Couverture released the beautiful Ta Fleur sculpted dress that can be worn several ways. The frill, and skirt can be worn together or separately. I’m wearing just the skirt without frill in the pictures above. When you take off the sculpted skirt, this dress can transform into a body suit (wear with the frills or without).
I’m in love with the new jewelry pieces from LaGyo! I’m wearing the Winter Deer headpiece, King Deer ring, and Queen deer ring. I couldn’t choose which one to wear, so I wore ’em both 🙂
What I’m Wearing:
LeLutka – Gem/Golden-Makeup7
Truth – Janelle (Swedish)
Couverture – Ta Fleur (Pink)
LaGyo – Winter deer headpiece
LaGyo – King Deer ring
LaGyo – Queen Deer ring
SLink – Aveela Stiletto (White)
Hair Fair 2011 is almost here!! The fair opens to the public on July 2nd, but you can try some demos today — just join the Hair Fair DEMO Group in-world to receive them.
I signed up to be a part of Hair Fair Bloggers Day, so I was able to sneak in this morning and take some photos. I used the SLurls list on the HF blog, and was able to locate all of the brands I wanted to see pretty quickly.
ALL hairstyles have at Hair Fair have some proceeds donated to charity, so you don’t really have to worry about that when shopping at this event.
Like previous fairs, there are lots of fabulous new styles & freebies/dollarbies, so come check it out!
I couldn’t decide which brand to blog first, so I’ll just go with one of my favorite brands in SL. Exile hair has 5 new hairstyles out, and they’re all for girls (sorry guys!). I am not complaining though, cos more hair for meeeeeeeeeee.
Less than a day after my custom order from Soda skins, the skin was ready for pick-up! I’ve convinced my friend Wilma to pose with me in her customized skin too. 🙂
Wilma was getting impatient with me for flipping her through a billion poses, lol!
We love our new Soda skins!! It looks even better in-world than on the website.
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This has been a really fun and positive experience. I would totally recommend it to all my friends, having gone through it myself and getting great and speedy service.
Visit the Soda Skin Designer online to make your very own customized Soda skin.
I want to clarify that I don’t know the creator of Blueberry (Blueberryxx) personally. Everything I’m sharing here is based on public information and my own observations.
If you’ve been a resident of Second Life for a while, you’re probably familiar with the brand Blueberry. From my understanding, Blueberry is comprised of a team of creators and customer service representatives (CSRs) and has been consistently releasing content since 2012. This brand has been quite successful. In January 2023, it was announced that Blueberry raised $6 million in seed funding, which means they got investors. As you may know, when investors come on board, they take partial ownership in exchange for their capital.
A little over a year later, in April 2024, Blueberry informally announced the closure of the brand on Facebook. This news shocked their fans in Second Life, who refused to believe that the closure was permanent, thinking it might just be a break. The announcement remained inconsistent over several weeks, causing confusion about whether Blueberry was taking a break or closing for good. The CSRs in Second Life eventually announced that there were no staff members available, and they were effectively just volunteering while the brand was winding down.
Residents had several months to spend their store credit and come to terms with Blueberry’s closure. Then, in August, the creator of Blueberry announced a comeback under a new brand called “The Kiwi Co.” under a new avatar (Kiwi Blossom). Side note: did you know that a kiwi is also a type of berry?
Here’s what we know: Blueberry’s investors decided to close the portion of the business operating in Second Life. Blueberry the brand is still active on other platform, such as Roblox. While the Blueberry brand remains closed in Second Life, all of the products are still available on the Marketplace. The creator of Blueberry decided to reopen without the investors, taking her former Second Life team back with her and launching The Kiwi Co.
I’m not certain why the creator chose to return to Second Life under a new brand, but I do know that it’s a savvy business move to leave the old brand behind. With the introduction of Physically Based Rendering (PBR) and several new avatar bodies since Blueberry’s launch in 2012, why not rebrand and start fresh? Very few brands in Second Life tend to update old content with PBR or new bodies; they prefer to move forward and create new products. Supporting new products is simpler than managing a vast catalog of old ones.
So, if you loved the Blueberry aesthetic, you’ll be pleased with The Kiwi Co. The launch includes a dress and a pair of shoes as a gift to customers. Offering a generous free gift during a brand launch or re-launch is a smart strategy. The Grace Dress and shoes are both fatpacks, available in PBR and non-PBR versions.
Transferring Blueberry credit to The Kiwi Co
If you have Blueberry credit that you want to transfer to The Kiwi Co, please contact Blueberryxx resident in Second Life to facilitate the transfer.
I’ll show you the difference between the PBR (Physically Based Rendering) version of the dress and the non-PBR (Blinn–Phong) version. I photographed both with the same lighting in a PBR viewer. My EEP is optimized for PBR, which makes the non-PBR version appear a bit flat. Both versions look great, but if you know how to adjust your lighting, PBR will always stand out more. This dress features very subtle PBR effects, as it’s not a shiny fabric. I experimented with extra light sources to highlight the fabric, but most users probably won’t notice this while wearing it in-world.
I won’t endorse any specific PBR viewer, but if you’re still using a non-PBR viewer, consider upgrading (if possible). Second Life is evolving, and many brands might stop providing fallback textures, focusing solely on PBR optimization.
If you want to check out this dress, visit The Kiwi Co. in SL!
Ivey Deschanel of Sn@tch has just released the Glory glitter & lace dress in 4 fabulous colors – Coal, Green, Purple, and Wine. The dress includes a lace skirt, posture collar, and fingerless gloves. I like the feminine look of the dress in the front in contrast with the edgy revealing backside.
This may be the classiest I’ve ever seen my avatar look! I love the new collection from Fishy Strawberry for Modavia Fashion Week. The Tie Neck Blouse (in Desert Sand) can be worn alone or with the matching Fluffy Open Cardigan. I like it worn all together, with the matching High Waist Pants, too.
I can’t wait for more colors of this collection from Fishy Strawberry! I love clothes that are elegant and photographs well.
I’m pairing this look with some new Dark Mouse jewelry, available at Jewelry Fair 2011. I liked the simple but beautiful Rever en Blanc set that includes Earrings, Bracelets, and a Necklace.
It’s Bubblegum Weekends!! I am bending the rules a bit today by wearing Blonde hair with a Fairyfloss Pink streak in it. Ohhhhhhh and, I have bubblegum!
I’m wearing my AOHARU ScarfVest top with new Zaara Denim Shorts and new Maitreya Gold YaXkin sandals. I love how the Sienna-Duo color on the sandals matches the belt on my top.
I think the ears are GRAY, but I will ask the designer. I know I waited for it to rez and also relogged several times wearing it, always gray. Could be deliberate or a temp texture! We’ll find out!
“the mistery has been solved”!! I had some sl problem lately, and it came out that some textures (not temp) disappeared from my inventory..so that’s probably what happened to the poor ears..I checked almost everything in store, but unfortunately I missed them °___° I’m really sorry, cause the photos, omg are so so adorable!!
Very pretty dress and the B&W picture is simple amazing.
Very cute, but are the ears supposed to be grey? or did they not rez?
I think the ears are GRAY, but I will ask the designer. I know I waited for it to rez and also relogged several times wearing it, always gray. Could be deliberate or a temp texture! We’ll find out!
You know, that deer’s head structure reminds me of a calf in the top photo.
I bought those rings a week ago. The ears have never been grey. 🙂
“the mistery has been solved”!! I had some sl problem lately, and it came out that some textures (not temp) disappeared from my inventory..so that’s probably what happened to the poor ears..I checked almost everything in store, but unfortunately I missed them °___° I’m really sorry, cause the photos, omg are so so adorable!!
Beautiful dress and the rings are adorable, I love ’em.
Really wish I could find jewellry with swans
Even with gray ears, still the cutest ring i have ever seen. Something I would definitely wear in RL haha 🙂