The fashion industry was struck with sadness just three short weeks ago when Lee "Alexander" McQueen took his life. It sent shockwaves through both first and second life; and people have rallied together to show tributes and appreciation of his genius. Achariya had guest bloggers on her site to create a look based on their intepretation of his work, and I was one of the people invited, you can see more on how I feel about him here.  Avenue Models have had an association with Rezzable; they've been entrusted with presenting our last two fashion events. And they moved into action with a feature of their own, For The Love of McQueen.

You think you have it hard on Valentine's Day? Try being a business alt. I never get to do anything fun. Oh, sure - I get the best clothes on the grid when I get dragged out for blogging, but most of the time I just get stuffed back into inventory and left there to rot. Most alts get to do all the wicked stuff, participate in orgies, and frequent the sims that you wouldn't tell your SL Mom about. How I got the reputation for being a skank I'll never know. As for love? Forget it. Paisley Beebe of Treet TV has had a great idea, and a wonderful offer right now. For a donation to the studio of 3k she will read your message of love out live on air for all 20,000 viewers to see, and it will stay in cyberspace for all eternity. I'm not holding my breath - my owner is more in love with himself than he''ll ever be with me. *Sigh...*

By now you all know that the theme of the next big Rezzable fashion event is "2010 - The Future Is Now" and it's going to be spacey stuff - squeee! I love this idea; especially as I'm a fan of sci-fi, and the more classic the better. As cheesy as Star Wars is now, it has a lasting impact on every generation that watches it. Kids still run around with torches on their belts as light sabres, and apparently Princess Leia's gold bikini is still drooled over by geeks everywhere. And remember, Lost In Space was set in the then far-off year of 1997. So my look today is in tribute to the skimpy retro Space Princess look that you'll find in 70's space movies, and even more modern ones like LeeLoo's bandage costume in The Fifth Element.

Shhh...   I have a secret. Several, actually. I now know what's going on with the new Rezzable fashion event that Winter is planning for January. And I know a few designers that are going to be in it. Some of them are my favourites. One of them makes me feel like a princess. Would you like to see?

Jori Watler of ~alaMood~ made the Alkahi Inferno rings and earrings that you can see me wearing in the top picture. I'm wearing the Jude II hair in Black Bean by Autumn Hykova of Tiny Bird, a hair maker that I just LOVE. And my butterfly shoulder companion was a Shoe Fair 08 gift from SakuraDawn Lei of Lazy Places.

Winter has been wandering around the last few weeks muttering. I think he's up to something, and I asked him when he was distracted. He gave me a long excited stream-of-conciousness answer, but the one word I did catch was "cyber." So I slapped him. Hard. As I told him "Me and you, sunshine - never gonna happen." He stopped and looked at me. He grinned. Then he said to "...wait until January. No one is going to know what hit them." Unless it was me, of course. At least I got one thing from that word "cyber" - it inspired my look today.