New Couture: Alurra

It was time for a new couture dress, it's been a VERY long time since I've created anything along the lines of glamour, which is a little surprising to me given that fact that at one point - that's ALL i did. Wild, crazy Avant-Garde event dresses. It's what ushered me into this great big fashion world over 5 years ago. It not entirely a big secret that I paraded around in menagerie of the gaudiest glam gowns I could possibly create for the first several years of my Second Life®. Every day was dress up. Interesting to see the evolution of my own taste - in some cases I'm looking back at my old shit and thanking God!

So, this is Alurra, she a slimline sequined dress with a gathering at the bust. Can be worn with or without the included wrap which frames the shoulders and face. Again you'll see I'm not a fan of symmetry. Check it out here at this SLURL

Seeing Spots?

Then head on over and pick out your favorite color! New in the shop today is the most adorable little polka-dotted number, a short, flowing top and matching shorts. Sculpty sleeves fill out he shoulders and the sloped neckline provides a little allure. These are casual pieces that can be worn just about anywhere for anything, and if you're so inclined, you can add them to your pajama collection.

They're available now for $L 125, so do what you do best, be cute. OH! Don't forget to visit the 50 linden wall!

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OMG! Katy Perry is my new Muse!

I love her style, she hit every note spot on. I've even included a little flower for you hair. This little number comes in 4 colors and is chock full of sequined goodness. You'll sparkle in a slimline, lowcut dress with two layers of black netting beneath the "fabric." Check all the new designs out here - 40 new items in the last week!








































AND.. here's my other Katy inspired piece. The woman is destined to become a fashion icon. Sculpty goodness here, with a rippled bodice with bunched lace.

3 New Designs this week

I've been hammering them out lately, and it's surprised me, usually I am a "mood creator" - I have to be in the mood to do something, have sort of inspired motivation. After working on DiVAS for so many, many months and not doing anything in terms of content creation, I began feeling stagnate and it was really giving me this yearning, desperate urgency even to create. So, now that I have time off, I'm in love with it again, I have a new perspective, certainly, things are coming together in this collection in a way I never thought would be.. not from me at least. I've made a bit of an inadvertent departure from the glam/gaud pieces of my entire 6 year history of design, and I can tell you why: Having to run around as the character Phaylen for 7 months in some of my own outlandish creations every single solitary day made me want badly for some subtlety, something a little more muted but still stulish. I think thats how I've ended up here, where my creative avenue has taken me.

The first are these gorgeous little dresses/tops- yes, they're diverse and can be either-or, depending on your preference. I did them in several patterns and colors but kept the pallet a little more subdued. The detail came out pretty incredible, especially on the bow. Again, I'm on a sculpty sleeve trip, just can't get enough, it's so nice to have martial that isn't like it's been decoupaged on out pixels. The provide interesting shapes when considering the frame of an outfit, which is critical, and oftentimes a struggle to keep it looking manicured.




So I thought to myself, "Phay, you love jacket-blouses but never see them in the grid." So I made one, I really like how it turned out, It went through several variations before i was finally satisfied with the result. I paired it with a pair of dark pinstriped slacks and a belt for some shine and it really made it pop. This really was a labor of love because I enjoy things that give the human body a more elaborate shape, framing the face and the arms. One of my favorite features about this set, specifically on the jacket, is that black lining, sorta like satin. There actually another layer of prims beneath that give it some natural flow when the wearer moves.


These I did in several different colors. I won't include the red one here but it's simply divine, of course I do fancy the color combination of red and black.

Each one has it's own charm and makes for an interesting piece. I like clothes that you *KNOW* will turn heads when you walk into a room. The piece doesn't have to scream, but definitely must command attention, in a favorable way too.





Last but not least are these little upscale blouses I did that have a really unique pattern that i created entirely by accident and fell in love with it. I named them all after streets in New York City, because it takes a high fashion woman to pull it off and not be lost in the strong pattern.

The high collar and scarf you're thinking went out with the 80's - and it did, so i brought it back with a little bit of re-imagining. The knee-length skirt included in this set really modernizes the entire look, instead of going entirely black, a soft gray gives it a little more dimension, so the belt that is included breaks it up a bit.


Again they come in various colors for your perusal at the store. Stop by and take a look.


Here's the SLURL for your convenience.

New Outfit at the shop!

I'm continuing my "fun with sculpties" adventure and finding that it really does an outfit justice to use them rather than prims. So I was working on this new, simple but elegant outfit and like the way the sculpties complimented the blouse. I'm still very much in a summery mood, as you can tell!

These are names after places in New York, and i felt that they had this sort of Metro-sophistication to them that wasn't stiff, but hip and classic.

Soft puffy shoulders round out the top and give the blouse less symmetry (which I hate when things are straight-lined.) and more of a fluid appearance. The sleeves are my favorite part, they are wide sleeves, but not as extreme as bell sleeves. The give the arms a wider, more loose and airy feel.



Each color comes with the top, skirt belt, scarf and sculpty attachments, so you get an entire look. One of the most amazing things is the diversity of the outfit, if you're not a fan of the full shoulder look, you can remove them and still have an awesome, fashion forward blouse.

They come in 5 colors (sold seperately)!Two are shown here for your consideration.

Summer Breeze Collection - $L99

I had such a great success with the 99 Linden sweater collection last fall that this season I decided that I was gravitating toward a line of airy blouses with fun, flirty but sophisticated patterns. I decided that if I had to use traditional prims, I wasn't going to bother, because my vision for them was that they would have puffy sleeves, and the spheres just don't possess enough dimension for my tastes anymore.

I buckled down and with some help managed to create some diverse sleeves that capture the look and feel of what I hoped to achieve.

It's taken me a considerable amount of time to come out with this seasons line. I've been inundated with work since the finale of DiVAS and the upcoming shows in production, as well as organizing SL5B. As soon as everything came to a close, I shut myself in my studio and worked on the color palette and played with some textures, then decided on the cuts. I came out with three distinct designs for the collection. The picture you see above is one of 7 colors that really capture the concept of summer. Here are a couple more, but space doesn't allow me to show them all in their color variations.










There are 23 available colors at the shop in Zoe: Stop on by and have a look if you're so incline!
Here's the SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Zoe/109/41/38