More hypocrisy from one who claims to not get her ideas from RL or SL designers:


Bianca F


Prada

Makes this ad of hers all the more amusing...


lol

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On Bianca's blog, under "Ethics & Journalism", Bianca said, among other things, this:

I have sent a response for the criticism I have received. They have not pubblished it and if they will, they will push "saint Digit". Instead they have cut and paste only the parts which interest them. This is not ethical.

/me sighs, rolls her eyes, and chuckles before saying:

Excuse you, but in the very first post I made about this, I put TWO of your responses IN FULL. I also posted the pics you gave about the outfits in question AND the initial pics I received from my source. I didn't HAVE to do either, but I CHOSE to to be FAIR. So quit trying to make this seem like something it isn't. God you just have a new lie every day, don't you? Ugh. Poor Poor Bianca, everyone is picking on you for NO reason!

How about at least ADMIT that to some capacity you were "inspired" by at least SOME of Digit's work. IT IS SO OBVIOUS. Otherwise, shut up already attacking the individuals who blog about this. You know good and well you were given opportunities to say your piece. Your "responses" have been posted all over the web. Quit calling out unfair treatment. We are just posting the news and gossip. You are "creating" it.

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Let me catch you all up. Since I posted the article about this scandal involving Bianca F. and Digit Darkes, the blogosphere has began a ripple effect, with posts popping up about this all over the net. Over at Shopping Cart Disco, Tenshi Vielle talked about it, and I have been checking the comments on her page as well as others to see what people are saying and see what Bianca is saying, more specifically, in her pathetic attempts at self-defense.

Tenshi had said "You know, I’d like to see some of Bianca’s RL designs sometime. Can someone procure those?"

Well it just so happens that in our 3 hours long interview, Bianca volunteered to send me an image of a RL dress design she CLAIMS is hers. I do not know WHY she offered this image to me. But she did. I left a comment letting Tenshi know I have it and would love to share it.

Within MINUTES I received an IM from Bianca in a raw state of panic, practically pleading with me to not blog this image. She threatened that it was a violation of the TOS. I'm not sure what all the panic is about BUT, the TOS clearly states:

"Linden Lab has designed the Service to be experienced only as offered by Linden Lab at the Websites or partner websites. Linden Lab is not responsible for any aspect of the Service that is accessed or experienced using software or other means that are not provided by Linden Lab."

That being said, here it is:


I wonder if she is so afraid of this pic being blogged because this is just a random pic she took off the internet, slapped her name on it crudely, and is trying to pass off as her own design (sound familiar?) to somehow legitimize herself as an SL designer. Which is truly ignorant because the skills involved in RL design are totally different when it comes to construction than the skills required to do so in SL. Either way, NOW I'm posting it just because she doesn't want me to. The panic is there for a reason. Let's see what it is.

Bianca, after all you have said to me, all the lies, all the threats: now it's personal.

Kiss my ass.

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IP addresses can tell you the location an email is being sent from. This is EASY to find out. You look in the header of an email, you see the IP address, copy it and paste it into a site like this, this, or this...

I confirmed the accuracy of these sources by testing it out with my own IP address. It accurately displayed my internet service provider, however it showed a few towns away as where it was coming from. Research revealed that it showed the main location of my local ISP.

So... if you say you are in Texas for example, and are in Antonio, it might show up as Austin. BUT. If you say you are in Germany, it will not show up as somewhere in the US. Unless you are in the US.

This is common knowledge. Just wanted you to know I know.

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I have just received the following Press Release:



Alienbear Gupte, one of the most famous and prolific designer of the finest jewelry in Second Life, has created a pair of limited edition one-of-a-kind crowns for prom king and prom queen to be auctioned off at 4 PM SL time (GMT-7) on Sunday June 22 to complete the DiS Relay for Life “RFL” prom event to benefit the American Cancer Society.

The pair of crowns are extremely detailed with baked shadows and glistening jewels, totaling over 700 prims, each prim painstakingly hand placed by the master jewelry maker Alienbear Gupte herself over the span of a week. They are to be worn on multiple attachment spots. The pair of crowns reflect the DiS RFL Prom theme of “Celestial Life,” and also that of Relay for Life. In Alienbear’s own words, “I get the inspirations from the UK Royal crowns… ‘Cross’ represent the ‘Jesus' love’. A Cross in between the flying heart just imply ‘the love of all people around the world join together to share their love to the Cancer patient & their family.’”

Designer CaSimone Aquitaine, the master builder of this immersive high school comments on the crowns, “Alienbear dedicated so much time and effort to truely make these crowns into strikingly beautiful works of arts.” Fashion Consultant and Designer Ina Centaur, also the Artistic Director of the SL Shakespeare Company, asserts that, “These are truly the most detailed crowns I have seen on Second Life.”

The DiS RFL Prom event was held 5/14 and 5/15 evenings in a totally immersive 4-island virtual simulation of a real life high school event. The high school portion of the build included a “working” high school—uncanny levels of details with dozens of classrooms each containing different academic subject posters and chalkboards, library, car shop, offices, locker rooms, and working shower and lav, and everything else. The prom was held in a giant gym spanning two island simulators, and decorated by over one hundred and eighty designers in the Designers in Seclusion “DiS” group. DiS raised close to L$200,000 this weekend, bringing the team total to nearly L$1,000,000.

The bidding begins at 4 PM on Sunday June 22. All who arrive will receive a small gift from Alienbear whether or not they are the prom king and queen to take away the crowns.

To preview the crowns, please TP to:
Alienbear One Of A Kind Crowns

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This image was sent to her group:



Whether from Balenciaga's vintage logo or current logo, it is obvious she copied it. The vintage one. Fine. What point are you proving? That you went into Photoshop and turned one B into an F?

Here are the two logo's we ALL have seen Bianca use:



and



Looks pretty obvious to me...

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Saturday, a source sent me the following images, which urged me to start doing some research about what would prove to be a very complicated and many layered scandal in the world of Second Life fashion, involving two very popular and prominent designers.







I immediately began digging. I spent literally hours hearing out both sides, viewing all kinds of evidence (that will all be posted here, as promised to all parties), and am trying my hardest to get to the bottom of all of this. I have made GREAT PAINS to be fair and accurate through my research regarding this. Accusations like this can do a great deal of damage to someone's business, and I would never want to jeopardize anyone's success or progress. However, the facts will speak for themselves.

I am going to start from the beginning, and move this forward. Digit Darkes first opened her doors in June of 2006. She met Bianca through an IM Bianca sent to her in the beginning of October 2007, letting Digit know that she had written about Digit's clothes in her magazine and what a fan she was of her work.

They realized they had a lot of things in common so they began to chat. This evolved into the two deciding to go in on a Sim, Addictive, together. Bianca covering about 1/3 of the cost of the Sim and responsible for 1/3 of the tier.

Bianca has left the Addictive Sim just this week, and has moved to a new location on the Velvet Sim. Both parties claim they thought they left the transaction on good terms. Digit was even so kind as to allow Bianca to leave a teleporter to her new location on the Sim.

At this point, I decided it would be only fair to go to Bianca and let her know that I would be doing a story involving her and out of fairness and journalistic ethics, I wanted to give her the chance to state her side. She told me she thinks she already knows what this is about, and asked if it was "the story that she is copying someone". I confirmed that it was.

(**NOTE: It is against the SL TOS to copy and paste directly, IM conversations. However it is within the TOS for me to quote things said to me in the fashion I am using here. If there is ANY question as to the 100% accuracy of my quotes, I am happy to send copies of my chat logs to ANYONE, which IS allowed by the TOS. So feel free to ask. If it were up to me I would post the chats directly, but I sadly can not.**)

I showed her the images that were sent to me, which you already saw above. She in turn, sent me the following images in her defense:





A comment from me: if neither designer copied Gaultier directly, that would mean that these are both "original interpretations" of his design. What are the odds they would both "interpret" his design in the exact same way? Though the texture is different, the cutouts are EXACTLY THE SAME.

Bianca gave me the following statement to include in my post, directing what she said to the one who gave me the images that started all this:

To Whom it May Concern:

You are accusing me of an injustice and hurting my name and my brand regarding dress designs I created long ago and are no longer selling. I would like to take this opportunity to tell you the TRUTH, as I believe you to be misinformed.

I would also like to say that I find this very odd that these accusations are surfacing at a time when I no longer have a store on the Addictive sim and have just recently built my on sim. Furthermore, Didit Darkes and I have been friends for some time and created Addictive together and even produced a fashion show together in November 2007, punkromantik .


YOUR SAD PICS
(see above)

Digit Darkes did not invent the latex dress or crossbondage top (Gaultier did for first) and there are many, many designers that have reinterpreted this concept, both in rl fashion and on the Internet. There is never a way to control how fashion uses different images and concepts and there is simply no way that these conceps originated with Digit Darkes.

From my own personal observations, it would appear that photoshop software was used to retouch my owns designs and to make a copy very similar but not an exact replica.

I would be glad to provide you with any information you would like to reaffirm my original creations and the timing of these to clear my name and my brand. I am a rl fashion designer for more than 20 years and live in the one of the world's major fashion capitals, I need not to copy anyone.

Best,
bianca foulon

Thus began my questioning. Bianca said that she felt this was all a made up farce meant to attack her because she has moved on to her own Sim. She went on to tell me she "upload those file we talk about in october 2007". She later went on to tell me and even show me evidence of that it was actually in July of that year. Not October. That was the first inconsistency, but could have been an innocent mistake, and so I gave the benefit of the doubt and we moved on. Bianca said that the images that were sent to me, the first ones posted in the article, were tampered with in Photoshop and made to look more identical to Digit's design than they really do. I asked her to let me have a copy to try on for myself so I could see in person, and offered to return them to her if she wanted, as this is not me trying to get free clothes, but discover the unbiased truth for myself.

Bianca did give me a copy of the blue latex outfit featured in the images you have seen. I put them on to check it out for myself. Here are my images. Other than adding text they have not been altered and I can show the original copies without the text to anyone who would like a copy.


No matter which angle I looked from, the highlight marks do line up to be almost exact to the texture of Digit's dress. Of course the "almost" might be due to the way this texture appears to be made. From an image taken of the original texture. Though the highlight marks are in identical places, they appear more blurry and stretched on Bianca's version.


If this texture was made from scratch by Bianca, why would she release it with such awful seam lines? They don't even line up and the back and front are not aligned properly either. This is either the result of a photographed texture or shoddy craftsmanship. Either way, if I bought this outfit and it was made like this, I would be livid.

I asked Bianca if she had any copies of her files to show the progression of trial and error making the items in both sets of pictures. She said she did but as of this date, she has not sent them to me.

Bianca emphasized to me repeatedly, in our talk which lasted well over three hours, that she had taken the pictured items out of her stores and hasn't had them available for sale since December. She wondered to me why they would be just now discovered when they haven't been in world since December, and pointed out the coincidence that the timing of this revelation was parallel to her leaving the Addictive Sim and moving to another one.

This point had me very confused also. If the designs haven't been available since December, but this was just being brought up now, 6 months later... then that did raise some valid questions.

Digit and I were finally able to sit down to talk about her side of all of this much later on in the day. I let her know that Bianca claims the designs haven't even been in world since December, so why and how is this just coming up now. It was at this point I was given the following screen shot of a transaction history from the night of when this all came about. An alt was sent to Bianca's store and purchased the cut out looking top just last night. Here is the screen shot of that transaction:



I then went right then to the location where the top was purchased just the night before. Since the purchase had been made, the entire layout of the store had been changed, and the top was suddenly no longer there. Considering that Bianca already knew about this issue when I first contacted her, and that the top that was under debate was purchased, not in December as she claimed, but just the night before... and was suddenly missing from the location the next morning... well it doesn't look good at all. In fact it was an outright lie. She knew about this issue, and intentionally removed the items in question as soon as this was exposed. And then lied to me and told me they had not been in her stores since December knowing full well she had removed it only THE SAME MORNING we spoke!

I IM'd Bianca to ask her one more time when it was that she removed the items in question from her stores. She again said in December. I then said, then how can you explain that I have in front of my a copy of a transaction that took place just the night before? And that now, suddenly the very next day after this has come out, said items are gone. I reminded her that December was long before last night. She claims she "forgot" that just THE SAME MORNING she had removed the top she had repeatedly told me hadn't been available for sale since December. She... forgot? You are being accused of stealing, in regard to this specific item you JUST removed, but you "forgot" to mention it when you said December over and over for hours? Is that the best you can do? Do I look like I was rezzed yesterday? I think not.

Bianca sent out a statement to her group regarding this issue. Here is the memo in full:

To Velvet Group and Bianca F. Group....

I feel it is very important to make you aware of a situation that has come about in SL. And tell you the TRUTH before you read in any newspapers or blogs.

As you may well know, I was partners with Digit Darkes on the Addictive sim for many months. We both had stores on the sim, produced fashion shows together and generally shared a deep love of fashion design. I even helped her by sharing some of my textures like glitter and she did the same with me.

Now that I have built Velvet sim and have new store, there are rumours and accusations that I copied many of Digit Darkes designs. The truth is a flat out, NO, I did not.

As many of you know, in RL, I live in one of the major fashion capitals of the world and have been a successful RL designer for more than 20 years. I have designed for many of the best fashion brands of Italy. When I came to SL, I began to use the same passion to create designs for the women of SL.

Now it would appear that several dresses, I designed and no longer sell are being said to have been copies of Digit Designs. These particular dresses were concept dresses influenced by some ot Italy's top designers but were original creations, no copies from anyone in RL or SL.

Furthernore, it is suspect to me why these rumours and accusations are coming to light at this time...I am no longer involved with Digit Darkes in any business venture and have closed my store on Addicitive. Velvet is my future here in SL and when left Addicitive, I thought it was on friendly terms with Digit.

So, I wanted you my friends and customers to know before the rest of SL knows that yet another fashion drama is headed my way but you now know the truth. I hope you will help to dispell any further rumours or accusations.

Fondly,
bianca foulon


The first thing I noticed was... in the statement she gave to me to post in this article (see above) she says, and I quote: "Digit Darkes did not invent the latex dress or crossbondage top (Gaultier did for first) and there are many, many designers that have reinterpreted this concept, both in rl fashion and on the Internet." She was speaking of the cutout top, and says both in this Memo and in her IMs with me, that her top was inspired by Gaultier. She even uses one of his images above side by side with her own. However in the notice she sent to the group, she says, and I quote: "were original creations, no copies from anyone in RL or SL.".

If all there was to this were just these items, it would be bad enough. But let's take a closer look at some of the items in Bianca's collections, and compare them to some of Digit's designs.


Digit gave Bianca her version of these gloves for use in a fashion show. They were as yet unreleased. Coincidentally (ha, right?) Bianca came out with the above pictured gloves not too long after.


In this image above, you see a main image, and 2 inset images. The main image is of Digit's tulle skirt, one of my favorite pieces from her. The 2 smaller inset images are of Bianca's outfit. Strikingly "similar" aren't they? In the image below, you can see the Digit top that Bianca was "inspired by". Like Digit, she paired the latex and tulle. Digit has had this outfit for AGES.


In regard to the cutout top, Digit was immediately able to provide me with the following images as proof she did create the shirt on her own:



It seems even Bianca's logo is a rip off of Balenciaga's:






There are just too many similarities to shrug off. I will be updating you all with further information if and when it becomes available. In the meanwhile, my advice to you dear readers, would be: the best way to show your support for original creativity would be to shop with the designer you feel is the innovator, and boycott the copy cat. Who is who? Decide for yourselves.

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Chloe: When did you start on SL and how did you stumble upon it?
Arthur: I ran across SL back in early 2006 in Wired, they were talking about virtual weather which seemed very interesting to see, and the description of the world I thought I would go check it out. Then, on the June 15th, 2006 I rezed.
Kai: My brother in law and sister had been playing SL for about a year and had told me a lot about it. I’d wanted to play but didn’t have a computer that would run the graphics till March of 06 when I promptly got an account and have not left since.

Chloe: Tell us what you do here in SL...
Arthur: I own, with my business partner, Kai Eldrich, Fermi Sandbox and University. We have about 160 shops around the sandbox and about 40,000m of bulding area, plus a large class area for the university. In addition to that I build and script, hang out, and help those who ask. This also means I spend a lot of time fighting griefers.
Kai: With the Sandbox and the University I find myself playing catch up a lot it seems. There’s always things to take care of random rule breakers that need to be reminded to behave, disputes, renters that need a group tag or advice, griefers, people that just need someone to listen, events to coordinate and plan, the never ending dialogue of how can we do things better, grow more, and implementing those ideas. I do love to shop, decorate and dance whenever I get the chance to as well.

Chloe: How did you get started with that?
Arthur: When I came to SL, I traveled, and built, and go tired of the sandboxes, so I bought some land so I could build, and knew I wouldn't use it all the time, so I made it Fermi Sandbox, 1536m, and it grew from there.
Kai: I blame Art for this! Lol. I was buying land, fixing it up a bit and reselling it to make my $L when we met. He told me of his plan to make a small sandbox, which I helped him find and acquire. Having been to many sandboxes myself I knew there was a need for a private monitored sandbox. It wasn’t long before it just made sense to combine our separate ventures into one and become full business partners.
Both: An Excerpt from Fermi Sandbox, a history, and why we run a sandbox
The beginning Huk and Beadal

As my record keeping skills in SL are on par with my RL record keeping skills, I don’t know when exactly I started Fermi Sandbox, but it was late July early August of 2006, in Huk, 1536m, it was huge to someone who hadn’t owned more than 512m. The idea was it was a place to build small things, jewelry, furniture, script, etc. This sim itself was and is typical mainland, house, stores, casinos, and one of the banks that started up.

In October, Kai became more involved in the Sandbox, it was no longer an I but a we in things that were done. We moved on October 3rd to Baedal, the sandbox was now 2560m. This was the first parts of the current sandbox layout, traffic was pretty good, and people wanted to sell things, so you could rent a 10m x 10m x .5m spot for not too much, only 10 prim. We had a free weapons area (bad bad idea!) and pose stand area. We need to sell the land quick, and I think it was purchased by one well known Sarah Nerd … funny how paths cross :)



Chloe: What advice can you give to our readers who are also interested in becoming successful in your field? Were there mistakes you made that they can avoid? Something or things you did *right* that catapulted your success?
Arthur: Don't ever run a sandbox, unless you are committed, and by that I mean the padded room type of committed. By and large we are successful because we didn't listen, and we didn't not have a goal of riches in mind. We started with my Sandbox, Kai's Mall, and a Joint Club, all which slowly came together in one unit. The club is gone, so much work, and outside the reward of naked fun after 9pm, there is a burn out factor in it. Now we have the shops, which support about 50% of the tier for the sandbox, donations comprise most of the rest, and some comes from us RL out of pocket. The key of course is the commitment and dedication, running a business in SL is just like RL really, time, money, commitment, risk, adventure, and a good part of luck.
Kai: Just because something looks easy or profitable doesn’t always mean it is. When going into business in SL or RL you really need to weigh all the costs that it will require. I’m not just talking about the bottom line of expenses vs income. How much time and effort, frustration, headaches and heartaches is it going to cost you? Is it worth it? What do you consider success? One huge warning I’d like to give people is about “buying land.” If you’re not paying tier directly to the Lindens you don’t really own your land, you are renting it. There is no binding contract when you “buy” from a private sim owner that can change their terms at anytime and you have no real recourse. So buyer beware!



Chloe: Approximately how much $L did it cost for you to start your business, and how long did it take for you to turn a profit?
Arthur: about 5,000L for the first sandbox of 1,536m, we have not turned a profit, we maybe never will, we just hope to cover tier. We don't do it for the money, we are, in essence doing it for the good of SL kind, we love it here, and we enjoy it.
Kai: I started off with about $20,000L that I used to buy and sell land quite successfully for the first year (back when land prices were reasonable). The profits I made from that helped to shape the sandbox we have today. As Art said now days I’m just happy if I don’t have to pay so much out of my pocket tp cover tier.

Chloe: Tell us your favorite...
* clothing designer/shop:
* hangout spot:
* place for skins:
* toy or gadget:
* coolest/prettiest sim:
* place for hair:
* AO:
* any other favorites you want to tell us about:

Chloe: Does your Avi look like the RL you? How is it the same? How is it different?
Arthur: I look like a skinny tall version of me. But the eyes, hair, and look is kinda like me. As for the clothing, I dress so much better here.
Kai: I worked very hard to give my avi a very realistic look, but I can’t say I really look that good in RL. That’s the beauty of SL we don’t have to look like our real selves here, even though I do find my avi does resemble the real me. Like Art, I dress a lot better and sexier in SL.

Chloe: How do you feel about romantic relationships in SL? Have you had any of significance? Crossed over to RL at all? Horror stories?
Arthur: I have partnered twice in SL, and am still the best of friends. First was with Kai Eldrich, my business partner, she found another in SL, and it was difficult, however, they are together in RL, which makes me very happy. Kai is a spectacular person, and with out here, none of this would exist, it is because of her, that I am who I am. The other is Cirasolei London, she is so totally cool, we are best friends RL and SL, and talk regularly :) As of now I'm single, but seeing a few people who are all exceptional.
Kai: I’d had “internet relationships” before and had them cross over into RL and found it just never worked out. Till I met Michael, my SL husband and my RL bf and my whole life changed forever. We are lucky and blessed to have found a real, lasting love of a lifetime in SL.

Chloe: Biggest jerk, liar, or psycho you have encountered so far? Do tell!
Arthur: Barber Shepherd, small dicked, spineless, worthless mother fucker, who has no honor, integrity or purpose on this earth, he is simply using oxygen that could be used by pond scum to reproduce. Ahh the story of this gene puddle escapee. He was the partner of a good friend, and he purchased a sim. We moved there, we bought 1/2 the sim for 310,000L, and paid $160.00USD per month in tier. About the time we got out new sim we were in negotiations to buy the rest of the sim we were on, well we couldn’t pass up a free sim, so we moved with the agreement that we could sell our land. Well he sold the estate and he told the new owner we had no rights, so we were out about 120,000L(with the way sim pricing lowered right as we were going to sell). If you ever come across Barber Shepherd, know that he is a womanizing, piece of crap. His idea of a good night is beating submissives and enjoying the deep loving only your own hand can give you, though I'm sure its small strokes.
Kai: I personally took a big loss financially in RL when we were not able to sell the land we’d bought from Barber Shepherd with the agreement that we’d be able to sell when we were ready to expand. (Actually the saved logs of our agreement were that he would buy the land back from us at cost because we were helping him out by paying his tier on land that had sat empty for too long.) Aside from that there’s always some risk when interacting with people, an emotional one when you become friends and the relationship ends badly like this one did.

Chloe: Do you have a residence here in SL? Do you rent or own?
Arthur: Do I have a residence, yes, and no, kinda and not really. Fermi Sandbox is my home, when I leave SL I go home to the sandbox. I do not have a house, or a building, the sandbox is all of that. I think one of the reasons we make so much of an effort on the sandbox is because it is my house, people build in my house, and when people grief, they do it in my house, and I don't take kindly to that.
Kai: Currently I am “homeless” since we moved to our new sim I’ve not had time to figure out what I’d like for my private space, but I usually keep a private residence somewhere in SL.
Both: We own Fermi estate/sim, as in we pay the bills and are its keeper. However it was donated, the estate and the sim by Steffen Menjou, and that being said another thank you needs to be said, a shout out. Should you meet Steffen, know that he gave Fermi Sandbox more than it could have dreamed of, and would have never asked for.



Chloe: Mind telling us what sim it's on? Fermi

Chloe: Where did you get your house? Is it a prefab or did you have it built? If so by who? Mind sharing a pic?
Arthur: Come See the Sandbox :)
Kai: I’ve had several houses here in SL. Some of them I built, some Art built and I even bought a few.

Chloe: Tell us your 3 favorite movies:
Arthur:
* Shawshank Redeption
* Lord of The Rings (All three being "a" movie)
* Truman Show
Kai:
*Pleasantville
*Out of Africa
*The Stand

Chloe: Favorite 3 songs on your playlist right now?
Art:
* Sookie Sookie – Grant Green
* Brand New Caddilac – The Clash
* Mercy – Duffy
In Love With A Girl - Gavin DeGraw
Kai:
• Superman by Lazlo Bane (Scrubs theme song)
• Across the Universe cover by Fiona Apple
• Symphony of Destruction by Megadeath and NIN

Chloe: We have all heard of drunk dialing... ever been drunk SL-ing?
Arthur: not yet
Kai: probably (I usually head to Bad Girls, lol)

Chloe: Funniest thing you've seen so far:
Kai: Between the club and the sandbox I’ve seen a lot of hilarious stuff.

Chloe: Lamest pick-up line that's been tossed your way:
Arthur: your hot, want to fuck me
Kai: “You look pretty. I like your hair. Here's a drink. Are you ready now?” oh wait that’s from WOW…

Chloe: To "Mute" or not to "Mute"? What makes you cut someone off like that?
Arthur: Well usually when someone needs to be muted they are fun to mess with. I usually mute them when I get bored taunting.
Kai: When someone is being overly irrational, just being confrontational without a point or anything to really say.

Chloe: Got anything coming up you want to plug? Any friends whose ventures you want to tell us about? If you have a blog, tel us the URL here!
Arthur: www.fermidesigns.com still a work in progress, new home to my blog, and the gateway to all things Fermi. Come out to the sandbox, you will probably find Kai or myself there.
Kai: The moves to the new Fermi sim and my RL one really put a damper on a few projects I was working on. But I am happy to announce the first edition of the Fermi Magazine will be available soon. This magazine will highlight what we have available at the sandbox , as well as some of the people and retailers. We are also including some building tips and editorial commentary on the sandbox and university and all that goes along with it. It will be available for free at the sandbox and at other locations yet to be determined, as well.



Chloe: Go ahead and get the last word! Tell us anything you think we should know that I haven't asked... say anything you want, at all here!
Arthur: Enjoy your SL, don’t take things to seriously. Last come out to Fermi Sandbox, Kai, myself, or any of our sandbox managers and say hi, we are a very friendly place.
Kai: It’s your second life if you’re not having fun and enjoying yourself you’re doing it wrong!

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Hi Everyone!

Please be patient with my lack of posts! I just did a RL move and am busy unpacking and getting situated... but I will be back to the grind within the next couple of days! There are so many things to share once I have the time! Including... shhh... a PICTURE CONTEST!

As you all should have gotten the message I sent, the Sim the VIP suite was on has been sold! This means I will be relocating... AGAIN! Ugh.. So stay tuned for updates on that as well!

If you simply MUST have a dose of some great SL blogging of news, gossip, and drama... then check out http://www.slinworldtoday.com to quench you in my absence!

Forever Love,
Chloe

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This weekend ONLY! Click the pic to TP right there!

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A good friend, Long Pausch, has generously allowed me to give you these 3 awesome gestures he made for FREE as a gift! YAY LONG!~

They are so cool! And they definitely have attitude! One says "shhhhhhhhut the fuck up" in a low whisper, and the other two throw hands up in the air, while one says "What? You wanna go bitch?" and the other says "Lets go mawfucker!"!

It's enough to send you into a fit of giggles... and this is free to group members only so if you are in the Clique, they've already been delivered to you!

If not... better get in where you fit in!

Now say "Thank you Loooong!"... hehe!

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I have been lucky enough to be given an exclusive sneak preview of the new Limited Edition line Tres Jolie is working on! What does "Limited Edition" mean? There will be only 50 dresses per color in all of SL! So the likelihood of showing up to a party in the same dress as someone else, has just diminished tenfold... and we *love* that!



Iota Ultsch, famed designer of couture, furnishings, and sims showed me a dress from the upcoming Vegas line. This dress is stunning in a range of fun and fabulous colors! The dress will come in both a short and mid-calf length, with a bow tie and a bitch stick! Expect to see an in depth feature on Iota coming soon!

Here is me wearing Une Femme de Fer by Tres Jolie, posing next to the Timber Sphere chair I just had to have for my new house!


Click the pic to TP to her in world store!

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Part of what's so hot about being in the Clique are the exclusive event invites shared with GROUP MEMBERS ONLY! The last one? The Bitch Beach Party, thrown by Jegor Umarov of Chicks and Bitches, the in world group (look them up!) for bratty fashionista's and fussy metro's, hehe. Here's the group info:

Hey bitches & friends! Do you take at least 5 snapshots of yourself daily? Do u have over 15'000 items in your inventory and still bitch u have nothing to wear? Are gossips your daily food? And of course: Do u like to party? Then THIS is your group! Ask Fina, Stella or Jegor for a group invitation to share cool stores, places and parties!

¸.•*That's HOT, bitch!`*•.¸



I am a member, and they are of course, in the Clique! So we were invited! Notices were sent out to all of you! The party was off the hook! DJ Serdan Mendes was on the turntables the entire time, and I actually kept my music ON! hehehe That says a lot.

If you missed it, you missed out. Here's some pics Jegor took:

And of course my cocky ass had to take some of my "so you think you can dance" moves, hehe:

Yes those are blow dryer's on my belt! Go ahead, ask for a blow job and see what happens!

**Chloe Cantrell giggles wildly**

But if a picture is worth a thousand words, a video is worth a million. Here's just a bit of me and Janise taking up residence in front of the DJ booth!


Wanna make sure you don't miss out on the next event? Better get in where you fit in and Join the Clique!

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Yet another reason to stop by German Fashion Weeks: the awesome freebies they are giving out! And I don't mean one or two "just kinda so so" freebies... there is some REALLY great stuff and I counted up to 36 unopened packages and folders before I said to myself "Damn, nevermind!", lol. There has to be at least 100 pieces here! For both women AND men! Clothes, shoes, eyes, gestures, skins, shapes... there is sooo much! Almost every store has a freebie, and the ones that don't usually have something on sale for $1L, which is still pretty much free. Seriously. I bought other things too, and found it really fun to discover some new designers (which I plan to share with you as soon as I can!). But for those of you bargain shoppers, this is a FIELD DAY for you! I took pics of what each freebie box looks like. I didn't take pics of the ones that are for $1L though. You can find those on your own, tee hee. If this is what is out there now, I can't wait to see what they are going to have for the "treasure hunt". On your mark... get set... GO! (( click here for a lift there! ))

*giggles*

I haven't opened them all yet, but my favorite one so far?

By, of course... Mimikri.

Hope these pics help you on your search!

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Today kicks off the start of German Fashion & Style Weeks! I just had to stop by and see what it's all about! Designers across SL have made some special outfits just for this event, and there are shops set up all around, and a runway for the upcoming shows!



A special "treasure hunt" will be taking place on May 31st, so make sure you mark that on your calendars as I'm sure there will be some great stuff!



There is also a photo contest going on where you can win up to $10,000L! Here is info from the notecard:

Do you have style? German style? Visit the German SL Fashion and Style Weeks.
Take a pic and win 10.000 Linden in Cash. Let your imagination fly...
You don't have to take the photo on the Vanity Universe SIM, but the theme has to be the "Me and the German SL Style Week"


Prizes
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1. price: 10000 L$
2 price: 5000 L$
3 .price: 2500 L$

...and some gift certificates sponsored by designer from the German Fashion Weeks!

Submissions: May 17- June 05
Public Viewing (the best 30 Pics) : June 7 – June 14
Judging: June 14

HOW TO REGISTER AND SUBMIT PHOTOS
Please put your photo on a notecard ( with full perms and please name it your Avatar Name !!! ). Drop it into the Box on the German Fashion Week on Vanity Universe. You can find the box in front of the lobby area.

Ladies this is a BIG deal! I mean, think of all the gear you can get with $10,000L! As always, click the pics for a TP and MAKE ME PROUD! If you enter the contest let me know, and send me a copy of the pic, I'll post it in my Vanity section!

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"Brooklyn is Watching is a hybrid RL / SL art project. When you are here you can be viewed by visitors to the internationally known Brooklyn, NY art gallery "Jack the Pelican Presents". "



What an awesome concept! I had to go check it out... a few seconds after walking in, the "camera" came up to me, and I started up my Chimera and did a little dance for the gallery goers in Brooklyn to see, hehe.



The installations are pretty cool too! Definitely worth stopping by! You know the drill by now, to TP: click the pic!

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Better late than never! Here goes this weeks tunes:

http://n90.mediamaster.com:8000/plist/3000157204/chloe.cantrell

In no special order:

• Playgirl / Ladytron
• I Wonder If I Take You Home / Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam
• Je Veux Te Voir / Yelle
• I Would Die For You / Prince
• Bilingual (Dirty Mix) / Jose Nunez
• Stop & Stare / One Republic
• Sweetness / Jimmy Eat World
• Non-Verbal Language / Frank Richards
• Ride A White Horse / Goldfrapp
• Universal Pussy / Chicks On Speed
• Standing In The Way Of Control / The Gossip
• Piece of Me / Britney Spears
• What You Got / Colby O'Donis
• Needy Girl / Chromeo
• Music Sounds Better With You / Stardust

Feel free to copy and paste this weeks music stream to your land! No land, but you wanna hear it? Go directly to the URL and listen to it via your browser!

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So my new favorite toy is this awesome cigarette from Foxy's Smoke Shop. They have cigars, cigarettes, cigarettes in holders, like the one I got, bongs, joints, pipes, incense... and so very much more. What makes the items really special is the features you can add. You can purchase a smoke HUD that will help you personalize things like the intensity of smoke and how often you take a drag. When you buy your cigarette you can choose the "switch" kind, which is what I got. You attach one to your mouth and one to your hand, and then it switches on its own to make it look like you are really smoking. Your mouth will shape to an exhale and inhale as well. Additionally you can add the French rings option which will let you blow rings of many shapes: I of course, chose the heart shaped rings.

There is no easy way to describe how cool and realistic the effects are on this wonderful item, so I took a little movie to show you. I hope you enjoy!

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This beautiful grassy sim offers rentals of quaint and cozy cottages and clean modern skyboxes. The sim is only a month old, and owners Tricia Chestnut and her partner Makkiavelli Toland put it all together in only 2 weeks time! The hard work has paid off though, as the sim is lushly landscaped and beautifully terraformed.



Rentals for cottages range in price from $500L/week with 190 prims to $750/week with 250 prims. Skyboxes are $500/week with 200 prims. All houses come already furnished, but you can also return the furnishings to use your own. The weekly rental is only one week, so you won't have to pay a ton of money up front for a full month.



The pictures speak for themselves! Definitely check out Dreamgate Rentals. You can visit their rental center by clicking either of the images above.

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Chloe: When did you start on SL and how did you stumble upon it?
Natalie: I rezzed into sl dec 14th 2006 because I read about anshe chung in the rl paper. I thought I could definatly make a million dollars...yeah right lol I havent yet ,But I am having fun still lol

Chloe: Tell us what you do here in SL...
Natalie: I am the purveyor of LOLs ,I like to write funny stories and I own the fun newspaper slinworldtoday.com. I am also a high maintenance heatbreaker and breaker of the unbreakable

Chloe: How did you get started with that?
Natalie: It was Jan 07 and I started writing my column "what natalie did next..." at slnewspaper.com but I wanted to do things a bit different from all the other sl media so in july 07 I created slinworldtoday.com.

Chloe: What advice can you give to our readers who are also interested in becoming successful in your field? Were there mistakes you made that they can avoid? Something or things you did *right* that catapulted your success?
Natalie: I suppose it has a lot to do with what you mean by success.I have the noteriety in certain circles but sl is a big place and I have many friends still to meet. I am not a writer in rl and I wouldnt say I was really good with the commas and stuff but I got famous because of the way I wrote the stories and the way I told the story.Its good to know I make people lol. The media field is a very cut throat bitchy place the only advice I can give is to keep friends close and enamies closer, never give people bricks to throw at you, never throw anyone elses bricks for them, never hurt anyones rl, and never fuck with anyone on the way up cause you will meet them on the way back down. Oh and never believe your own hype this is sl and its fun.

Chloe: Approximately how much $L did it cost for you to start your business, and how long did it take for you to turn a profit?
Natalie: omg emmm wellll I am here for the laugh my sl doesnt make me money. In this new edition of slinworldtoday I will sell advertising.all monies I make will pay for inworld advertising and whatevers left will pay the contributers to the site. So if ya wanna be a millionaire dont make a newspaper lol.

Chloe: Tell us your favorite...

* clothing designer/shop:
Natalie: Digit Darkes, Armidi, Tesla miles, Artiller, Rock me amadeuas and storm schmooz
* hangout spot:
Natalie: Mens Dance and The Warehouse, anywhere I can have a laugh or anywhere my good friend Kromus is DJing
* place for skins:
Natalie: Adam and eve
* toy or gadget:
Natalie: omg I have so many devious mischievious toys
* coolest/prettiest sim:
Natalie: Mystique Isles and artilleri sim
* place for hair:
Natalie: Sirena
* AO: * any other favorites you want to tell us about:

Chloe: Does your Avi look like the RL you? How is it the same? How is it different? Natalie: Well I tried to make Nat much like me, but I am very tiny in rl and Nat towers above everyone and she has legs that go on forever. lol now ya mention it I am just looking at nat now and I have just checked out my jammies and I reckon she doesnt look like me at all lol .we have the same sense of humour though.

Chloe: How do you feel about romantic relationships in SL? Have you had any of significance? Crossed over to RL at all? Horror stories?
Natalie: lol omg,well I tend to keep sl and rl seperate I have dated a lot and been married in sl ONCE. Horror stories I am taking that as you meaning stalkers of which I have had a few..I embrace them I think its brill when I get one they arent long unstalking me. I am the unstalkable lol and far to devious for them.

Chloe: Biggest jerk, liar, or psycho you have encountered so far? Do tell!
Natalie: jeez where do I start ? I have met about a million of them but there is about 3 who stand out in my mind for being liars and jerks. Naming has never been my thing,they know who they are. Psychos, I meet on a daily basis, for some strange reason I have always attracted the crazies of the grid.


Chloe: Do you have a residence here in SL? Do you rent or own?
Natalie: I have 3 residences, an apartment a ground house and a photostudio and probably some I cant remember. I own them. I have no idea where the apartment is from it was a gift but the house is by the very fabulous Sergio Botha

Chloe: Mind telling us what sim it's on?
Natalie: Streibs and I cant spell the others lol

Chloe: Where did you get your house? Is it a prefab or did you have it built? If so by who? Mind sharing a pic?
Natalie: sure

Chloe: Tell us your 3 favorite movies:
Natalie:

• Monsters Inc
• dawn of the dead
• 28 days later

Chloe: Favorite 3 songs on your playlist right now?
Natalie:

• closer to god -nin
• up alnight matt- willis
• gimmie shelter -rolling stones

it changes every day lol

Chloe: We have all heard of drunk dialing... ever been drunk SL-ing?
Natalie: are you kidding me its the best way to play, I love to log in the next day and see who has muted me or threatened to have me banned.I remember Kinda living in sl with this guy and I logged in to find all my stuff hanging from the palm trees outside my house. for some reason the stuff hadnt went in my inventory and it took me a while to work out it was my stuff. I know I really annoyed him and to this day he still wont tell me what I actually said for him to do it,but I know it must have been brill lol.

Chloe: Funniest thing you've seen so far:
Natalie: lol I have saw so many things in my sl that have totally cracked me up but the sl orgy rooms and "free sex" hotspots of sl make my day. I got a crowd of naked men one time to show me their mastubation animation lol. Also around halloween we left deformer packs on my ex sl husbands sim and there wasnt a day went by when I didnt see at least 15 people get hit with it. I used to tell them they looked fine on my screen....I suppose that was bad but I couldnt help it.

Chloe: Lamest pick-up line that's been tossed your way:
Natalie: " Come Fallow now with me please, I want to Fook you"

Chloe: To "Mute" or not to "Mute"? What makes you cut someone off like that?
Natalie: I dont mute anyone, I like to have the last word. I know a lot of people have muted me though.

Chloe: Got anything coming up you want to plug? Any friends whose ventures you want to tell us about? If you have a blog, tel us the URL here!
Natalie: yes the new edition of slinworldtoday.com is ready and everyone has started to bring their fun to the back office. We are also thinking of having a summer party but just cant decide to have it this summer or next lol.I am also gonna be doing the wurlitzer live voice talk show again so anyone who wants to come just drop me a line and come join the fun.

Chloe: Go ahead and get the last word! Tell us anything you think we should know that I haven't asked... say anything you want, at all here!
Natalie: I am a whole lotta fun lol

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