seVan Danica Dress
seVan Saint Patty Dress
seVan Roya Dress
seVan just released some really cute dresses in their new clothes shop. I love short girlie dresses that are perfect for doing nothing…… 😛 When I have kids, I want the seVan Danica dress in RL because it looks like it would make a really cute maternity dress!
This is a great week for new hairstyles!! Shag and Tiny Bird both of new releases out and they’re quite adorable.
I’m wearing the Shag Under My Thumb and Just Like Heaven style in Dark Blonde.
Tiny Bird released a short cute style called Love Love Love, which I Love love love!!! I’m also wearing the Looking for Astronauts style in Vanilla, too. I’m not sure I get why the braids are tied in the front, so if it’s pop-culture reference, I’ve totally missed the point. It’s interesting though!
Every holiday in SL has pretty much become free gifts overload. We’re totally spoiled by fantastic designers and I love it!!!!!!!! I started out my grid wide egg hunt at Canimal sim, but any other participating shop is a good starting point too.
Canimal
artilleri – Charlotte dress (pink) – Soooo lovely. I didn’t see this color sold in store.
I love.love.love this dress
Tuli Bunny Shirt + miaSofia classic blue jeans
I haven’t gone to every store listed on the hunt, so I’ll probably try to do more tonight. Oh… and, there’s a hunt for a great bunny outfit at Digital Knickers! I think all of this ends at midnight SLT, so go go go!
Someone on my plurk timeline said that in SL, avatars can choose what they want to look like yet so many choose the skanky whore look, or something like that. I should be ashamed of myself, but I like my skanky look. But there’s a fine line between skanky cute and skanky whore, I try not to cross it, but sometimes I think that I may be crossing over to the skanky whore line a bit (and I like it).
It took me awhile to dig through my inventory for something to match Luck Inc’s newest release, the Ruffled Miniskirt, but I think I’ve put together a look that I really like.
After the craziness that was SLDD yesterday, Truth has released all the hairstyles at his main store. I’m wearing 3 of the girls styles – Milli, Elysium, and Chalice. Not featured here is a men’s styled called Ben. Some day when Boy Gogo gets an upgrade, I might feature the hairstyle here :p
What I’m Wearing:
LeLutka – IFElight-Haiti(D Brows)
Truth – Milla (Cocoa)
Luster – Haute Bunny Ears – Little Bunny(Black)
Intimizzio – Silk Wish Brazier (Black)
Naith Smit – Rock ‘n’Rolla Chain
Naith Smit – Blood Diamonds Ring
Skream! – petiet Purity Chain Necklace (Black)
Luck Inc – Ruffled MiniSkirt (Black)
Maitreya – SoHo Boots (PatentMix Black)
Whoa…… hot! Laqroki has just released 6 new glow skins, one of them is a remake of the original Phoebe skins. I looove it sooo much!! Phoebe (Glow) has 8 makeups & includes a hair base version. This is one of my favorite faces ever, it’s so sweet and realistic.
Here are all 8 Phoebe makeups, I’m wearing the Peach skin tone:
Phoebe (Glow) is definitely an upgrade from the original Phoebe. The original skin only came in one skin tone, it was very light and cute but the new Phoebe (Glow) skins comes in 3 skin tones and have more makeups.
( Laqroki – Phoebe [Fair] old & new face )
( Laqroki – Phoebe [Fair] old & new body )
The upgrades are so yum, I think you will find a new favorite amongst the newly released skins. They’re
SUCH a great deal at $1,990L per fatpack.
Visit Laqroki
Blacklisted released some new lingerie sets, I’m wearing the Cornbead, Be Starin’ and Lonely Soldier prints above. These lingerie sets includes matching thigh high socks (not shown).
Visit Blacklisted
I love lashes, my avatar feels naked without them! I won’t go anywhere without my prim/mesh lashes, so I’m always looking for new ones to add to my collection. Mon Cheri just released the new Falsies lashes that includes a fantastic HUD to change between 3 styles, and different textures style such as Solid, Dipped, Glitter, Natural, or even plain White, so you can tint them any color you want!
I think that these lashes are really nice, and easy to fit, but they’re also very full & long. When I wear these, I will probably not wear the lower lashes, and just wear the top lashes + some more subtle lower lashes. The Mon Cheri lash pack includes a top prim, bottom prim, plus top+bottom prim.
A lot of people don’t know the difference between their mesh lashes, cos I see the same questions being asked over and over again. The most popular one is, “Why are my lashes clumpy?” Because you’re wearing mesh Individual Prim Lashes or Sculpted Prim Lashes (these are the only two styles that will clump). There’s probably a fix to this, but not if you like to have your graphics set to Ultra & with shadows turned on.
A Guide to Lashes:
Mesh Individual Prim Lashes = Individual lashes, no alpha glitching, will clump from far away.
Mesh Alpha Texture Lashes = Single prim with alpha texture applied, does NOT clump, has alpha glitch with the default lash (darn bug that LL fixes, and breaks with each viewer update).
Other lash styles:
Prim Alpha Lashes = What we all have. They’re just regular prims with alpha texture applied. I love these though, cos the lashes are so fine & pretty!
Sculpted Prim Lashes = Similar to Mesh Individual Lashes
Texture Lashes = tattoo layer
Mesh Alpha Texture Lashes are great! I love my S@R ones, but I usually pair it with something else on the top lashes to make it fuller. To have really great lashes, you should wear the lash alpha to get rid of the default SL lashes AND add a black eyeliner, this will fill in any gaps and create a nice smooth line where the prim meets your eyelid.
Do you have any other tips to add to this? What are YOUR favorite lash brands or lash styles?
I stumbled across the Blackout August initiative created by Second Life resident Imogen Aurelia, and I’m honestly really into the idea.
BLACKOUT AUGUST
Imogen Aurelia
A pause. A reset. A quiet rebellion against the noise.
We’re stepping back from constant shopping — not to punish creators, but to challenge a system that’s chewing up time, talent, and energy for less and less return.
Creators are burned out.
Shoppers are overwhelmed.
💸 L$ are worth less.
🌀 The loop is unsustainable.
So we’re unplugging — for a month — to breathe, explore, connect, and remember what Second Life used to feel like before it became just another sales feed.
This isn’t a protest. It’s perspective.
Not a ban — but a boundary.
Not harm — but healing.
✨ Support sims. Tip artists. Host meetups.
Style your inventory. Explore again.
Let SL be about experience, not exhaustion.
Even though I love shopping in SL, I’m totally on board with taking a pause. A reset for 30 days to stop the constant cycle of buying, and just enjoy what I already have. Maybe even do something different in Second Life. What’s that something else? Hanging out with friends, exploring sims, playing a game. Just being present.
This isn’t about boycotting anyone. I love SL creators. I’ve been shopping and blogging for over 18 years. But even from the consumer side, I can feel the burnout. Creators are producing too much, too fast, and shoppers can’t keep up. I miss when a new release felt special for months, when we showed it off to friends and designers actually had time to enjoy the success of their work instead of rushing into the next release or discounting at a weekend sale.
If going 30 days without shopping feels impossible, you can still take part in a way that works for you. Maybe that means buying only the things you really love instead of grabbing everything just because it’s new or on sale. Personally, I’ve been buying less without even meaning to. My inventory is out of control — I’m at 93K now and trying hard not to hit 100K. I need this break just to organize and reset. That alone is a project.
Can you still enjoy SL without buying anything? Yes. Absolutely. Brands are always giving away gifts and store credit. Most of us have inventory full of unopened things. You can wear what you already have in a new color or styled differently. You can still support creators you love this month by wearing items that you already own.
Some people might say this kind of pause hurts the economy or puts creators at risk, but that’s a much bigger conversation. Most of us are just players. We’re not here to keep the grid economy afloat. I’ve spent years spending money in SL, and I’ll continue to support the creators I love, but I don’t believe it’s my responsibility to make sure everyone is earning. SL is a hobby for most of us. We engage with it how and when we want to.
So I’m trying out Blackout August. I might go the full 30 days, or maybe just a week here and there. But I’m doing it. You can too. Try it in a way that feels right for you. Let Second Life be fun again, not just a sales feed. Let’s breathe a little.
Yus! I really really like this store and the dresses are only 100 Linden each. I got a green Ramona dress and a pink strapless flowery one that was perfect for a Hawaiian themed party I went to. Now I have incredible need for that Danica dress. And I met Seven Farella briefly in store and she was extremely friendly! Did I mention I like this store? : )
“And I met Seven Farella briefly in store and she was extremely friendly!”
She’s apparently also a thief.
http://shoppingcartdisco.com/2008/03/15/surf-couture-stolen-flats/
http://7van.wordpress.com/
The other seVan designers appear not to have been involved.
I would like to comment briefly on this since I know Gogo…
Brett and I are severely disappointed, hurt, and honestly angry at what has happened. We have since removed Seven from our team and anything that is in question made by her that appears to be stolen.
The clothes sold in the store are legitamate however and I do encourage people to go and take a look at our store…if you do find anything of question Please please contact either me (Vanya Rennahan) or Brett Finsbury and we will immediatly resolve the issue.
All parties that have been involved in this situation have been apologized to, their content removed, in addition we have compensated Emma for any loss she may have incurred.
I sincerely and profusely apologize on behalf of myself and Brett for this horrible situation.
Thanks again everyone to who has come out and given Brett and I their support for understanding our difficult position in all of this too. We fully cooperate with any and all content creator in SL…
<3 Vanya
Ah fudge : /
Well this sucks! Yuvi and I went gaga over there and though I didn’t buy any shoes or furniture, I still feel used. And I’m not sure when all this went down, but Seven was still in the store 3 days ago, talking to us, eating up our compliments about how great the place was and how friendly she was. Even though Brett an Vanya saw all the clothes are original, I still feel a little dirty wearing them. Le sigh…..I’m with Kets’ response in the other post, I don’t know what to do. Well, if anything, at least this goes to show that you can’t be arrogant enough to flaunt “your” creations under the roof of a fancy new store and not expect to eventually get caught. I heard Colleen talking about her mod rights on her furniture at the Metaverse Makeover show and it just made me so sad for her. She and her team are by far my favorite furniture designers in SL and any issues I have had, she’s showed fantastic customer service that has kept my business. It just makes me sick that I told Seven, to her face, that a friendly and helpful attitude like hers would earn my repeat business. To think that I thought of these two woman in the same regard for a moment gives me the creeps. To Emma, Colleen and her team, and anyone else who has dealt with content theft, I hope that you can at least rest easy that one offender has been brought down and it gives hope that your loyal customers have your back and this sort of thing doesn’t go unnoticed forever. I certainly learned a lesson and will keep my eyes peeled next time I enter a new store with all the bells and whistles!
What a bummer, I fell prey to this one too. I have said questionable shoes and I will be chucking them toot suite as I am a far bigger fan of Emma’s.
On a side note…Gogo where is the pose you used in the second shot with the green dress from? The one where you are touching your face? 🙂
OOooh.. that is part of the Enchanted set by Poseur! Look up Natasha Northolt, there’s a tp to her shop in PICKS. 🙂