Finesmith Designs – Inspiration Sets March/April Part I

Finally I made it to snap my wonderful inspiration set of the Finesmith Muse 2011 contest. On the 1st of May, Finesmith Designs had a wonderful show, produced by Kabuki Boutique. The show was called “11 Rooms”. Each room had a special scene.

Each model with it’s own inspiration set had a room that was made especially for that set. Taylor Wassip was acting in a bedroom, Luralie Bailey danced in a club scene, Rissa Friller was in a shopping rage at a Jewelry Store, Aliyeh Yifu, the little mermaidΒ  was swimming in an amazing underwater scenerie, Shena Neox was putting together a wonderful style in a dressing room, Vivienne Coppola showcased her awesome set in a cabaret show, Jamee Sandalwood wandered around the forrest, Sy Whitesong hovered through the downtown at night, myself was captured in a dungeon, Melanie Sauterau (for the show replaced by Serene Faith) strolled through an Art Gallery and Rusalka Callisto was turning her body in front of a camera in a photostudio.

During the show always one room was opened and each model has it’s own song to showcase the jewelry with a short choreography of poses. The audience was sitting in the middle of a black room and one room after another opened and a short story was read in a very interesting way not like the usual scripts of fashion shows. For this blog post I for sure wanted to show you the incredible set yula Finesmith made for me and as well I will try to show you all the wonderful sets one by one :). Luckily, I got the script afterwards so I can give you a short impression what was happening there :). At this point a big thank you to Xenobia Foxclaw who did this awesome script πŸ™‚

As I mentioned… my room was a little dungeon. All in red and black with a cage and candles. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kabukimodels/5679571069/in/photostream) and for sure a text that matched this theme perfectly πŸ˜‰

“Wicca Merlin was not born into the life of slavery. She entered it willingly with her eyes wide open. She adored her master and did his bidding. From cleaning his house to pleasing him in bed…she did it all without a word of complaint.

She knew he particularly liked to find her in this elaborate cage that hung in the dungeon surrounded by candles. She knew she looked especially pretty in candle light, and she loved the way the metals glinted and the candles set them ablaze on the walls. Tonight she wore his favorite set of jewelry – the Finesmith set that had been made to fit her. They felt warm and sensuous, and they fulfilled the promise he made when she signed the contract that made her his slave. Wicca would only enter such a relationship if the reward were her own set of jewelry from Yula. Wicca was quite sure she had the better end of that bargain.”

(picture by blackliquid Tokyoska)

 

The second set I would like to show you, was made for Melanie Sauterau. For the show Serene Faith our actual MVW replaced Melanie as she was not able to make to the the show.

“Tonight is the opening of a new gallery exhibit. The pieces have been selected with great care to show the best work of this renowned artist. She is so young to be so accomplished in photography, oils, marble, metal, and gems. Her metal work is undoubtedly what she is best known for. I’m so very honored to be part of this exhibit. I’ve heard people say how very life-like I am. Some have even reached out to touch my skin to assure themselves that I am not a living model, or they watch my breast to see if I breath. I don’t understand how I cannot be living though – I have feelings, I love, I cry, I wonder..
I wonder who this person is who I’m named after – Melony Inspiration. Melony is a beautiful name, she must be beautiful to have inspired a work such as I am and the jewelry that I wear. I wonder if she is living still – perhaps a long lost love or a mother remembered fondly. I wonder what the story behind me is…I wonder.”

The last one for today yula made for Vivienne Coppola. A wild and fresh set that totally is a must have for every fashionista!

”Β Of all of her friends, Vivienne Coppola is the perfect one to appear in a dream cabaret. She has a wonderful collection of vintage flapper clothing. She is also dramatic in her behavior and her movements. She is even known to burst out into song and dance right on the street.
Even her jewelry, from Finesmith Designs, is perfect for her dramatic flair. The pieces seem somehow exuberant just like Vivienne. The band, the music, the dance, the beat of the drum – it all seems so full of life.
Listen, perhaps you can hear her now coming down the hall singing, β€œStroke that shiny coat, stroking is the antidote, stroke that it’s a start, only for the wild at heart” – such a sexy song to sing and dance to. Yes, Vivienne is the perfect one to appear in this cabaret.”

All of the March / April inspiration sets are limited to 50 sets each and you can as well purchse them in single parts! As I said there are 10 new inspiration sets and I will show them to you one after another, so stay tuned for all the other lovely piece of arts created for wonderful models by yula Finesmith, owner and genius goddess of Finesmith Designs!

Details

Set 1: Finesmith Designs – “Wicca Inspiration” set

Set 2: Finesmith Designs – “Melanie Inspiration” set

Set 3: Finesmith Designs – “Vivienne Inspiration” set

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

*X*plosion – Sexy in Denim!

*X*plosion again released a wonderful complete outfit for the sexy urban fashionista! “Extremely Lady” – the outfit for the modern fashion girl!

“Extremely Lady” has lots of different versions or options to wear, besides all the colors that tis outfit can be purchased πŸ™‚ The whole outfit with the matching peep toe sandals, as well called “Extremely Lady Shoes” is available in 5 different colors (black, blue, brown, lightblue and red). The lingerie that is included too can be worn in white or black as you like. As you can see in the pic above, I was trying all 3 styles that the new “Extremely Lady” outfit contains. On the left the sexy type with the 2 garters in the front that hold the lower legs sleeves in place. For this version the body suit is very short and the deep front neckline nearly ends with the suit itself πŸ˜‰

In the middle I wear the full suit with the long jeans version. Same deep neckline in back and front… yes ladies in the back as well… so deep that you can see the delicate filigree panties as well πŸ˜‰

At the right side we have the short ‘hot pants’ version of the suit. Same great features of the suit on the upper body as well πŸ˜‰ The short arm sleeves are made of prims, that you attach on the upper arms.

Overall Kaliha Noel again made a wonderful complete outfit and if you make your way to the *X*plosion Mainstore you can see all of that amazing colors “Extremely Lady” can be purchased πŸ˜‰

Details

Outfit & Shoes: *X*plosion – “Extremely Lady”

Sneakers: M&E Designs

Skin: Glam Affair

Lashes: Redgrave

Fingernails: Mstyle

Earrings: Ticky Tacky

Poses: Corpus

Model & Photographer; Wicca Merlin

Finesmith Designs: 11 Rooms – The Inspiration Show!!!

Stunning news for private times at Glam Affair! ;)

You searched for the perfect lingerie to surprise your partner? Your search has an end – Glam Affair made it πŸ˜‰ 8 stunning lingerie sets, brand new, and brand hot…! – The Intima Line!

Press Release:” Intima is a line of lingerie that is designed to be sexy, a blend of sophistication and sex appeal all in one.
Aida Ewing have a way of making lingerie as beautiful as possible all the while looking extremely seductive.
The line is breathtaking to look at, with each piece looking more glamorous than the next.

The mix and match of ideas and concepts is what will want the average women to want a few different pieces.
Colors are mostly dark, using lots of blacks with lace and frilly trims.”

“Greta” – the perfect set for the ones that love it simple, stunning and lightly vintage with the high-waisted panties.

Skin: Glam Affair – “Mary” light 012

Earrings: Alienbear – “Mayur” earrings

Lashes: Redgrave – “Candy Doll”

Hair: LoQ – “Tiramisu”

Nails: [V] Couture Salon – “Death Nails”

Pose: Corpus

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

“Jen” – the playful one with the sweet ruffles round the waist πŸ˜‰ The panties are very short and sexy πŸ˜‰

Skin: Glam Affair – “Mary” light 012

Earrings: Alienbear – “Mayur” earrings

Lashes: Redgrave – “Candy Doll”

Hair: LoQ – “Grappa Pieva”

Nails: [V] Couture Salon – “Death Nails”

Pose: Corpus

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

“Lucia” – the mystic one with the amazing lace at the neck and a fully closedΒ  top that makes a wonderful shaped body. πŸ™‚

Skin: Glam Affair – “Mary” light 012

Earrings: Alienbear – “Mayur” earrings

Lashes: Redgrave – “Candy Doll”

Hair: Anaphora – “Douche”

Nails: [V] Couture Salon – “Death Nails”

Pose: Corpus

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

“Marta” – that cute and tempting one. With an amazing neck collar, decorated with a huge flower and a wonderful high-waisted panties. The flower theme is wonderful repeated in the texture of the lingerie itself!

Skin: Glam Affair – “Mary” light 012

Earrings: Alienbear – “Mayur” earrings

Lashes: Redgrave – “Candy Doll”

Hair: Baiastice – “Boop”

Nails: [V] Couture Salon – “Death Nails”

Pose: Corpus

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

“Niu” has a little bit of the fighter one πŸ˜‰ The huge shoulder attachments on the small vest lead the view to the upper part of the lingerie. The leggings are sheer and with awesome shadows and lighting.

Skin: Glam Affair – “Mary” light 012

Earrings: Alienbear – “Mayur” earrings

Lashes: Redgrave – “Candy Doll”

Hair: Baiastice – “Invasion”

Nails: [V] Couture Salon – “Death Nails”

Pose: Corpus

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

“Thabita” – the sweet, casual one. Perfect for the everyday use and decorated with awesome white lace. The combination white and blue and the amazing texture make this one to a must have for every girl πŸ™‚

Skin: Glam Affair – “Mary” light 012

Earrings: Alienbear – “Mayur” earrings

Lashes: Redgrave – “Candy Doll”

Hair: Baiastice – “Meda”

Nails: [V] Couture Salon – “Death Nails”

Pose: Corpus

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

“Luna” – the innocent one πŸ˜‰ At least you can look innocent with this amazing white ensemble. The white lace on the seams is amazing detailed and gives the cute good girl look to the best πŸ˜‰

Skin: Glam Affair – “Mary” light 012

Earrings: Alienbear – “Mayur” earrings

Lashes: Redgrave – “Candy Doll”

Hair: Baiastice – “Yodi”

Nails: [V] Couture Salon – “Death Nails”

Pose: Corpus

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

“Look at her…” – News from GizzA!

GizzA yesterday won the BOSL Award for the best new designer and I have to agree with that result πŸ˜‰ A little while ago I had the pleasure to meet Giz Seorn and had the chance to talk to her a bit. She made me curious and I made my way to the GizzA Mainstore and I have to admit I was hell surprised about what I saw… A huge store with so many wonderful creations… I was really amazed. Today I would like to show you 2 more outfits of hers – one a little older but still sexy and stunning and another, newer one that looks so beautiful and perfect for the todays fashionista.

The “Shady Corset”, here shown in black, was one of the first outfits that catched my attention in the past. A friend of mine was wearing it and I was really curious as the quality of this outfit turned my head. The details of the textures and the fresh design, simply amazing! An awesome corset that shaped the ladies upper body perfect, combined with 2 ruffled wrist attachments and a wonderful color with the same look. The sculpted skirt gives more possibilities to wear the outfit then just in the bedroom πŸ˜‰ For the stockings with the lovely filigree garters you have a closed and the open version you can see on the pic above. The gorgeous ankle boots are as well part of the outfit what makes a perfect overall look πŸ™‚

The second outfit for today is named “Princely” This design is definitely the perfect style for the actual spring season. You can show off a lot of sexy skin but still look very elegant and classy. The salmon color has a wonderful shine and nearly looks like a delicate shining satin fabric if you wear it… simply breathtaking. The top layers are made off beautiful lace that is repeated in kinda leggings that show under the wide puffy pants. The pants itself are awesome sculpted prims that are attached to the upper legs. On the sweet ribbons that are decorating the knees you again can see the love for the detail that you will find in each and every creation of GizzA designs.

As a perfect jewelry I had to use the still unreleased “Delicate” set that is part of the soon coming “Demure Collection” that yula Finesmith made inspired by the awesome Rissa Friller. The incredible eye ornament totally amazed me and the perfectly shaped and textured bracelets and earrings are just perfect for the todays fashionista. The nails as well are by Finesmith Designs, the “Finesmith Nails Golden” are the perfect matching ones for the “Delicate” set that is fully color changeable over the known menu that all Finesmith jewelry has πŸ™‚

Details

black:

Outfit incl shoes: GizzA -“Shady Corset” /black

Hair: Vanity Hair

Skin: Glam Affair

Lashes: Redgrave

salmon:

Outfit: GizzA – “Princely” /salmon

Jewelry: Finesmith Designs – “Delicate” set

Nails: Finesmith Designs – “Finesmith Nails Golden”

Hair: Vanity Hair

Skin: Glam Affair

Lashes: Redgrave

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

Finesmith Designs – “Style That” – Week 4

As the last “Style That” challenge was going on at Finesmith Designs I had the luck to to work RL to that time and I thought it could be great fun to take part. so I made my way to the store where the week 4 item was given out and started foolingΒ  around with and that was the result that you can see in the picture above πŸ˜‰

For the “Style That” contest itself I would like you the official text, so you maybe can try next time as well it is really worth it ;):

“Do you love to style? Do you love a challenge? Most of all, Do you love incredible Jewelry for free???

If yes,then I have a contest for you!

This Styling challenge is open to anyone and everyone who loves fashion and expressing themselves. You don’t have to be a model or know how to walk a catwalk for this.

Rissa Friller and Markski Glom will holdΒ  styling challenges powered by Finesmith Designs. There will be an item handed out by Finesmith at 9am that you will have to style. Here is the catch, You will only have 2 hours to put your look together. Then you will meet back at the runway at 11am to present your final look and explain how you came up with it. Depending on the number of contestants participating, we may only ask a few at random to explain what you are wearing. We will only be judging on style and creativity, the overall look. We will not judge you on poses or your ability to walk a runway. If you win, you will receive a 1000 Gift card to Finesmith, a Professional Photo, and you will move on to the final round which will be held on May 31st where the finalists will compete for a 2000L Finesmith Gift Certificate and a Modeling Course at Outrageous Glamour Agency.

Rules of Entry:

Must be a member of Finesmith. All notices and dates of the contest will be announced in group.

You are not required to wear more jewelry other then what you get for the challenge, but if you do want to use any it must be Finesmith.

On the date of the challenge, You will meet at Finesmith to pick up your item at 9am. you have until 9:20 to pick it up. You MUST then be back at the runway by 11am. Anyone later then 11am will not be able to participate.

Join our Moolto contest group http://moolto.ning.com/group/stylethatchallenge. All the photos from the weekly Style That Challenges will be on the site and the group will eventually hold a round of public voting for the final Contestants where it will count as 50% ofΒ  their Score.

You may enter the styling challenges as many times as you wish unless you have won. If you have won, you will automatically move to the final styling challenge that will be held On May 31st.

Let your imagination run wild and your creativity soar. Most of all, have fun!”

Details

Jewelry:

Finesmith Designs – “Style That” week 4

Finesmith Designs – “Ocean Wind”

Finesmith Designs – “The Shpitz”

Finesmith Designs – “Saleena Inspiration”

Finesmith Designs – “Finesmith Nails – Grass Green”

Pose: Del May

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

Walk like an Egyptian with Finesmith Designs!

One set of Finesmith Designs caught me for longer and I had something in mind about styling that I did not find all the time. I wanted to do something special for the “Egyptian” set and lately I came across something I really liked πŸ˜‰

The “Egyption” set it self contains The fabulous headpiece, the skirt with the long train, nipple shields, necklace, earrings and the incredible eye ornament. With all this parts the “Egyptians set is not only a jewelry set, it is a full outfit where you just have to add hair and shoes and a skin of your likings, for sure you can wear this with your usual skin as well I just was tempted with this golden one I found in a sale at VUI. The hair comes from Purplemoon including the hair base and it is called “Cat” in golden wheat. I chose some golden boots for it that anyways not show in this pics, so anyways :p. The “Egyptian” for me is the total proove of how creative and genius yula Finesmith is. Her endless heart and soul of creativity never will be empty and I am sure she writes history in the SL fashion world with her amazing creations… I saw my new Inspiration set a week ago even longer, it is just a secret till the official release… but I can tell you I never ever before saw jewelry thats so me! Yula puts in so much time, soul, love and effort in this inspiration sets and the turn out so amazing and unique! You really should try the Finesmith Inspirations Muse castings and if it is only to work close with one of the most amazing people in Second Life – yulaFinesmith ! For the perfect posing of the “Egyptian” set I used poses from Body Talking made by Arisia Ashmoot out of the “Mr Egypt” set that you as well can use for females πŸ™‚

Details

Jewelry: Finesmith Designs – “Egyptian”

Fingernails: Finesmith Designs – “Finesmith Nails Golden”

Skin: VUI. – “Gold Shimmer Skin”

Hair: Purplemoon – “Cat” /golden wheat

Lashes: Redgrave – “Candy Doll”

Poses: Body Talking – “Mr. Egypt” set

Model & Fotographer: Wicca Merlin

Wicca’s Wardrobe – My Version of the Mad Hatters Tea Party ;)

Details

Jewelry:

Finesmith Designs: “BlackBarbie Inspiration Set” (collar/shoulder parts)

Finesmith Designs: “In the Flash – Shpitz”

Finesmith Designs: “Ocean Winds” earrings

Pants: Bare Rose

Skin: Miasnow – “Beautiful Death Beth” /green

Hat: Burning Chrome – “Twisted Topper – Strange Brew” /male

Ankle Boots: Fancy Fashion – “Alicia” /green

Pose: Del May

Model & Photogrpaher: Wicca Merlin

Can swimwear be avantgarde or couture? – Mad Diva shows it!!!

I never thought about that it would be possible to wear a bikini and still show my love and addiction to the extraordinary fashion πŸ˜‰ Kalyabreeaa Capelo showed me different. She made a bikini, named “Yula” that totally will be my choice for the upcoming summer season!

The whole “Yula” bikini is made of prims, no clothing layers at all but it covers all needed parts πŸ˜‰ The basic color is a mixture of black metal and red… again a plus as that are my favourite colors as well πŸ˜‰ For the shoulder ring you can decide between a straight one like I am wearing for the pics, that goes around both shoulders and then there is another version that more diagonal and lays on one shoulder higher than the other. Swimwear goes couture πŸ™‚ I guess Kalybreeaa Capelo, designer of Mad Diva showed of in an incredible way that this os possible and very sexy as well πŸ™‚ You really should make your way to the Mad Diva Mainstore and see by yourself how innovative and new all the designs are! Or you can watch the Claim the Fame shows on every Wednesday as well where Kalyabreeaa Capelo is one of the contestants as well and shows a male and female outfit every week πŸ˜‰

Details

Bikini: Mad Diva – “Yula”

Skin: Glam Affair

Hair: Miamai

Earrings: Finesmith Designs

Shoes: SLink

Poses: Corpus

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

Wicca’s Wardrobe: Angel Dessous News and Finesmith’s RLF contribution… my vision ;)

I had a dream … wich girl would not dream about a to be captured and rescued by a strongΒ  handsome knight…

One of the latest creations ofΒ  Angel Dessous is called “Mona”. A wonderful and beautiful lingerie set, as well available in black. “Mona includes bracelets and a necklace as well even if I used for this post the great contribution of Finesmith Designs for the Glance RLF event. But to that I come a bit later πŸ˜‰ “Mona” is a very exquisite lingerie set and you can see how long Nando Korobase must have sat on that design. All this amazing different and filigree textures show how detailed Nando works if he creates new outfits. The stockings you have the nylon fabric for the down part. The top is ends in an awesome lace texture that accents the ladies long well-shaped legs so beautiful. The sweet, neat garters that lead over to the delicate panties… stunning and seductive ;). The corsage as well looks very elegant and sexy and with the lovely prim ribbon in the front it gets a light playful touch as well. The gloves with the amazing bracelets are as well part of the “Mona” outfit.

Now lets take a closer look the great feather collar that yula Finsmith made for the Glance RFL 2011…

An amazing little piece of art that totally matched my vision for this styling πŸ˜‰ the collar itself is made of 2 colors for the white as well as for the black one. version. The white version has black white black for the collar itself the black one just the other way round and for sure the difference of this both is the white or black color of the feathers. This accessory is really a wonderful addition to every look and it is sold for a good cause as well πŸ˜‰ So you should not even think about if you must have the “Divine Spirit White Feathers”Β  or not πŸ˜‰

The face tattoo comes from White Widow and is one out of the latest line Julie Hastings released. “Volute” is available in 5 different colors (black, copper, gold, red and silver) and each color comes with 3 different versions like for both eyes, or left and right only πŸ™‚

The skin is one of the newest from Glam Affair called “Mary” for this post in the light tone. For sure I will show the rest of the make ups of this amazing skin soon in an extra blogpost πŸ˜‰

But now I guess I should stop dreaming about the strong handsome knight that comes rescue me out of my chains and go back to work πŸ˜‰

Details

Outfit: Angel Dessous – “Mona” /white

Jewelry: Finesmith Designs – “Divine Spirit White Feathers” collar

Finesmith Designs – “BlackBarbie Ringher” ring

Finesmith Designs – “Valeria Inspiration” earrings

Skin: Glam Affair – “Mary” /light A12

Lashes: Redgrave – “17 – Superior”

Boots: [GOS] – Burlesque

Nails: LoveSoul – “Rose Princess” /black

Hair: Tukinowaguma – “Turkey SP” /white(B)+wing

Poses: Del May

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin