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You know, people in Second Life come and go and there is a flux in the kind of creativity and the available offerings by merchants. One of the people closing their store is Welpie Heinrichs of WISH. This is sad news. Of course she will remain in SL - but more of an observer an much less as a creative contributor. While some people might be clapping and jumping for joy - I am not. After the problems I've faced with Soigne closing and finding a new home for my store it is bittersweet that finding out the friend who helped me is closing her store/brand down.

I still am shaking my head about the whole mess. Her reasoning behind closing is because she needed to concentrate more on her RL and the amount of money going toward her brand here was not condusive to doing so. It was no longer feasible to stay in business. I honestly cannot blame her. While some of you who do create items and sell them have no limit on the amount of time you can spend doing so think that people who create things are all like that - a lot of us are everyday people who have jobs, family and other things that we are responsible for.

When Linden Labs starts making it harder to create items and even starts removing items from XStreet for what ever reason - people involved in that process realize that in the end SL is just a fancy. They drop it. Why should they spend countless hours making items only to have those items copied? What about the face that spending those hours doesn't pay much more than $.05 an hour when everything is said and done - or even less because there are less people here to buy. I forsee SL coming to an end very soon because of this trend. I believe that in a few years it will mirror SIMS in that all the content is controlled by LL. While this might be effective in controlling content theft it doesn't make for a very "creative" environment.

In any case if you like a merchant or designer - please keep them in mind when buying items. Or when someone is new and they want hair or clothing. Because if you forget about them, or decide to only shop at one store - the one that you loved my very well disappear.

On that note - I just found out that one of the stores I have at a mall will have to close. SC Designs mall is closing. This is just awful. It seems like the stores and malls are all tumbling like dominoes. Who's next? How long before only a handful of designers/merchants are left in SL? Is this something that Linden Labs was planning for? I know I'm spinning conspiracy theories etc., but its hard not to notice certain nefarious goings on.

If you want to grab the last of WISH - please go to her store here:

WISH Shoes and More

New leather jacket - sculpted prims... I spent an inglorious amount of time on the sculpts and the textures. Hope you like! The is a sculpted prim jacket so you will have to modify since I do not currently have all of the shapes ever made - but no probs, the entire thing is copy mod. Just make sure to create a copy and stash it somewhere safe in your inventory before messing with it. There is a jacket layer for the avatar so that if the sculpts go through or whatever you won't have "odd" skin showing through. Only 200L.

Second Wave Apparel - Main Store at Excelsior

New Main Store Location
Happy New Year and Decade too. As I embark on this new year/decade my mind stays focused on new possibilities for Second Life and in my life. As you all know Soigne was sold because of several reasons (which I won't get into) but because of that the SIM owner has had to make that sim into an adult themed venue. While some of my items might be something that those who endeavor in that type of entertainment that they would buy - I really want the shopping experience to remain extraordinary and something that my customers enjoy and will want to come back to. I feel that this would not be possible on an adult themed SIM.

The SIM owner has given me a new home but one that I am familiar with - Excelsior SIM. The same SIM that WISH shoes calls home. The perveyor of WISH, Welpie Heinrichs is someone who has been a friend and supporter and has let me use part of her store as a satellite store, so some of you may have already been to the SIM and know that it is a haven for anyone with a craving for clothes, shoes, skins etc.

My only chagrin is that SODA is not coming with me. I really am trepidatious in this move without my old friend Charlotte Morelett, as she is the one who introduced me to SL and honestly I owe her a lot in more ways than one.

In any case - the store has been relocated and you can find all of the SWA items there - here is the slurl if you'd like to stop by and take a peak. It is the same store design that I had changed it over to a few weeks ago but for all intents and purposes - it's a whole new store. I'll write more on it tomorrow but stop by and take a look!

Second Wave Apparel - Main Store at Excelsior

NEW RELEASE - Skulls T-Shirts.

Now I know that most people have enough T-Shirts to choke a virtual horse in SL but honestly a lot of those are based on T-shirt templates and even though Robin Wood's template is great (god bless her - she is one of the most proliferate and well known SL contributers) I feel that it wouldn't be fair for me to use it. So in typical SWA fashion I started from scratch and made another one that I feel exemplifies my skill as a texture artist.

On this T-Shirt I used artwork from GoMedia and DesignUS to create my own design. As you know I can never stop at one color or even a mundane palette of 4 or 5. I've created a Basics, Pastels, White and Black set of the T-Shirt.

The Basics include Red, Blue, Purple, HotPink, Green, Black and White with the designs in analgous colors. This is the same for the Pastel set. The reason I did this is because I wanted to make sure that you as a customer have the choice in your wardrobe to wear the t-shirt you want with the pants you love. So if you have a pair of purple jeans you adore - then you will have the top that can go with it.

I've also created a White and Black set that have the graphics in a set of colors - if you like to wear those shades, now you can wear Black but have a splash of red, green, blue etc. I think that this enables you to wear the basics while spicing it up a little.

If this release is popular enough I will create more designs and offer the same range of colors in packs. Oh yeah each pack is only 50L - and they all have at least 6 different shirts. Did I mention that these T-shirts have the added length? Yep - they do. And they come on all layers avalable, copy/modify - no transfer.

Second Wave Apparel - Main Store at Excelsior

Supple leather texture that hugs the curves just right. Brass ring embellishments and cute little hooks in the back. The panties have a very sexy and oh so naughty zipper in the front for that bad girl streak in you - the best part of the set is that you can be the only one who knows, unless of course you wear it for someone else later on. It is a new year soon, so why not turn over a new leaf and be a little bad - at least underneath...

Bra comes on 3 layers for those of you who like your tattoos and the under wear comes on two layers if you prefer to wear hose or fishnets with them. You can get this bad girl underwear at any of the 3 SWA stores.

Second Wave Apparel @ Soigne

Second Wave at SC Designs

Second Wave Apparel at WISH

At first I was going to only send this to my group - but ya know, that just isn't Christmas. I made these a few weeks ago and because of Holiday stuff was never able to get them out. But I sent them tonight (to just about every group that I'm a part of) and I have placed a HUGE present in the front entrance of my store. So if you missed a notice from the plethora of groups I sent it to - please do stop by and get your free gift. I'll leave it out until the New Year.

Merry Christmas everybody!

Second Wave Apparel @ Soigne

Some of you may know this already - but I wanted to make sure that all of you were aware that SWA is now part of the 60L Sundays group. What this means is that if you join the group 60L Sundays you will be sent a list of participating stores that each have an item out for 60L. This is a great way to find new stores or find some really great merchandise. I did the zippered Jeans this week - each set is only 60L and I marked down the fatpack to boot. I currently have these still at 60L and tomorrow is when I'll price them normally - so make sure you stop by and get a great bargain.

Also - don't forget to join the 60L Sundays group so that you get more bargains like this.

Second Wave Apparel @ Soigne

New and improved cami at SWA - this time in silk!
Beautiful silk sheering and highlights with just the right amount of folds on a cami that comes on 3 layers PLUS added length on the Jacket, pants and underpants layers. Only 25L for a limited time.

Second Wave Apparel @ Soigne