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This dress gets full points for originality and for being very current. I love the one-shoulder cut and I adore the ruffle piece on the one shoulder — fabulous! One minor complaint is that the sculptie skirt prim just didn’t look good on my avie; of course, that’s very possibly just due to my shape. I opted for minimal styling with just olive coloured pumps, a matching clutch and some very discrete bangles and earrings.

I avoided necklaces and wore this chic and short hairstyle to really emphasize the beautiful line of the shoulders and neck.

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Hair: ETD – Naomi in Blonde
Skin: RaC – Dina #2 Palette Smoky
Eyes: Miriel – Blue Ice (Barely Unnatural Collection)
Eye Lashes: RaC – Dramatic in Black
Nails: Last Call – Deviant Nation, Lyra’s French

Dress: DE Designs – Mekala i Daiquiri
Shoes: Maitreya – Verve Pumps in Olive2

Earrings: Junk – Dirty Brass Chandeliers
Bracelets: Junk – Tangled Antique Gold Bangles
Bag: Cachet – Handbag in Gold

Bethany (on the left) is modeling one pair of the boots, which are a bit more casual and also feature a super trendy banana heel while I (obviously on the right) went for something a bit more dramatic in a black stiletto fetish-styled heel.  If you share the same love of shoes as Bethany and I, then may I strongly reccomend that you head on over to Kittie’s Lair and try a pair on?

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*On Bethany (left)

Skin:  Lovey’s Boutique – cinnamon – cantaloupe (not for sale, limited edition)
Hair:  Armidi – The Pasadena Girl IV – Espresso
Shrug:  Canimal – knit shrug (brown)
Top:  Last Call – Gabrielle Lacy Beater  ( from the Gabrielle outfit)
Skirt:  Camie Cooper – Rustic Denim Skirt
Boots: Kitties Lair – Venice Brown

*On Sofia (Right)

Skin: (DN) Vogue Skin – Bronzed (Ether – Void)
Hair: Armidi Hair – St Moritz – Midnight I
Top: Armidi Limited – Long Sleeve A01 Shirt [Black]
Skirt: Armidi Limited – Tunic A001 Tank [Black]
Necklace: *MM* Hot Lips Charm Necklace (Miam Miam – Pearlie Pedro)
Shoes: *KL* Boots Florence Black

Ok, this time I’m really going…. <3

- Sofia

I like this Down To Earth outfit from Relika; the jacket has some nice texturing and detailed buttons and the skirt is girlie and pouffy. I added a white cashmere turtle neck (filled out below with white system underpants) and some knee-high boots. Ben is wearing the Lucas set, also from Relika — for more on the men’s wear, head over to SL Men where Ben goes into more detail.

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And here are the same outfits in brown.

I’m very pleased with the Down To Earth sets, they come in the two colours pictured (black and brown) and they also include 6 different coloured tops for wearing under the jacket (not pictured). The outfits are also mix-and-match friendly and I foresee that I will be using the pieces separately in other looks too. Each colour costs 200L or 325L for both.

My boots are the Liah from Last Call in Onyx and Chocolate, the turtle neck is from Gisaci Men, and the hair is the Ellis from HCT.

Thanks to Ben Vanguard for co-styling and for modelling the men’s wear!

After the show I was invited to pick out my favourite outfit and my choice fell on this fabulous piece. If you’ve read this blog before, you’ll know that I love unusual and original dresses and this one fits the bill perfectly. The colour combinations, the gorgeous yellow tie and the asymmetrical hemline all come together beautifully. The shoes are also original in their design in the form of a little bootie/pump combo with silver details.

I’ve been a fan of Digit Darke since discovering X3D way back in my noob-days and I’m really happy to see that she is still delivering the goods. I can’t wait to see what else will be coming out of her design studio for this Autumn/Winter.

This is the latest version of The Bombshell from Armidi, perfect with this dress.

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Hair: Armidi Hair – The Bombshell v2
Skin: Minnu Model Skins – PaleGloss, Plum
Nails: Last Call – Deviant Nation, Karma
Dress: Digit Darkes – Dinka Dress, Plum (my pick for review copy)
Shoes: Digit Darkes – Paris Boot, Silver (my pick for review copy)
Bangles: Ame True – Tendenza Floreale Bracelets
Necklace: Muse – Triste Coeur Silver and Diamond

I definitely had a pleasant time, we were treated to a presentation including a speech and a rather cool promo video. I liked the build of the sim, all in bold fuchsia to reflect the design of the bottle. Residents can explore the sim for the next 3 months after which it will close. During the time it stays open it will be dedicated to art, which YSL staff were keen to stress was something they were focusing on as sponsors of FIAC. Residents can submit artwork for exhibition through e-mail to laurent@andreamedia.com.

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As SL residents, we judge the success of RL launches in-world by how much we can connect and interact with the brand/sim. I think the focus on artwork is a great idea (at least they did not launch another beauty contest!), however, I felt the presentation lacked focus on the very thing that could potentially attract the most traffic, i.e. the resident created artwork exhibition. I would liked to have seen clear rules and procedures and most definitely a way of submitting one’s piece in-world. Perhaps this will all be forthcoming. Also, there were no goodie bags! I would have loved a virtual bottle to grace my equally virtual make-up table.

What about the actual fragrance? Well, as promised I popped in to my local make-up store and I’ve been sniffing it on my skin for a couple of hours now and I’m very happy to say I love it! I find the fragrance to be very feminine, luxurious and sensual. I had already decided that Armani Code was going to be my Autumn perfume, but now I’m going to have to add Elle to my selection.

Tenshi has also a post of the event over on Shopping Cart Disco.

Edit (04Oct2007): Here is a link to an article in the SLNN with some more info.

YSL – elle

This outfit here is the Neo-Amelia and it was a gift to all those attending the preview. I decided to have some fun with it and added torn fishnets and platform shoes for a little punk (the outfit also comes with some funky yellow fishnets that I’m not wearing here).

This unusual hairstyle is from ETD and will be released soon. I received this early copy as I was a beta-tester, and I had struggled to think of a way to wear it – until now!

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Hair: ETD – Shanna (coming soon)
Skin: Last Call – Deviant Nation, Vamp-Enchant
Nails: Last Call – Deviant Nation, Karma
Top & Skirt: Mercury – Neo Amelia
Fishnets: Wrong – Fishnet Tights
Tights: Dazzle – Torn Nylons (discontinued)
Earring: Yummy – Summertime Tassle
Choker: Simply Spoiled – Black Pearl Choker