Retro Show for BOSL Fashion Week

As you'll all know, each year BOSL does a huge fashion week. This showcases all sorts of designs and designers. During the week was the Retro Show and doubly-nerve shredding as this was the first official appearance of the candidates for Miss Virtual World 2013.

If you didn't see the show, you missed one of the most amazing builds I think I have seen. A psychedelic extravaganza of colour, liberally splashed with icons of vintage culture.

The brief for the styling was pretty wide, so we all had a lot of latitude to plan and find a style. The range of time was the 1920's to the 1970's, not a lot to play with there then!!! One of my favourite films is "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" and being blonde myself, I took the inspiration for my styling from that film. One of Marilyn's gowns from that film is the iconic pink one she wore, so I went for the same style, but in red. Keeping in mind the 1940's - 1950's look, I added a fur stole for a touch of glamour.

This amazing photo was taken by Latrelly Flux, an amazing photographer. Look her up when you get the chance!

The judges did have a look at us, so congratulations to the ladies who were chosen in the top 5:)

Styling:-

Gown - Marilyn Mesh Gown Red - Rebel Hope

Stole - Ribboned Fur Wrap Black/White - !Laville!

Hair - Veronica Mesh Golden - Wasabi Pills

Earrings - Spell Bound Elite 2 - Zuri Rayna

Clutch - Stella Clutch Noir {Silver} - House of Fox 

Necklace - Princess Necklace Silver - Zuri Rayna

Ring - Ice Queen - Chop Zuey

Gloves - Diana Black - Tres Beau

Eyeshadow - CLASS eyeshadow 04 - Abso Zlatkis

Lipstick - Dark Vibrant Red - Izzie's

So, it begins ......!!

Well, the journey starts here, I'm sure I remember that from a film somewhere. Can't for the life of me remember which one, nothing new there then :) Blonde moment ........OK, OK another blonde moment..........quiet at the back there :)

Saturday 8th September, a date that will be engraved into my memory, the day we all met for the first time, all of the MVW contestants for this year's pageant. I have to confess that despite the way I sounded to my friends, I was extremely nervous about meeting all these huge names. Many of them were household names in the modelling industry and I am not ashamed to admit, heroines of mine. Nothing wrong with taking inspiration from the best, in fact I think that's a good thing.

Meeting all of them, some for the first time, was an utter delight. Such charming ladies, all of them, welcoming and happy. I was happy to see some faces I knew, but after a while, I felt I had known them all for ages. Now that is a nice feeling.We'll be spending the next 4 months together and I have a feeling it will be a wonderful 4 months as well.

We were asked, not for any particular style, but to appear as a future Miss Virtual World should look. Hmm, didn't narrow it down much, so I had a dig in my pile of stuff that is laughingly called an inventory and went to style a classic, elegant but chic look. Here's what I came up with ..................

Simple, but classy I hoped. This is one of the new dresses from Kunglers, a brand I have always had a soft spot for. This is the "Gisele" dress, one of the new ones, this shade is "Gisele Red". I bought the Nude shade first, but this one really grabbed me due to the subtle contrasting green design stitched into the body and skirt. The clean, sharp lines and modest length fitted perfectly with the look I was trying to find. Anyway, here's what I used :

Styling:-

Dress - Gisele Red - Kunglers

Shoes - Coquette Dark Red - N-Core

Hair - Bria Seaspray Mesh - Truth

Jewellry - "The Blood of Babylon" Collection - Chop Zuey

Ring - LW The Great Healer Garnet - Chop Zuey

Pantyhose - Pantyhose Nude 20 Shiny - Bax Coen

Bag - Crocodile Handbag Green - Amarelo Manga

Eyeshadow - Class eyeshadow 07 - Beauty Addict by Abso Zlatkis

Lipstick - Dark Vibrant Red - Izzie's

Eyeliner - Cat Eyeliner 01 - Izzie's

Nails - Female Medium - Mandala

Well, that was Saturday, our first meeting. Lots of information, lots of things to remember and lots of laughter. 

Sunday, Frolic gave us a style he wanted to see. The style was that of a millionairess walking down 5th Avenue in the fall. So, time to get out the darker colours and come up with what a rich lady might have worn while buying up half of 5th Avenue on a Saturday afternoon. Rather than go for furs, bling  and stuff like that, I went for a slightly different look ...

The coat dress is one I bought last year, again coincidentally from Kunglers. I consciously tried for a look that a rich lady might be seen in and this dress when I wore it just screamed at me. Rather than going for pants or anything, I simply added some of the new pantyhose from Bax Coen, the "Casting" ankle boots from N-Core and to finish it off, a clutch from Orta and a throw-scarf/mini-poncho from Hatpins. Think it looks like a bored rich woman buying most of Tiffanys?

Styling:-

Dress - Victoria Coat Dress Golden - Kunglers

Ankle Boots - "Casting" Noir Intense - NCore

Hair - "Found" Warm Blonde 06 - Elikatira

Earrings - "Laci" Black Diamond and Citrine - Zuri Rayna

Ring - "Voyante Gemstone" - Je Suis

Pantyhose - Pantyhose Mocca 30 Shiny - Bax Coen

Bag - Stella Clutch in Charcoal (Gold) - Orta

Scarf - Silk Shoulder Scarf Pink ( Tinted) - Hatpins

Eyeshadow - Class Eyeshadow 03 - Beauty Addict by Abso Zlatkis

Lipstick - Gg lipstick Rust - [Gothica]

Gloves - Leather Gloves Black Long - Lightstar

Well, that's the first weekend I've ever spent styling as long as I did. Actually had a lot of fun to be honest, wore some things I havn't worn in a long, long time ! 

Weekend 1 of MVW, I am still sane, no more teethmarks in my desk and next doors cat now feels safe enough to come into my kitchen and steal things again.