The "Passions of Black Swan" event has come to a close after twenty of SL's most talented designers came together to bring you their own take on the magic of Black Swan through their creations.  Timeless Modeling Agency will showcase these designs one last time at 2 pm SL today to finish the event with a flourish.  Be sure to arrive early and follow the path to be able to have a front row seat as the models walk the runway one last time.

Every good thing has an end. We have been delighted with the beautiful creations from Passions of Black Swan for the past two weeks. During the past two shows, I have met some great talent and wonderful people and we had a chance to open the doors of Black Swan to many visitors who truly enjoyed the whole experience.

The Passions of Black Swan is closing today with a great big fashion show organised by Timeless Agency today at 2pm and an after party.  I would like to invite everyone  to join one last time and celebrate the endless possibilities  of creativity in SL so come and join us in Black Swan at 2pm.

When Clio Cardiff was looking for inspiration to create her "Passions of Black Swan" dress, she found it at the very heart of the sim.  Her gown "Embrace" came from the statue in the middle of Black Swan depicting a man and a woman tightly holding each other.  The statue is one of the many pieces from Light Waves. This master of prim sculpture first envisioned Black Swan and gave it life, especially with his towering statues placed within it like the one Clio loves.

Be "Embraced"

^Passionate

Sexy

Hot

Whatever you are looking for I am sure you are going to find it in Black Swan.

This morning, I wanted to try most of the dresses from the Passions of Black Swan collection but there are quite a bit of them :)

( 20 all together I belive ) So today I only covered 6 of them.

Hot machinima video from the recent inworld Fashion Show for the Passions of Black Swan event.  See the latest, greatest designs in motion on the most gorgeous sim in the metaverse. Top virtual world fashionistas respond to the challenge of art at Black Swan.

Big thanks to everyone involved in the event and check video out below!

This is also the start of our 15fps of Fame vid program. Watch for the film crews across our sims and be ready to jump and show your virtual world to the real world. 

Vid shot and edited by PG Broadbent www.ididthisfilm.com.

Do you love machinimas? Give Voishe some ideas on which to nominate for best of SL Machinimas here.

My first reaction when I slipped into Munchflower Zauis' ("Munch" for short) dress that she created for Passions of Black Swan was simply "Wow."  And then I kept repeating "Wow!" to the point where Munch was worried my sanity had gone with my avatar's normal style of clothing (something between pretty princess and casual chic, for those who are curious).  Her "Magdalena" dress stole the show and has been hailed by several bloggers to be one of the most beautiful and bloody dresses on the grid.  

Many of the designers for "Passions of Black Swan" were inspired by the beautiful art created within it.  Now we'd like to see how Black Swan inspires passion within your photography!

Black Swan Photography Contest:

Jonny Dusk of 5ifth Order has created poses inspired by some of the art within Black Swan.  We're looking for pictures that bring this art to life using these poses that are available for sale as part of the "Passions of Black Swan" fashion event. Using any (or all!) of the Black Swan poses, become your own piece of art for your chance to win one of three prizes!  You can submit up to 3 pictures to the Passions of Black Swan Flickr group. until 11:59 PM Sunday, September 28th.  The winning photos will be announced during the Final "Passions of Black Swan" Fashion Show on Tuesday, September 30th.

Black swan is of course, a showcase of perhaps the most stunning artwork in SL. Not just limited to sculptures either - "The Passions of Black Swan" brings together a collection from some of the most talented fashion designers, featuring stunning gowns, jewelry, hair .. and the reason for this post.. beautiful skins by Tuli.

The Black Swan skins are based on her latest release, Elizabeth, but with added black feather tattoos and stunning eye-makeup. The basics: there are five skin shades, and four different makeups, so that's a total of .. *counts on fingers* .. twenty skins altogther.

 (from L-R - fair, light, sunkissed, tanned, cocoa - shown in Fire makeup)

The last couple of days, I have been walking around the Rezzable Sims feeling unbelievably glamours and sexy *coughs* which is not the usual case :) I love to buy gowns and beautiful dresses but never end up wearing them. One reason may be that I never have the occasion. This unfortunately shows the sad side of my SL life that never parties. The sunny side of my SL life is that I get to organise cool events like the Black Swan event where I get to meet these wonderfully talented designers and wear their creations.

So this all blah blah comes to this... I have put on  l'Oiseau Rebel gown created by Moire Georgette from Comme-il-faut couple of days ago and I can not take it off. So before I decided to put on another dress i wanted to take some photos and share the beauty of this dress with you all.

First of all , I just love the name l'Oiseau, for some reason it just sounds so much better then "bird". Its very poetic and sexy once pronounced right :)

Ivey Deschanel is the creative goddess behind the well-known and cheekily-named Sn@tch, serving up wicked hot punk/glam/goth/club clothing with attitude.  "Passions of Black Swan" was a natural fit for Ivey, as her designs are often infused with darkness, edginess, and touches of romance and retro glamour. Her devoted throng of followers (myself included!) were ecstatic when she agreed to participate.

I asked Ivey about how she became inspired to create the "Gravity" ensemble, her glamourous-with-aniedge "Passions of Black Swan" creation.  She had this to say: