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If you missed the Avenue For The Love of McQueen event last month, have no fear. Another fantastic designer has put her contribution up for sale in store. If you’re a fan of Alexander McQueen or Goth Couture, tp over to House of RFyre and pick up Raven Pennyfeather’s contribution to the event: For The Love of McQueen.
As you have probably heard by now, Clothing Fair began this weekend. If you’ve not braved the lag, I urge you to de-prim and teleport over there to check it out. There are eight different sims for you to wander through. This year, they are built to look like different cities around the world. As if the fabulous shopping wasn’t enough to entice you, the builds are really stunning. I couldn’t pick a favorite city if you asked me to; each one definitely had it’s own character.
With eight full sims of shopping, you can imagine the long list of designers participating this year. And, of course, Clothing Fair is really about raising money for the American Cancer Society. One of the things I love about SL is our ability to raise large amounts of money for a cause without any one person having to stretch their budget. Clothing Fair is a wonderful example of this generosity. Most designers have special items in the RFL vendors, with all of the proceeds from those sales being donated. Also, many designers are using this event to debut new pieces to the public.
One of the new items being debuted this year is a gorgeous new jewelry set from EarthStones called Zahra. Abraxxa Anatine was kind enough to send over a review copy the other night and I couldn’t wait to build a look with it.
It was around this time last week that my friend and terrific DJ, Maht Wuyts, was in the middle of his 26.2-hour mahrathon set to raise money for Heifer International’s Eastern Uganda Umbrella Project. It was an extraordinary event and quite possibly the longest dj set in SL history (that we know of anyway). Maht was hoping to raise 100,000L during the event and I’m happy to say that we surpassed that goal by about 36,000L. As promised, he’s given me the donation screen shots to share with all of you.
I was awake for a good portion of the overnight hours, and then again during Saturday afternoon handing out items and generally making sure Maht survived the process. And despite the crazy hours, I have to say it was a really fun event. I’m so thankful to have been a part of it and thankful to all of those who donated, no matter the amount. Raising that much money in SL is not an easy task, and it took the generosity of a lot of people to make it happen. Maht was able to get some RL donations as well, which he added to the money he raised in world for a grand total of $600 USD.
Maht does plan to do this event again next year, but in the meantime you can catch him every Sunday at the Velvet from 3 -5 p.m. SLT. Thanks again to all of you who attended, donated money, and to the designers who gave us items to hand out.
Speaking of those designers, one of the people generous enough to give me items specifically was Sanura Snowpaw of Dreams. She has a ton of great stuff in her store; everything from clothing to collars, shapes to skins. I was feeling very xmas-y today and on a whim put on my most recent purchase from her store. It ended up inspiring a whole outfit, which I thought I’d share – a little holiday spirit neko style.
As I mentioned in my last post, my friend Maht is doing a marathon DJ set this weekend at the Velvet. He is giving all of the tips to charity – Heifer International’s Easter Uganda Umbrella Project. To help with this charity event, several designers have given little gifts to be handed out during the event to those who are kind enough to make a donation. Maht will have a gift box with items from Musashi-Do, Shiki Designs, MCD Designs, and more. In addition to that box o’ gifts, I will have a few things to hand out as well. One of those items is a new release from Reasonable Desires: Lianna.
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