Anyhow, during this break I started to finally create my own clothes; this is something that I have been wanting to do for ages, for over a year to be precise. Only I kept getting frustrated at my own complete lack of skill so I would give it up time and time again. Now though, after a over a year of Photoshop tutorials, clothing tutorials, sculptie tutorials, pulling my hair, hating the whole process and and the same time loving it all, I have finally come to a point where I can actually produce something I would wear myself. Phew!!

Please come and see the MichaMi blog for my new releases.

Here is a preview of my first ever release.

Mariya is well-known in the Fashion community and she’s a very successful model. She has a gorgeous and original sense of style and I can’t wait to see what she has in store for the blog. Oh, and she’s Swedish! Yay!

A big HUGE THANK YOU to you Mariya, for helping me out!

I’ll be gone for about a week and I should be back to blogging by next weekend.

Ciao, ciao!

As mentioned in my previous post, I will not be in-world again until January 4th, 2008 — I will however, be online and getting my daily SL fashion fix through the blogosphere. Please drop notecards on me if you should need anything (IM’s cap as you know) or e-mail me on milla.michinaga at gmail.

See you in 2008!! Ciao, ciao!!
-Milla

*Product details and credits below the cut*

Please see In-World Locations for SLurls and map coordinates.

Hair: Armidi Hair – Bombshell v2
Skin: RaC – Tasha
Nails: Last Call – Deviant Nation, Ginny
Dress: Last Call – Petra
Shoes: Shiny Things – Signature Slingback (red)
Bracelets: Last Call – Red Carpet Ready (old group freebie)

To my great pleasure, the very lovely and beautiful Sofia Gray has agreed to post some of her stylish looks for you while I’m gone.

Sofia is a well-known model and fashionista, who also write the blog The Diary of a Second Life Socialite. Look out for her posts in the coming days!

Welcome to MichaMi Style Sofia!

Granted, six months really isn’t that long, but I still feel it to be a little milestone, so:

Thank you for reading! Thank your for coming back! Thank you for commenting! Thank you for in-world IMs and e-mails with encouragement and tips! and Thank you for making this so much fun!

Love,
-Milla

PS. I also updated my About page as the old text was really outdated. I also added a few lines of review copy policy.

First I’ve tweaked my My Top 10 Designers and thought I would give some detail into my rankings.  However, first off I wanted to make the following statement for the record and for the sake of transparency:

This blog (and this blogger) is in no shape or form supported or sponsored by any of these designers (or by anybody else for that matter). Also, none of the designers are on my Friends list and I don’t have any kind of personal relationship with any of them. My preference is purely and solely based on my personal admiration of the quality of their creations.

Phew! Ok, now we got that out of the way lets continue with the lists.

1. Last Call - Ginny Talamasca: remains the untouched queen of clothes design.  She is unrivaled in originality, execution and productivity.  This is where most of my Lindens are spent.

2. ETD: My hair maker of choice. The styles and the textures have got me hooked — and the frequent new releases make sure I keep coming back for more.

3. Celestial Studios: The best skins and make-ups for my shape.  The enormous choice of faces is also a huge factor in my preference for CS. 

4. Shiny Things: Shoe dealer of choice. I’m obsessed with the curve of the prim between heel and toe – and there is nobody who does that better than Fallingwater Cellardoor of Shiny Things.

5. Canimal: Funky clothes and brilliant textures.

6. X3D Apparel: Original and well-executed clothes and shoes, with a flavor of haute couture.

7. G.L.A.M. Fashions: Wonderful casual outfits that are great for the basics in your wardrobe.

8. Earthstones: Original and beautiful jewelry.

9. PixelDolls: Original designs and high-quality work.

10. Nyte’N'Day: Good quality clothes from jeans to club to underwear.

Then I added a new list of NewComers. These are smaller brands that I really like. Some of them have only a few items and others are already on their way to establishing themselves permanently. These are NOT in any kind of order of preference.

bossa nova
Maitreya
Truth Designs

Needless to say, I am always on the look out for new talents (what fashionista is not?), I love it when somebody comes along with a new and original style to add even more variation to our Second Lifes. I’m looking forward to adding more names to the NewComers list in the future.

In-Word Locations: in here you will find locations and coordinates for all the shops and places mentioned in my posts.

Categories: I decided to categorize my fashion posts by Look, as this is how I tend to think of my outfits.  Versatility is a tag I’ll use for posts with multiple looks from a single garment.

Blogs I Read: pretty self-explanatory!  Please click through and look at these most excellent blogs. 

My Top 9 Designers: these are the places where I spend the most lindens and/or who’s creations I wear the most.

That’s all for now