The May Edition of ROLE Magazine is out now!

Link: http://www.role-magazine.com/?page_id=23

I was happy to join the ROLE team as Fashion Spread Photographer this April and thus my first photos are appearing in the May issue, which released today.

Enjoy!

A little bit of style by Zoe Demar

I have been meaning to post this for a VERY long time now, but I knew my turn for the Fashion Relay (see previous posts) was coming so I put it off. Well having surgery and trying to keep up with other responsibilities kinda put off time to really say all that I wanted to say about this piece.

The thing is, I'm still rather busy and so I'm going to have you just use the pictures and know that I love everything that I am posting about here. The inspiration is originally from the shoes and it went from there :)

Enjoy!!
Love, Zoe

Beige Beauty:


And the close-up:




P.S.
Happy 5th Rez-Day to my friend, Gemini Galatea!!!!
(hehe I just snuck that right on in there muhahaha)

PXL's Grace in Fair Skin

PXL's Grace in Fair Skin, originally uploaded by Zoe Demar.

Psst.....

and that's all I'm posting!

Tidbits when it comes to Modeling and Agencies in Second Life

Modeling is a lot of work for not a lot of linden. Yes, there are a lot of avatars looking to be models and a lot of agencies hiring or educating models. I personally have been involved in a lot of aspects of modeling including agencies, pageants, contests, etc. I've had a lot of good and bad experiences.

So why am I bringing this up? Alaska Metropolitan posted a blog post regarding her experiences running the Metro agency which she closed down awhile ago. I was not a part of the Metro models but I liked what she had to say. I agree with pretty much everything she wrote and thus I wanted to give any readers that are interested a quick link over to her blog post - click here.

Fashionable Relay Challenge #31

YAY - Fashionable Relay Challenge - I'm very pleased to participate and want to send a shout out of thanks to Sasy Scarborough for the idea and organization of this relay!

Who knew that yesterday I would receive the baton on the same day that I had RL surgery. Lucky for me I'm not in much pain and am able to still hold the baton, though maybe a bit slow and easy going.

Thank you to the lovely Cajsa Lilliehook for her post #30 on It's Only Fashion blog. I decided to go with a store that I hadn't been to before where Cajsa got her pants. I decided to stick with the "bloody" red and form a whole new twist to the punk rocker style pants that they are.



I'm calling this look Posh Chic Rock. Starting with the low rise striped pants in blood from Fear & Clothing by Damon Dollinger. I wanted to take these red and black stripes to a new level.
The first thing I pulled was immediately the sequin tank top in pewter by Tuli that would make the look stand out from the crowd. It is one of her newer releases in clothing that I grabbed while in attendance at the recently clothing fair for RFL.

I wanted some sort of jacket, I was thinking of a nice jean jacket but to get it to go chic would need something different. I pulled an oldie but a greatie from my inventory collection - the dictator shrug in black by Digit Darkes.

I had the most difficulty with what to do next. I wanted to put a skirt over the pants a but, something wild and funky without taking out the whole pant. I initially pulled an old Canimal skirt but it is no longer available and is part of a full outfit which goes against the rules of this relay. Instead I went shopping back at Digit Darkes where I knew I had seen this tulle skirt from another excursion. I did a mod by making a copy and removing the front prims to make it part and then raised it a bit higher on my avatar to make it look like it was attached to the shrug jacket.

Next I pulled out the hair that I knew would turn the look more chic - if you're a fashion feed browser I'm sure you've seen this hair before from VW (VINTAGEwear) by Vintage McMillan called Pushed and Shoved.

Shoes were next and not so easy either. At first I tried boots but it wasn't doing it for me and making the outfit too black heavy. As soon as I put on the frenzy banana shoes in black by Onyx LeShelle of Maitreya it was perfect!

As for accessories, it was pretty easy to pull the look off. I added the studded belt in black by Trinitee Trilam of Refuge. A menu controlled color change skull flower by Antonia Marat of Artilleri. And something not often seen in world, glasses hanging from a necklace (GH n68 in Red) that I picked up awhile back from Ottico by Youki Rau.

As for skin, I wanted to show off one the newest releases from Mayden Ushimawa of Mayden Couture, it is called Lilith N5. And the easter lilac eyes are freebies from Lano Ling of Poetic Colors which if you're quick enough you can get them as I did from the Bunny Hop hunt #011. And last but not least, the tattoo is something that I am commonly wearing these days called Ivy 1 by Kuja Akina of The Obscene.

Thanks for checking out my "little bit of style" here at Z...Complete. I now toss the baton over to Nieve Thor and her blog, Journey to be SL model. Good luck, happy styling, and hope you have fun!

If you want to check out all the blogs participating or read the blogs in sequence check out Sasy Scarborough's blog the Scarborough Flair

SLURL LISTING:

• Fear and Clothing (F&C)
• Digit Darkes
• Tuli
• Artilleri
• Ottico
• Refuge
• Maitreya
• The Obscene
• VintageWear (VW)
• Maden Couture
• Poetic Colors
  
  
  
  
  

Psssst

psst, originally uploaded by Zoe Demar.

Don't you hate it when you miss a group notice!?!? It drives me bonkers it happens so often.

So I snapped a pic to share that the new LeLutka hair is now out! I think Sofia is my Favorite style of the bunch, but there are definitely more worth checking out.

HAVE FUN!!

LeLutka Beaute, LeLutka (246, 128, 23) or
Slurl: http://slurl.com/secondlife/LeLutka/247/128/23

Relay For Life - Clothing Fair STARTS TODAY!

TODAY - Monday March 16th at 10am SLT starts the annual Relay For Life Clothing Fair.

I was able to visit the sims yesterday and want to congratulate all those involved in getting this fair ready! The build is fabulous! I recommend taking a couple of days to visit (not all day) but enough time to really get the full scope of all that is going on.

First of all, to make this the most enjoyable experience for yourself I want you to be aware of what you can do for yourself while shopping/exploring/experiencing. Its called Avatar Rendering Cost or ARC. It will help keep what you wear at a lower render cost thus helping your personal lag. It will also help benefit those around you. The lower the number, the better the experience.

How do I figure out what ARC number I have?

First we need to get the Advanced menu visable by pressing Ctrl+Alt+D

Second go to the then then to and finally click . Above your avatar's head you should now see a number indicating your ARC. (See the following image for help)

I have a number over my head, yay. You will notice if you have other avatars around too, that they will also have a number over their heads. They will vary in color from green (low) to red (high).

How do I reduce my ARC number?

I was curious myself so here is a series of shots where I remove prims until I get down to the lowest amount of ARC which is 1.

So if you see me or others walking around like this you'll know why. It may not seem like much, but it does help! I also recommend turning down your personal graphic settings by getting into the graphical menu under your preferences which can be accessed by pressing ctrl + P. It is something that models do in order to prep for fashion shows to help with their own lag.

I hope this helps your personal lag during the festivities. Here are some things going on this week during the fair that I hope you will participate in:

There is a Silent Auction for 7 one-of-a-kind SL gowns starting today and going until the 22nd.

This year at the SL Clothing Fair something special is in the works. We will be offering a Silent Dress Auction featuring original interpretations of the designs seen grid-wide representing the 7 Deadly Sins.” Bidding will start when the fair begins on Monday, March 16, 2009 at 10:00 am SLT and will close at 6:00 pm SLT on Sunday, March 22, 2009. Winners will be announced at 8:00 pm SLT on the 22nd to bid the fair adieu. You are probably sitting there wondering at this point who the designers are that worked so secretly on these 7 dresses. Let me share the list:

• Wrath ... Raven Pennyfeather from House of Rfyre
• Sloth .... Moxie Polano from Haute Couture by Moxie Polano
• Lust ... Paul Lapointe and Bastchild Lotus from Lapointe and Bastchild Designs
• Envy .... Swaffette Firefly from SF Designs
• Vanity .... Wiccan Sojuorner from Bewitched
• Gluttony ... Nicky Ree from Designing Nicky Ree
• Avarice... Lemania Indigo from Lemania Indigo Designs

Each dress will be an exclusive one of a kind design from the designer, Never to be resold and all proceeds from this auction will go to the Relay for Life campaign.
Auction will take place on the Entertainment sim place your bids early and
often.

CLICK HERE to teleport to the Entertainment Sim for the Silent Auction.

Being a photographer in SL, I have to share the info for the first annual Clothing Fair RFL Photo Contest! Good Luck if you choose to participate. Here is the scoop:

Its time for the first annual Clothing Fair RFL Photo contest!
Category name: RFL exclusive style (both categories: Male and Female)
Goal: Mix and Match the exclusive items available from the RFL-kiosks during RFL Clothing Fair to create a composite style.Each Item must be purchased from the fair. The look must include items from at least 3 different designers. The person must add on the description of the photo the reference of store name and item name for each RFL-item that comprise the final look, so other people can buy them if they wish have the same look.

HAVE FUN! Mix and Match Prizes will be given to the Best Male and Best Female COMPOSITE. This event is sponsored by the designers of the fair and photoLIfe. Each winner will recieve a brand new photoLIfe Studio plus a wonderful gift bag from the designers. Just some basic rules to remember:

1. All photos must be PG rated...absolutely NO nudity
2. May be post processed. We want your best work
3. Focus of the photo must be a of RFL outfits purchased at the fair
4. No more then three entries per person
5. Have fun!

Upload your entry to http://www.flickr.com/groups/slclothingfair09photocontest/
Contest Runs from 10am slt March 16, 2009 till 6pm slt March 22, 2009 . Winners will be announced at Party at 6pm-8pm slt on March 23 on the Entertainment sim at the Fair.

CLICK HERE to teleport to the Entertainment Sim for the Photo Contest End Party on Monday March 23rd.

If you're into Fashion Shows the FIRST show starts doay at 3pm SLT by Timeless Agency.

For all fashion show dates and times, check out: Timeless Agency's blog here.

Thank you for reading, have fun, help a great cause, and stay lag free as best as you can! It will be crowded!

- Zoe