Designers United Four

Nil and Lu have done a fabulous job coordinating the Designers United events and I'M SO HAPPY i finally had time to join one! our theme was "narcissus" either the flower or the myth...

i was taken by the various versions of the story of Narcissus, someone so beautiful all he could do was stare at himself... he missed out on life and love, being the sole focus of his attention. for me it is a timeless story and though we may not all stare in a still pool admiring ourselves, often we are the sole focus in our worlds and limit the possibilities that surround us.

i tried to capture reflection, transparency, water and the flower into my design... in the end i had 3 designs that to me captured the story; Echo's Song (the girl who loved him), Narkissos, (his name in greek) and Mirror Mirror.

i'll say no more and let you interpret the story through the designs, if you wish. the items will be available in this version only for the duration of the event. (each dress comes with the jewelry and accessories shown) * to find these when you tp go RIGHT and go FAR down the winding path and i'll be on the left corner when you get to the end near some AMAZING designers, Lu and Nil are there too!

Narkissos and Echo's story combined

Echo's sad song to Narkissos

the wait

credits:

all clothing & accessories - caLLie cLine
hair by LOQ
skin by mynera

divine...

i'm a bit reluctant at times to "buy ads" where i don't have input on the model or photography. if others do it on their own i'm fine, but when i am paying, i like to know i am going to like what is done and that's not possible.

when i agreed to be in the modivia fashion directory i was a bit unsure due to the reasons i just stated. when i say this photo, i have to say i was VERY happy. i wanted to share it with my readers as i just think they did a great job showing one of my favorite dresses, the divine double bubble.

so here it is!

this dress is available in my store in caLLiefornia upstairs in the gown section, it comes with a set of jewelry that includes earrings, a ring, and a bracelet. the jewelry has 12 gemstone options on touch so that you can customize your look by tinting the "gems" on the dress itself on the jacket layer.

i've seen some of my customers really do some interesting things with that feature :)

the dress with the jewelry set sells for 950L.

i hope you like this photo.

xoxo,

caLLie

the "DIVINE" collection

i've created a "divine" series and there are a few i've released now and currently available at the "black swan" sim for the rezzable chirstmas event.

there are 2 gowns & both share the same bodice pretty much, but as you can see look pretty different. i decided to sell them this way as i'm finding that putting EVERY skirt in the world doesn't appeal to a lot of people especially when they are so different.

"the divine double bubble" comes with the bodice, (with pants, etc) a jacket overlay which can be tinted to match any gemstone as the set comes with a jewelry set with 12 gemstone choices... it also comes with gloves and the full double bubble skirt with adorned with gems. the detailing on the bodice is comprised of over 600 layers of hand placed gems and little swirls i made it was a lot of fun and the part of the original inspiration came from making a dress for "miss denmark".








available now at the black swan sim exclusively. i'll post the next gown on a seperate post :0)

xoxo,

caLLie

PAZAR!!! caLLie's FIRST RL printed magazine COVER!!!

caLLie was in SHOCK this week when the journalist from PAZAR sent her an im, and told her she HAD BEEN PUT ON THE COVER!!! she knew she was going to be inside on the fashion page of this lifestyle magazine, but NEVER did she think she'd be on the COVER.

this was special to caLLie for many reasons... in her words "first of all, the journalist of this magazine was also the one who interviewed for ELLE and MARIE CLAIRE magazines last year. during the interview process, we started to become friends as it was quite a lengthy process. this magazine is from a small island called cyprus and the whole magazine is in turkish which is so cool to me. (Cyprus is just beneath Turkey and is made of two communities Turkish Cypriots and Greek Cypriots)

since meeting her, i have met more turkish people in SL and have found them to be quite lovely people, full of love, life, passion and amazing style. i am constantly humbled and honored about the people i meet in SL, their background, lives and art. it's truly a cool world we are all a part of."

so with that here are the photos... ok, i'll admit the cover is a GREAT thing, but OMG.... THE INSIDE PAGE!!!! has 2 of my favorite designers on it!!!! christian lacroix and dolce & gabana (ok i guess with d&g that's more like 3) but still!!!! how cool is that? i'm almost as excited as caLLie i think.


here is what the text says.. the translation:

"Like in Couture, creativity is at its peak in SL. And the most reknown designer in the virtual world is CC"...

"Because of this, famous brands like Armani have opened stores in SL. However SL has its own fashion celebrities. And one of the most important name here is Callie Cline who has been selected in 2007 by RL US magazine Maxim as one of the "100 sexiest women" in the world. CC started off as a photographer then was into modeling. Now has a fashion house and a decoration and home shop. She has also been contracted by Leo Burnett - a leading agency to shoot and style a double pg ad for Pontiac which was printed in the RL Maxim magazine. And after this she was contracted by pontiac as a spokes avatar in SL. Cline also has built and island called Calliefornia where she presents her clients with a whole CC lifestyle. She also been the December beauty for a calendar, sold both inworld and outside, called "12 Avatars". She is now also the spokes avatar of the famous British Insurance company Swinton Bikes who is the sponsor of the famous Irish 250 GP driver Eugene Laverty for Aprilla. Everything in SL is virtual and everything is real..."

thank you to bing :) for this very very sweet surprise... that came at the perfect for caLLie. she even put the pages in her new shop.

selam!

Elle

(for caLLie who's in a rezzables show now at black swan)