Kim Rongyu | BloggingSL

Fashion for Life is almost here again !!

As most of you will know, Relay for Life is a huge event in both RL and SL. Raising funds for the American Cancer Society, it makes such a difference in the fight against this awful scourge.

So, I went over to the Media area at the FFL sim and picked up a few things to share with you, to give you a taste of what is available at this year’s event.

The first that caught my eye was the “Ceres” gown, made by Vivien Emerald, the designer of Desir. OK, once I saw the name of the gown I went for it as I do love all things Greek!

Made from a rich deep blue fabric, the contrasting underskirt and white body of the gown do give this lovely gown a Greek appearance.

Styling:-

Gown – Ceres in Blue Turquoise – Desir

Hair – Demeter Sookie – LeLutka

Shoes – Tribute Neige – NCore

Jewellry – Miss Mundo 2012 Blue Diamonds – Zuri Rayna

Makeup – Grace Blue – Face Paint

Bliss Couture is a name synonymous with quality and elegance, and the “Bravin Sequin Gown” in pink is no exception. A close-fitting sleeve-type gown plunges into a dramatic skirt, the whole ensemble really does flash in the light quite beautifully.

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Another wet weekend……

There’s a saying here, “When its not foggy you can see it’s raining” Kinda true, the rain is hammering off my windows but I’m curled up snuggly and warm.

I cannot believe it’s only been a week since the MVW finals, it’s weird as it seems much longer than that. So, I thought “get back to it Kim” and dug around in my inventory to make a look for today.

I love this Baiastice jacket and Fanatik skirt, but I wanted to soften the look a little as it is quite sharp. I’d just bought a really sweet outfit from Agnes Finney’s shop (thanks Irina xxx) called “Agnes Midnight White”. It comes with all kinds of things, but the blouse was just perfect for the look I wanted. It’s a delicate white lace blouse with a high, frilled collar and so so feminine.

Keeping with the minimalist palette, I added the gloves from the Agnes Finney outfit, some sleek N-Core “Femme Noir Intense” heels, black hose from Bax Coen and proclaimed myself satisfied. Its a very sharp look, but with a very feminine touch too. Hope you like it xxx

Styling -

Jacket – Evange Black – Baiastice
Skirt – Pencil Skirt Leather Black – FANATIK
Blouse – From Agnes 3 White – Agnes Finney
Shoes – Femme Noir Intense – N-Core
Hair – Wherever Blonde 10 – Elikatira
Hose – Black S01 – Bax Coen
Jewellry – Omochi Black – Mandala
Lipstick – Dark Vibrant red – Izzie’s
Glasses – Electra – Solar Eyewear
Gloves – Agnes Midnight Gloves – Agnes Finney

Pose – Diesel

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Finals Day

Sat 15th December 2012………………..a date that will live long in my memory. After 4 months of work, headaches, joy and laughter, the day finally arrived. Have you ever been so nervous that you’re convinced someone has replaced your stomach with a washing machine on fast spin? Because that’s what mine felt like hours before the contest even started.

I have to confess that is was a fear/happiness reaction I think, fear of what was to come and happiness in all that had happened in the previous 4 months.

10am………the curtains rose on the finals of Miss Virtual World 2013. At the same time the curtains rose, so did my heart rise into my mouth.

Our first walk was to show our National gowns, the gowns that reflected and were inspired by our countries. As I actually am a Cypriot, the influences were many and subtle, but I was just delighted with how the gown looked. This is my National gown, brilliantly captured at the final show by Tillie Ariantho.

This work of living art was designed and made by such a talented lady, Bouquet Babii of Vero Modero. It was very deliberately designed as a Goddess style as my country has a long history, profoundly influenced by many cultures, but possibly most by Greece.

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Last MVW Challenges…oh boy !!!

Well, the wild ride that was MVW 2013 is finally coming to an end. I have such conflicting feelings. One half of me wants to scream and hide from everything, the other half never, ever wants it all to end. I bet I am not the first or last to feel those weird emotions, but it’s a fair reflection of the committment and passion that we have for this contest that all of us have these emotions, well I think so anyway !!

The last 2 challenges were quite different and challenging in their own way, so as usual, I dived in to see what I could come up with.

The Apocalytpic challenge asked us to style an outfit showing how the world would end if it were ending tomorrow. After many aborted attempts to get something that looked right, I thought about global warming, the melting ice-caps (yes they are, but lets not get into that now) and decided that the end of the world would be brought about by water.

Finding this style was not easy at all, but after buying the gorgeous “Laylak” gown from Vero Modero, the style started to crystallize in my head. I found the perfect skin over at Boudoir and just upstairs from the skin was the ideal hair.» View author and full post…

Butterflies in the tummy ……..

I can’t believe it is almost here. On Saturday, a new Miss Virtual World will be crowned. Where did the last 4 months go????? It seems like yesterday I was dumbfounded that I had been selected as an official candidate, representing my RL home country of Cyprus.

I went into the contest with my eyes wide open, having no idea what to expect or what would really be required.Well, I can safely say my styling skills have been stretched to the limit and beyond, I learned new things, modified old ones and generally really grew as a model and a person.

Before the contest, I had a small SL family. That family is now increased by 29 amazing, wonderful women who have become like sisters to me over the past 4 months. They could not have been friendlier, more gracious and giving of their time or supportive to me who was, quite honestly, scared out of my wits.

The contest made me think, question my skills, re-evaluate them and learn. It has been such an eyeopener to what is really possible with SL fashion and clothes. I do things now I would never have been able to do 4 months ago and if I am honest with myself, things I would not have DARED to do !» View author and full post…

"Noir" from EVOLVE

Anyone who knows me will know I have worked at EVOLVE for the better part of a year now. I am the model manager there for Reign Congrejo, EVOLVE’s owner and designer.

Reign now makes some marvellous mesh and I thought I would share this one with you. It’s part of a collection of dresses called “Noir Beauty” and comes in 10 different patterns.

This pattern is “Noir Beauty 10″ from the collection and has a lovely, swirling abstract pattern in black and white. The sleeves are slashed from the shoulders to just above the wrists and the skirt, though quite short, is perfect for those occasions when you need something classy and elegant.

It is supplied in 3 sizes, small, medium and large and with the alpha fits perfectly and at 300L, it’s a steal! So pop over to EVOLVE and have a look, Reign has an amazing collection.

Styling:-

Dress – Noir Beauty 10 – EVOLVE

Hair – Lori Dark Blonde 4 – DeLa

Shoes – Extreme Platform Black – Skifija

Naisl – Female Medium – Mandala

Necklace – Maxi Boules Marble – LaGyo

Bangles – Divinity and Satine – +DIVINITY+

Lipstick – Dark Red Intense – Izzie’s

Eyeshadow – Expressive makeups / Eyeshadow 08 – Ricielli

Pose – Glitterati

Taxi – http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/San20Javier/163/231/23

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Always loved 1940′s fashions

Ever watched a film and thought “I’d like a style like that”? Well after watching some old black and white film set in the 1940′s I thought I would have a try. I’d just been to Baiastice and picked up their gorgeous “Evange” jacket and it seemed pretty ideal to base a style around. So, I had a root through my inventory to see what I had to compliment it. Here’s what I came up with ……

The skirt came from a store I had not been to before called Fanatik. I’d been after a skirt like this for ages, so I was delighted to, quite literally, stumble across it. It’s a pencil-style skirt, cut to just above the knee and fits like a glove. The texture reminds me of glove-leather and looks quite amazing. Baiastice make some super mesh and this jacket, the “Evange”, is no exception. A luscious red in colour, it had the look I wanted, but it lent the outfit a lot more of an edge. I added the black “Stera” top from Glam Affair, black hose from Bax Coen and the perfect finishing touch, the lovely “Femme” shoes from N-Core. And suddenly there it was, the look I had been after !

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Meeting the Press !!!

As part of the MVW pageant, meeting the press is part-and-parcel of the whole thing. It is good practice, as whoever wins, will have to do a lot of this, interviews and the like so it was a good exercise for us.

We were all asked to meet with the press at the BOSL Country Club and we were asked to style a really sweet cocktail dress, the “Cosmic Sequin” dress from Mimikri. We were permitted to choose our favourite colour and then to style as we wished with jewellry, accessories and suchlike.

I like pink, so I was happy to find the dress in a lovely delicate pink shade, with gold and beige accents from the sequin overlay. It just struck me as it was a dress I would wear for a day at the races, so I styled it to look like that, a day having a glass of champagne and hoping one of my horses won!

I tried to find a background that made it look as if I was skipping away happily! Well, I’m not much of a photographer but I enjoy trying.

Anyway, the good stuff :-

Dress – Cosmic Doll Sequin – Mimikri
Shoes – SENSE 2 “Champagne” – N-Core
Hair – Veronica Mesh Hair – Golden – Wasabi Pills
Eyeshadow – LIQUID EYESHADOW -peach – KOSH
Eyeliner – Cat Eyeliner 2 – Izzie’s
Lipstick – Lipstick raspberry – Izzie’s
Hat – Flora Hairband – Pink – Bliss Couture
Nails – NAIL/female medium – [MANDALA]
Shoes – SENSE 2 “Champagne” – N-Core
Jewellry – Nirmala Collection – Chop Zuey
Clutch – Valentino Recoloured – KR Designs

Answering a question from the press in front of a big crowd with no preparation or idea what the question would be was quite daunting.

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Fourth MVW Challenge – Valentino :)

Well, what a busy few days it’s been for me. OK, maybe more than a few days, but who’s counting:) In between shows, I’ve been trying to get some designing done, more of that later.

Our penultimate challenge was to create an outfit inspired by RL designer, Valentino Garavani. Frolic gave us a link to examine and it proved to be very inspiring indeed. Some of his designs quite simply take the breath away.

After spending a long time browsing the collections, I decided to try and recreate this gown, which debuted at the Fall 2012 shows. After much headscratching looking on the Marketplace, I decided to take a risk and make it all myself, even down to the clutch bag (did I regret making that bag , whew). It took the better part of a day to make all the textures and get them just how I wanted them. Here’s how it came out :-

Strangely, the hardest part to get just right was the bolero jacket. I don’t have the skill to actually make the meshes, Blender I find impenetrable and don’t get me started on Maya. So I found a mesh bolero and went from there. The bag was very difficult to make just right as the maps supplied with the bag I found confusing, but that’s nothing new:)

Anyway, I hope you like it, I was happy how it came out.

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Bliss Couture Styling challenge for Miss Virtual World

Whew, what a weekend that was. I do not think I can remember being as busy as that for a long time, mind you it was tremendous fun! So, what was I up to that left me collapsed in a heap on the sofa………read on !!

This last weekend saw the next in the series of challenges that make up a big part of the Miss Virtual World pageant for this year. After the first two, I knew I really had to pull something special out of the bag, this years’ contestants are all amazingly skilled

Amutey DeCuir, the Bliss Couture designer sent all of us a box of things from her store to use to style a new Bliss outfit from. We could do whatever we liked to them, link, delink, torture them till they screamed, the one thing we could not do was to change the texture or colour. We were sent all sorts of things to play with, so I dived in with relish.

I selected the “Wynn” gown in red as, well, I like red. A long mesh gown, it fitted me like a glove so I had the basis of the style I wanted to create.» View author and full post…

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