SM a shot. I watched my friend purchase a pair of their prim feet shoes and watched her play with it. Then she was done. I looked and said, “um why are your feet greyish…that doesn’t seem right”. She then told me that that as close as she could get it to her skin tone. I then laughed and said ok well i’m not paying 2k for that and i ended up getting some boots and pumps from them with no prim feet. Now everytime i see a foot with that prim issue i just shake my head and think “why the hell did you get that”
xoxo
veronica
**Now everytime i see an SM foot with that prim issue…i just shake my head and think, “why the hell did you get that”
Gogo…I too am one that does NOT like SM shoes. Everyone is saying about NO HUD. My first reaction to her shoes long ago was, “Why no friggen DEMO’S???” Over 1k at that time for shoes and you just HAD to take a chance? I did and got a pair..they are ok. I bought another pair a few years later..STILL NO DEMO’S! They are strappy and didnt look good at all. Sorry..honest..hard working designers will give DEMO’S for their items. Specially high priced ones.
And I enjoyed Anessa Stine’s honesty…Great way to speak it Anessa! :D
I couldn’t agree more with you Gogo on this one! I think the price is way too high and the SM prim feet seem to always have weird shadows that makes them really hard to match with your skin and no matter how hard you try people can always tell they’re prim feet and that’s not the point. I’ve gotten prim feet from other stores for a much lower price and with a much better result.
I like a couple of heels from SM without prim feet, but I just can’t bring myself to pay that much when I know I can get something just as good just as pretty elsewhere.
To solve this problem, Linden Lab should stop bein cheap and put some toes on our AVs!
SM doesnt please everyone and these shoes arent the make or break to buy them or not. I think both her and Maitreya’s have really cute shoes, so it wont stop me from buying a whole set of their shoes (especially those leopard Shanti’s at the shoe expo…soooo effin sexy!).
Also, get on a stand and pull the ankle up to fit ur leg properly, open the advanced tab and show color under cursor so u can see ur RGB color for ur skin.
Last but not least, if you havent noticed skins are being made so beautifully now so when u look at your leg, if you have a pretty skin on, your skin will have that added “glow or shine” on it so your foot color wont really be as accurate as it should be.
And finally, stop effing with Gogo…dont kill the messenger.
I like to read GOGO because se isn’t afraid to point out things she don’t like. I was getting the SM shoes because it’s the only way to try them and see for myself how the quality is. Their lack of demo’s are a bigger issue for me than the prize.
I like the shoes I got. I will wear them with a boot fixer to keep the ancle straight. But, for 2000L that problem should be solved by SM, it is not right that I should attach a boot fixer just to make her product look good. The HUD is also very 2007, designers has moved on during the 2 years since I bought my first prim toes. Not SM.
I hope SM will listen to this and make her produckt more customer-friendly. What she take for her shoes is up to her. But, the more you charge, the more your customers will expect a flawless shoe.
Man, what a mess!
I’m only going to be saying that I have had the same experience with this SM shoe that Gogo as well as many others have had. I, however, can’t vouch for their other products as I have never purchased their before. I can’t say I’ll ever find out, either, as I don’t intend to ever do shopping there.
Not impressed, to say the least.
I think we all need some holiday spirit, so Happy Thanksgiving everyone! =)
I picked up these shoes, dropping a group space on the day the group was opened, and wasn’t really all that impressed. Sure, the prim work is AMAZING, but for those of us who live in pale skins, it’s hard as hell to look right, even harder for those of us that prefer softer, not quite photorealistic looks. And trying to fit them to a fantasy skin? Nigh impossible. Sure, SM shoes are pretty, but after picking up that promo? I’ll stick with SLink, Maitreya, and COCO, as they’re done as awesome, if not better.
While I have to admit, I love some SM’s (their old stuff, not this new stuff they’re releasing these days) and I equally love your brand as well and I’m very neutral in all this, I see your arguments. Also I vowed never to buy their prim feet shoes because so many other designers were coming out with better ones with half the price, so I felt I never needed to own any. But they were free and I got them and I do like them very much even to the extent where I blogged a very positive revue about them despite the issues I myself was (and still am) having.
My issue was that the customizing portion of the HUD will only work for one foot. No matter how many times I re-rezzed, re-baked, or re-bought them it was always the same. Even switching viewers didnt work. I emailed their customer service address three times. Once when I first encountered the problem, once when I thought I may have fixed it to apologize, then once the next day to tell them ‘nope, your shoes are still messed up.’ But I did it in a polite and respectable way, and the next time I got on I had a message from Dancer that was kinda snotty. She was like ‘We will look into your concerns, But next time only send us one e-mail. Thanks.’
Okay. I only sent them three because of my concern, because I was so DAMN excited to have a new pair of shoes from them, and she was actually kinda rude. I was polite. I wasn’t even upset because I had good faith it would get resolved. But I just got a snooty remark and now a few weeks later the issue still isn’t fixed. So as far as new SM products go, I probably won’t be much of a consumer anymore.
Even if I’m glad someone finally pointed out SM is far from perfection (and far from being worth 2000L$) as mentioned in my previous comment, I have to admit that I don’t mind the drop down menu and didn’t have a hard time with the “ControlFreak” option. The prim feet that come with HUDs have been a bit of a nightmare for me… especially since I switched skin as my previous skin was listed in the notecard provided with the Maitreya Gold, but not my actual one, so I had to play alot. I managed to make the feet and my skin match, but then I changed again. If at least there was a way to put in the RGB numbers, it would be much more simple.
I don’t get how someone can attack a blogger for giving their personal opinion about an item. Come on people, do the other readers as well as the blog owner a favor and keep your petty bashing to yourself. Anessa, I’M TALKING TO YOU. No where in this blog do I see the blog owner being cruel or giving false information. She has posted her personal issues with the shoes, nothing more and nothing less. Who are you to come to her blog and try to pick a fight, yes that is what you seem to be doing. Its one thing to come to another persons blog and give your opinion… but to come trying to smear the persons image… grow up. Save your drama for your momma hunny… we don’t want it one bit (I feel safe with speaking for everyone with that comment lol).
This blog makes me wonder why the bitterness? Is this really about my shoes, I have never spoken to this writer and anyone interested in the shoes has contacted me with comments for improvement. But not here, this has a tone of anger to it. And yes she was under legal investigation and there remain unanswered questions about her association with copyright infringers.
Why would someone like this even come to get a gift intended as a thank you for our group members? So I mulled through some possibilities
Stiletto Moody prices are too high? Not True – every season, I have an end of season sale at 40% off. In fact our next one is coming soon
Stiletto Moody is greedy and rich? Not True I put in more money than I take It’s expensive to run a real business. But innovations such as my sculpted shoes and then my BAREfoot© are the result. I worked on BAREfoot for a year – and the ensuing explosion of the feet is what you now see. (Watch for my DMCA’s against the pirates)
Stiletto Moody doesn’t care? Not True I make these shoes for you. The only thing I care about is you? After Stiletto Moody shoes group is one of the biggest in SL because i do care and I am humbly appreciative of anyone who is kind enough to wear my shoes.
And then it struck me, this is about making money as a blogger. She gets paid for controversy, and given loose handling of the facts, I suspect she spends more time writing than on Second Life with us all. You see controversy sells better than truth. And more readers mean more money.
As to this post? Of course the shoe won’t fit out of the box unless you wear the “Stiletto Moody catwalk shape” which is free. So yes, you will need to adjust the size and skin color to fit your avatar. I don’t hack solutions, and when I release a HUD it will address major fashion deficiencies just like the BAREfoot© did. That leaves the ankle. I design shoes that I imagine you wearing on the 2010 catwalks of NY, Paris, Milan and London. Proportion and emotion are critical. It’s about how you feel when you put on a Moody the grace that I hope you take with it. The ankle is my solution to allow for a perfect shoe shape – and the market agrees – as it outsells non-ankle versions about 5 to 1. So tell me if the feeling is better than an occasional exposed ankle cause I am about feeling.
My work is in continual evolution, my love of shoe unbounded, my desire to deliver the right fashion and shoe for you my focus.
So I choose!!
I choose to do what I am doing out of love for shoe design and respect for those who wear them.
I choose to look at the glass as half full and not half empty.
I choose to love not hate
I choose to create not deride
I choose applaud all my co-designers in fashion
I choose to design shoes the way my customer want them
I choose impossibly high heels -smile
Happy Anniversary everyone – until the premiere of my Movie Stars contest
http://www.stilettomoody.com
Stiletto Moody
Designer of the original BAREfoot in impossibly high heels
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