Animal print

Three Animal Print designs and my favourite is the Leopard.

Note: The Giraffe and Zebra are from Zoo animals and the Leopard print is from a Leopard hit by a car.

New design postponed

I have a new clothing design which I thought was ready, but I checked it in the new Windlight viewer only to find that windlight renders the clothes with lower contrast so my new top looks flat and listless where in the old viewer it was subtly shaded and coloured. I need to redo the texturing and shading before releasing it.

The same happens with my skin. I have several skins that I use for modelling and all of them are quite light. Under Windlight all the light colours get washed out and my face looks pale and chalky with no detail. My blushed cheeks have gone as well as my eye makeup. I will need too buy new skins which is going to be very expensive. My suggestion is that if you are buying a skin to go for the more suntanned version.

I hope to release two new designs next week.

Racing designs

Hard Days Night

Picking up on the 1960s, the era of the Beatles, Kinks and Rolling Stones, this suit was designed for a Monkees tribute group. With black felt collar and light gray suit I have included various coloured shirts, including white and black. I named it "Hard Days Night".

Short sleeve sweaters

Original short sleeve sweater designs with large yarn patterns in five colours. These are designed to mix and match with my Ms Jane and Formuala ranges, or a good pair of jeans. I will be adding a different shade of blue to give more colour combinations.

Six Ms Jane shoes

Classic everyday shoes by identity

RPM-Car

Three of my outfits at RPM-Car, two of these outfits are free courtesy of RPM-Car who are giving away branded outfits. RPM-Car can be seen at Dutch Business Park where you can drive a free car, play an asteroid game and have a car built around you.

Fashion show 4NOV

Modelling my Dress 50 is Dirjha Summers who kindly took this photo as I crashed trying to do the same!

The show was held in Business Bureau Island and attracted over 40 people. The incredible Seraphine Khorana directed the show, remembering to describe the clothes and introduce observations as she talked. The models were great, including my own Kane Thorne making his first appearance. Kitten Ouatcha had set up the catwalk and reduced drag on the sim. Can't wait for the next show!

Fashion Show November 4th

I will be showing the Felicity womens suit, Ms Jane shoes and the BC Mens gray suit at the
Business Boutique Fashion Show 4th November.

I feel tense about as this is my first show. None of my clothes were used at the last fashion show as the male model(s) could not get there as the sim was full. It has been over two months since then and my collection has grown significantly.

Marybell - Dress

A simple honey coloured dress. The pattern is of egg shapes with a dark and light pattern though others have seen Giraffe and Tiger patterns.

RPM-Car

I have been doing a commision for RPM-Car of free racing clothes. They are a company who understand SL and have a permananet display at Dutch Business Park.

I am making several sets of clothes and the prototype red and black set is show above. This will have a shirt, mens pants and mini-skirt.

Dress 50 in black

I am very pleased with this one, red and black are always a good combination.

Autumn fashions - Dress 50

Inspired by the latest London Fashions this skirt, trousers and sweater combination picks up on the seasons themes. Combinations of wool and velvet materials, knee-length skirt and cropped sweaters.

The colours of this outfit are based on the Blackberries that I find walking this time of year. Mixing deep ripe blues with the purples of ripening fruit.

Six parts, twelve looks. Includes a knee-length skirt, trousers and top. Accessories include two cropped woolen jumpers.

I called this "Dress 50" as this years fashions seem to look back to the late 1940s and early 1950s.

Re-release of my chinese tops

This is an older design but re-released. The top is partly inspired by the Mandarin collar, but I wanted a sexier look. The pants are pinstripe with a slight sheen to them.

This is a darker top. I actually have about five colours but decided to see how they sell.

Update from July to September

I have not posted for a while although I have still been busy. My clothes line, identity has been very good for me, but I have not seen sales go up or down in five months. I have tried increasing my advertising through classifieds, openened new shops, put clothes on SL Exchange and OnRez; despite all this my monthly sales have not changed. I need to bring in more Linden Dollars to pay for my Island as I will not use actual real-life money to pay for SL.

I dissapeared for about two months trying to establish a line of fantasy clothing, but have made no sales, despite being happy with the designs.

Now I am back and making more for identity. In the last two months I learnt more about the graphics packages I use and hope to get closer to my original vision. I hope you like my new designs and extensions of old designs.

Ms. Jane shoes

The start of my Ms. Jane shoes. I am working on a series of clothes that will all colour co-ordinate and these Red Leather shoes are part of that.

Ms. Jane - New dress and shoes

After a lot of adjusting, the Ms. Jane dress is ready for sale. The outfit consists of a top, blouse, glitch pants, prim skirt, stockings and shoes.

The pattern is all my own and based on a set of mix and match colours. I like the dragonfly shape and it looks lovely against the blue and green material.

The shoes are 13 prims and I am quite proud of them. They are quite different, yet will match many different clothes.

The shoes will match the different outfits that i have in production. Hope you like them.

This is my mens suits which is available in black, gray, navy and brown. The basic version comes with pants, open jacket, shirt and tie.

Other versions have flexi ties or a selection of shirts.

Felicity womens jacket in black

A sexy femme fatale look with a black suit cut for women. The suit comes with matching black blouse and white blouse. Included are two flexi ties, one black, one white. The suit is subtly shaded to enhance you looks with shadowing and creases.

Permissions are:

• Suit, mod/transfer
• Blouses, copy/mod

The suit comes as separate Jacket and Pants. The pants are a set little loose but not enought to lose shape and with a very small amount of flare at the bottom.

The jacket gorge is placed above the cleavage, any further down and it would distort horribly between your breasts. The lapels are designed to look smart with the width and notch set so they do not twist with poses.

The jacket falls to mid-hip, has 3 buttons with one undone, two waist pockets and is loose but smart.

There are over 60 Photoshop layers in the suit and many subtle creases and highlight to enhance the look.

It is made from a texture that contains a subtle multi-colour stripe that catch the SL lighting giving the suit a subtle sheen. The stripe enhances the contours of the body. This suit is black, but not the pure black that appears on many clothes, like a black hole, devoid of life and movement.

The two shirts come in cream and a black pinstripe. Again the shirts are micro-textured to catch the SL lighting and this really makes a difference to the look.

There are two ties, one white and one black, both with a subtle leather texture. The ties are three prims with flexi. Ties are made with a different stiffness between backwards and forwards so that they flap nicely when moving but resist pushing back into the body when walking forwards.

Instructions are provided for adjusting the Jacket and Pants to your liking. The tie comes adjusted for a regular female shape, 6' tall and with a slim build. If the tie does need to be adjusted there are a detailed description for adjusting the prim tie and they are transfer so they can be adjusted by someone else.

The whole suit is designed to look smart and elegant however you move and whatever you do.

identity for women

I am very happy with my mens line of clothes and have been aching to make my womens designs a second reality. I have sketches in my notebook and have been experimenting with shapes. This dress is a pattern I have been playing with and wearing to see if it works as I wanted.

Felicity womens suit

I was asked to make a special suit for a lovely lady named Cerebal. I based it on the mens black suit, but there are so many changes in shading and the creases that they are not comparable. I was thinking of Marlene Dietrich as I made this, trying to capture the style and sexines. With fine tailoring and finish, it will become a year-round favourite.

identity ties

After many days work I have made about 20 ties, too many to show here! Here is a small sample.

Nine new open neck and casual shirts

Here are nine casual and open-neck shirts for wear with one of my open-neck jackets or just with jeans or trousers.

Making a suit

For me, making a suit is quite a long business. I start by making the material and this is usually six or more layers in photoshop. I try and give the material a micro-texture with slightly different colours thoughout. When lit in SL, the various colours are picked out and give my suits a soft look with different colours in the shadows and highlights.In contrast most SL suits are made in a single flat colour or with noise added and look dull or flat.

Once I have the material I cut the suit using Fireworks, a vector painting program. I check the cut using the Avatar preview program and go back and forth making sure all the seams line up. Using a vector based program allows me to make pixel fine adjustments to the positions of each part of the suit.

Once the cut is correct, I fill the cut with material and add a layer of shading (not shadows). The shading is generally dark around the waist and bottom of the legs, getting lighter on the shoulders, bottom and knees. I texture the shading to give a richer look to the material underneath.

I add pockets and trim, then the shadows and highlights. After I add the buttons and buttonholes.

A detail of one of my suits showing the completed texture.

Four new suits

I just put my suits in a new simpler and smaller package with just pants, jacket and one shirt. My large packs remain on sale and these have ties or extra shirts included.

The British Cut suit is a single breasted shapely suit with thin lapels and medium gorge and is subtly shaded to enhance your body shape and made to hang well. The suit is drawn to suggest a fine wool, like cashmere, catching the light.

Seraphine at Betria

Waiting for the fashion show to start. Seraphine (shown on left) organised a show at Betria Prims and the Boutique has been given an opportunity to show a few clothes. The main players are Nicky Ree, who makes amazing clothes but is not well known, Starsong, Diva, Insolence and Casa Del Shai.
I am wearing clothes from Marzipans Closet and feeling a bit formal.
It has started!

P.S. The Boutique are:
StarSong - Business Separates for men AND women (also here on BBI)
Marzipan's Closet - Businesswear for men AND women (also here on BBI) - suits, shoes and formals
Purple Rose Jewelry - Business friendly jewelry - pearls, chains, men's watches and more (also on BBI)
Gracile's - Accessories for women - shoes, stockings, eyes and skins
Fido - Feminine business and after hours dresses

Other people in the show
DIVA Designs - Businesswear and dressy casual for women AND men
Head to Toe - Menswear - formal, business and dressy casual
First Impressions - Businesswear and accessories for women
Cay's Skyshop Hair - Business hair styles for women AND men

Later: Am very impressed with Casa Del Shai, huge improvements since I last saw them and the best swimwear I have seen.
Loved Gracile's shoes as well, beautiful design and well made.
Marzipans Closet come out very well, distinctive classic design but executed very well.

British cut, navy blue mens suit

A fine quality British Cut suit, longer lapels, medium gorge and 3 buttons.

This is a suit that means business with a strong classical cut that is elegant and timeless. It includes pants, buttoned jacket and seven shirts. Also includes matching socks.

Three cream shirts and three blue shirts with three tie patterns each. The seventh shirt is cream and designed for a flexi-tie which can be bought at my store in Dutch Business Park.

The suit has over 80 photoshop layers to give a good looking suit.

The material is micro-coloured to catch the light so that as you move there is a subtle play of colours across the suit, much like a fine quality fabric. Look at the many shades of blue on my photographs to get an idea of the effect.

Betria Prime - Summer Romance fashion Show

Seraphine has a Summer Romance Show and I am one of the lucky people chosen to exhibit!
I will be showing a mens Navy blue business suit.

Dressed for Tequlia and Hamish's wedding

Here I am dressed for the wedding of Hamish Stuart and Tequlia Tapioca.

From top to bottom hair is ETD Janae - blonde, ETD Heart barrette, (CS) Vogue skin - champagne (Green-light), dress Last Call: Toscana (celadon), Shiny Things: zig zag shoe - cream, Burroughs jewelry, eyes by Asp Grelling, animation override by Asp Grelling with walk by Beauvoir Roussel (available at Maitreya), stand poses by Luth Brodie and Beauvoir Roussel.

British cut, mens suit in rich brown

A gorgeous rich brown suit for men is now for sale in my store. I am really pleased with the colour, it is rich, dark and businesslike. As always the material is made up of subtle colours and textures that catch the light and make it look something special.

Available at identity mens outfitters

Expressions - changeable look

After making many body shapes I noticed that the position of the eyebrows made a big difference to your character. Raised eyebrows, sad, wistful could all be achieved with just eyebrows, so I made twelve different looks.

Available at identity mens outfitters