Coming Soon: Soar Across the Skies in Style With This Valkyrie-Worthy Second Life Gown

Janine "Iris Ophelia" Hawkins' ongoing review of gaming and virtual world style

Be still my beating heart, because this dress from the upcoming round of monthly SL shopping event We <3 RP is one of the most magnificent designs I've seen in a while. It comes in an array of colors, complete with a removable skirt *for anyone partial to the bustier alone) and a HUD for fine-tuning. I can't decide if it's more suited to a horn-helmed valkyrie on a batlefield/opera stage, or Xena Warrior Princess on her wedding day -- either way, I'm absolutely in love.

Then again, it's not terribly surprising that this dress is such a stunner. It was created by Pixicat, a Second Life designer who also happens to be one of my favorite Sims 3 modders. This isn't her first truly gorgeous creation and it certainly won't be her last.

We <3 RP opens tomorrow, but until then you can browse Pixicat's Flickr and Marketplace store for more of her work, and swing by the We <3 RP site to view the June shopping guide to add a few more items to your shopping list.

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Iris Ophelia (@bleatingheart, Janine Hawkins IRL) has been featured in the New York Times, and has spoken about SL-based design at the Fashion Institute of Technology in Manhattan and with pop culture/fashion maven Johanna Blakley.</

Comments

[Aleena]

The links on the We <3 RP site given above are broken, and the one that does work, goes to some Gor sim.

This is the location you're supposed to go to:

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Evanda%20Island/135/54/21