Vintage Elegance With Glam Dreams

Posted on April 2, 2014 by Kay Fairey

So I was in Opium Evolution‘s Gatsby Show that did three showings over two weekends and we had so many guests come on all three days! It was such a fun show to watch and to walk in and being a vintage fashion fan, I really had a great time. I thank all the guests who took the time out to come to watch the show.

I wore a total of four outfits and one of them was this lovely gown made by sandytpr Lysette of Glam Dreams called “Gatsby“. It comes with the hair accessory, gloves and the fur shawl that I am wearing here.

This was the first show I walked since I came back and it made me realize one more time how much I loved modeling…but more so than that, how much I loved being part of shows together with my fellow friend models. We would laugh, say silly jokes, make fun of each other, help out when somebody needs help…that is the best part of being in shows and I truly enjoy the time I spend. Yes, even if it was 4am in the morning my time!

For that, I thank all my model friends for the fun they give me and for being there when I need help or just somebody to talk to. ❤

Gown: Glam Dreams, “Gatsby” Lace Gown (White & Black)
Necklace: Maxi Gossamar, Pearl Necklaces, Combo Long, Mono colors
Earrings: Donna Flora, Vivian pearl set (earrings only)
Cigarette Holder: Gold In The Night, “Long Cigarette Holder” Black
Shoes: Donna Flora, Rosea Shoes (Black)
Hair: Vanity Hair: Pixivor (Fiery Red)
Makeup: Pekka, Vintage Mature Complete Makeup (Orange)
Eye Shadow: Pekka, Vintage Eye Makeup (Red)

I’m Feeling The Spring! Solidea Folie, Blooming Spring 4

Posted on March 26, 2014 by Kay Fairey

It’s this time of the year that I start to feel light, happy, joyful and playful. 😀 In real life, I’d want to go outside, take my car for a spin and going to the park with my dogs becomes a true pleasure. I must say, during winter, walking the dogs is a chore especially if the weather is bad. lol It’s probably not a coincidence that I also just got my new car which is yellow and it looks nice to be driving it in pretty spring colours. 🙂 And in Second Life, my wardrobe starts to get more playful with lots of pretty colours too. I get inspired a lot by pretty dresses with happy colours so it was almost natural that I got attracted to this beautiful gown by Mila Tatham of Solidea Folie. It was so perfect for my mood that day. I wanted to style it so it will be “fluffy and light”…of course, not in a literal sense but in a “feeling” sort of meaning. And this is the first week that I’m not turning on my heater in real life. Yay! Good bye, winter. See you around in fall!

Gown: SoliDea FoliEs, Blooming Spring 4 @ SAVIAD Spring Fair*
Hair Accessory: SoliDea FoliEs, Carina (White)
Hat: BaObA, Lady Rose Blue @ SAVIAD Spring Fair*
Ring: LaGyo, Lost crystal rings Silver (Purple)
Hair: booN, ARK554 Hair (Sandy)
Eye Shadow: La Malvada Mujer, In Color #2 (eye shadow only)
Lip Colour: Kokolores, BP – Pure Metallic Lips (Blue)
Chair: Hex, Rabbit Chair (Matt)

*Links are for Saviad Spring Fair 2014

AZUL, Rita In Champagne

Posted on February 27, 2014 by Kay Fairey

When I came back to SL, I was living in my free Linden home for about a week while I was thinking what I should do for a more permanent home. I lived in a private island for a very long time and I loved the privacy and the freedom to terraform the island to what ever I wanted. So at one point, I had a medieval village. At another time, I had a modern house with a beautiful garden. I loved how I could make anything and change it when I got bored. But this time, the situation was a bit different. I needed a house that I can feel comfortable in immediately. I didn’t think I had the luxury of time to terraform, build a house and decorate it but I still wanted to live in a beautiful environment.

One day, Aris came home all excited. Apparently, he had gone wandering around different sims and somehow ended up in the sim where the Rose Theater was located. He then told me that there are furnished apartments we can rent there and he wanted me to come see it. I fell in love right away and we decided to make this place our home. So here we are in the beautiful sim owned and built by Kaya Angel called the Angel Manor Estate. We love strolling around the beautiful garden where there is a riding stable, clay pigeon shooting, a mini golf course, a sanctuary where we can sit down for a nice tea party, an art gallery…there is just so much to enjoy and explore. We even found a bath like the ancient Roman bath in the basement of the palace! I am sure we haven’t even seen everything yet.

Another thing I am loving is that being a resident of this place, I can rez my pose stand anywhere on this vast estate! So today, I decided to use this grand staircase to shoot a picture for my blog post for the lovely Rita gown in champagne colour from Azul. It seemed perfect for this elegant gown.

Now if only I didn’t get lost every time I take a stroll… These are the moments I curse my horrible sense of direction in both RL and SL. 😦

Gown: AZUL, Rita in Champagne (Mesh)
Necklace & Earrings: Virtual Impressions, Gabrielle Gem Set in Snow White Pearls
Hair: Eaters Coma, HAIR 16 (mocha)
Eye Shadow: Glamorize, Forever Night Eye Makeup (Snowball)
Eye Liner: KOOQLA, Z-eyeliners (Black 01)
Lip Colour: Kokolores, BP-Soft Lip Tints (Brownie)

A sYs Skin Only At “From BOSL W/Love Hunt”

Posted on February 25, 2014 by Kay Fairey

Aren’t we all always looking for great skin? sYs Design made a skin that comes with the makeup you see here and it’s available for L$1 only at From BOSL W/Love Hunt! The hunt ends on February 28th so make sure you get it before it’s too late! You can get many other exclusive and wonderful items in the stores in the Best of SL Boulevard mall covering 2 sims. All you have to do is wear the Best of SL Magazine Readers group tag and look for red hearts in the stores and click on them to buy the items for L$1.

I also got this lovely mesh gown from sYs Design which was also sold at the store in the Best of SL Boulevard on the Renaissance sim right close to the chapel.

The jewelry I am wearing here is from a Japanese store called Haysuriza. The decoration parts you see over my right shoulder and attached to the right bracelet are separate pieces so you can wear these with or without the decorative parts. And the avant-garde boots are from Wicca’s Wardrobe but you can definitely wear this gown with regular party shoes if that is what you prefer.

The BOSL Hunt will only last three more days so go check it out before it ends!

Gown: sYs Design, CASSIOPE – long dress Mesh (white & black)
Skin: sYs Design, KYO skin – beige – Valentine (From BOSL W/Love Hunt #22)
Jewelry Set: HAYSURIZA, Pearl (121 Shinos Model ) Accessories
Hair + Hood: EMO-tions, MARY-ANNE (B+W-pack)
Ankle Boots: Wicca’s Wardrobe, Claw Boots Black Leather
Nails: Nailed It, Bright Set (Red)

*The links to sYs Designs are for the Best of SL Boulevard.

A “Heartbreak” I Love!

Posted on February 18, 2014 by Kay Fairey

Nobody likes a heartbreak, but this is one “Heartbreak” that I knowwwww most women will welcome with open arms!

Tres Beau by designer Kimmera Madison released “Heartbreak” on Valentine’s Day. But you can see that this is not a gown that is so Valentine-ish that it can only be worn on February 14th. It looks amazing on any other day of the year!

It comes in three colours; red, fuscia and off-white but I chose this fuscia one because it is not easy to find a nice ‘pink’ gown. I think fuscia is a colour that can look very stylish but since it’s a strong colour, if you go in the wrong direction, you can end up looking either too childish, too girly or ‘a bit too much’. If you look closely, the pink used in this gown is not a flat one tone of pink. It’s actually a mix of different tones and that’s what gives this gown a deeper and sophisticated look.

I used a multi-pale coloured jewelry set by Kunglers Extra just to break the pink a bit while adding some accent to the otherwise total fuscia look. I also wanted to avoid the look being too girly so I chose to go with a smokey makeup with a slight tint of pink for the eyes and a very pale pink for the lips.

Overall, I’m very happy with the result and I think I was able to make the exact look that I was going after. Now I’m happy and I can go back to sipping my favorite coffee!

Gown: Tres Beau, “Heartache” Fushia
Jewelry Set: Kunglers Extra, Walhalla – Silver
Hair: D!va Hair, “Lili” (Type B) – Onyx
Nails: Nailed It, French Manicure – Brights Set (summer)
Eye Shadow: mock, Finn Indifference Eye Shadow (eyes only)
Lip Colour: Kokolores, BP – Pure balms – Rose Sheer

An Asian Fairy – The Dragon Gown From Champagne! Sparkling Couture

Posted on February 14, 2014 by Kay Fairey

I guess it was my sheer luck that my computer decided to break down in mid-December when I was just getting ready to return back to Second Life. I always wonder why some things just have to happen as if it chose the worst timing ever. 😦 And with the year-end/new year holidays, which is really big in my country, coming up, there was no way I could get my PC back before the new year.

So what I’m trying to say is….I missed watching Miss Virtual World last year!

But Enzo Champagne of Champagne! Sparking Couture sent me the amazing gown he created for Miss China 2014 called DRAGON, which was exactly what I needed having just come back and didn’t have time to go shopping yet. Thanks to Enzo, I was able to get right back into modeling mode and totally enjoyed styling this fabulous gown.

The skin I’m using is the Shui skin from Elysium, which Aleida Rhode made for Asian avatars and it just seemed to be exactly the right skin to use with this gown. Needless to say, I am very happy with the results too. 🙂

And a friend Japanese creator, Hays Uriza, made the jewelry set I am wearing. It is a mesh set and comes in gold, silver and copper. I use this set a lot and I never get tired of it because I just love how it’s simple and yet so impressive and creates a dramatic effect. Again, just right for a dramatic gown like this Dragon. I will just add that the necklace can be size adjusted in all 3 dimensions so it is very easy to get a right fit for any size avatar.

Gown: Champagne! Sparkling Couture, DRAGON – MVW CHINA 2014
Necklace, bracelets and earrings: Haysuriza, Ethnic Scale Necklace (Gold)
Nails: Nailed It, Bright Set, Red
Hair: TuTy’s, Juicy Wet look ponytail – Black
Skin: Elysium, Shui Skin (milk tone)
Eye Shadow: Thea Tamura Fashion, Black Velvet Series – Makeups 2 (sky) & lashes
Eye Liner: KOOQLA, Z-eyeliners (Black 02)
Lip Color: L.Fauna, 2.0 Lipstick, Red 1

Desir ‘Mia Dress’ and Elysium Shiu Skin

Posted on January 28, 2014 by Kay Fairey

I don’t have a photo studio yet so I decided to take a stroll in the beautiful Angel Manor Estate sims and take location shots.

This is a dress that is so elegant and delicate that I almost feel like I am wearing a dress made of feathers. The vertical lines of this dress give it the simplicity that I like too.

I have mood swings when it comes to fashion and this couple of days, I’ve been extremely attracted to elegant dresses that are simple and don’t come with many parts or components. The same goes for makeup. Lately, I am not in the mood to wear lots of strong colours so here, I kept my makeup very simple too.

The skin I am wearing is a new skin from Elysium where creator, Aleida Rhode, made Asian skins for the first time. It captures the essence of Asian features and I absolutely loved it! When I started to model, I searched for Asian skin for a very long time but was never able to find one that I liked…until this one! Congratulations Ale for a great skin launch!

Dress: Desir, Mia Dress in white
Earrings: Tres Beau, Ribbon Pearls (used earrings only)
Skin: Elysium, Shui Skin (here I am wearing milk tone with no brows)
Hair: D!va Hair, “Lili” (Type A, onyx colour)
Eye Lashes: Action Mesh Feathered Lashes*
Eye Shadow: Kokolores, BP Frosted Eyeshadows Silver*
Eye Liner: Kooqla, Z-eyeliner (Black) 03*
Lipstick: Kokolores, BP Pure balms, Lilac bold*
Poses: J’adore

*Cosmetic Fair Winter Edition / January 15th – 30th　Only a few days left!

Fellini Couture for ‘Hope For Emilia’

Posted on July 27, 2012 by Kay Fairey

Fellini Couture – Tentation W&B Hope For Emilia

“Rebuilding Lives, Restoring Hope”

Hope for Emilia, held through August 9, is a fundraising event for the victims of the recent earthquake in Emilia, Italy. Many brands have joined in to support this charity project, donating exclusive items that are only sold on this event site with 100% of sales going to charity.

100% of the funds raised with this event will be donated to victims of the earthquake through a an official bank account opened by Emilia-Romagna region and all transactions will be public on the Hope For Emilia website.

Here, I am introducing this love gown that was released by Fellini Couture as the exclusive item.

“Fellini Couture – Tentation W&B Hope For Emilia” is a black & white mesh gown that is chic, elegant and glam! I am also using an exclusive face tattoo released from White Widow. This face tattoo comes in various colours and has the “without eye shadow” versions for each colour. The one I am using here is the “with eye shadow” version.

The hat I matched in this styling is one of the new hats released recently from Bliss Couture. Being a passionate animal lover, the bird in the hat was enough to make this one of my favorites. Needless to say, it is stylish too!

The jewelry set is a new mesh jewelry that has just been released from Virtual Impressions. At this store, new items are released every Saturday and group members can buy all new releases at 50% discount for the first one week period. So this is one group worth joining if you have group slots you can open up.

~ HOPE FOR EMILIA SPONSORS ~

ALEXANDAR VARGAS
ASYMETRIQUE
AVENUE MAGAZINE
BESTYLE MAGAZINE
BLITHE SL MAGAZINE
BLVD AGENCY
BOSL RADIO
HAUTE MAGAZINE
L’HOMME MAGAZINE
MANIERA MAGAZINE
MIMMI BOA MODELING ACADEMY
SOLOEVANE MODEL AGENCY
THE BEST OF SL MAGAZINE

Styling note:

Outfit: Fellini Couture, Tentation W&B Hope For Emilia – Exclusive
Hat: Bliss Couture, Ella Hat (Noir)
Hair: booN, KBO906 hair (Black)
Face Tattoo: White Widow, Face Tattoo] Paon (Blue/Turquoise with eye shadow) – Exclusive
Jewelry: Virtual Impressions, Carla Jewelry in Snow White Pearl & Diamonds (mesh)
Lipstick: ZanzE House of Couture, Makeup Runway Lipstick (Dry Petal)
Sandal: N-core, ETOILE (Black)

*The SURL links for the exclusive items above direct you to the respective stores on the event site. Click here to go the central landing point for Hope For Emilia.

BOSL RFL Sales – 2.5 More Days Left!

Posted on July 12, 2012 by Kay Fairey

VoguE – Serina Mesh Gown (BOSL RFL Exclusive)

There is only three days left to buy any of the exclusive items sold with the BOSL RFL campaign. All items are sold in the participating stores as well as the BOSL Mr. Virtual World Theater where the grand final pageant of Mr. Virtual World took place.

Each participating brand has given this event one exclusive item that will only be on sale until July 14th, 12 noon and 100% of all sales of these items will be donated to Relay For Life.

Today, I am introducing the exclusive mesh dress that was made for this charity event by Zalyn Bailey of VoguE. This is a lovely black and white mesh gown that has sweet fused with chic.

Here I did a makeup for a print work, meaning that is good for blog or magazine pics but of course, this gown will look amazing with more realistic makeup. I would wear this with deep red lipstick and maybe just an eye-liner…simple and chic classic makeup.

Styling notes:

Dress: VoguE, Serina Mesh Gown – RFL Limited Edition
Earrings: Chop Zuey, Misery & Oreos Set （イヤリングのみ使用）
Hair: Vanity Hair, 2CUTE4U2 (Nove Black)
Eye Shadow: L.Fauna Skins, Smokey Cat-Shadow (Teal/Yellow)
Lipstick: L.Fauna Skins, Lipstick (Wine 3)
Face Tattoo: Zibska, Checkmate (Gold)

You can also buy all BOSL RFL exclusive items in the Mr. Virtual World Theater where all items are displayed and sold on RFL venders on the back wall. The links below are divided into three locations as each is a different sim.

Sascha’s Designs Releases La Seine

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Kay Fairey

Sascha’s Designs has a new dress and it’s goooooooorgeous!

Sascha Frangilli, owner and designer of Sascha’s Designs has come up with an absolutely lovely dress for those who love something romantic to wear.

Sascha's Designs, La Seine in Cream

“La Seine” comes in different colours but as always with Sascha’s gowns, you can choose three different skirts, making this a very versatile outfit for your wardrobe. The set, of course, includes a big long skirt and a slightly shorter skirt with ruffles in the upper part, which I wore here, but you can also choose to wear this outfit as a cocktail dress with a short mini skirt. The hat I am wearing is also part of the set.

Sascha's Designs, La Seine in Cream worn with Glamorous Accessory Set by Crystal Line

The jewelry set I wore here is a new release from Crystal Line which is colour and texture change. What I love about this set is that the gem colours are changeable into soft and mellow colours such as the pale pink you see in this picture.

Gown: Sascha’s Designs, La Seine in Cream (hat included)
Hair: Bliss Hair, Classic Bun (Noir)
Hair Base: booN, Gathered Raised Hairbase (Black)
Jewelry: Crystal Line, Glamorous Accessory set
Lipstick: MOCK Cosmetics, Bella Vetro Gloss (Santa Fé)
Shoes: LeLutka, Saffron (Soft Pearl)

Posted by Kay Fairey, CEO and model for BLVD Agency, Miss Virtual World Modeling Academy Executive Director and Instructor, Agency Director for Dione Fashion Agency, Fashion Editor for the Best of SL Magazine, Producer and Host for “SLTV Fashion Style – The Runway” which is a bi-weekly live fashion program by Second Life TV in SL Japan.

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