• After visiting the mischivious german carnival a couple of times the Greenies finally decided to enter the parade with a own cart! The motto of 2010: "Jekk läggt!? O.o The target: Turn the Jekken into Greenies! But how to turn crazy imps into submissive aliens? Allure them with roasted egg (Germans love those!) and free avatars!

The virtuell "Rose Monday" parade starts February 15 at 10am SLT in front of the cathedral in Cologne SL with a friendly "Alaaf". Many inworld institutions and groups like Magic Builder, GNC and the GREENIES will participate with their carnival carts. The festival moves at 11am SLT to Coblenz SL where the parade continues with a joyful "Helau"! The market girls welcome the track with their traditional dances at 12pm SLT in Munich SL. Ongoing we celebrate the motto "Greenie läggt" with a incredible aftershow party in Cologne and Munich.

The other night I went to the Greenie's dance and frolicked with a teal-green tentacle-monster. As we danced, I looked around the crowd and pondered how we all envisioned the concept "futuristic." Everyone looked sexy; that was my first thought. This is Second Life, however, and avatars have to TRY to not be. Sexy aside, I saw a lot of new ideas about shape and structure and fabric. In the future, fabric doesn't have to be cloth, and clothing doesn't have to cover the epidermis; sometimes it's embedded within, sometimes it takes the physical form and twists it entirely. I'd love to see a Galliano show in 3050 (if we cryogenically preserve him or something) -- would he make clothing out of dry ice and foam?

One has to have an "edge" to tackle the future, or the past may not let you go.  A sharp edge is best, as it cuts through the unessential confusion, and clearly exposes that which is needed.

This ensemble from L'Able ensure you are ready to fight your way mercilessly to the future, whilst knowing you look dayum good.  The broad shoulders send a loud and clear "not to be messed with"  message,  and as seen in the top picture, the bolero jacket has awesome detailing.  I like how the leggings provide a graphical contrast to the outfit, breaking it up and giving it further interest, ooooh and the gloves.. well they ensure you don't break a nail during the battle to the future.

2010 - The Future Is Now and is happenning in every second we waste in pointless issues. What matters is now and how fast we want to enjoy our future.

Most science fiction novels and stories focus on alternate future or alternative futures where it is believed that the future is toxic. Errr... that the air is no longer breathable (thus the gas mask). In some of my dreams, this is how I portrayed the future. Note that an alternate future is not a possible future; it's merely how someone imagines the future.

What if we could time travel? Would you? Would your future be toxic...?

One way or another the latest fashion adventure from Rezzable mades all think about the future. Some think about their own future, others reflect in the future as a concept and the designers for 2010 - The Future Is Now translated into clothing showing us how they perceived the future.

Cutea Benelli from Grim Bros. created the 3.6 zettabyte complete outfit (including shoes, skin and even shape which I am not using). The outfit is ultramodern with a mini skirt and a small top in a unique texture (that is almost impossible to catch on film.) To top it off, wearing the Ridley hair from Tiny Bird in Milk shade.

The epic Rezzable fashion event "2010 - The Future Is Now" starts winding down from this weekend, the final day is February the 3rd to get any of the lovelies that you've seen cyberglamming up the feeds over the last few weeks. But we aren't letting it go out without a bang. Join the wonderful Avenue Models at Greenies Home at 7pm SLT on this Saturday the 30th of January. DJ Summerkat will be spinning and taking requests, and there's going to be lots of beautiful people for you to stalk. Erm...  dance with.

If you missed it, you can also catch up with our own Achariya Maktoum talking about the event with Rusch Raymaker and Jesika Contemponi on the weekly TV show "Fabulous Fashion With Angie Mornington." 

Whenever we go, wherever we look, the future is alwayes present. It can be in small everyday work, like see you tomorrow or talk to you later. No matter what we do, we always do it planning ahead knowing that a tomorrow will come. The future exists in our linear conception of time and is yet to occur but it is there, not far. Could you go to sleep at time knowing that there will be no tomorrow...?

Our collective idea of future comes from the past. Decades ago, it was commom believe that the world would be cold, metallic, plastic, neon, vinyl, leather, latex, shiny, cyber. Well, I am still expecting to see it as crude as that. Meanwhile, some designers have shared with us their take for the future.