Day in the Life of One of Second Life's Most Stylish Avatars

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

O'Clock is a Second Life fashion magazine with a damn clever premise. It follows a single featured avatar through their "day", starting in the morning, with each spread themed around their daily activities. It's an interesting twist on its own, but this month's issue of O'Clock is even more special. Issue number five's highlighted avatar is Matilda Soon, a mature lady who oozes class out of every virtual pore.

Matilda's not the first stylish avatar to take on the chic older woman look, but unlike many of the others she might share the category with Matilda's not too married to her cateye frames and pearls. She dresses the part of an aging Coco Chanel as easily as she slips into trendier, more contemporary galaxy-prints and geometric motifs. In fact one of my favorite spreads in the magazine features Matilda's morning yoga routine, expertly shot without an ounce of farce or comedy.

That's an important aspect of Matilda, too. She's absolutely not a joke, and she's made that abundantly clear:

First of all Thnaks for your compliments of my new look. I really love you all.

The words in the photo is cause I´m pretty bored to read things like "LOL - Granma... "

I think there is a lot of people here in SL and I just want to be different. Just for some time maybe.

Recently I have read things l don´t really like. So, please! If you don´t like what you see just ignore me. It is boring to have to explain always the same, and read that awfull things.

Anyway, I don´t really care about bad words. And I don´t like drama. But please: THIS IS NOT A FUNNY AVATAR. Or at leass not for me.

Also I have a great sense of humor and I can do things for laugh, but you are going to see the diference. Thanks again to all my dear followers. I love you all!

Those are Matilda's own words from earlier this year, in response to comments she'd received that seemed to be mistaking her avatar for parody. Matilda's serious about her look -- and she should be, because she's seriously amazing.

You can see more of Matilda Soon in the latest issue of O'Clock Magazine, or on her Flickr here. 

(Hat tip: Polyester Partridge)

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Janine Hawkins (@bleatingheart on Twitter, Iris Ophelia in Second Life) has been writing about virtual worlds and video games for nearly a decade, and has had her work featured on Paste, Kotaku, Jezebel and The Mary Sue.