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PNP Pose Show – Review

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Last Sunday the OGlam Agency presented the first show for PNP Poses made by  Spishak Sorbet.  Spishak Sorbet made a lot of new runway poses that were show cased by the OGlam models. It was an honor as well as a pleasure for me, that I was allowed to be part of that amazing show. The show was sponsored by Apple May, Azoury, Sascha’s Design, Champagne, Priviledge, !Silken Moon and Finesmith Designs. To give a short impression of that amazing show I would like to show you the outfits and poses I was allowed to showcase on the Runway.

My first outfit came from Apple May and was called “Cheery”. For skins we were sent to !Silken Moon and for “Cheery” I decided to wear the “Blog Frog” skin of the Rebel II series. The green eyeshadow and lips were the perfect addition to the color- and playful outfit. The jewelry for sure comes from Finesmith – and yes it is no secret that I adore yula’s creations as well as her genius designing skills and ideas 😉 – for this outfit I chose parts of the new “Rusalka Inspiration” set that matched the colors of the outfit and skin perfectly! For shoes we were allowed to pick from the great Mary Jane Shoes, made by Infiniti Mirihi. For this outfit the new “Cheeky” pumps in red where the perfect addition.

For this outfit I picked poses from PNP of the “PNP Runway – Mode” series.

The poses I used for the show were the “PNP Runway – Model 6, 28, 30, 42, 50

The second outfit I was wearing walking down the runway was made by Azoury and carries the name “Tenue Tooti”. The skin as well is from the Rebel II line of !Silken Moon and is called “L8ter G8ter” The jewelry as well for sure is made by Finesmith Designs and it is a mix of the “Vivienne Inspiration” set (earrings & headpiece), the “Ash” collar and let me add the fingernails as they are from Finesmith Designs as well, the “Finesmith Nails Painter v.1”

This dress was a real challenge to pose with the big sculpted prim that makes the skirt. But a few of the “PNP Runway – Dress” poses wer able to take the challenge and win 😉

For this outfit I used the “PNP Runway – Dress” poses 11, 44, 51, 56 and 63.

From Sascha’s Design I got the wonderful black “Zephra” gown. Again I used a skin of the Rebel II line of !Silken Moon , this time the “Mio Vio” skin. The jewelry is the “Idioma” set from Finesmith Designs and the shoes again I got from Mary Jane Shoes and they are called “Attitude Stilettos”

For the SAS Dress I chose poses as well from the “PNP Runway – Dress” series and it was the 2, 4, 9, 15, 24 and 46 that you can see in the pics above 😉

My 4th outfit was made by Champagne with a signature face tattoo from Garded Secret, that was made especially for this outfit called “Samba”. The skin is the same as I used for my first outfit and the shoes again came from Mary Jane Shoes, this time the “Strapped Stiletto” in cyan. The earrings are part of the “Valeria Inspiration” set, what is a limited set from Finesmith Designs.

For the “Samba” outfit I mixed poses of the “PNP Runway Haute” set and the “PNP Runway Dress” poses. From the “Haute” set I used the 2, 7, 10, 19 and the number 55 of the “Dress” series.

My last outfit for the PNP Pose Show was from Priviliged and it is called “Isadora Exclusive”. The skin is the last of the 4 Rebel II skins and named “Funny Bunny”, the jewelry set is the “January Colletion” from Finesmith Designs, the shoes are again a pair of the great Mary Jane Shoes – the “Satin Pumps” in white.

This time I again used poses from the “PNP Runway Dress” line to showcase the wonderful gown. I chose the numbers 8, 18, 20, 23, 26 and 27.

I hope you enjoyed my short review of this wonderful show and you take the effort and make your way to the PNP Mainstore and try all those wonderful and new poses 🙂

Finesmith Designs – Inspiration Sets March/April Part I

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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 mermaid  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 🙂

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 😉

“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!

” 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, “Stroke 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

Body Talking helps TLBS – Arisia Ashmoot’s Contribution to the Charity Event!

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Body Talking contribution for TLBS event. Its available at The Little Big Shop event, the Body Talking shop is right when you land, on the second floor:
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/KMADD%20Events/126/212/33

To learn more about TLBS please visit www.wix.com/lilbigshop/2011

Model: Arisia Ashmoot

Photographer: Takeshi Kiama

Layout: Wicca Merlin

Wicca’s Wardobe – Glamour Night with Finesmith & GizzA ;)

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Lately Giz Seorn, designer of GizzA, put an awesome gift at the Finesmith Designs Mainstore as I was doing my shift. A wonderful full body leather overall. I could not resist to style kinda black & white, the new Finesmith Designs “Mary” pearls set matched so well to hit what I felt in that very moment 😉

The incredible combination of pearls and filigree metal even let me wear pearls even if I am usually not the ‘pearls girl’ *grins*. As often yula surprised me with some that I would not have considered in a usual way for my wardrobe and her genius talent for designing and creating convinced me to walk a new path and throw away old prejudices I had against pearls 😉 The “Mary” set for me is kinda new generation of wearing pearls in combination with delicate, noble metals 🙂 Thanks for that Yula *hugs*

The corset again comes from Trilobite one of my favourite designers if it comes to the ‘prison round the waist ;). The boots for sure are the “Prestige Leather Boots” made by BAX, still one of my favourite boots even if I have them for a while. The hair I found on one of my rare hopping tours at Pocket Mirrors. Now.. let’s have fun in a ‘Glamour Night’ *grabs her car keys*

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

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

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“Look at her…” – News from GizzA!

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GizzA yesterday won the BOSL Award for the best new designer and I have to agree with that result 😉 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 😉 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 🙂

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 🙂

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

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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 fooling  around with and that was the result that you can see in the picture above 😉

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 hold  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% of  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!

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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 😉

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 🙂

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

Mea Culpa 1 years Anniversary!!! – It gets celebrated with a wonderful dress as a gift and a neat anniversary sale!!!

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Mea Culpa becomes one year old on the 25th of April. There for Tatanka Kaligawa decided something special for Thursday the 21st of April. There will be a 50% refund on all and everything that you buy between 12PM SLT and 3PM SLT. The designer himself will be in the store and make sure you get your 50% back 🙂

DO NOT MISS IT!!!

Who knows if you will ever again have the chance to get a Mea Culpa gown for 50% of the original prize!!! But that is not all… For all that have the Mea Culpa Mainstore in their pics section on their profiles, Tatanka Kaligawa designed a sweet, amazing anniversary dress that he will give a way for free to celebrate his first birthday. You will find that dress at the “Get your shopping card” board including a 10% discount card for another purchase.

But now let’s have a closer look on the dress I stole out of his laboratory to give you a sneak preview…

This dress is such a sweet idea to celebrate the first birthday of Mea Culpa. The short dress is a shows off very sexy the long legs and the texture of the clothing layers have an awesome shine. It is like you can feel the sun reflecting on each part of the dress. The shoulder prims add a light playful touch and the ornament on the chest make a lovely highlight. The neck collar as well is made as an attached prim. For me the hat is a total eye catcher. It looks like a neat umbrella that is directly worn on the head and so the name of the dress that I could see on a little piece of paper totally first for this design. “Sugar Candy” MeaCulpa‘s first anniversary dress is named and I am sure you will not miss it to get your “Sugar Candy” on Thursday the 21st at the Mea Culpa Mainstore!!!

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

Thetra Blackheart for “Claim the Fame” – Week 2 – Formal

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For the first week of Claim the Fame the designers had to create a formal attire for male and female and make a description that was read during the TV Show on Metaverse TV. (http://metaversetv.com/blog/2011/04/claim-the-fame-2/)

All designs of the Claim the Fame Shows are available at the KULT District (for surl please click here)

Thetra Blackheart:”RavenNoire  is created for the sensual, classic, and mysterious woman.  The bodice was designed so that it  entices the eye to wonder and explore every  curve and dimension of her being.  The elegance and movement of the dress show great detail its unique design and allow for a trace of mystery and wonder to the woman wearing it.  Shoes are magically matched to the gown  and the hair and accessories make for an elegant outfit that gives the ‘wow’ factor to anyone  who experiences it.”

Details

Outfit (including hair and shoes): E-clipse Design by Thetra Blackheart

Skin: Glam Affair

Jewelry: Finesmith Designs

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin