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Swanilda; A New Gown From Styles of edo

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So this is my second post for today as I wanted to keep posts from jewelry separate from outfits (see the post below for a new Classic Akoya Pearl jewelry release from Styles of edo).

Together with a launch of antique Akoya Pearl jewelries, Styles of edo just released a gown called Swanilda which is a long gown version of Coppelia. The elegant gown now has a shoulder stall in addition to the long skirt and comes in seven beautiful colours; black, blue, brown, olive, pink, red and turquoise.

The impression of this new gown is that it’s just simply elegant! Not too much and not overly decorative which accentuates the quality of the satin texture used which designer and creator, Mami Jewell is so good at. This will be a perfect gown for ladies who are looking for elegant gowns for high class social events that require style, elegance but more importantly good taste in fashion.

Styles of edo – Swanilda (Turquoise)

Outfit: Styles of edo, Swanilda (turquoise)
Shoes: Maitreya, Slinky Stilettos (pine green)
Earrings: Styles of edo, Classic Akoya Pearl Drop Earrings
Hair: The Abyss Hair, Aeon (full moon)
Skin: Tuli, Elizabeth [ pale ] fern

Written and modeled by Kay Fairey, model for Boulevard Agency, Evane Models Agency, Ewing Fashion Agency, Best of Italian and Second Look Studio

Big New Releases at Styles of edo! Pearls and Gowns

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This weekend, Styles of edo has decided to release a new gown called Swanilda, which is a long gown version of Coppelia and also their very first pearl jewelry, the Akoya Pearl Series. I will post about the Swanilda release in a separate post.

If you know anything about pearls, you should be excited! The Akoya Pearls were natural pearls (non-cultured) that existed in the early 1900’s that are no longer produced or available except as antique pearl jewelry. A real Akoya Pearl triple strand can cost something like US$50,000 or more and are true luxuries which you will be lucky enough if you found a good one on sale. Well, this is Second Life! Make your jewelry dream come true!

edo has launched 4 necklace types, single strand, long single strand, double strand and triple strand together with 2 types of earrings, studded pearl earrings and drop type earrings. Note the creamy pinkish colour of the pearls. Pink pearls are the most expensive pearls you can get as it is not easy to match up the colours of pearls to make a whole necklace or any piece of jewelry with pink coloured pearls. The pearl jewelry that just came out from Styles of edo are all pinkish and creamy that comes from aging.

The backside of the necklaces are also made to first class quality with a detailed necklace buckle as you can see from a picture I have taken below.

You might be wondering if edo Tone is now making jewelry. Well, not really. The idea and concept of these pearl jewelry came from edo Tone while the actual creation was done by the Chrissy Ambrose, designer and creator of jewelry who owns Virtual Impressions. This explains the quality of the pieces. So let me show you what these two have come up with as a collaborative work.

Styles of edo – Akoya Pearl Single Strand

Styles of edo – Akoya Pearl Single Strand (long)

Styles of edo – Akoya Pearl Double Strand

Styles of edo – Akoya Pearl Triple Strand

The back side of the pearl necklaces (the one shown here is a triple strand)

To go to Styles of edo, click here.

Written and modeled by Kay Fairey, model for Boulevard Agency, Evane Models Agency, Ewing Fashion Agency and Second Look Studio

Wen Winkler: A New Designer of Great Gowns

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I ran into Wen some time ago when she just opened a new store as her very own. Wen had been a designer with OMG! Inc., but she launched on a project to have her own outfits in her own store. She had some wedding gowns and some coloured gowns for the bride maids when I walked in. This was my first encounter with Wen.

It’s been about a month or so since then. She had been sending me pics of her new releases and I couldn’t believe how quickly she was turning into a great gown designer! Even when she started, she was already quite impressive with the textures she was using but now she is acquiring new skills to create interesting gowns on top of her texture skills.

I must say I am VERY impressed!! I was so excited when I visited her store yesterday since the last time I visited about a month ago. I was thinking “I knew it!! I knew it!!” Wen’s gowns are all very elegant but she makes gowns that leave a strong impression. It could be the colours she uses together with her designs. But her gowns, for some reason, are memorable. I will introduce some of her lovely creations here from time to time and here is one of them – “Purple Haze.”

The purple Wen chose for this gown is just right to give it an almost royal feel to it in addition to the top part that gives it a bit of a classic touch. The basic design is simple, but it’s these small details that give the gown a very nice look and feel that makes you feel like a princess.

I am now convinced that Wen Winkler will be one designer I need to keep my eyes on.

Wen’s Wedding Dreams – Purple Haze

Outfit: Wen’s Wedding Dreams, Purple Haze
Shoes: Jador Fashion, JPB Jador Shoes “Eternity”
Necklace, bracelet, earrings & comb: Jewelry by Jake, 34a-Marquise Diamanti-Blue Diamond Collection
Nails (manicure and pedicure): Persona, Polished Nails – purple
Hair: Truth, Olivia (Noir)
Skin: Celestial Studios, Vogue Skin – Pure (Jade – Glitter)

Written and modeled by Kay Fairey, model for Boulevard Agency, Evane Models Agency, Ewing Fashion Agency, the Best of Italian and Second Look Studio.

"sey" Rider Jacket…….Again!

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I posted about “sey’s” new rider jacket on October 30 and I have already wrote that there were 8 colour variations to this jacket. Well, I ended up getting the silver one also and thought I might show it without a hood this time. The set comes with pieces that allow you to wear it with and without a hood and even if you chose to have a hood, you can still choose whether you want boa around the hood or a simple hood with no boa. This is great for mixing and matching as boa does sometimes get in the way and I have regretted many times in the past that a jacket didn’t have boa.

So here, I wore it without any hood and kept it very simple. I like taking a hard image item and matching them to create a sweet look so this time I matched it up with pink items to make a more girlie look. As with all of risey Arai’s outfits that he creates, the details and texture of the jacket is great as you can also see from the half length jeans that I also got in his store. This pair of jeans will be a fun item to make funky looks or playful looks.


Jacket: sey, 313 Riders Jacket (silver)
Jeans: sey, *wa2en* Half Denim (blue)
Shoes: Akeyo Shoes, Chucks Low Top
Leg warmers: ce cubic effect, Leg Warmer (pink)
Earrings: ottico, numero77 Orecchino
Hair: Exile, City Chic (black)
Skin: Tuli, Emily [pale] ~ halfpint, candy

Written and modeled by Kay Fairey, Boulevard Agency, Evane Models Agency and Second Look Studio

Nicole, A New Release From Styles of edo

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Styles of edo, released a new gown called Nicole yesterday. It is a very sexy satin gown with fur, so timely as we slowly approach the cold winter days that await us.

The gown comes in 8 colours. This time, in addition to the regular colours such as black and red, Mami Jewell, designer of female outfits at Styles of edo, came up with very subtle colours such as lavendar, light blue and even gold for those who like to make bold statements. This is the first gown that Mami releases with fur but her very sexy style remains without change. Just look how low the back of the gown cuts down to. In RL, I would be so self conscious to wear something so low. But this is SL and I might as well enjoy it as much as I can.

I was thinking where would I want to wear this? And what more would be fit than a gorgeous high class cruiser trip with parties every night. So dreaming of such a lovely cruiser trip, I came to the Titanic sim for a photoshoot on the SL Titanic.

Styles of edo – Nicole (black)


Outfit: Styles of edo, Nicole (black)
Shoes: Bandit Jewelry Shop, JPB Marquise Diamond black shoes
Earrings: Marquise diamond earrings that came with the shoes
Nails: Persona, Polished nails – nail socks (red)
Hair: The Abyss Hair, Aeon (smoke)
Skin: Celestial Studios, Vogue Skin – Pure (Burgundy – Smoky)

Written and modeled by Kay Fairey, Boulevard Agency, Evane Models Agency and Second Look Studio

Elegant "Josephine" From Styles of edo

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Mami Jewell has released another elegant gown today called “Josephine.” It looks like a gown that Juliet would wear in Romeo & Juliet. Sweet and classic, with delicate lace used on the rims of the skirt. The gown comes in 5 colours. Black, red, blue, olive and purple.

I matched it with a pearl necklace that has a very classic design from PISA. It has ruby ornaments in an otherwise simple pearl necklace, that gives this rich, classic look to it. I also wore matching earrings.

Styles of edo – Josephine (olive)

PISA – Drop Pearl Ruby Diamond Necklace

Gown: Styles of edo, Josephine (olive)
Necklace: PISA, Drop Pearl Ruby Diamond Necklace
Earrings: PISA, Drop Pearl Ruby Diamond Earrings
Shoes: Shiny Things, Spring Stilettos (olive)
Hair: Dernier Cri, Lara (black)
Skin: SL Chai Skin, Ginger (Black Cherry)

Written and modeled by Kay Fairey, Boulevard Agency, Evane Models Agency, Second Look Studio

A Cool Jacket From "sey"

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It’s getting cold in many parts of the world (at least where I am) and I wanted a new jacket to wear when I go ride my bike or even to wear in town.

risey Arai, designer for “sey” has just released a cool unisex rider’s casual jacket! It has a hood with boa or without boa, and the hood can be replaced with a high collar all together and you can also choose whether you want the emblem in the right front of your jacket or one without the logo.

The jacket comes in 8 really cool colour combinations, some a lot bolder like black/red with white border lines as well as delicate and sensuous colours like blue/purple with blue-ish fuchsia border lines. I must say, I ended up wanting at least three!

So all those who like outdoors, grab your jacket and enjoy the cool weather!


Jacket: sey, 313 Riders Jacket (black)
Jeans: The Drawmachine, Sexy Ass Jeans (light-blue)
Boots: The Drawmachine, Ladies Biker Boots Classic
Hair: BishWear, Chal (black)
Skin: Tuli, Meredith (light) nicely nude

Written and modeled by Kay Fairey, Boulevard Agency, Evane Modeling Agency, Second Look Studio

New Release From Styles of edo

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Mami Jewell, designer of female outfits for Styles of edo, has been releasing a lot of sexy and well made dresses. For this release, she made a series of a cocktail length dress called “Coppelia.” She had always been known for the quality of the textures that she uses and she’s done it again! This time, the dress itself is one the most simplest of forms as you can see in the pictures below. But it was this simple form was so effective to have eyes focus on the smooth and silky texture.

“Coppelia” is a title of a sentimental comic ballet performance with original choreography by the famous Arther Saint-Leon and initially performed in 1870. This name well fits the cute and coquettish look of this sweet dress that Mami made.

The skirt part is rich and flows out naturally from the waist with a slight puffiness and adorned with lovely lace at the bottom. But again, what is note worthy is the texture. I have really never seen better silky texture than what Mami makes.

See is believing. So here are the pics and please take note of the silkiness and the beauty of simplicity.

Styles of edo – Coppelia Black

Styles of edo – Coppelia Blue

Styles of edo – Coppelia Olive

Styles of edo – Coppelia Pink
Styles of edo – Coppelia Red
Styles of edo – Coppelia Turquoise

For Styles of edo, click here.

Looking For Your Dream Goth Skin?

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I don’t wear goth skins are a regular skin but do have some in my inventory, not much. I had tried a LOT though but could never find something that I was completely happy with. Even with goth skin, I wanted something that looked nice and pretty, not just scary and even if I could find something that I thought was fairly nice on the face, it was usually the case that the body part looked quite disappointing, lacking in contour.

However, after a long search, I finally found my dream goth skin!

It was a brand new skin shop that just opened only about 2 weeks ago, InZane Body Art. InZane Rozen, the creator initially launched her Goth Skin series, followed by her Blue Skin series. InZane, like me, had felt that there were very little good goth skins available in the SL market and decided to start from launching goth skins. When I saw pictures of the skin, my first thought was “oh I love this goth make up!” They weren’t too scary but goth enough and more importantly “pretty.” But my biggest “WOW” followed after I tried the demo skins on. The body of her skins was simply fantastic! I was trying her skins together with a vampire friend who regularly wears goth skins as her daily skin, and she was also so excited to finally find a skin that gave her a knee. It was so funny to hear her say “omg, I finally have a knee!! I love my butt!”

InZane Body Art, currently has some eyes as well as skin. According to InZane, she will gradually expand her creation line up to include other forms of body art such as more purple skins and eventually regular skins as well. Seeing her goth skin quality, I must say, I can’t wait to see her regular skins.

InZane Goth Skin – Body

InZane Goth Skin No. 1

InZane Goth Skin No. 2

InZane Goth Skin No. 3

InZane Goth Skin No. 4

InZane Goth Skin No. 5

InZane Goth Skin No. 6

InZane Goth Skin No. 7

InZane Goth Skin No. 8

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InZane Goth Skin No. 10

InZane Goth Skin No. 11

InZane Goth Skin No. 12

InZane Goth Skin No. 13

InZane Goth Skin No. 14

InZane Goth Skin No. 15


Click here to InZane Skin and go see for yourself!

Written and modeled by Kay Fairey, Boulevard Agency, Evane Models Agency and Second Look Studio.

New Releases! Anubis Style and JCNY latest!

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JCNY has released a VERY unique and modern necklace and earrings set called “Angels on High.” I was positively shocked when I saw this necklace!! It’s certainly one of the most unique, modern and creative necklace I have ever seen! The necklace is more like a choker that fits your neck with long sticks of gems extending out radially from the center ring. What makes this so unique is that the left half, when seen from the front, face downwards while the right half ascends out from the ring, almost forming a cage like look on the right side of your neck.

This is hard to explain in words, so best look at the pics below.

But in all honesty, I had been looking for formal and yet modern looking jewelry for a long time, but there were very few available. Most formal jewelry take on a more classic look or even if they are somewhat modern, it was only the way the gems were arranged and NOT the basic shape of the piece. This necklace, in that sense, is SO creative and modern and resembles none that I have seen. I am absolutely loving this and wearing this with a lot of my formal outfits now.

The set come with matching earrings and also for both necklace and earrings the set comes with a glow version and a non-glow version so you can choose whether you want a glow or not. As for me, I have always been wearing the glow version as the glow is not as tacky as a bling and what better idea than to show it off!!

The outfit I matched today is a another new release. This time from Anubis Style called “Tiger.” As you can see, this is also a very modern and creative outfit too! It looks like a gown with a long skirt but in fact, the bottom part are two prims with ruffles that attach to both legs! So strictly speaking, the outfit is more a pants outfit than a gown. As the name suggests, it has a strong and impactful image which made it hard to match with conventional formal jewelry.

This was a perfect outfit to wear JCNY’s “Angel on High”!

Last but not least, I also found these lovely ankle boots that fit outfits with brown/orange based colours, “Victoria Shoes” from Dirty Lynx. The amazing thing is, although this store had footwear too, it was not a shoes store. And yet the quality of the ankle boots was simply amazing! Again, this was perfect for a skirt-like pants as the one you would see here since people will be able to tell that this is a pair of pants rather than a gown if I start moving.

I am absolutely loving this look as I tend to like looks that have an impact that co-exist with elegance. I am so happy!! Can you tell?

JCNY – Angels on High (jewelry)

Anubis Style, “Tiger” with JCNY, “Angel on High”

Dirty Lynx – Victoria Shoes

Outfit: Anubis Style, Tiger
Necklace & Earrings: JCNY, “Angels on High” ICONOCLAST Necklace Set
Ankle boots: Dirty Lynx, Victoria Shoes
Hair: EXXESS Designs, Doggy (black)
Skin: QS (Quelita Soon), Milk tone, Dark 002

Written and modeled by Kay Fairey, Boulevard Agency, Evane Models Agency and Second Look Studio