I love a Good Sale and Roaming SL

And sometimes I just <3 anything I find amazingly cute.  The outfit I'm wearing is from L'abel and was part of Humpday Happiness this past Wednesday.  There was a white version as well but ehhh that was way girlier than I was willing to go that day.  I found the hair at the aforementioned fab-u-lous a few weeks ago and thought it would be a nice match with this outfit.  The earrings are from glow studio--soooo adore them, they make the most interesting things sometimes--and I'm wearing a bracelet I realize now that you can't see in the photo lol from Dark Mouse.  The shoes are from Kalnins and are totally customizable and do a damn good job of matching skin tone without a whole lot of effort.  Looking at the pictures these could use a tiny bit more tweaking but after very little effort that was a great match.  The skin as always is from Laqroki--well not always but usually lol.  And an unanticipated plus of reading the Fashion Critique page was that they linked to SL's destination guide.  I have been bouncing around on that page to different sites for good backdrops for the pictures I take in world and that was fun.  The backdrop I chose for these was Eostara and it's kinda gorgeous.  And just because I am trying to do better about posting this information the poses are all from LAP. 

Oh and I did the final photo shoot for the month and that will probably be up at the end of the week so yeah.  As soon as I narrow down some outfits I MIGHT have another person lined up for September or I might just push it back to October and then just leave myself with two months to finish Project 2010.  Still waiting to hear from MAD but we got an update that a decision should come to us by tomorrow evening so we'll see how that goes too.  See ya later everyone.  Enjoy the snaps.

My name is Rouge and I'm a feedaholic

I've been wondering for the last few days what's up with fashion feed and apparently it's just having some issues right now.  Which kinda sucks cause it gives me part of my shopping fix and lets me know about random sales and contests.  Not that I need to know where they are because really I have a booming inventory already.  Thankfully the shoe fair didn't break me but there are a pair of Kalnins I want to go pick up still so it will add to the limited pocket break I had.  I've hit a few stores over the last few 50L fridays and project themory events but I'm missing some of my favorite old stores that aren't on either list too often these days.  I am enjoying several of the new hair offerings from Bliss Couture Hair which have been very pleasantly surprising and if you haven't seen them go check them out.  Same thing for fab u lous and ICONIC which gave me a very funky mohawk a few weeks ago (shouldn't say gave lol but offered me the chance to buy).  I'm getting closer to having to break down and either use Emerald or the new viewer cause I really want the face tattoos that aren't available in the regular viewer oh and the new hairbase layers--want em lots. 

I applied for the MAD Agency casting.  Not sure if I'll make the cut but I feel like I need to be taking more risks right now so I'm going for it.  I did enter the last round for Miss Virtual World and I doubt the results will be any different lol but again the risk thing.  I have at least one photographer signed up for September's phase of Project 2010 but still have the final few months of the year to arrange as well.  We'll see how it keeps going but I'm excited as I have a shoot coming on the 22nd and then on the 11th of next month.  Okay that's it for now.

yeah i got nothing lol

You know, I had a good spiel built in my head last night about what I wanted to post but I went to sleep, spent more time than I would have thought talking to my mom this morning and put some steak in marinade for dinner later so yeah that's all gone.  In general things are going well.  Thanks in part to my weird schedule and my agencies taking a tiny summer break, I'm not super busy when I'm online these days.  I am doing some of the maintenance stuff I should always be doing but yeah don't always get around to.  I've had the updated Tillie's hud for months before I finally loaded it maybe two weeks ago.  And while I thought the old hud was full at 600 ish poses after loading the new one and all the poses I had purchased in the interim it was up to 1100 ish.  Sad I know but it helped loading them because then I was able to more fully prepare for a show I had because I didn't have to go hunting to see if I had a pose in inventory.

After talking to Miss Keeley about an agency and needing to get a portfolio together, it dawned on me that I hadn't touched my portfolio in over year.  So all the new amazing photos that I have had taken over the last year were not available anywhere but flickr.  That's great if folks want to go look at the page but if not then it's better to have the book handy.  I did update that yesterday so yippee and I was able to add the newest photos from Project 2010 from yzabelle Furhman.  I opted for her very reasonable 5 pack of photos that were just for fun as I liked the outfits and wanted them photographed.  One so I would quit wearing the outfit incessantly because I just loved it and the other because it was one I had prepped and never had snapped.  Part 2 for this month is coming up in a few weeks and those may or may not be contest shots sooooo when I figure it out I'll let you know.

Before I get to the photos, I have to say my same fair issues came up.  I went and wandered around all over.  The lag wasn't bad all things considered but there just wasn't a whole lot that I wanted to be honest and one store that I got excited in turned into a letdown.  I saw a pair of mary janes I adored but then realized they looked eerily familiar.  Yep they do because I bought them last year at the fair lol.  On the upside, the Kalnins I tried on were so hot that I had to buy them.  Along with a few other out of the way shops that I hadn't seen before.  It's for a good cause so please go check them out.

Okay so here are my two favorite shots because I don't want the post to get super long and I can't figure out how to make them rotate in a frame.  Please go to flickr and check out the rest of them when you get a chance.

I feel pretty, oh so pretty

Sorry folks.  Show tunes have been stuck in my head for the last few months and I have been singing them randomly.  I hope you enjoyed the last post as much as I did for those of you that looked at it.  If you didn't eh no biggie I understand everything I find funny won't amuse everyone else.  I have been busy bouncing around the grid and watching shows when I'm not in them.  Most have been great and surprisingly low on lag--not missing it cause lag is our bestest friend--but low.  I have been setting up photographers for August and will nail down September as soon as I can.  But July was taken and looks great.  So without further ado here's the two new additions to Project 2010 from Ludwig Prinz of Prinz Studios.  Make sure to drop a notecard on him and he will respond super quick.  Photos were totally reasonable and he's probably one of the most interactive photographers I've worked with so you are welcome to add input and look for the ideal look.

See ya later,
Rouge

Longer post later

But I had to share this link.  It may get some of us in trouble later as designers are inspired to create some of these things in world but at least I've never been on fire on the runway.

Fabulously Funny Fashion

Tiny Bit Frustrated

It's totally my fault because I waited into July to look for my July photographer for Project Rouge lol but almost all of the photographers I was looking into are all booked up for the month.  I have reached out to two of them for sometime in August and might need to go ahead and set up September while I'm at it.  Well one of the photographers I contacted MIGHT have some July openings but I hate scrambling.  I could always revisit one of the previous two photographers from Project 2010 but that defeats the purpose of me exploring the grid even though both ladies gave me absolute fantastic photos.  Ahh well, I'll beg in world and see what happens.

Speaking of photos, Miss Azul was also a no for the kid but it is what it is.  I crashed during my last walk today in the Fashion Police show which SUCKS but the show went well and I had fun with the Maniera crew as normal.  It doubly sucks cause I was LOVING that outfit.  Felt very edgy gogo dancer smexy kind of look.  It's nice to be with people who can joke and be silly and still pull off a great show.  I'm glad to be a part of Maniera and all the other agencies I call home now.  I'm only in a few but I can dedicate myself to them and work my butt off when I get an assignment.  Okay just wanted to give a brief update.


UPDATE: Woot thanks Model's Workshop photography lists.  I found someone to do photos next week so yippee.  Well I found lots of people but again some were busy others just aren't taking photos anymore for a variety of reasons and others ehh just didn't like.  We'll be adding to Project 2010 yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Woot!

I'm on a roll these days.  I got all my outfits styled for the Maniera show this weekend in under two hours yesterday.  Had decent rehearsals---still need to nail that finale.  I got the blog posting up about the show on Maniera's blog this evening after practice.  And got a free police car from Sami to arrest the boyfriend with whenever I get bored of whatever else I'm harassing him with.  To top it all off I got a great head shot of myself when I got back to my place from Jewell Munro, owner of my newest agency JM Models.  Yippee I got in!  Photo is below and now it's bedtime.

The only thing constant in life is change

Even in SL that is most definitely the case.  Change is inevitable and is necessary to keep humans healthy and happy.  I wasn't sure I was going to post today or not but figured as I was sitting here watching silly things on tv I could tell you what was going on.  I have, quite unlike myself, been at least considering entering things and going out for more castings than normal.  Which isn't really good or bad just different for me.  I was allowed to cast for JM Models on Friday night and think it went well but am not sure how it went as I haven't heard anything quite yet but with the holiday and all could just be a timing issue.  In the wake of that I finally pulled the trigger on a few things I had been considering.  I have worked as a stylist and show coordinator with MPI for a while now but given some of the other things I want to do and my own show schedule I decided to step down from that position.  It was a good learning experience and I may want to pick that up with another agency in the future but right now kinda just want to focus on the modeling end of things.  I also left Miramar which was a bit harder to do as Miguel had been the greatest in welcoming me and letting me do a number of different things while I was there too.  However, the agency is rather dormant right now and I know myself well enough to know I'm not ready to help rebuild and keep doing the other things I want to try my hands at.  I wish both agencies the best and will continue to support from the sidelines.

Other than that Project 2010 is firmly underway.  I will post the pictures that Temperance Moonites took of me after I'm done babbling.  Please see her in world if you like the photos.  She was quick and very affordable.  Two of the photos will end up as part of my Miss Azul entry if I can get off my butt and finish working on it.  Doesn't matter which two but I have four great photos to add to the project now and am just trying to narrow down photographers and date for July's part of this process.  Oh and and in another that's totally not Rouge moment.  I actually left my place for something other than shopping, rehearsal or a show today lol.  Okay I do get out but not very much truth be told.  But Melonie invited us to watch fireworks outside of her shop today and I went over.  I'm glad I did because it was fun.  Not sure why I didn't consider fireworks in SL but it just hadn't crossed my mind.  It was a good time and I got to hang out in a totally not for work way.  Gotta do that more often.

That's it for now so see ya,
Rouge

Project Rouge 2010

Wow, two posts this month I'm sure you're shocked ha ha.  Well this post is going to cover one thing mostly.  I have decided to do a photo project for the rest of this year.  I often end up taking photos of myself at the last minute because I'm not sure which photographers I want to use or why I might want to use them.  For the next six months of the year I'm going to set up a shoot with at least one photographer a month for either contests, castings or just cause I want to because you know I don't really do a whole lot of contests.  Of course it adds to my portfolio so it's a win for me regardless but I also like to see what other people do with my image and their creativity because I can have a billion ideas but implementing them requires much more brain matter than I have to spare some days.  For anyone that visits my flikr page they would have already seen the first two photos in Project 2010.  They were done by Shae Sixpence for the AVENUE casting.  I didn't make the shortlist but I liked the photo so much I sent it in for the Miss Virtual World July casting.  Not holding my breath on that one but heck I was beautiful damn it lol.

The next few photos that will be added come from Temperance Moonites for the Miss Azul contest and two extra for my portfolio.  I couldn't decide which dress to choose so I had two outfits and the one that pops the most is off to the contest.  The other will just be new pretty pictures of me.  And will give me the chance to see what I look like in another photographers eyes.  For any photog that might read this, sorry if I get quiet during the shoot.  I try not to do too much to disturb my eye lock and just start drifting off in my brain to think of how fantabulous you are going to make me look.  So I need to set up the next few months of photographers and would love recommendations.  There is at least one old favorite I'll be revisiting but that takes one of six months.  And December might be overload since it's my RL birth month.

I swear I was gonna mention something else in this post but now I so don't remember what it is.  So instead I'll say what just popped into my head.  Congratulations to all the lovely Black female avatars for making the short list of AVENUE models and those that have been chosen to represent the country of their choice in the Miss Virtual World 2011.  There were way more than I expected and it gives me hope that working in darker skin isn't always an impediment.  And a special congratulations to a blog friend, EmeraldEyes Honi, who is on a fantastic role with being chosen to be a Modavia Supermodel, AVENUE shortlist and Miss UK in Miss Virtual World 2011.  She's a great inspiration and fantastic model.  Good luck to all of you ladies.

Ok it's way past dinner time let me go eat---Rouge

Duh remembered what it was lol.  Wrapped the longest show I've been in for a while this weekend and it was great lag battle.  And I found out that the theme I chose won an internal Maniera contest with two other models providing the accompanying statement.  Yippee for Keira Tyles and Imani Enzo for the joint win.  Can't wait for the shoot.  Bye for real this time

I'm Bionic

Okay well not really.  I'm digital at best but I have been listening to Christina's last cd since it dropped and there are definitely a few tracks on there that are bound to be long time favorites and one that I'm sure that daddys everywhere hope their daughters sing for a very long time (it's called I hate boys in case you were wondering).  Sorry for vanishing again.  Was dealing with some family stuff and it just got sorted which I'm glad about but it stinks that it comes up every year and hasn't gotten easier to deal with. 

I have done a show or two since the last time I blogged--maybe just one--and have another one coming up soon.  Still trying to finalize a graduation show and that is taking more time than it should really.  I'm applying for the AVENUE casting but with a billion other people applying we'll have to see how that goes.  I am thinking about the Miss Azul contest but as many Azul gowns as I have NONE of them looked contest worthy on me so I may have to go comb the store again and see if there is anything left that I don't own already.  Hmmm think that's it for now.  See ya later


Rouge