Bliss Couture 2011 Holiday 50% OFF Sale!!

All items sold in the Bliss Couture store are sold with 50% discounts from Friday, December 10th to Wednesday, December 28th!!  All items are transferable so this will be great to buy Christmas presents!
*Excludes Bliss Bridal and Christmas Specials

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Over 42.000 members and still young. Born as formal brand known for its elegant gowns, the fashion label reflects soon the eclectic creative talent of its founder and dazzlingly impressive designer.

Already one of the SL top venues for haute creations, Bliss Couture surprisingly launches Bliss Couture Hair, offering essential beauty suggestions to style a bridal, runway, editorial, ballroom or romantic gown. Sculptural hairstyles ideal for a total signature look.

Then was the time for casual wear with Bliss Couture Basic, become a must since its early days for the huge appreciation not only from all the ladies who made the luxurious attire their own in the past years but also from hundreds fashionistas showing the other side of glam seduction, mixing pants, jackets, vintage dresses, tops, bodysuits, mini skirts and adding personal style to the collection.

Bliss Couture Hats completes the beauty range of hair paying a tribute to timeless charm muses and movie stars. The latest unveiling of the Fur Collection, the presentation of a complete line become the season's instant glamour hit, is a great addition to the signature wardrobe, aiming to offer the necessary opulence and excess.
Beside that, Bliss Homme is for sure an important event for the label, with the presentation of the first male pieces.

Bliss Couture announces its annual December sale starting Friday 10th and ending Wednesday 28th. For the 2011 Holiday Sale the complete Bliss Couture collections (formal, dresses, basic), except the Bliss Couture Bridal, the 2011 Christmas Specials, will be available with the 50% off. (All clothing pieces are transferable)

Thank you for another great year and your continued support. All the best for your holidays from Bliss Couture.


Amutey DeCuir &
Bliss Couture Management

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Posted by Kay Fairey, CEO and model for BLVD Agency, Miss Virtual World Modeling Academy Executive Director and Instructor, Agency Director for Dione Fashion Agency, Fashion Editor for the Best of SL Magazine, Producer and Host for "SLTV Fashion Style - The Runway" which is a bi-weekly live fashion program by Second Life TV in SL Japan.

New Releases from VoguE

VoguE has been a brand that is energetically coming up with some fantastic new releases and a brand that I am keeping an eye on.  VoguE designer, Zalyn Bailey has also launched her lingerie line as well as some great makeup tattoos this year and is definitely in a big development phase.

So I am going to be introducing 2 of her newest releases today.

One is an absolutely stunning cocktail dress called Alix dress.  It's a very elegant dress with a tight fit using lace for the entire outfit.  The big ruffled sleeves add glamour and movement to the outfit.  The back view is very elegant and yet sexy too with a slit up the center of the skirt.

VoguE - Alix Dress in Onyx

And the next one is a nice winter jacket called Tabitha Fur Jacket.  Here I am wearing the silver colour version.

It has that class look and this will be a nice jacket to wear over pants or skirt.  As it's sold as a separate, it will be a nice item to have to mix with other outfits.  Here I wore it with a cool leather pants from Dela.

The bag I am holding here is not a new release but one I absolutely love and use very often.  It comes with a hand-held version shown here as well as a shoulder hung version and I think it's just simply adorable.

VoguE - Tabitha Fur Jacket in Snow

Styling List
1.  Alix Dress
Outfit:  VoguE, Alix Dress in Onyx
Hair:  Sixty Nine, Diva in Light Noir
Earrings & Ring:  Kunglers Extreme, Anemona
Prim Nails:  CCD, Prim Nails + Ring, Excellence
Shoes:  N-core, Coquette in black
Poses:  Manifest Poses

2.  Tabitha Fur Jacket
Jacket:  VoguE, Tabitha Fur Jacket in Snow
Pants:  Dela, Leather Pants "Linda" in black
Hair:  LeLutka, Moss Hair in Iron Hot Cake
Prim Nails:  CCD, Prim Nail Manicure in red
Bag:  Gbberish, Vera Bag in Madeline
Shoes:  LeLutka, Saffron (black)
Poses:  Body Talking

Posted by Kay Fairey, CEO and model for BLVD Agency, Miss Virtual World Modeling Academy Executive Director and Instructor, Agency Director for Dione Fashion Agency, Fashion Editor for the Best of SL Magazine, Producer and Host for "SLTV Fashion Style - The Runway" which is a bi-weekly live fashion program by Second Life TV in SL Japan.

An Amazing Circus Collection from Vero Modero!

Vero Modero recently released the "Circus Collection" which is an incredible collection that is not only unique but extremely fashionable.  I was very impressed with how designer Bouquet Babii took the theme of circus and created high fashion designs that can satisfy the taste buds of SL fashionistas.

The collection is quite extensive with many splendid designs but here I am going to show three out of the collection.

The first is a gown called Eda Gown Circus.  It comes with the hat and gloves you see here and I fell in love with this stylish hat and short gloves that really add to this lovely gown.  Circus horses are running in a circle atop this lovely hat!  How cute!  There is also a black version available with the same design.

Vero Modero - Eda Gown Circus

 

The next is "Vero Modero 'Circus Collection' - Alii Full Red Female".　　This is probably the most circus-like outfit of all the collection having its inspiration from outfits of clowns.  But Bouquet managed to turn this into a high fashion creation with an amazing sense of style.  This comes in three colour versions, red, red/white and white.  I added a mask and a pair of Harlequin Boots from Illusions.

Vero Modero 'Circus Collection' - Alii Full Red Female

And the last is "Vero Modero 'Circus Collection' - Helter Set Orange".  This is a more casual mini dress but so fun to wear!  The one I am wearing here is the orange version but there is also a red version to choose from.

You can see a lot more in this amazing collection so if you would like to see more, please visit the store and see for yourself what Bouquet has to offer.

Congratulations Bouquet on an amazing collection!

Vero Modero 'Circus Collection' - Helter Set Orange

Vero Modero 'Circus Collection' Styling List
1. Eda Gown Circus
Outfit: Vero Modero, Eda Gown Circus (hat and gloves included)
Hair: ViLada Women’s Clothing, Sabrina Bun (coal)
Earrings: Styles of edo, Akoya Cream Pearl Stud Earrings
Prim Nails: CCD, Prim Nail Manicure (red)
Poses: Delmay Poses

2. Alii Full Red Female
Outfit: Vero Modero, Alii Full Red Female (cocktail hat included)
Mask: Illusions, Civetta Venetzia Mask
Hair: Tukinowaguma, Roine (Ebony)
Earrings: Kouse's Sanctrum, Prelude Earrings (gold)
Prim Nails: CCD, Prim Nails + Ring - Famous (red)
Boots: Illusions, Harlequin Lady's Boots
Poses: agapee Poses

3. Helter Set Orange
Outfit: Vero Modero, Helter Set Orange
Earrings: je suis, Mysterious Earrings
Shoes: Baiastice, Lotus Pumps - Azure Snow Dots (blue)
Prim Nails: CCD, Prim Nails + Ring - Famous (blue)
Poses: Di’s Opera Poses

Posted by Kay Fairey, CEO and model for BLVD Agency, Miss Virtual World Modeling Academy Executive Director and Instructor, Agency Director for Dione Fashion Agency, Fashion Editor for the Best of SL Magazine, Producer and Host for "SLTV Fashion Style - The Runway" which is a bi-weekly live fashion program by Second Life TV in SL Japan.

Gizza - Steampunk (Female)

Additional Information:
This outfit is being sold in the Gizza store at Vintage Fair 2011.  You can find a map and SURL to all participating brands in this page.

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Gizza just released a fun outfit for both ladies and gentlemen called "Steampunk".  Here I am wearing the female version of "Steampunk" that comes with a hat, goggle and even a pair of ankle boots!

So all you really need to complete the look is skin and hair.  Of course, you can add earrings but with the ruffle in the front and gloves, you really don't even need any necklace or bracelet.

I loved this colour combination too.

Gizza - Steampunk (female)

 

 

 

Dress: Gizza Creations, Steampunk (female)

Posted by Kay Fairey, CEO and model for BLVD Agency, Miss Virtual World Modeling Academy Executive Director and Instructor, Agency Director for Dione Fashion Agency, Fashion Editor for the Best of SL Magazine, Producer and Host for "SLTV Fashion Style - The Runway" which is a bi-weekly live fashion program by Second Life TV in SL Japan.

New Release: GizzA, Tricot Set

GizzA Creations' newest release is called Tricot Set that comes in four colour variations, Ultramarine, Champagne, Olive and Plume.

Here I am wearing Ultramarine which is a very deep blue that can be better described as a deep cobalt blue rather than navy blue.  It looks like it's black here but it is actually a very pretty and very dark blue.  It comes with a red leather belt and the red/white scarf with a matching colour corsage.

I decided to style this with a large tote bag and get ready for a fun shopping tour over the weekend.  Yay!  Retail therapy is always the best!

GizzA Creations - Tricot Set (Ultramarine)

Outfit:  GizzA Creations, Tricot Set (Ultramarine)
Tote Bag:  Boom Clothing, Take It Easy Tote, Sacred Heart*
Pumps:  Hyatt Couture Jewelry, Foggia Pumps Red
Earrings:  Hyatt Couture Jewelry, Stadd Gold
Prim Nails:  CCD, Prim Nails, Excellence (red)
Hair:  Little Heaven, LH_hair65_quentin_black**
Poses: Photo 1 - Di's Opera, Photo 2 - Manifeste Poses

*Note:  I have added 0.05% glow by editing the tote bag to get a brighter colour.
**Note:  Unfortunately the store closed only a few days ago.  I am hoping that it will come back soon. :(

Posted by Kay Fairey, CEO and model for BLVD Agency, Miss Virtual World Modeling Academy Executive Director, LOOK Elite Models COO, Fashion Editor for the Best of SL Magazine, Producer and Host for "SLTV Fashion Style - The Runway" which is a bi-weekly live fashion program by Second Life TV in SL Japan.

A New Release from Glitterati by Sapphire - Alisha Coffee

Glitterati by Sapphire with designer Sapphire Teebrook has just released "Alisha Coffee" on July 3.  It is a casual set that includes a corduroy type tube top, a short jacket in cream colour and three types of corduroy type pants that you can style; slim pants, boot cut and capri pants.  Of course you can style this with or without the jacket and with different pants so it a very versatile set with a very good value.

Glitterati by Sapphire - Alisha Coffee

Here I styled the slim pants with the short jacket and wore another new items from Glitterati that was released together with the outfit set, which is the really cute sneaker type ankle boots that I am wearing here in the pics.

This outfit set is sold for a discounted 199L for a few days and the ankle boots are offered for a whopping 75% group discount for a limited time also.  So run and grab them now before the limited sales is over!!

I matched these with a hat from LeLutka, a really nice casual tote bag from Boom and also a new type of jewelry released from ByKay.  These Cleo Jewelry were created by KayLeigh McMillan with special care taken to keep the ARC (Avatar Rendering Cost) down.  So this new low ARC jewelry will be perfect items to wear to heavy-lag events and fashion shows.  KayLeigh will be releasing more designs in her low-ARC jewelry series so these are definitely worth keeping an eye on.

Outfit Set: Glitterati by Sapphire, Alisha Coffee
Shoes: Glitterati by Sapphire, Alisha Sneaker Passion
Hat: LeLutka, Audrey Hat (corn silk)
Sunglasses: Vassnia, Toxic Sports Glasses (texture change)
Tote Bag: Boom, Take It Easy Tope - Yip Collection 2
Jewelry & Nails: ByKay, Cleo Jewelry Set & Ring + Nails
Hair: Boon, Gathered Lower Base Hair Base + SIP082 Hair (black)

Posted by Kay Fairey, Agency Director and model for Boulevard Agency, Miss Virtual World Modeling Academy Executive Director, LOOK Elite Models COO, Fashion Editor for the Best of SL Magazine, Producer and Host for "SLTV Fashion Style - The Runway" which is a bi-weekly live fashion program by Second Life TV in SL Japan.

Two New Releases From Gizza

Here I have the two most recent releases from Gizza.  The first one is called "Wild Attack".  This is complete outfit set that includes everything from outfits, scarf, shoes, jewelry and even a turban that will replace hair.  Of course, you can use your own items instead of the items in this set to style this but this is a great set when you are feeling lazy or when you don't have much time looking for items.

Gizza - Wild Attack

The next one is a completely different style of outfit and it's called "!O".  At first sight, this outfit looks like a mermaid gown but it is actually a body suit with stockings with exaggerated ruffles around the hem of both legs as well as collar.

Very creative and elegant!

I matched this with earrings and a bracelet from the Milano Collection by Morantique.  The quality of the chunky jewelry Mo Miasma creates using 3D textures that she creates are amazing and seriously worth a peep in the store.

Gizza - !O

Styling list for the first outfit.

Everything you see in this picture is from Gizza, Wild Attack.

Styling list for the second outfit.

Outfit:  Gizza, !O

Hair & Hat:  Boudoir, Sugarplum Coiffure (black)

Jewelry:  Morantique, Milano Collection (only used earrings and bracelet)

Posted by Kay Fairey, Agency Director and model for Boulevard Agency, Miss Virtual World Modeling Academy Executive Director, LOOK Elite Models COO, Fashion Editor for the Best of SL Magazine, Producer and Host for "SLTV Fashion Style - The Runway" which is a bi-weekly live fashion program by Second Life TV in SL Japan.

Casual Summer Look

I got this new hair from 69 Hair called Bell 01 that looks really natural and it inspired me to style a nice casual look for the summer season.

I loved this skirt I found in SHINE that was available in some solid colours as well as some patterned textures out of which I chose the Floral 01 style.  This soft flared design is something I would love to wear in real life.  I matched it with a pair of cute red flats with ankle straps and a straw woven tote bag from glow studio.

Summer styling using Bell 01 hair from 69 Hair

Tank Top:  Emery, Tank Pure
Skirt:  SHINE, Sofie Skirt, Floral 01
Shoes:  Ingenue, Martha (ruby)
Necklace & bracelet*: Samsara, Aubade Crimson
Bag:  glow studio, Seasons Bag Autumn
Hair:  69 Hair, Bell 01 (light noir)


Prim nails:  ByKay, Manicure & Pedicure "Orange & Yellow"

*These items had been sent to me by the creator and the folder did not have a LM and I haven't been able to find the store.  If anybody knew where the store is, I'd be really happy if you can let me know.

Posted by Kay Fairey, Agency Director and model for Boulevard Agency, Miss Virtual World Modeling Academy Executive Director, LOOK Elite Models COO, Fashion Editor for the Best of SL Magazine, Producer and Host for "SLTV Fashion Style - The Runway" which is a bi-weekly live fashion program by Second Life TV in SL Japan.

A Mix n Match Casual Style

There was a casting audition recently in one of the agencies that I am with and I started thinking about styling for it. However, unfortunately, my schedule did not allow me to go at the designated time but I decided to style it anyway as it sounded like a really fun styling requirement. And now that I am finished, I'm loving this look so I decided to blog about it and also wear it for my casual looks.



It is basically a mix n match with several brands and my target was to achieve a casual look but with style and and something that actually looked better than a casual look that I might wear at home. So I decided to use my favorite colour mix. Black, white and red.



I think the hat and the patterned tights I wore makes this entire look really cute.


T-shirt: Fab Pony, I Love Me Tee (Black)
Jeans Mini Skirt: Myth, Mini Skirts Doodle Light
Tights: Fab Pony, Chevron Hose (B&W)
Belt: Myth, Croc Belt - Red
Bangles: Irelyn**, Red Bangles**
Hat: Couture Chapeau, La Loren Napoli Chapeau - Red Straw
Shoes: Stiletto Moody, Pinup Spike (Red Tartan - Black)

**This store was no longer there at the landmark I had and I just could not search it. I tracked the creator and sent a notecard asking her where the store had gone but I have not heard back since. If any of you reading this, know the where abouts of this store now, I would be very grateful if you can let me know. Thank you!

Written and modeled by Kay Fairey, CEO & Top Model for Evane Model Agency, Modavia Super Model, Top Model of Boulevard Agency, Team edo Director and writer for the Best of SL Magazine.

New Releases For Your Spring Wardrobe

Spring is here and it's time to pull out some spring fashion and send the coats to the dry cleaners, although I have yet to find a dry cleaning service in Second Life.

So today, I am introducing some lovely new releases that are not only reasonably priced but also great adds to anybody's spring wardrobe.





The first one is a tight mini dress from Prism Haute Couture Clothing called "Musique Bandage Dress by Journey." Journey McLaglen, the designer for this brand did such a wonderful job with the colour selection of this mini dress. The form itself is very simple, which allows the lovely colours used to be emphasized and I seriously have no words to praise her for her taste in colours. In spite of the numbers of colours she has used, no one colour stands out and they all blend beautifully into this spring creation. Kudos to the designer also for the great work she has done to match the seams and prim parts. Again, inspite of using so many colours and in horizontal lines, the sides and the lines in the prim part match beautifully and I admire the patience she had to get this right to this high quality level.



The next new release is a preview of the "Glam Tote Bag" from +plus*. Helena Compton had always been one of my favorite designers of accessories ever since I started blogging and she will be coming up with a miriad of colours with a new bag for those people who want that 'spice' added to their fashion to make a difference.

Here, I am holding the olive coloured bag but as always, the quality of her bags and accessories are worth checking out if you haven't yet. Being a graphic designer in RL, Helena's creations are always a great addition that I rely heavily on for my own styling needs and I am happy to introduce this new tote bag she will be releasing very soon.



And last but not least, another of my all time favorites in brands, Petal Meg. The colours in Fuscia Jewell's new release "Hydrangea Tied Lariat" was perfect to add as a piece of jewelry to this spring look. I love to use her flower petal jewelry when I want some colours and also when I don't want to use 'heavy' items such as gems or metal pieces and today's fashion was exactly that.

Fuscia actually uses flower petals covered in resin to create these lovely and sweet creations in real life and she sells the same jewelry in SL as well as RL. I also have some of her real creations in RL and it is not just such a lovely jewelry to own, it is such joy to think that I own the same items as my avatar in SL!! If you are interested, you can buy her RL items in her Petal Meg Website which is where I got mine too. She will ship them to all areas of the globe so this is another thing worth checking out for your RL spring wardrobe as well.



Mini Dress: Prism Haute Couture Clothing, Musique Bandage Dress by Journey
Necklace: Petal Meg Jewellery, Hydrangea Tied Lariat Necklace
Bag: +plus*, Glam Tote Bag (olive)
Nails: Flirts, Metal Girl Collection, Burgundy Dance
Boots: Alpestyle, Funky Boots
Hair: BishWear, Empress (black)
Skin: Minnu, MMS Pale Flower (this skin is no longer available)

Written and modeled by Kay Fairey, CEO & Top Model for Evane Model Agency, Modavia Super Model and Top Model of Boulevard Agency and writer for the Best of SL Magazine.

A Brand New Designer On The Grid

"Fashion Nomad" is a new brand by a new designer Aleida Rhode. She opened her store only about three weeks ago and is already churning out new releases very energetically. Aleida had been one of the top models in SL and I had known her through modeling jobs as well as runway projects at Ewing Fashion Agency where we both work as a staff member and model. Through her modeling career, Aleida has seen many fashion brands as well as outfits and I am looking forward to see what she will add to the SL world of fashion.

Here is one of her new releases, Balinya Dress in rose dust. A very subdued soft pink dress that is very elegant and good for any semi-formal party. I matched it with a burgundy coloured pair of shoes and a matching rose hair accessory. I also tried white shoes, as well as similar coloured shoes but the entire image looked "sleepy" when I used soft colours only and it seemed to work best when I added stronger colours at my feel level and at the top as a hair ornament to sharpen up the entire look. I must say, however, pure white also worked too but it was a bit too predictable so I decided to show the stronger coloured match in my pics.

Fashion Nomad - Balinya Dress (rose dust)

Outfit: Fashion Nomad, Balinya Dress (rose dust)
Necklace & earing set: Twinkleberry, Delicato (rosa)
Rose hair ornament: Illusions, Hair Rose (pink)
Shoes: enkythings, Ekota-X (burgundy)
Hair: Amrita, Prim hair、Rea
Skin: MMS Light - Flower (this skin is no longer on sale and Minnu now has a new store under the name of LeLutka)

Although this particular dress I have shown is soft coloured, Aleida also has lots of bright coloured shirts, tank top as well as jackets. Even dresses too. To show one of such examples, I picked this shirt top which is a pretty fuscia coloured top with a see-through lower part of the bodice and puff sleeves.

Here I made a fun spring look using various accessory items. I could have made a sweet look with a pink shirt that has puff sleeves but I tend to like going against the expected so it was more like an experiment which was also a lot of fun.





Top: Fashion Nomad, Soroti Spring Shirt (fuchsia red)
Pants: Devilish Cupcake, Gidget Pedal Pushers Glitch Pants (houndstooth)
Belt: Sole Accessory, Sole Bend Poach Belt with Chain (gray)
Bangle: Sole Accessory, Sole Dot Bangle (pink)
Necklace: Sole Accessory, Sole Dog Tag
Sandals: Courtinsane, Marquise Sandals (pink)
Nails: Persona, Polished Nails (pink)
Hair: 69, Envy Me (charcoal)
Skin: MMS Fair - cold (this skin is no longer on sale and Minnu now has a new store under the name of LeLutka)

Written and modeled by Kay Fairey, model and writer for the Best of SL Magazine and Runway Magazine.

A Cool Rider's Jacket For Ladies

My regular readers will know by now that I LOVE rider's jackets in RL and in SL. These are one item I cannot go without buying if I see a cool one on the market. So....here I go again!

I found a cool rider's jacket designed for ladies from a store called "B11" in Japan. It seems Japanese stores tend to have lots of nice rider's jackets which is quite understandable with all the motorcycles in Japan. Most of the popular motorcycles companies such as Suzuki, Honda, Kawasaki are all Japanese companies. So go figure.

There were several colour variations including the usual black and also one in a leopard pattern which did, I must say, intrigued me as it was different. But I still wanted it to look like a rider's jacket and a leopard skin pattern was just a bit too "girly" for my ideal of what rider's jackets should look like so I settled for a red one, which, surprisingly was my very first red! It was still different from the ones I have as most of them were black.

This jacket is a very slender jacket that could be worn easily even with skirts. In fact, I like wearing these leather jackets with skirts...which reminds me, I must try that styling here sometime. But for today, I went in a very "conservative" direction wearing the jacket with a pair of leather pants from DeLa.

If you are looking for cool leather pants, DeLa is a good place to start as these pants come in eight colour variations which is quite unusual for leather pants. These eight are also divided up into four each to form two sets of fat packs for those who embrace a great love for leathers. This one I wore is "silver" although it does look black. The one labelled "black" has a much darker black colour. I could have gone with that one too but I thought this silver one will give me a slightly softer look compared to a bold red + black.

This time, I wanted to wear the jacket more as a fashion item rather than for a look that was more appropriate for practical riding so I matched it with black boots from Shiny Things that has some heels but without wearing the calf prims. This way, I won't have to worry about my boot prims coming out of my pants while it still looks like I am wearing boots.

I received some nice compliments in this look........so I guess I will just keep on increasing my rider's jacket collection. *sighs*








Rider's jacket: B11, Riders Red/Ladies
Leather pants: DeLa, Leather Pants "Linda" (Silver)
Boots: Shiny Things, Wrapped Stiletto Boots (black)

Written and modeled by Kay Fairey, model and writer for the Best of SL Magazine and Runway Magazine.