The Fabulous and Fantastic -- Featuring Evolve, Chop Zuey, Hairoin, {{BSD Design Studio}}, Dot-Be Fashion, and blackLiquid

As I continue to work within the fashion industry, I'm also working in an ever evolving Second Life platform that provides new opportunities regularly. Since I began playing in 2005, a lot has changed, so much so that I could probably not list all of those changes.

Featured Evolve Paisley Me

Featured Chop Zuey Toffa Arabia Set

Featured Chop Zuey Starbust Hair Sticks Cats Eye

Featured Hairoin Electron

Featured {{BSD Design Studio}} Fashion Show First Row Black Velvet

1. IKON: Sunrise Eyes Steel Blue Pale

2. Gaeline Mesh Lashes: Divina

3. Face Paint: Orange Frost

4. Glance Skins: Anais

5. Face Paint: Black Liner

6. [Mirror's Enigma]: Azuka Butterfly Lips Pack

7. Candy Nail: Chidori Gold

Depending on who you ask, these changes have been for the better (or worse) and each time one comes along, a whole plethora of time must be set aside to learn about whatever that new thing is, how to apply it to my Second Life or yours, and what value it will offer once I learn it.

Featured Evolve Paisley Me

Featured Chop Zuey Toffa Arabia Set

Featured Chop Zuey Starbust Hair Sticks Cats Eye

Featured Hairoin Electron

Featured {{BSD Design Studio}} Fashion Show First Row Black Velvet

1. IKON: Sunrise Eyes Steel Blue Pale

2. Gaeline Mesh Lashes: Divina

3. Face Paint: Orange Frost

4. Glance Skins: Anais

5. Face Paint: Black Liner

6. [Mirror's Enigma]: Azuka Butterfly Lips Pack

7. Candy Nail: Chidori Gold

I designed clothes in the Stone Age of Second Life. My first big hurdle to learn related to flexi. Everyone around me were adding flexi items to their clothing, and some more successfully than others. There are still some flexi items that look and work wonderfully well and others that never did.

Featured Evolve Paisley Me

Featured Chop Zuey Toffa Arabia Set

Featured Chop Zuey Starbust Hair Sticks Cats Eye

Featured Hairoin Electron

Featured {{BSD Design Studio}} Fashion Show First Row Black Velvet

1. IKON: Sunrise Eyes Steel Blue Pale

2. Gaeline Mesh Lashes: Divina

3. Face Paint: Orange Frost

4. Glance Skins: Anais

5. Face Paint: Black Liner

6. [Mirror's Enigma]: Azuka Butterfly Lips Pack

7. Candy Nail: Chidori Gold

Other changes occurred as a result of varied legal questions. Gambling became illegal and changed the entire face of the grid. There was once a teen grid, to encourage kids to play in sections where they were not exposed too soon to the craziness of our world and now we have General, Moderate and Adult.

Featuring Dot-Be Gemma Gown

Featuring blackLiquid This Is Autum

Featuring Hairoin Hypertension

1. IKON: Sunrise Eyes Steel Blue Pale

2. Gaeline Mesh Lashes: Starlia

3. Candy Nail: Resort Sunset

4. [Mirror's Enigma]: Victoria Tan Skintone

5. EMO-tions: Aphrodite Earrings

6. Material Squirrel: Isolde Wings Autumn

7. Face Paint: Liner and Lash Black

8. In-Pose!

Just as some of the new techniques befuddled me and made me take a step back from design, so also has it affected many peers. Some people caught on to the sculpting program and mesh as well, and others could not and businesses closed. It seems that those who are most flexible have the best chance at making their SL business long term.

Featuring Dot-Be Gemma Gown

Featuring blackLiquid This Is Autum

Featuring Hairoin Hypertension

1. IKON: Sunrise Eyes Steel Blue Pale

2. Gaeline Mesh Lashes: Starlia

3. Candy Nail: Resort Sunset

4. [Mirror's Enigma]: Victoria Tan Skintone

5. EMO-tions: Aphrodite Earrings

6. Material Squirrel: Isolde Wings Autumn

7. Face Paint: Liner and Lash Black

8. In-Pose!

Now that I approach Second Life from the vantage point of a model, I look at change differently. Ever eager to discover new ideas, to be the first to wear, the first to try defines many of my peers in this business and me as well. I'm not as afraid of change, or learning new tricks as I once was.

Featuring Dot-Be Gemma Gown

Featuring blackLiquid This Is Autum

Featuring Hairoin Hypertension

1. IKON: Sunrise Eyes Steel Blue Pale

2. Gaeline Mesh Lashes: Starlia

3. Candy Nail: Resort Sunset

4. [Mirror's Enigma]: Victoria Tan Skintone

5. EMO-tions: Aphrodite Earrings

6. Material Squirrel: Isolde Wings Autumn

7. Face Paint: Liner and Lash Black

8. In-Pose!

Instead, I embrace all that's tossed out when I've been given a chance to work with various people. My newest sponsor - blackLiquid - gives me a whole new perspective on makeup in Second Life (This Is Autumn). I miss Face Paint, and I enjoy trying new things now that it's closed its doors. Each time I receive a pair of shoes from {{BSD Design Studio}}, I know it's one of a kind mesh design and something created with love and passion. I love wearing the fashionable couture from Evolve (Paisley Me) and Dot-Be Fashion (Gemma Gown) and finding all the fun ways to use the many splendid hair designs from Hairoin. Chop Zuey, as well as other designers who put out free items for their group members have and always will help me manage a budget. I think I've changed as Second Life has changed, and I don't regret a minute of it.