Kraken!

Kraken are legendary sea monsters of gargantuan size, said to have dwelt off the coasts of Norway and Iceland. The sheer size and fearsome appearance attributed to the beasts have made them common ocean-dwelling monsters in various fictional works. The legend may actually have originated from sightings of real giant squid that are variously estimated to grow to 40–50 feet in length, including the tentacles. These creatures normally live at great depths, but have been sighted at the surface and reportedly have “attacked” ships.

- excerpt from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraken

Lili Revnik of Wot? had an amazing idea. Why not mix tenticles in with hair? FUCKIN’ A! Brilliant! I stood there staring at the ad for her 18th hair style in amazement. I literally thought, “why the fuck didn’t I think of that?” Thank god Lili did! The hair is too cool. It’s color scripted and for 100 linden you get three versions. Not bad, eh? I would behoove anyone to take a look at Lili’s work. It’s quirky and different from anything you’ll find at the other major shops.

top – Tyranny designs…………. In-Vested – sky
skirt – Pink Outfitters…………. Roxy Bermuda Shorts – golden orange
tattoo – Garden of Ku…………. Give Me Poison – medium dark
bangles – LeLutka…………. Wooden Bangles
necklace – Uzuri…………. Chura Necklace
ring – DECO…………. Her Platinum Solitaire Diamond Ring
shoes – Shiny Things …………. Ving Boots – warm brown
eyes – Silhouette …………. citrine
skin – !KA-mi-LIAN…………. Talita Skin – light 2
hair – Wot? …………. Hair 18 – gueros
poses – Olive Juice

Another Dead Model

This morning the AP Wire reported that South Korean beauty Daul Kim was found hanged in her Paris apartment. She was the golden haired Asian model that broke your heart in a single glance. Recently, her credits included Christopher Kane’s Topshop, modeling for i-D magazine, British Vogue, and the fall issue of Dansk.

Daul Kim, Golden Haired Asian Beauty

The news reports seem to be “pinning” the blame on South Korean culture. AP News cites, “South Korea — which has the highest suicide rate among the 30 nations in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development..”

However, I feel maybe we should be looking at the modeling industry itself. This isn’t the first model suicide to hit the papers in recent months. Kazakhstan’s Ruslana Korshunova passed away this summer by plummeting to her death from her SoHo apartment window. The NY Medical Examiner ruled it a suicide much to the dismay of her family.

I wonder if these girls were getting any mental health treatment, they so desperately needed? Their entire world built around appearance, surely that would seriously fuck with their head. It gets to ME and I am just an average Jane.

If you read through Daul Kim’s blog,  there seem to be signs that her depression was definitely present. Let me be clear, therapy is therapy. Sometimes, therapy doesn’t work alone. Depression and many mental illnesses need to be treated through pharmaceuticals. Just like diabetics, sometimes you just need medication to help you with your illness and it cannot be circumvented.

However, a majority of SSRIs and other drugs fuck with your weight. Sometimes you gain, sometimes you lose, sometimes the drug isn’t right and you have to try another version. In all accounts, it wreaks havoc on your body. So, for models this would be exponentially more detrimental to not only themselves – but their livelihood.

So does that help explain why these girls are dying? I don’t know. I don’t know if Miss Kim or Miss Korshunova were on any medication. I don’t know much except what I read in the media about their lives. However, I do know firsthand about mental illness and depression. I know there is treatment in place to stop this shit from happening. However, I don’t know WHY the modeling industry isn’t doing a fucking thing about it.

Daul Kim’s AP NEWS Article
Daul Kim’s Blog
Ruslana Korshunova CBS Article

BOOM + DARE = high as a kite.

Choice designer Aranel Ah of BOOM has done it again. Today she released some autumnal turtleneck sweaters that are fantastic. In the graphic, I am actually wearing the Men’s version. I dunno why but I love wearing the boy’s stuff more than the ladies. Maybe because in real life I am cursed with breasts and I hate them, so in Second Life I live out my deep rooted fantasies of having a more modest bosom to lay men’s heads upon. Some people like to fuck furries, I just want a nice B cup for my dirty pillows.

Okay, so back to Miss Ah’s gorgeous sweaters! Here’s the SLurl to her main store on Existence: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Existence/181/22/21

The tops have been packaged up into groups of four colors, or sold individually. Honestly, it would be much more cost effective to buy the Plump Packs at 350 linden. Each comes with all the usual suspects: gorgeous textures, sculpted prims for sleeves and collars, AND all the layer options you could hope for! Overall, it makes you love BOOM even more than you do already.

Next, DARE is taking part of the “Weekend Fever” which starts Saturday at 12AM. The theme for these poses is the color BLUE ie the sky and all that belongs in it. Be like a bird, be like a feather, or drop like a stone. You can do all of the above with Chance Greatrex’s new poses. They will be priced at 50 linden, so chop-CHOP! Get ‘em while you can!

top – BOOM…………. Basic Turtleneck – rust Mens
bottom – Fishy Strawberry…………. Equinox Jeans – siena
tattoo – Garden of Ku…………. Angels & Demons – medium
ring – Uzuri…………. Chifu Ring
boots – KBoots …………. brown
eyes – Silhouette …………. Mood Eyes – sunny
skin – &Bean…………. Lake Betty – pale
hair – lamb…………. Whoop Dee Doo – snickers
poses – DARE (50L on Saturday)

Happy Birthday London Dailey!

I’m a huge fan of Pink Outfitters and of the House of London shops. So when I got the notice of London Dailey’s Birthday Sale, I skipped over gleefully!

Everything and anything PINK is ONLY 50 linden! Holy Shit! It’s fantastic!

The sale ends November 24th, so make sure you take advantage of this sale. Also Ms. Dailey wanted it noted that Fresh Fx Skins are part of the sale, however they are 50% off and NOT 50 linden. *waggles finger* No need to take advantage of the Birthday Girl! She’s earned her stripes and well worth the linden!

Lastly I wanted to say the graphic shows so new poses by from Chance Greatrex of DARE. They don’t seem to be on sale yet. So PLEASE pester Chance. Aside from being the MOST lovely man in Second Life, he would love a little chin scratching admiration.

NOTE: The poses are now on sale at DARE, only 200L for a set of six poses. Go now! Do! Buy!

top – Pink Outfitters…………. Brit Krust – bright pink (50L)
skirt – Pink Outfitters…………. The Builder Jumpsuit – shocking pink (50L)
glasses – DECO…………. Swank Glasses – black
cigarette – Naith Smit Designs…………. cigarette black
shoes – Cherry …………. Bow Slingbacks – pink/black (50L)
eyes – LeLutka …………. sky
skin – &Bean…………. Lake Barbie – pale freckles
hair – Tiny Bird …………. Hey Jude III – wheat
poses – DARE

Eat Your Heart Out, Stiletto Moody

That’s right. You and your $2,100 linden over priced, one color version of prim stilettos can walk straight off the grid. Finally the day has come when a proper competitor has blown them out of the water! THREE CHEERS! HIP! HIP! HORRAY!

I’ve never been a fan of Stiletto Moody. Remember when they only let group members even ENTER the shop? Seriously? Talk about elitist. Plus some of their past advertising campaigns are chock full of  misogyny mixed sexism. They are just “tits” and “ass” in lingerie with the model’s heads cropped out of the picture. Why bother with the head of a woman, right?

Yes,yes…I know S.M. has that free pair of shoes for their anniversary. Mazel –fucking- Tov. Honestly for the exorbitant price of their shoes, customers should get a hand-job and good night kiss too. BLEH! Well, enough about the over rated…

Kalnins Footwear has done it again. For only 800 linden, you get a beautiful pair of Sonata Stiletto heels that you can wear with just about anything. There is only one attachment point for these stems and so get out your cuffed pants, capris or any elaborately primed gown. Not only that, but it comes with the same HUD as my last posting . So for one pair, you get many color options that you can control on three different places on the shoe.

On top of this, I discovered a fantastic new store while trolling the Slaughter City shops. Deviant Girls is makes macabre fun! Everything is reasonably priced. I think the skirt cost me 80 linden and the top 100 linden (the top comes with sculpted sleeves and sweater bottom). Totally worth checking out today!

top – deviant girls…………. Ripped Border Sweater – red
skirt – deviant girls…………. Cut Off Skirt – red
shoes – Kalnins …………. Sonata
eyes – Mooney Eyes …………. glassy green
skin – &Bean…………. Lake Red Wings – pale
hair – Tiny Bird …………. Chelsea Hotel – wheat
poses – Long Awkward Poses