I am sure you heard about 3636 store .They are one of the top when we talk about hair designers .The thing I love the most at their store is that they don’t create the usually hairs we see on the street .They are very original and always want to impress you .So I hope you are going to visit the store.

Now let’s talk a bit about the hair .It’s a very new released,as I saw got out yesterday .Named Karen,as you can see in the picture it’s very original .I am presenting you in all colors ,so you can decide which one is your favorite one .Don’t forget to look for the other 2 new hairs that were just released.

I hope you enjoyed this style alert ,and if the answer is yes then see you at 3636 mainstore .It’s time for shopping girls. XOXO Ama

Credits: Photos, styling and review by Amalia Foxtrot (GIA Head Stylist)

-Shops List-
Hair : Karen–3636/Designer :dianny3636 Aeon
Available as a new release at 3636 Mainstore

Say bonjour to fuller figures and longer hemlines as the skirt and dress silhouettes of the late ’50s / early ’60s swing their way back onto the scene as a 2010 /2011 fashion trend.

When we talk about the ’60s dress or skirt in this context, we’re not talking about the later, mod ’60s movement of miniskirts and teeny shift dresses. We’re talking about early ’60s ladylike dressing that flowed on from the late 1950s.

 For my shirt i was looking for something bright and fresh wich brought me to Chantkare. They have such lovely and colorfull designs this summer and i felt in love with the jacket i am wearing today wich is the Ming Vintage jacket in red. The Tassels that comes with the jacket are optional but give a very nice detail to the jacket.

The overflow of ’50s prom style dresses into ’60s day wear. Full, below-the-knee circle skirts, cinched in waists, and prim, proper styling. Something wich we will see back is the granny skirt.
Don’t panic about the name of this one; this look actually was commonly known as the granny skirt back in the ’60s haha. The key to pulling off this look today is to either make it completely effortless, or surprisingly sexy

The skirt i am wearing today is the Daisy – black system skirt from Kunglers. Did you see the black waist band, for the cute effect. So adorable dont you think.

For a sensual,early ’60s look i choose the Tiffany hair from Vanity Hair. But ofcourse you can also fit it more into 2010/2011 and then just choose hair trends like a messy topknot.

To make my style a little more 60′s and more complete i am wearing the gladys glasses in red from Artilleri. The earrings i am wearing are a part of the Curie ruby set from R.A.Crystal. The bracelets are the Pearl Rain Bracelets in Onyx color from Mandala. My nails are from CCD (Caithlin Carter) and are the girl next door long nails in red.

 My shoes are the Damasamba Pumps from Baiastice. They are so well made and i really couldnt resit to buy them. Check out those textures and in combi with the straps they are so unique. The pumps come in 10 colors. Amalia has blogged them before and i think they are a must have in every female inventory.

Ofcourse also today i didnt go out without a bag. The bag of today is from Miel. This glitter bag comes with and witout animations and you can change the color of the bag.

Have fun with shopping

Credits: Photos, styling and review by Linnda Scofield (GIA Stylist)

Ispachi is one of my favorite stores when talking about skin designing .They know how to bring reality in the virtual world .You can see that all their skins look almost like real life bodies ,they are very high quality .And should I mention that I they aren’t expensive at all for the quality they are giving to us.

There is one more thing that makes me love them ,the available skin tones. For example this new skin named Gabriel ,comes in 8 different skin tones. It’s very hard to decide which one Is your favorite because all of them looks great .Oh and of course they come in so many facial hairs options . Fantastic.

This time they are adding something new for their males .You will love this girls .They actually included in the pack a penis that matches the skin tone .So no more problems of how to match the skin of your genital with your body .Everything is so simple with Ispachi near you .That’s why I recommend you to get this skin ,it has everything you need.

As you can see I am not kidding when I say that Gabriel is maybe one of the best male skins ever designed by Ispachi .I know you’ve been waiting a lot for this new release,and it’s finally out .So guys..take your girlfriend/wife and visit Ispachi for more details about it . Love you all .xoxo Ama

Credits: Photos, styling and review by Amalia Foxtrot (GIA Head Stylist)

-Shops List-
Skin : Gabriel All skin tones –Ispachi/Designer:Ispachi Staff
Available as a new release at Ispachi Mainstore

Designer United is an event that brings together different top designers that release some items that are available for sale on a specific sim .As you can see from the picture all the clothes are very high quality,and all the brands involved in this are very known .Don’t forget to visit it as soon as possible, and try not to wear to many things ..extremely lag there.

Now let’s talk about this lovely dress ,named [ORTA] – ECHO gown designed by Valena Glushenko and specially made for the DU4 event . The thing that I love the most at this dress is the available colors ink ,white,black, and yellow .You just need to see it in world to realize how good Valena is with prims .Simply breathtaking for sure a must have from that sim .In the same time I love the headpiece ,you can wear it in 2 options ne that covers your head fully and the other one only half .Fabulous.

I included in this style card a slurl so you can go and buy this lovely Echo gown .Good luck with the lag and hope to hear from you soon .xoxo Ama

Credits: Photos, styling and review by Amalia Foxtrot (GIA Head Stylist)

-Shops List-

Dress: ECHO gown -[ORTA] / Designer : Valena Glushenko
Available at DU4 Sim
Orta Mainstore

In recent years we’ve worn the best of the 20s and 30s, seen the rebirth and fading of an 80s come back, and we’re just about to do it all again. But this time, its the 1970s that are due for a reinterpretation.  While 70′s fashion is making waves and sure to continue on as a fashion trend in 2011, let’s not forget that there are several variants. And you know what that means; all the more ways to get lots of wear out of your key seventies pieces, by taking them from 70′s boho to a more sophisticated 70′s look.

By day it’s all about clean yet voluminous silhouettes, and earthy 70′s colour palettes.

One of the things that is coming back from the 70′s is the High waisted wide-leg pants. The pants i am wearing today is the boyfriend shorts in brown from Deetalez. By this pants you can choose to use a belt or the version i am wearing today with a highwaist Bow. Roll neck sweaters tucked into pants or skirts are also something that comes back from the 70′s. I didnt choose for a sweater but for the Miraji Body Black designed by CheerNo. One of the effects from the 70′s is working with layers and over my body top i am wearing the Chocolat Short Trench jacket from Maitreya.

The hair i am wearing is the Christina – caramel from Truth. I also like to mention that the 100% of the payment of this hairs (and all hair from truth untill september 19th) goes to the UNICEF Pakistan Flood Crisis Fund.  Today’s skin is the LAQ ~ Elena skin (fair) wich gave me this natural look.

My brown shoes are the Dncorde Danse boots from LeeZu. I have blogged them before but they are just the perfect combi for me with this outfit.

To finish my outfit i am using the brown/gold nails from Mandala and this cute Big Clutch brown bag is from So many Styles

Think you again have some great things to shop about. All designes come in more colors so you can mix and match until you drop

Credits: Photos, styling and review by Linnda Scofield (GIA Stylist)

The dressing robe is from Nicky Ree ,a genius designer that knows how to make clothes in the virtual world .She is what I call one of top designers .Named *DNR* DNR Jessie Dressing Robe I got it in orange but like we got used a lot of other colors are available at her mainstore .And something more ,you can get the dressing robe for guys too because nicky designed it for both guys and women too .Isn’t that fantastic ?See you at her mainstore .

Next we will talk a bit about shoes .I love heels both in second life and real life ,and for sure one of the best stores in the virtual world to find one is Stiletto Moody. Dancer and Moody are making a hard job to bring new shoes to your avatar ,and they need your respect for that .Today I am wearing the Stiletto Moody Bare Anita Tan version .It is one of my favorite because of the very elegant style that fits with almost every outfit .This will be for sure another store to visit after you read the style card.

Now we have a lovely hair from Truth ,named >TRUTH< Tanya and as you got used I got the blonde hair pack simply because I love this color the most .Tanya is for sure one of my favorite from their mainstore because of it’s very nice style and I can’t even tell you how good it goes with blonde hairbase .Give it a try.

And the last one for today’s style card is the gorgeous laqroki skin Pearl .It is not a new release ,but for sure it has a special place in my heart. I am wearing the Peach version ,make up 03 . I so love red lips on my avatar and Laqroki always makes my dream come true .So why not to visit their mainstore and look for other new releases too.

So let’s see , we had Nicky Ree for clothes, Stiletto Moody for footwear ,Truth for hair and of course Laqroki for skins .Just press the slurl from the store credits and enjoy shopping.

Credits: Photos, styling and review by Amalia Foxtrot (GIA Head Stylist)

-Shops List-

Dress:*DNR* DNR Jessie Dressing Robe Orange.- DNR / Designer : Nicky Ree
Available at Nicky Ree Mainstore

Shoes: Stiletto Moody Bare Anita Tan – Stiletto Moody/Designer –Stiletto Moody
Available as a new release at the Stiletto Moody mainstore

Hair: Tanya -blondeTruth/Designer-Truth Hawks
Available at TRUTH

Skin : LAQ –Pearl Peach 03 -Laqroki
Available at Laqroki Store

Military fashion as a trend is nothing new. But with all that’s going on in the world the military trend couldn’t be more present-day and that’s why this look refuses to submit as it keeps evolving into new variations.

This season designers rl and on sl took their inspiration browsing through every military uniform era in the archives. From Napoleonic styled jackets with high stand collars to gold bordered hussar influenced garments to admiral coats, the military jacket is a winter fashion statement. Think metal buttons and stick to colours like navy, grey and even red. Leave khaki hues for the spring season. Add a bit of runway glamour by teaming up the jacket with jeans or jersey dresses and knee high boots.

First i started with my jacket. The jacket you are seeing is a part of the Diram Cheryl Attire. The black top under my jacket is coming from Cynthia Smit, i used the partygirl top in black/silver. To get a good trendy pants i thought that would be difficult but when you want something original why dont you go to CheerNo, they also have some female designs (and i hope they will make more of them). The pants is the CheerNo Femme Samy Pants and just look at those cool details at the sides of the pants.

Then we get to a point where we need boots hahaa and that was one of the hardest stuff because you want something trendy and dont endup with shoes you always wear so i choose the black western boots from J’s 

Something i love to use are those female gloves where you see some of your vingers and hands, i remember i saw them at xplosion and used the blacklace space gloves from them. The nails i am using are from Caithlin Carter (the diva black nails). The belt is from Mandala, and the sunglasses are from Steinwerk Designs. My earrings come from Glow Studio today and last but not least is my hair from Argrace and is named the Military Cap “Loose Chignon”.

Poses today are from Di’s Opera

Credits: Photos, styling and review by Linnda Scofield (GIA Stylist)

I am sure you remember Indyra . She has one of the most lovely creations in her store ,and she is always in the top because of the quality designs .For sure she is my favorite designer when we talk about bags,simply because she knows how to make me fall in love with her creations.

As I said before this style alert includes two different items a pair of shoes named Coquette Noir Shoes-Marina Wedges and my favorite Indy&Co.-Marina Tote bags. You can get them in a lot of colors as you can see ,and every pair of shoes has a bag to match it .So it’s really fantastic .The Marina Tote can be worn in 3 different styles too ,and the best thing is that they are not expensive at all.

So as always follow the slurl I included in this style alert,and enjoy your time and Indyra minstore .Hope to see you there soon ,and don’t forget to look for past creations too ,they are fabulous . xoxo Ama

Credits: Photos, styling and review by Amalia Foxtrot (GIA Head Stylist)

-Shops List-
Shoes : Coquette Noir Shoes-Marina Wedges –Indyra/Designer:Indyra
Available at Indyra mainstore

Bags : favorite Indy&Co.-Marina Tote –Indyra/Designer:Indyra
Available at Indyra mainstore

At present Ms Vlodovic does not have a store of her own but luckily her friend, and fellow designer from auTre, has been kind enough to set aside some wall space for her in auTre. There are maybe six or seven designs currently at the store, ranging in size and design, but as usual I follow my sense of colour and decided that “PURPLE ROSE” was the choice of the day.

Consisting of a “pill box” base in purple velvet there is definitely a sense of the “french” about this. Couple this with the turquoise satin, overlayed with black floral lace, and the simple addition of a lilac flower brooch, and you have something which is sure to appeal to those hat “newbies” amongst us. Another reason I like the “PURPLE ROSE” is that it sits at just the correct angle on the right side of the head. Sometimes I find hats sit to far back, and have to modify them drastically, but this one needed no such thing. Oh, and in case you wondering, the reason for me not wearing “prim” hair is NOT because the hat did not suit it, it is merely because I wanted a harsh, stern look   (the hat, with a slight modification, would fit well with most straight or pony tail looks).

Now obviously I have only just reviewed an item of auTre’s, but when I saw “FEVER IN COLOUR”  a mere two cms away from the “PURPLE ROSE” I could not help myself – I had to mention it *puts out her hand to be reprimanded*. Well who could resist this brightly coloured funky design?? Certainly not Emerald the colour fanatic . “FEVER IN COLOUR” is another simply designed mini dress that screams fun. I love the detail in the prim chest piece, and the fact the skirt prim was easy to modify too was a bonus. One little thing that “made me sigh” was the fact that there was not the option of a spine attachment point for the chest prim. Yes, I know I am being “picky” but I really wanted to be able to wear a necklace with this outfit… lol.

I believe that the relationship between *Lode* and auTre can bring nothing but good things – as these two designers work so well together even though they are not collabourating yet. I can only imagine what would arrive on the scene if their two brains got together

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Store / Clothing Info

Hat:  “Purple Rose” by *LODE*     http://slurl.com/secondlife/Choon%20Island/143/192/22

Dress: “Fever in Colour” by auTre   http://slurl.com/secondlife/Choon%20Island/143/192/22

Boots: “Pink Zazel Boot” by P3   (no longer available)

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Her mainstore, now on the GLANCE STYLE sim, is a simple yet effective layout – showcasing her mainly monotone designs effectively. Immediately I was drawn to the fact that there was a “redelivery terminal”, a helpful little contraption that even some of the bigger, well known stores do not have – so yes I was impressed.

Scouring the walls I found that amongst the numerous monotone colours there were a couple of more colourful designs which, to be honest, would have been my first choice as “Emmy likes colour!” – but I was then distracted by the above outfit. Why? It was the 1950′s styling of course – I am currently undergoing a style challenge in this very genre so my mind is full of the era lol.

“White Scale”, priced at L$300, turned out to be of a basic standard design but overlayed with amazing detail. I adore the way Ms Kimagawa has turned what could have been a “boring” dress into something interesting that borders on the avant guard. The overlapping of the “scales” reminds me more of a flower than a fish lol, but that makes no difference at all. The sweetheart neckline again ensures this design strays away from the norm. Couple this with the fact that the system skirt included can be worn by itself for a more slinky 50′s siren look, and you have two outfits in one. Perfect!

Would I buy from NEFERTITI KIMAGAWA again? Of course I would – and if you are into your black n’ white then so should you.

Much Happiness – Emerald x

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Store / Clothing Info

Outfit:  “White Scale” by Nefertiti Kimagawa  http://slurl.com/secondlife/Glance%20Style/222/115/29

Hair:  “Natalia” by TRUTH  http://slurl.com/secondlife/Truth%20Hair/104/43/26

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