MBC News Show For April 17th Now Available

The mid-April Metaverse Broadcasting Company news show is now available. For the fashionistas, I'm wearing a sweater and shoes from Redgrave, along with trousers from Muism.



For those who really don't care about what I'm wearing, I'm curious why you are still reading my blog!

New Month and a New Tag

It's September 1st and I'm agonizing as to whether I need to remove all white items from my wardrobe, only remove white shoes from the wardrobe, or ignore the whole "no white after Labor day" thing altogether in Second Life. Considering how much I love my Redgrave white shoes, my vote is for the latter. I just wanted folks to be aware that I HAVE considered the issue and made a decision. This preempts some Mr. Smartypants coming up to me in-world and saying "Dude, don't you know you don't wear white shoes after Labor Day," whereupon I can point them here and not have to worry about explanations. Besides, I am a Brit by birth and Labor Day is only US holiday and as far as I am aware, the world doesn't have to follow the US rules.

I was also pleasantly surprised last night when I logged on to find an invitation waiting for me to join the Second Life Herald group. I've been writing pieces for my favorite tabloid since my very first article on the opening of a club back on January 22nd. So it has taken a while for me to achieve the hallowed tag of "Herald Reporter."

Now I can choose to frighten children ("Look, mommy, it's a Herald reporter!" "Stay behind me, sweetheart, maybe he'll go away if we just ignore him"), get thrown out of places ("We don't take kindly to your sort around these parts, buddy" - spits on the floor) or even get banned ("Look, Torley, it's a Herald dude - ban him!") simply by right-clicking and switching groups. Oh happy happy joy joy!
Rest assured, though, that I'll still be switching my styles based on what I'm writing and who I'm writing for.

Valiant Menswear

Valiant menswear offers a cool selection of clothes from top to bottom. Most items are photorealistic and great for mix-and-match. I found a great look by having my Hoorenbeek gray jacket over Valiant's black shirt and vest combo. I bought three pieces for L$250 each; a pair of gray pants, a white shirts and gray vest combo, and the aforementioned black set.


Here I'm wearing the open-neck white shirt with a gray vest (waistcoat) paired with the Valiant gray trousers and finished with my Redgrave shoes. The shirt has prim cuffs and the pants have prim hems, which, as you can see, mimic a break in the cuff. Casual and smart with just a hint of formal - or at least the after-party tie-less kicking back attitude ;)

Valiant slurl: http://slurl.com/secondlife/StormWind/43/46/24

Sale @ Simone!

On Saturday, Simone Stern offered all her clothing for no more than L$200. With such bargain prices, it was too tempting an offer to turn down, so late in the evening, I headed for the Simone! store to see what I could find.

First up was a dark blue deep-plunge open-fronted shirt called the "Don Juan." Mony spotted it and said "buy that," so I did. Here you see it with my Muism pants and gift from Ben Vanguard - the dog tags.



My SL sister, Merry Felwitch, arrived with a giant pumpkin on her head, which was all the excuse Mony needed to don her cardboard box head. Fortunately, they left me in the men's section to go check out women's stuff. I believe Merry spent L$2000 - like Mony, she also seems to believe that God sends people to hell who have small inventories.

I found a summer suit designed by my friend Lissa Maertens. It's a pale-blue pinstripe that includes a shirt, ties, and even prim ties that flap around when you walk. It's the closest I have found to a seersucker suit and for L$200 I couldn't resist.



The suit also looks OK with a less formal open-necked shirt or T-shirt. I'm wearing it with my Redgrave black shoes but a pair of white shoes might work. Guess I have to go shopping. Again.

At Home With Sig: Kitchen

The shirt here is from Muism and is a deep red silk with prim cuffs. You can edit these to get the perfect fit. YOu also have the choice of this rolled sleeve version - where the prims are essential - or a long-sleeved option where you can get away without them. I prefer the rolled sleeve but it's your choice.



The pants are black jeans that came from Lissa Maertens' Cattiva e Cattivo, which was still there when I TPed a few weeks back. Sadly you migh tnot be able to find these pants that were part of a collection of denim. I have to say I either wear these or the Acid Night dark blue ones.

The shoes are my dark-brown casuals from Redgrave, a store that I could easily ransack for almost its entire content were it not for the small point that I can't afford it. Redgrave stuff is not cheap but worth every penny.

Muism
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Muism/131/114/26/

Cattiva e Cattivo
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Annapurna/121/147/295/

Redgrave
http://slurl.com//secondlife/Berard/85/164/309/

At Home With Sig: Lounge

Sometimes I like to kick back and watch TV. We have a cool lounger with some poses, on of which you can see in this picture.



The jacket is from Hoorenbeek and comes as an alpha-transparent version for mix-and-match or as a combo with a sweater and shirt. This gray one goes well with a range of colors, and in this instance I combined it with a shirt from Simone's Style Starts Here. She has a number of vertically striped shirts like this in different colors. The open collar is not symmetrical so provides interest to an ensemble.

The jeans are Acid Night from Cattiva e Cattivo, perhaps my most frequently worn pants. They are bottomed off by a pair of dark brown casuals from Redgrave, and like Simone's shirts these too come in different color options.

Hoorenbeek
secondlife://JT%20World%20VI/126/28/23

Style Starts Here
secondlife://Style%20Starts%20Here/120/131/29

Cattiva e Cattivo
secondlife://Annapurna/121/147/295/


Redgrave
secondlife://SANDS Island 1/170/100/24/

At Home With Sig: Bedroom

More from Redgrave here. The black sweater was Mony's choice and a very good one at that! You can wear it just as it - like this picture - or with a shirt underneath. With a long-sleeved shirt, you see the ends of the sleeves.



The pants are beige flat fronts from Muism and the shoes are black Oxfords from Cattiva e Cattivo.

Muism
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Muism/131/114/26/

Cattiva e Cattivo
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Annapurna/121/147/295/

Redgrave
http://slurl.com//secondlife/Berard/85/164/309/

At Home With Sig: Gallery

I have a small collection of art and here I am stood at one end of the gallery with my Redgrave "Messy Pink" sweater. What I love is the way the shirt hangs out at the waist and back, and the asymmetrical collar.



The pants are from Muism and are beige striped khakis. No belt on the pants but the sweater/shirt has one ;)

The shoes are my new favorites from Redgrave; dark brown casuals. They are satisfyingly narrow - I hate clunky shoes - and I thought might be too casual because of the grain on them, but I was wrong!

Redgrave
secondlife://SANDS Island 1/170/100/24/

Muism
secondlife://Muism/131/114/26/

FreeLife Article: Men's Style @ Redgrave

Issue 19 of FreeLife magazine is out and it contains my latest article, Redgrave: Sin With Style. I won't just paste in the article here because that's plain boring, so feel free to click on the link above to download the excellent PDF version. Suffice to say that there are some cool clothes on offer and if you want to get rid of some of your hard-earned (bought) lindens, the nice folks at Redgrave are only too happy to help.



I have one of their sweaters, a black stripy number, but other options are available.



I also like the dotted shirts with open collar and skinny ties, much more interesting than some plain old things in plain old colors.



Go shop.

Redgrave: SLurl:secondlife://SANDS Island 1/170/100/24/