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.

Some Releases From Gizza - Part 2 "Breeze Dress [Floral]"

As part 2 of my Gizza Creations new release posts, I have "Breeze Dress [Floral]".  This is a really sweet and lovely dress for the coming summer season and I absolutely fell in love with the texture that Giz uses for these dresses.  This will be something I would love to wear in real life for anything casual but styled as well.

Gizza Creations - Breeze Dress [Floral]

It is available in 4 different colours, or maybe I should say prints.  Aside from Floral, there is Rosy, Vintage and Zebra where the first two look like colour variations of Floral where as Zebra is a black, white and red modern pattern and looks quite different.

Here I wore Floral together with a pair of red ankle boots that is available at Indyra's Originals.  The dress will also match sandals for a more summer look but I wanted to play with the colours in the dress and style it with a twist.

The hair is also a recent release from Bish Wear and comes with a colour changing hair band and feathers that fall on the side.  Together with the ankle boots, I think this hair added some fun elements to the dress.

 

I usually love chunky jewelry sets and this set from je suis allows texture and colour change to all the different parts that comprise the pieces and was such a fun addition to this look.

Outfit:  Gizza Creations, Breeze Dress [Floral]

Jewelry set:  je suis, Boheme

Ankle boots:  Indyra Originals, Coquette Noir Boots, DV-8 Boot 2.0 (Red w/ White laces)
Hair:  Bish Wear, Jenine (black)
Poses:  agapee poses

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.

Some Releases From Gizza - Part 1 "Flower Children II"

I have two recent releases from Gizza and part 1 is Flower Children II.

The name, Flower Children comes from the hippie fashion that prevailed in the 1960's when the Unites States was involved in the Vietnamese War.  The hippie movement started in San Francisco where young people wearing outfits in bright colours often with flower patterns, wore flowers in their hair and handed out flowers to passers by promoting Love & Peace.  This later spread to many other cities in the US and these young people were often called the "flower children".  This hippie fashion later spread to other countries and became one specific fashion trend.

 Gizza - Flower Children II

 

This outfit by Gizza takes its name from the hippie fashion look it is based on and comes in three different colour variations.   I wore the second colour variation in brown/blue colours with a hair that wasn't exactly hippie style but something that looked as innocent and sweet from the Japanese hair store 69 called Olivia 03.  The ribbon in this hair is colour change by a menu that drops down when you click on it.

The jewelry set is from ByKay and it is available in three different colour variations.  You can also buy a prim nail set that matches the colours of this jewelry set and contains prim nails with and without rings.  I love the chunky design of this jewelry set and it is definitely one of my favorites.

The sandals are from Kalnins and comes with a HUD that allows the different parts to change colours as well as the skin and pedicure colour.  By specifying colours of each part, you can create your own design and it's really convenient as well as fun.

This is a really fun casual outfit set that is also fun to style!

Outfit set:  Gizza, Flower Children II

Hair:  69, Olivia 03, Noir

Jewelry & prim nails:  ByKay, Kalya Blue Set

Sandals:  Kalnins Shoes, Empress

 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.

Resuming My Blog! Yay!! - MEILING, A RL Designer Who's Crossed The Line

Wow.  It's been so long since I last blogged and I am finally resuming my blogging activity!  Whoot!  The reason why I had to stop blogging was because my graphic card wasn't keeping up with the development in the viewers and every time I tried to take pictures, my screen either froze, turned black or I crashed.  After several attempts spending literally hours just to take a few pics, I finally had to give up.

Now I have a new PC, new graphic cards and I'm back to business!

I had also been a bit busy recently as I was helping Meiling launch in SL.  Meiling is a very successful real life designer from Trinidad & Tobago who is not only very well known in the Caribbean for her couture designs of real life garments but also known for her innovative and very creative marketing skills.  She is probably the only Caribbean designer in SL and brings with her a new trend in this virtual world of very wearable and stylish designs of items we can now buy in this virtual world from her real life collection.

She is very different in the following points, in my opinion.

1. Meiling's designs have been inspired from the great couture design talents from Japan with its simple yet modern designs but she has added to this, a Caribbean touch, and has created a whole new line of designs that is very unique to Meiling.
2. She will be following the real life sales method of introducing seasonal collections which will be retired periodically.  This means, one collection will only be available until the next collection is out and her designs will not be in the store for a very long time.  This is going to be very different from most of the sales direction with SL designers where most of the items will be available for a much longer period of time.
3. Meiling's designs are SL versions of her real life designs.  This means they will all be very realistic rather than SL unique designs with lots of fancy prims.

Today I am introducing one of Meiling's newest releases, the Noir Mystere Dress which was an iconic dress that was actually shown in her RL collection. It is a very simple and yet very stylish and modern design that reflects Meiling's policy as a designer that "outfits are to show the women and not the women showing the outfits".

Meiling - Noir Mystere Dress

More information about Meiling can be found in the following.

• Meiling's RL website
• The Best of SL Magazine - May 2011 issue

Click HERE to go to Meiling's store in SL

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.