Leather Micro Dress

I forgot to blog this/didn't have time at the time - but for those of you who didn't know, I made a scrumptious leather mini-dress. A few bloggers have already blogged it so I feel a little weird about releasing it on my blog - but hey, that is what my blog is for and if I don't blog it I would feel as though I'm ignoring the dress. Can't do that. No way. Anyways...

The dress is something I've been wanting to do for a long time. You know I've done various leather outfits and stuff - but I think that after the cross-top redux I found a new process that creates killer textures. While this may not be the absolute best leather dress - I think that you'll agree that it definitely stands out on top. 3 colors for you to slip into - Black, Chocolate and Red. The pieces/parts come on all available layers and everything is copy/mod. Hopefully you'll wear it to death and combine it with all your various jackets, shirts and other ensembles.

Find the Leather Mini-Dress in-world here: Second Wave Apparel @ Soigne

I'm particularly proud of the Signs though. I thought the dress reminded me of a Hollywood starlet - particularly back in the 80's. So I did the Hollywood thing - I set the entire thing up in AfterEffects and NOT Photoshop. It works great. I take all my pics against bright green, use the Keylight plug-in/effect to get rid of the green. I also use the 3d camera and depth of field to create a little more realistic perspective. Also lights - the lights are from AfterEffects too. Something that Photoshop just doesn't have - well kinda, but not the same really.

Ok - Awesome! The Asian Dress is finished!

Some of you may or may not have known that I was working on a few things at the same time - when I do this it takes me longer to finish those items but I'll tell you that this one was definitely worth the wait. I think that ColdPlay is responsible for this dress - primarily for their songs "Life in Technicolor" and "Lovers in Japan". OMG I just totally love those songs! So I had to - HAD TO - make this outfit!

The dress is in itself a work of beauty (no I'm not being modest right now, check back in an hour), but I have included China Doll shoes which have the same texturing as the dress, a Parasol with the same iconic dragon and Little gold Baby Dragon Earrings. This outfit is horribly cute and super chik. I dare you to play those ColdPlay songs while you wear it... seriously! Anyway - while researching the dress (trust me everything at SWA is researched to the hilt, usually 1,000s of images and hundreds of pages of information go into each design) I found out that it is actually called a "Cheongsam" - at least that is what all of the factory direct companies from China are referring to it as.

I feel very proud of this and I do hope that you enjoy it as much as I do - more colors may be coming but I wanted to take it slow this time and find out what colors people really wanted/needed.... SO please don't hesitate to ask me or send me what color you think you would like to rock out loud in Asian style.

Find the Cheongsam Asian Silk Dress in-world here: Second Wave Apparel @ Soigne

Also Available on XStreet:

Black Silk Cheongsam
Red Silk Cheongsam

XStreet nonsense - grr!

Ok - so you found my items on XStreet and oh look! A Tuxedo dress in just the color you wanted or the Bikini short set in the pattern color that would match your surf board. You go to purchase it, and then.... Nothing.

Nothing happened. IDK why.

The boxes on my end were old, or a gremlin got in... but now they are replaced by good sturdy new XStreet boxes and you my dearies can go ahead an purchase that Tux Dress or Bikini short set. Go on - do it! Don't be afraid...

Second Wave Apparel on Xstreet

Some of the recent problem items that are taken care of now:

Talk like a Pirate 'n look like one too - ye scallywag!

Arrrgh!

Ye can buy them on XStreet right now and in-world too!
Avast ye mateys only L50!!!!!
(it's been reduced for the pirates who are too lazy to pillage or if ye just been suckin down the rum too fast.)

This is for all ye freebootin scallywags!

These earrin's come in both gold 'n silver in th' pack.
On Xstreet:
SWA Skull and XBone Earrings in Gold and Silver

In-World - d'ere be more colors in that booty:
Second Wave Apparel @ Soigne

Cross-Tops outfits are now on Xstreet!

Good news! If you wanted to buy the latest Cross-Top outfits, they are now on XStreet for purchase! Click on one of the images below to go to that outfit directly:

On a side note - Gogo did a fabulous job blogging these (you can find that article here: Gogo does SWA )and she even wore boots to match. Well I contacted Bax Coen (maker of those fiiiine boots doncha know) and she put some vendors in my store so that you can get a complete outfit in one stop! Isn't that awesome? I've also included a link to her items on Xstreet so that you can purchase items of hers right after you get the Cross-Top...

Yes - I'm making it as easy as possible for you to get rid of those linden dollars, aren't you happy?

Find the cross-top in-world here: Second Wave Apparel @ Soigne

Cross Tops are BACK!

It's BACK! The Cross-top is now revamped and ohhhh soooo sexy! Textures that really pop and look more realistic than your RL clothing - ok maybe not, but it comes damn close!!!

Right now you can purchase the Black, Red, Pink or White cross-top in a set that includes Latex, Silk and Knit texture... But wait - there's more! It wouldn't be a SWA kinda thing to limit the item to just one thing! No, I had to go and create Boy Shorts to match - so each set includes BoyShorts in matching textures/colors. Tops come on 3 layers and shorts on 2 layers.

All items are copy/mod - no transfer. Each color set is only L$150 - a total steal!!!!

Now initially the clothing images I uploaded were PNGs - looked great until I zoomed in - but no worries I fixed this small issue and I wouldn't have known if it wasn't for GoGo! She's the one with a mac daddy graphics card. Although I did notice it AFTER she pointed it out - I never would have known if it hadn't been for her eagle eye! Anyway - all of the texture issues have been fixed with TGA images. For you designers out there - PNG's may seem like the easy way to go, but don't do it! SL does something to the alpha on those puppies upon import and it ain't pretty.

Find the cross-top in-world here: Second Wave Apparel @ Soigne

I wanted to find out from you my dearies what colors interest you - comment here or send me a note in-world!

Skull N Crossbone earrings - Arrrgh!

Arrrgh!

Ye can buy them on XStreet right now and no where else! Avast ye mateys only L150 for all ye freebootin scallywags! These earrings come in both gold and silver in the pack.

SWA Skull and XBone Earrings in Gold and Silver