New Year's Eve Ball tonight!

Join us tonight at 6pmSLT for the biggest New Year's Eve Bash in all of SL at Club Astarte!

$25,000L in total prizes to be won, as well as amazing musical performers, which include DJ Tristain Savon, Jonas Lunasea and DJ Mercy.

Also, the wonderful Lqqr Lefavre will be taking free pics on our red carpet tonight. So join us for the Fashionista New Year's Ball.

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Winning art at MoSLP

The final Orange Island/Koinup photo hunt for 2009 was held from Dec. 11 - 12 2009 with the winners announced on Monday Dec. 15.

The contest theme was "winter" and the designated sim for the contest, Cu Mara, was provided by Cuwynne Deerhunter. Cu Mara, a winter wonderland, was the perfect setting for the last photo hunt session, as evidenced by the works posted on Koinup by all the talented photographers. The participants had from Thursday Dec. 11 to Friday Dec. 12 12pm SL to post up to ten entries each on the Koinup site. The Jury was comprised of the Orange Island team of (Mat Sierota, Fab Outlander, Jade Lily), Mariposa Upshaw - curator of the Museum of SL Photography, and Cuwynne Deerhunter owner/designer of the contest site sim, Cu Mara. Over 90 entries were received, http://www.koinup.com/contest/winterphotosession/entries/
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and the winners are:

1st place - Cala Rossini - "Peace at Last"

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2nd Place - Monroe Snook - "Fire and Ice"

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3rd place - Cienega Soon - "Flurries"

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These winning images will be exhibited at MoSLP during the next exhibition which will feature works by photographers Ro Gastel and Sunn Thunders, from December 22 - January 18.

Cala Rossini's works are being exhibited at MoSLP in the current show "Beauties and the Beast" which also features the work of Don Ahmad Hosho and Laurah Oh. Monroe and Cienega are both permanent collection artists of the Museum, and were part of the initial group of six photographers whose works were displayed in the debut exhibition of MoSLP.

Congratulations to Cala, Monroe and Cienega and to all the artists who participated in the contest - thank you for sharing your talents with us.

Please visit the Museum of Second Life Photography today! http://slurl.com/secondlife/Fashionista/179/93/22

Presentation of Apple May at Stylista today

Well hello all of you Fashionista's! Today, a nice group from SE will be donating their time for the Make-a-Wish Foundation at the 2008 Stylista Festival. We are wearing the gorgeous designs of Apple May, and will be presenting at 1:30pmSLT. You can find the show here http://slurl.com/secondlife/THE%20BEST%20OF%20BOULEVARD/86/85/23

Introducing Miss Virtual World 2009

Image by Maggie Mahoney

Congratulations to model extrodianaire Mimmi Boa, winner of Miss Virtual World 2009.

Image by Rhi Rossini - Click to enlarge
Yesterday's "Venus Envy" show on Fashionista was a total blast! Truly unique in every aspect, the theme of the event was courtesy of Sandro Botticelli's classic painting "The Birth of Venus".
Sponsors were Glance Skins, Calla Hair, Gwen Carillon Designs and Fashion Nomads.

In order to allow the audience a close inspection of Joakim Asbrink's incredibly detailed and realistic skins, models were nearly naked. A carefully positioned small leaf covered one delicate part of their anatomy.

Image by Rhi Rossini - Click to enlarge
Using Botticelli's image as a backdrop, models emerged and were escorted down the runway and struck the legendary Venus pose on a slowly revolving shell. Mimmi Boa, Lorelei Maggs, Wenadrenia Soderstrom and Sami Kutanga confidently modeled sponsors products to an enthralled and enthusiastic audience. Tiara Calvert and I escorted our stars onstage. Fashionista CEO Yasmine Kidd took on the role of hostess, while DJ Miguelina provided the music.

The incredible set design was created by Gwen Carillon of Elements in Design, who also created and provided the jewelry worn by the cast. Highly detailed sea shells were utilized for our host, DJ, models and the finale introduction of the creative designers. Gwen also developed a gently running shimmering waterway for the models to strut their stuff and made the Botticelli reproduction backdrop.

Image by Rhi Rossini - Click to enlarge
Technical magic for the animated props and special effects were the work of Krise Shepherd of ktool designs. Rayn Coeyman was on hand and provided some much appreciated behind-the-scene assistance. Images of the event were captured by SuperElite's PR Director, Rhi Rossini. A highlight of the event was the first ever public showing of fabulous footwear from Fashion Nomads, a new company featuring designs by Aleida Rhode.

Outrageous Holiday Office Party event

$20,000L to win: Outrageous Holiday Office Party event

Come to the office party you always wished to have!

Thursday December 4th at 6pmSLT

Best office wear contest

Prizes every hour:

7pmSLT $3,000L

8pmSLT $5,000L

9pmSLT $10,000L

and $2,000L during the night

Performers:

6pmSLT DJ Tristan Savon

7pmSLT Jonas Lunasea

8pmSLT DJ Mercy

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Fashionista/30/138/372

Tomorrow, 12/4 at 1pmSL SuperElite presents the show of the year! Amazing live action set, nearly NUDE models! Trust me, this is one show you DO NOT want to miss!

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Beauties and the Beast

The Museum of SL Photography presented its second exhibition opening on Friday, November 28th. "Beauties and the Beast" featured SL Artists Don Ahmad Hosho, Cala Rossini and Laurah Oh.



Don Ahmad Hosho is a fictional Second Life character created by a real life graphics designer & illustrator. Ahmad (as he's known in SL) has won first prize in a windlight contest judged by Torley Linden. In addition, he's won the Louis Landon cover contest and may have the first SL art to grace the cover of an RL CD from an RL musician!! Currently, Ahmad is in negotiations with two New York art galleries about exhibitions of his Second Life art.


Cala Rossini describes her art: "The philosophy that underlies my photographsis pretty simple..., and that is to try to stir the soul in whatever way possible, whether it be calm, pathos, love or humour. To try to get the viewer to catch a glimpse of what I am feeling as I am taking the shot. With scenic art I enjoy using windlight to create the mood and a little photoshop to finish off the scene. With avatar art I like to experiment with both windlight and photoshop to try to reach the vision I have in my mind. But for both the basis is the same...if I don't feel it...i can't do it! My photography takes me all over SL and that is something I love. I am learning all the time and constantly being inspired by the amazing artists I see. All in all, I am getting great pleasure out of what I do and the people I am meeting through doing it. I feel like a lucky girl ;-) See a gallery of Cala's work here.

Laurah Oh prefers to have her work speak for itself. Check out some of her amazing work here. You'll see how Laurah is able to capture light and shadow, energy, power and solitude in her works that can invoke many moods.
Exhibition Opening Music was provided by Cyllindrian Rutabaga, one of SL's finest vocalists.

Venus Envy

The runway on Fashionista Island will sizzle on Thursday, December 4th. That's when we host our next fashion event, "Venus Envy". Models from the SuperElite Agency will strut down the catwalk showcasing the latest Calla Hair, Glance Skins, Gwen Carillon Jewelry and Fashion Nomads Footwear. (rumour has it that's all they'll be wearing!) Be There. Be Seen.