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You probably saw Harper’s piece a while back about my not being able to write much for the blog anymore.  The good news is that things aren’t quite as drastic as I may have led her to think.  It’ll still be fun to get some time for writing, but it probably won’t be any worse than I already am, lol.

Anyway, when I let the boss know I’m still available, she asked me to do a fast one to link to the current issue of Eclipse Magazine.  Their cover story this month, written by Cajsa Lilliehook of It’s Only Fashion, is on Strawberry Singh.  But it’s not the usual fashion piece, like you’d see in the past on her (I’ve done some checking).  Berry is one of the more prominent and outspoken women within Second Life working for preservation of women’s and immigrant rights.  This lets her in for a lot of “criticism” — if you can really call it that.  Please be sure to read the article.

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Cajsa Lillliehook, one of my old friends here in Second Life, gives a good look at goodies from this cycle of Collabor88, and throws in a quick tutorial on tinting for newbies (or oldbies who need a refresher).  Rush over and read!

Omni-Blogging: MSO, Hair Fair, Collabor88 & a Tinting Tutorial | Its Only Fashion.

 

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Hair Fair will be opening in about 90 minutes from when I’m writing this. And, like many years, advice abounds on how to work your way through this most popular of SL fashion events with a minimum of stress. Cajsa Lilliehook of It’s Only Fashion has, like me, seen five of these events, and will be attending her sixth now. And Cajsa’s article has some excellent, easy advice. If you read that, you’ll make your life much simpler as you walk the Lego-strewn paths of this year’s Hair Fair.

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To credit, or not to credit:  that is the question….  I think you should credit everything that you possibly can.  The only thing I don’t, usually, is the poses, since I don’t normally use only one set of poses in my fashion shoots, and I have no easy way of tracking which ones I do with the HUDs I employ.  I can take, if I’m really driven, perhaps 25-30 shots that I will winnow through for the best 5-6, and so I lose any relation to the pose creators in the process.  I apologize to them here and now, because I know they put in as much hard work as do the clothing or hair or makeup designers to create something special.

But it is a good idea to credit everything you can; and Cajsa Lilliehook offers a suggestion here on how to do it fairly easily:

Giving Credit Where It Is Due | Its Only Fashion

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Then check out Second Sites, a venue blog written by Cajsa Lilliehook of It’s Only Fashion.  Cajsa and Gidge do a lot of location work, and they’ve found lots of great sites over time.  Land permissions are usually listed below a photo of each location, along with keywords or a brief description.  This Tumblr blog will help your search for the perfect location shoot!

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I slapped together the two photos I posted Wednesday for Cajsa Lilliehook’s Red Lip Wednesday Challenge in a half-hour before having to get ready for work.   I must have done a better job in 30 minutes than I thought, because I got a fave on the post.  Here’s four more, with the local effects finally kicking in, and a touch more makeup to improve the look.

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And here are, as ever in demand —

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The details:

• Skin:  [PXL] Candy SK NE NudeLips MEB
• Eyes:  Sterling Artistry Jeweled Eyes (rose quartz)
• Hair:  Analog Dog Delora (cherry) [An old style, and possibly the curliest hairdo on the Grid, though I’m sure I haven’t exhausted all the possibilities]
• Costume:  Deviance Enchantress (Onyx; includes the staff I’m holding)
• Boots:  R2 Pumehana Ioa boots (black)
• Makeup (in order of application):  [sYs] EPSILON – Graphyc eyes (blue); Glamorize Tribal Touch eyeshadow (Gilded); *BOOM* Love my eyes Liner and Mascara (medium thickness); Glamorize Dirty Babe Lips (Bleeding Fire –a glowing shiny red)

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Fast addition for Cajsa Lilliehook’s Red Lip Wednesday challenge. More information later, when I get home from work!

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You’ll find a different sort of article right now at It’s Only Fashion. Written by Cajsa Lilliehook, it’s entitled “Can’t Orkney firbkkk phone”, and it’s about something that Linden Lab could do to increase user satisfaction and attract new people — instead of mega-events and various things, why not try emphasizing the ways the people connect with each other?  The proof of Cajsa’s thesis derives from the title, which is the last line plurked by our friend Gidge Uriza as she was going under for some surgery today.  As you’ll see in Cajsa’s article, she and Gidge connected via shared experiences in Second Life, and later extended that connection to the real world as well.  Gidge was there, figuratively, for Cajsa when she was undergoing some serious medical problems a few years ago, and now Cajsa is there for Gidge.

I hope you’ll stop by and read.  I hope this especially if you are someone from the Lab; you might want to consider recommending this to your public relations department (grin).  Get well soon, Gidge!

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Writing from Kissimmee, Florida.

Fashion for Life has been spectacularly successful so far this year.  The report from the sidebar counter at the event blog is at least L$4.3 million — that’s better than USD $16,000 contributed, with better than four days left in the event.  Not bad, people!

If you’re looking for some ideas, let me throw these at you.  The links go to six articles at three of the best fashion blogs out there:  Michelle Hyacinth’s Weblog, Cajsa Lilliehook’s It’s Only Fashion and Harper Beresford’s A Passion for Virtual Fashion.

• Lara in Blue by PurpleMoon
• Michela by AZUL
• Loue Moon by Miamai
• Lace Dress from Riddle
• Bourbon by MEB (Cajsa also notes the ACS Memorial Garden, part of the expo)
• Aldebaran from Sonatta Morales

 

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Writing from College Park, Florida.

If you don’t already read It’s Only Fashion, written by Cajsa Lilliehook, Gidge Uriza et al., you need to.  It’s one of the nicest blogs I’ve read out there in the world revolving around the Grid.  And now Cajsa has come up with a contest for you.

The Great SL Photo Hunt encourages you to explore Second Life in search of places where you can complete 100 different photo projects.  (The full list is available at Cajsa’s blog.)  They can be as simple as “You ironing clothes,” or as complex as “You and as many friends as possible stuffed in a phone booth.”  So you’re going to need some help on at least some of these projects; time to start contacting your friends and networking.  There are prizes for completing activities, with first worth L$6,500 in cash and goodies!

Read the article, get out the camera, and get to work!