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My personal favourites of MVW2013 – National Costume of Miss Poland 2013 by Vero Modero & Chop Zuey

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MVW - Miss Poland National Full

Miss Virtual World 2013 – Again BoSL showcased an amazing event on December the 15th 2013, with the finale of the MVW 2013 contest. Many countries were represented by amazing ladies and it was really an exciting event. Designers and models worked together for their 2 final looks. One evening gown and one national costume for each lady. Every year when I saw the MVW finale it was an exciting moment to see the results, that designers and models worked on for so many weeks. Last year I took the challenge to make a full catalogue of all the gowns and costumes. The idea must have inspired some bloggers this year and they started to do that for the MVW 2013 designs. I decided for my own not to do the same again and just would like to showcase my personal favourites. First I thought about to do my personal top 12, but then I figured that I like more than 12 and just thought about doing all the ones that really caught my attention in no particular order :)

The wonderful “Audrey Cresci Gown” was made by Bouquet Babii, owner and designer of Vero Modero. The dress is stunning in its simplicity. The combination of a mesh corset with a ruffled down end and the flexible skirt with the open front add a very playful and as well sexy touch to the whole look. The wonderful red and green ornaments that decorate the skirt and the chest part of the corset show perfectly that sometimes less is more 🙂

Audrey Cresci:

“My National Costume designed by talented designer Bouquet Babii. We were inspired by the costumes of Poland’s famous Polka dancers and modernized the look. We have applied the interrogate embroidery of Polish folkloric handcrafters.
Flower ornaments are the most characteristic expression of Polish art and architecture. As well it takes role in many Polish traditions. Thats why I used flower figure as the main element of my gown and Jewelery.
In Poland more than a thousand years ago single girls wore wreaths of flowers on their heads. They throw to fire their wreaths  on the eve of St. John June 22 with the St. John’s fires as an offering to the gods to find their love of life.”

MVW - Miss Poland National Close

The stunning jewelry was made by Belle Roussel, genius owner and designer of Chop Zuey. As far as I remember the MVW 2013 finale, Belle was the most busy jewelry designer for this years Miss Virtual World contest. The “Pompeii” set made a wonderful addition to the polish look. With the filigree metal parts and the little gems it went perfectly with the amazing ornaments of the dress. You can choose between a set with red gems or black gems 🙂

The “Audrey Cresci Gown” you can buy at the Vero Modero Mainstore and the “Espresso in Pompeii” set you will find at the Chop Zuey Mainstore.

Details

Gown: Vero Modero – “Audrey Cresci Gown” – NEW (mesh)

Jewelry: Chop Zuey – “Espresso in Pompeii” – NEW

Hair: Son!a – “Poise 2”

Skin: Silken Moon – “Wicca” – NEW

Eyeshadow: Silken Moon – “SM Eclipse Urban ES Harbour” – NEW & “SM Eclipse Color Eye Red” – NEW

Lipstick: Silken Moon – “Wicca Lips Blood” – NEW

Nails: Synthesis – “Medium Fierce Nails”

Shoes: N-Core – “Illusion”

Poses by PosESioN

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

My personal favourites of MVW2013 – National Costume of Miss Italy 2013 by [AD] Creations

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MVW - Miss Italy National Full

Miss Virtual World 2013 – Again BoSL showcased an amazing event on December the 15th 2013, with the finale of the MVW 2013 contest. Many countries were represented by amazing ladies and it was really an exciting event. Designers and models worked together for their 2 final looks. One evening gown and one national costume for each lady. Every year when I saw the MVW finale it was an exciting moment to see the results, that designers and models worked on for so many weeks. Last year I took the challenge to make a full catalogue of all the gowns and costumes. The idea must have inspired some bloggers this year and they started to do that for the MVW 2013 designs. I decided for my own not to do the same again and just would like to showcase my personal favourites. First I thought about to do my personal top 12, but then I figured that I like more than 12 and just thought about doing all the ones that really caught my attention in no particular order :)

The italian community was always very strong represented in many MVW challenges… like we had Mimmi Boa 2009 winning the crown, Mavi Beck in 2010 in the top 10, Angels Milena in 2011 in the top 12 and Anna Sapphire as winner of the MVW 2012 crown and again Italy was able to place on the winner stairs with a 1st runner-up in 2013!

Now come to one costume where I had a bit of background information from our Miss Italy 2013, Miss Natzuka Miliandrovic. She is originally from Venice in Italy and I really like if models try to represent their own home country. But Nat even went a step further and chose 2 italian designers as well for her 2 gowns. The national costume was made by Aliza Karu, owner and designer of [AD] creations. Since the costume did not have the typical italian colors.. what mostly are considered red, green and white like the flag… I asked Nat what the inspiration was for her national gown and what she said really kinda touched my heart…

Natzuka Miliandrovic:

“It does not make any sense, the one who knows you and does not love you, Italy.”
This was the feeling expressed by “Vincenzo Monti” and that represents the italian Renaissance, the historical period that redefined Italy and its artistic and politic identity in Europe. The inspiration from this national costume by Aliza Karu, comes from the desire and expectation of a modern cultural and artistic rebirth of my country.  The costume is a quotations of the incredible work of art of “Antonio Canova”, the venetian sculpture that is one the symbols of the italian Renaissance. The dress flow softly in its precious textures and transparencies and it reminds the voluptuous mediterranean women portrayed by Canova, with a particular referral to his sculpture “La venere italica” of which was said “It flatters the paradise in this valley of tears” and that clearly explain that the meaning of the beauty, in Italy, it doesn’t lie in an empty admiration, but it’s a need for comfort the soul.”

MVW - Miss Italy National Close

The very artistic “Miss Nat” gown is partwise mesh made and as well has flexible prims. The sheer top gives a very sexy touch to the very elegant and artistic rest of the design. The shoulder part with the chain over the right shoulder that holds the little jewelry part is a great contrast to the ruffled arm part on the left side. The ruffles are repeated in the back for the amazing train and the little shining silver decorations you will find again on the wonderful skirt. The incredible head-piece, the wonderful tiara that as well carries the silver and the ruffles is part of the beautiful “Miss Nat” dress as well.

To get your “Miss Nat” gown you just have to visit the [AD] Creations Mainstore, as far as I know, it is now available there 😉

Details

Gown: [AD] Creations – “Miss Nat” – NEW (mesh)

Jewelry: Alienbear – “Kris Car”

Nails: Love Soul – “Lady in Love”

Skin: Silken Moon – “Wicca” – NEW (custom-made skin)

Eyeshadow: Silken Moon – “SM Eclipse Boho ES Starry Night” – NEW & “SM Eclipse Color Eye Silver” – NEW

Lipstick: Silken Moon – “Wicca Lips” /tintable basic color – NEW

Poses: PosESioN

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

My personal favourites of MVW2013 – National Costume of Miss Ireland 2013 by Champagne! Sparkling Couture

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MVW - Miss Ireland National Full

Miss Virtual World 2013 – Again BoSL showcased an amazing event on December the 15th 2013, with the finale of the MVW 2013 contest. Many countries were represented by amazing ladies and it was really an exciting event. Designers and models worked together for their 2 final looks. One evening gown and one national costume for each lady. Every year when I saw the MVW finale it was an exciting moment to see the results, that designers and models worked on for so many weeks. Last year I took the challenge to make a full catalogue of all the gowns and costumes. The idea must have inspired some bloggers this year and they started to do that for the MVW 2013 designs. I decided for my own not to do the same again and just would like to showcase my personal favourites. First I thought about to do my personal top 12, but then I figured that I like more than 12 and just thought about doing all the ones that really caught my attention in no particular order :)

Today I have the pleasure to continue my personal favourites with the national costume of Miss V Ireland 2013, Miss Sessie 16. The amazing designer behind this wonderful design is Enzo Champagne, owner and designer of Champagne! Sparkling Couture.

The “Celtic Ireland” outfit is made as a full outfit with all jewelry and accessories. The only parts I had to add was hair, skin, makeup, shoes and nails. he green color stands for Ireland. The green gains impact in combination with its complementary colour orange.

The golden celtic ornaments on the arm parts complete the perfect traditional look of the whole dress.

Sessie16:

“After much research into Ireland, I came to realize there isn’t a national costume for them. So I decided to look up more modern gowns models have worn in pageants when I came across a gown wore by Rebecca Maguire Miss Ireland for 2012, which is very much Celtic representing the beautiful country Ireland.”

MVW - Miss Ireland National Close

The huge back accessory, earrings, headpiece, armlets and as well the wonderful belt with some typical irish accessories are part of the “Celtic Ireland” outfit. It seems Enzo and Sessie did a lot of research for the national costume and created an amazing fashionable dress for the MVW 2013 competition 🙂 The “Celtic Ireland” is now available at the Champagne! Sparkling Couture Mainstore.

Details

Outfit: Champagne! Sparkling Couture – “Celtic Ireland” – NEW

Hair: EMO-tions – “Lissi”

Nails: Mandala – “Female Nails”

Skin: Silken Moon – “Wicca” – NEW (custom-made skin)

Eyeshadow: Silken Moon – “SM Eclipse Fab ES Beer Garden” – NEW & “SM Color eye Grass” – NEW & “SM Color eye Orange” – NEW

Lipstick: Silken Moon – “Silky Lips Orange”

Poses: PosESioN

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

My personal favourites of the MVW 2013 – National Costume of Miss Turkey by Tres Beau & Chop Zuey

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MVW - Miss Turkey National Full

Miss Virtual World 2013 – Again BoSL showcased an amazing event on December the 15th 2013, with the finale of the MVW 2013 contest. Many countries were represented by amazing ladies and it was really an exciting event. Designers and models worked together for their 2 final looks. One evening gown and one national costume for each lady. Every year when I saw the MVW finale it was an exciting moment to see the results, that designers and models worked on for so many weeks. Last year I took the challenge to make a full catalogue of all the gowns and costumes. The idea must have inspired some bloggers this year and they started to do that for the MVW 2013 designs. I decided for my own not to do the same again and just would like to showcase my personal favourites. First I thought about to do my personal top 12, but then I figured that I like more than 12 and just thought about doing all the ones that really caught my attention in no particular order 🙂

Today I would like to start with the national costume of Miss V Turkey 2013. The “Miss Turkey 2013” gown was made by Kimmera Madison, owner and designer of Tres Beau. Tres Beau is one of the designers that contributes creations to the Miss Virtual World finale for years. What always amazes me on the Tres Beau national costumes, is that it seems Kimmer Madison does a hell of research for each country she gets asked. The colors, the textures, the designs are always go along the real traditional clothing of the respective country. The “Miss Turkey 2013” costume is textured with wonderful filigree and rich colors of gold and red. The wonderful ornaments show the love and the eye for the detail Kimmera puts on her creations. The body part of the gown is made of a wonderful mesh prim that you will get in different sizes to make sure it fits your shape as well. The wonderful flexible parts of the skirt and arms give the whole creation a typical traditional, oriental and turkish look. If you take a closer look of the 2 pictures you will see a difference for the headpiece. I wanted to showcase the gown with all its parts and as well the whole jewelry set, that Miss Nice Wildrose was wearing for the finale.

Nice Wildrose:

“My inspiration for my national look is Hurrem Sultan, the wife of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent who played an important role in the Ottoman history and was an influential figure for the women of Harem and other denizens of the palace.”

MVW - Miss Turkey National Close

The “Hurrem” jewelry was made by Belle Roussel, owner and designer of Chop Zuey. Belle created a wonderful set of earrings, necklace, tiara and ring. The tiara is made with 2 parts, you just add the one attachment over the other. The combination of the gold metal with the white, red, green and black gems matches the costume perfectly. Each part is made of so many single prims, that you just can imagine how long Belle had to sit at her workshop to put all of these together 🙂

You can get the “Miss Turkey 2013” costume at the Tres Beau Mainstore and the “Hurrem” jewelry you will find at the Chop Zuey Mainstore.

I would like to lead your view on the hair I chose for this post. The “Desireme” hair was made by Leah McCullough. Leah reactivated her brand Naive and you can buy already a few different items including this hair style on Marketplace. The “Desireme” hair is available in 8 different colors. Leah made the hair modify so that you can change the color or the texture to your own likings. For the colors she provides she made hairbases as well, wich you can as well recolor to match the hair style.

Details

Costume: Tres Beau – “Miss Turkey 2013” – NEW

Jewelry: Chop Zuey – “Hurrem” – NEW

Hair: Naive – “Desireme” – NEW

Skin: Silken Moon – “Wicca” – NEW (custom-made skin)

Poses: PosESioN

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

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Meshmania at Baboom!

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Gown: Baboom – “Glamour” /black – NEW (mesh)

Skin: Silken Moon – “Rookie” /special custom makeup

Ankle Boots: Mea Culpa – “Raptor”

Jewelry: Finesmith – “Rehana” /black

Clutch: Finesmith – “Clutch Bag”/woman stuff hunt (mesh)

Nails: Love Soul – “Ethnic Girl” /olive

Hair: Baiastice – “Arisa” /red

Lashes: Detour – “Spider”

Poses: Body Talking

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

MVW 2012: Evening Gown for Miss USA 2012 by Azul & Alienbear

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So it seems today I will have my last Miss Virtual World 2012 gown 🙂 The competition is already 3 month over now but the stunning and beautiful gown of Miss VW USA 2012, Miss Michaela Benazzi, made by Mami Jewell, owner and designer of Azul, could not be missed in my MVW 2012 gown series 🙂

The “Michaela” gown like you can see it on the picture is the original version , that Miss Michaela Benazzi was wearing on the MVW 2012 runway. Mami Jewell created more colors and a fully cream-white version for all those who do not like the white-blue-red combination 🙂 The wonderful top is made with such lovely details, like lights, shadows and folds that you nearly can feel the sating that is wrapped round your upper body. The flowers are a wonderful decoration that hold the blue and red flexible lines that fall down in an amazing way. The delicate light white fabric that makes the skirt falls down in a dreamy flexible way to the ground. The skirt a well is ornamented at the bottom end and again shows how much love for the detail Mami Jewell puts in her designs. The “Michaela” gown you can purchase in many different colors at the Azul Mainstore.

The wonderful elegant jewelry was made my Alienbear Gupte, genius designer of Alienbear. She totally picked up the white-blue-red theme combines with the roses and created a wonderful filigree and sophisticated set, called “Michaela”. The incredible crown is made of 3 parts that you just add one after another. The necklace is made of 2 parts and the earrings and bracelet only take one attachment spot. Alienbear again showed that she is one of the most skilled jewelry designers in SL if it comes to ideas, designs and texturing. Her jewelry always makes every person wearing it at least a princess for one evening 🙂 So make your way to the Alienbear Mainstore and see what is new beside the “Michaela” set.

Gown: Azul – “Michaela” – NEW

Jewelry: Alienbear – “Michaela” – NEW

Lashes: Nikita Fride – “Long Eye Lashes Model”

Hair: Mirone – “Adie”

Nails: Love Soul – “Lady in Love”

Poses: Body Talking

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

Ezura at the Festival of Sin

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These days we have the wonderful Festival of Sin (LM to the Festival of Sin: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Diablo/138/119/72) going on in Second Life. One of Ezura’s contributions is the “The Sins Wrath”. The Festival of Sin happens the first time  in SL and it is a lovely made place where a lot of SL’s top designers showcase special designs, some of their latest releases and old-time favourites. The place itself is worth a visit.

Ezura came up with a wonderful red gown that is the perfect picture of wrath, one of the 7 deadlies. A wonderful red and seductive gown with a mixture of lace and opaque textures in red. The basic of the gown is made in the new mesh technique, the prims on the sides and at the neck are normal non mesh prims and easy to adjust. The amazing red horns are as well part of the wonderful gown. For the hair I chose a combination of Urban Lutz and Baiastice. Urban Lutz started to create a new hair-line that follows the zodiac signs. For today iI chose the wonderful “Capricorn” style combined with one of my all time favourites from Baiastice.

Details

Gown: Ezura – “The Sins Wrath” – NEW (mesh)

Hair: Urban Lutz – “Capricorn” – NEW

Hair: Baiastice – “Fiamma”

Earrings / Ring: Finesmith – “Rehana”

Bracelet: Finesmith – “Scatterheart”

Skin: Silken Moon – “Clawdia Valentine” – NEW

Lipstick: Silken Moon – “Striped Lips” – NEW

Eyeliner: Silken Moon – “Wicca”

Shoes: epoque – “Mesa Platforms”

Poses: Corpus

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

Fellini – Lady in Blue

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Gown: Fellini Couture – “Lady in Blue” – NEW

Jewelry: Alienbear – “Eostre” /Multi MS

Nails: Finesmith – “Solid Blue”

Shoes: *GF* – “Flower Pumps” /modified

Hair: Plume – “Retro” /golden

Skin: Silken Moon – “Rookie” /special custom makeup

Lashes: Panjen – “Lil Stars”

Poses: Body Talking

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

Mesh News at Baboom!!!

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And again she did it! Kyra Camel, owner and designer of Baboom surprised me with an awesome new gown with great mesh parts! In the pack you have included 2 sizes of the mesh corset so you can choose with one fits you better. The “Glamour” gown is a wonderful elegant and sexy gown for any formal event. The wonderful mesh corsage without any shoulder lines gives a great base for awesome jewelry. For the “Glamour” gown Kyra included a cute and filigree mini set of earrings and necklace. The amazing gloves are decorated with awesome ruffles at the upper end and are made of 3 prims for each glove. The skirt is open on the front but covers what it has to 😉 There is a pair of wonderful, elegant shoes as well that come with the gown, but you know me I always need something edgy to elegant gowns so I chose one of my all time favourites from Mea Culpa, the “Raptor” shoes :p.What caught my attention was the huge headpiece with the amazing filigree veil. The “Glamour” gown is available in more stunning colors, so get the next limo to the Baboom Mainstore and look for yourself. I am sure there is a color for you as well 🙂

Details

Gown (incl. jewelry): Baboom – “Glamour” /green – NEW

Skin: Silken Moon – “Rookie” /Cheangeant Natural – NEW

Ankle Boots: Mea Culpa – “Raptor”

Nails: Love Soul – “Ethnic Girl” /olive

Hair: Baiastice – “Arisa” /red

Lashes: Detour – “Spider”

Poses: Body Talking

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin