The Alphaville Herald

Fierce Fashionistas – Metaplace launches Fall collection!!!

The Herald goes backstage at MP's Fall fashion show
by Suzie Skybeam
Amethyst announces the after-show party
Nervously waiting backstage, I watch two channels of chat scrolling up the screen: the public announcements to the audience, and the private instructions to the models. They've taken away spotlight we had at rehearsal (it made the clothes [...]

Stolen Goods Free-For-All At Burning Life

Who is the culprit – what will LL do in response?
by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk
 
a wonderland of stolen content – courtesy of the Neillife viewer?
Tenshi Vielle at Shopping Cart Disco just broke a shocking story – a huge cache of pirated content has been passed around at the Burning Life. Yet despite frantic [...]

How Profitable is the Second Life Fashion Game?

by Tenshi Vielle
I recently ran a very informal survey at Shopping Cart Disco in attempt to learn what Second Life's fashion designers cash out of Second Life per month. The results are summarized in the table below — the average earnings for all designers was $850 USD/month.
Inexperienced designers claiming to take home an average [...]

Better Than a Freenis – Tenshi Gets A Boob Job

by Tenshi Vielle, fabulous fashionista
Skin: Blowpop Skins, Bikini: Shai, Hair: ETD
Ladies, digital boobs are no longer good enough for us. There are places the skin layer simply cannot go. That skin you love so much might just need a little enhancement for that special night out on the town. Nobody wants to look like [...]

Why the SL Avatar Mesh Fails

by Tenshi Vielle, fabulous fashionista

slmesh.jpg – Courtesy of Annyka Beckers, creator of Blowpop Skins
Inan amazing feat of web-stumbling, it has been revealed that 3D mesheswork best when they do NOT contain triangles. 
Triangles, due to theirodd nature when subjected to division createbumps and humps in the avatar's appearance. We, of course, see thisnearly every damned [...]

Fashionista’s Process: A Retrospective

by Tenshi Vielle, classy and fabulous fashionista

There are many processes any goodFashionista goes through when becoming properly attired for an eventor blog post. Tonight, my friend Niki played National GeographicPhotographer to my wild African Lioness as I got dressed for a blogpost at Shopping Cart Disco.
In good NG fashion, Niki joined me forshopping at “&bean”, [...]

Stop Being So Damn Skinny – Real Life is Enough!

by Alessandra Narayan
 
Lilley Albanese talks SL fashion
It’s a new form of SOS: just change ‘O’ for ‘B’ and you’ll find the new message: Stop Being Skinny, stop believing everything the TV tells you – men like curves, not the ‘plain’ models you seen in the runways; do you feel good having to eat like [...]

Bolero Collection Fashion Show – SL Fashion Week 2009

by Lavinia Carver
I’m back with the last of the shows from SL fashion week day 3. This time, we’re showing Bolero, a wonderful fashion designer that’s all about the elegance.
Models: Gamp Lane, Aealla Illyar, Summer Deadlight

This dress is absolutely divine! I loved every moment that I got to look at it. It’s called Baby and [...]

SWA Fashion Show – SL Fashion Week 2009

by Lavinia Carver
I’m back with the second show of day 3 of fashion week. This time, we’ll be showcasing Second Wave Apparel’s line of freshly sewn designs. I also was able to snag an interview with one of the models, Gamp Lane. She wasn’t in this show, but was in others during the day. She [...]

::eLDee:: Fashion show – SL Fashion Week 2009

by Lavinia Carver
Many people have heard of Fashion Week. It is a week of nothing but fashion shows, with different tents sponsored by fashion magazines, each one competing for the better shows. Well, it’s not just in New York, London, Tokyo, and Paris any more. Now, fashion week has come to Second Life. I have [...]