The Alphaville Herald

Downtown – Fashion World Update

by Pixeleen Mistral on 06/05/07 at 7:01 pm

When you’re alone and life is making you lonely You can always go…downtown

by Tenshi Vielle, Fabulous Fashionista

After a week filled with catty Second Life drama and other kinds of activity, attending the Heroes and Villans Fashion Show/Party at Catwalk City was a welcome wind-down. Many avatars were in attendance, including Laydi Bailey (Hairapy), Aradia Dielli (Perfect Image), Popfuzz Bamboo (Popfuzz), and others.

Sexy TankGirl makes an appearence on the catwalk

Whether you’re a fan of DC or Marvel, there was every kind of character to be had. As it appears, being Super is en vogue and, at Catwalk City, next to Gotham, totally on location. Siyu Suen was the DJ for the evening, while BooBooKittie Haight, owner of Catwalk City, played the MC. All of the costumes were wonderfully well-designed by their creators, and there were no complaints from THIS superhero.

The Joker… gives me nightmares

Clowns were part of the entertainment at the Downtown sim’s opening on Saturday

Some of the first teleporters, at noon SLT. That’s Antonia Marat of Artilleri on the near left

The sim Downtown opened Saturday admist quite a buzz. At 12pm SLT on the dot, avatars began teleporting in to participate in the treasure hunt, where one could find tokens hidden all over the sim. By 5pm SLT, however, all tokens that were available were gone. “The professional treasure hunters came in and cleaned us out!” said one bystander, showing his Hoover pockets.

The Chinese-themed back alley

Mandarin Chinese – mmmmmm, kitty

The sim definetely shines the best at night setting, what with all the special spotlights and neon signs. The build began back in January, and boasts builders such as Pushbutton Skolnick, flopsie McArdle, Abbey Underall, Trevor Turner and Natalie Defiant. Natalie Defiant and Gage Rousselot are the sim’s co-owners.

Aradia Dielle shifts through records at Downtown’s record shop

“Totally insane, as you can pretty much see,” an exhausted Natalie told me over IM in regards to the traffic during the day, “Its been about 7 hours since we’ve opened, the crowd has stayed pretty large for most of it.” Isn’t that the truth. As I write this, there are at least 20 avatars standing in the center of town having their own little block party.

Block party at Downtown

As I write this article, most shop locations are full and there’s a waiting list to get in. “We invited vendors that we saw and liked,” Natalie says, “and once they saw the sim, most vendors couldn’t say no.”

“I’ve only been to NY once and stayed in Brooklyn. This feels like the real thing.” Moo Money stands at the corner by the record shop and the autobody shop, smiling. “And [the rent] is cheap! I seriously see a lot of potential in this sim. Check out the train!”

The Brownstones at Downtown are magestic in their own right – but could you imagine the rent?!

Not long after I finished talking to Moo, the sim crashed from overload but was up again just as quickly. This sim is the next big thing.