March MADNESS

OK, disclaimer: not sports related. This March Madness came in the form of the "Twisted Hunt", which brought about 6000 people into the store who had possibly never seen Wild Style Fashions before! :) So, I was madly trying to help people, do the hunt, and make some stuff for people to wear at the same time!

I managed to remodel the store too - since I thought it could use a face-lift after seeing all the other great stores in the hunt :)

Newly introduced since Paine were the Guayabera Shirt that I made by request for my good friend Deep Schism, and a re-do of the ladies' toga and a new sheer version of the toga.

I decided that it's time to retire my older stuff and make some new things to replace them as time permits. First thing to get permanent retirement is my St. Patrick's Day Shamrock undies sets. They were fun and a stretch for me when I made them last year, but it's time to say goodbye to them...

So, what's in the works, you ask? "OMG, You read my blog?" I reply. :) I'm trying to put together a wickedly sexy "Biker Babe" outfit. To be included in Biker Babe:
> My most daring undies yet
> Leather vest with lace-up sides with prim ties
> All-prim Leather skirt with built-in spikey belt (rip scripted to be undressed)
> Belted wrist wraps (should I put Lockmeister scripts in them?)
> maybe some cool armor bits made to look like "Mad Max"?
The other question: Boots, or no boots?

My first Fashion video!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3gvFTuDKFg

Valentine's Day

Happy February, Fashion Fans!

So, I was looking back over this first year of designs, and I wanted to redo my first-ever creation: the "heart cutout" shirt. But how? A simple re-texture of the same cut wouldn't do; so I thought about the trail of hearts that I was working on for a jewelry set, and decided to go with that. The end result (part 1), is "Rave Girl - Hearts".



This outfit has 2 sets of heart cutouts, snaking their way around. They're sure to catch your prey in a trance, so you can pounce!

Be fierce, be Wild. Dress for the hunt WILD STYLE.

Zoot! redux

A very nice gentleman came into the store and asked if I could make a jacket to add to the Wild Style Zoot suit. He was kind enough to give me some hints as to what it should look like, which helped a lot. After trying to do everything in the mesh, I tossed the first design out because the lapels were distorting on the chest and the skirt portion just looked lame. It would have to be prims or nothing. It took a couple of days to get the flexi on the lower protion and the curves on the lapels just right, but here he is. Since the competition is selling Zoots at L$700 - L$1000, and this complete set is only L$550, we'll see how long it takes to become the #1 Zoot in SL!!! :)
I'd look into making shoes, but HOC has really good L$10 "Skootchers". How can I compete with that?

Finally Finished with Paine ...

Night after endless night of slaving to make the perfect recreation of Paine has yielded this amazing outfit. I found another Paine outfit on the grid after I had already made this; but mine is 10 times better, I think. I'm just wondering if people will pay twice as much for the quality or go for the cheap version just to have something "similar". I had the same situation with FF Fran, but apparently people LOVE her. Time will tell.

I hired Helke Duettmann to shoot a video to Three Days Grace's song "Pain". It should be VERY interesting!

Up next: Zoot jackets and purple flames! That sounds weird, but they're not in the same outfit :)

Happy New Year!

Hi Fashion Fans!

OK, I was super busy the last month! With RL, Christmas, New Years, and all that there wasn't enough time to blog. Here's the rundown of new releases:

Christmas Undies, based on the very successful Skull Undies from Halloween. There is a new line of Rave outfits with flexi bell-bottoms and cool belts, and I quietly released a set of ruby heart jewelry (which I'm planning to update very soon).

The guys get a new set of shirts, and I had a few custom jobs. Notably, I created the championship belts for the SL Extreme Wrestling Federation!


It's time once again for a big project, so here comes Final Fantasy X2 "Paine". I would love to shoot a video for Youtube to the song "Pain" by Three Days Grace. That would totally rock :)

There's only 2 pieces left to make the outfit complete: her wrap, and her brooch. I was thinking about including a sword for her, but I'm not sure how far down that road I would go. There's all kinds of scripting that goes with swords... ugh...

Paine has a barbed-wire necklace that is included in this set, but is so cool I might sell it separately. Also, her boots are a new sculpt set that I just got -and tweaked a little :) ... those might be cool as separate items. Her gloves are highly detailed too. The only thing that bugs me is that when I started out, I thought this would be the ONLY Paine in Second Life. Alas, just like Fran before her, I discovered that there is a competitor. Fortunately, I think mine will be 10 times as good!

The Second Style Magazine ad for Wild Style is due to hit soon, and I'm hoping that a larger audience discover what Wild Style has to offer.

The mall is full once again, and we have a Fierce reseller now! Everyone should come by and check out the mall. If you know a good designer that you think should be there, I can always make room.

My good friend Inferno Nightfire moved in to Cheonma next door to Wild Style, so I made a path over to her store :) It's called "Fetish Inferno", and she has some really racy stuff. I'm really excited to have a friend as my neighbor, and hope it will prove to be a good location for her!

Thanks for tuning in, Fashion Fans!

TOGA!!!!

My good friend Fumiko asked for a toga, so she could have a toga party. Seems there are plenty of togas in SL, but none were exactly what she was looking for. So, I cooked up a sexy little 3-piece number for her and baked it until it was steaming hot!





Tricky stuff: Jacket layer sash covers one side of the chest, while the shirt layer sash covers the other half :)


Skirt layer bottom - no undies of course - and prims all over to complete it. I thought about making the top and bottom sculpted by buying M&M custom sculpt maps, but they're really pricey. Maybe for the next toga project :)

I decided to make some custom sandals to go with the outfit. They're fun. ...and breezy :)