There's plenty to say but really got nothing in the way of smart catchy title tonight. Sorry for the gap in posting. I was working on some posts for the Maniera blog and got super distracted then RL work kicked my cute little butt and let's just say if the people we interviewed don't take the job I'm gonna hunt them down and kill them for disrupting my life so much and making me have to do it again in the near future. Anyhoo, SL has been interesting to say the least.
I've been doing classes with Sabine at Asymetrique which have been very interesting, especially since it's mostly been one on one due to the schedule. This last week we covered a ton of information and what she mentioned during the class was true. It helps to teach someone else because you never know what tricks you might pick up from them and it helps you focus on what you do in a different way. It's a good learning experience all around so that is becoming a very enriching experience.
Classes at Maniera will be on hiatus for the Easter holiday but have been intriguing for the same reasons my own classes have been. Remembering what it's like to be at the beginning of the career, trying to sort out your style and your skills as a model, being desperate to learn but not wanting to appear overeager. The students I've had have been a great delight to work with and it still feels a little weird that I would be a go to person for information but at the same time I enjoy the sharing of knowledge so it's great. And joy of joys I get paid to do it too. It's another of those good experiences I hadn't planned on having.
In my last post I mentioned Miss Ebony International, and the fact that I hadn't made the casting cut in my love Serafina gown from Purple Moon. I though the next round was on the 24th but it was moved to today which in the middle of styling two outfits for my class seemed like an impossibility. Due to some unforeseen things, class styling was delayed and that let me pull together not one or two but three different potential looks for this month's theme of Pop Star. I'll admit that seemed a little nebulous to me so it took a while to pull a solid look together that I was enjoying because skin tight and super short is not something I pull off well--mostly because even in SL I made myself thicker than most prim shorts enjoy lol. Instead I went to all my favorite edgy stores to look for something new and came up empty. I hit the feeds and through a random stroke of luck found about 6 things that could work for different looks which started from my Dressing Room exploration (if you don't go there often you should). Anyway, I created a boho hippie/Erykah Badu kind of look, a club hopping diva kinda of look and a chilled out dance queen pop star look just in case someone was in any of them that I could switch to something else. Which turned out to be a good idea because there were a few people in the same general outfit which is just awkward because you're all shaped differently with a different sense of style all of which is reflected when you do your strut. There were a ton of strong looks throughout the assembled women so I wasn't feeling super confident that I had done something that stood out from the rest. I had a clean walk this time and took my time to show off what I had put together. After that, it's just a waiting game. I will say they don't make us wait very long and much to my surprise I made the cut. All I can say is I think I was much more relaxed today and accepted all I could control was what I did on the runway. Oh and thanks to Sabine I was able to find a few new walks, one of which I used today because it didn't distort my outfit when I walked. I have a questionnaire that I need to complete but we have a week to fill it out and I want to take a few days to appreciate what has happened. But because I normally do this for big castings, here's what I was wearing without editing because I'm on call and want to try to get some sleep before the random I am just having a moment phone call happens.
Top: Baiastice One Shoulder Sweater @ LeLook
Tights: Emery Roxe Slash #2
Shoes: Slink Mia Wedges
Hair: lamb DIY cut
Skin: LAQ Claudia in Ebony
Lashes: glow studio
Gloves: Emery
