Tag: Second Life Women’s Fashion

Second Life Steals, Deals, and Freebies: Free and L$1 Fall and Winter Womenswear from Monomania and the Fallen Leaves and Frost Hunt!

We’re expecting our first snowfall up here in Winnipeg today, so I decided to call upon Vanity Fair to model some seasonal freebies and dollarbies for you!

First up is a L$1 autumn/winter outfit fatpack from Monomania. Just teleport to the in-world store (exact SLURL) and pay the vendor panel shown below a single Linden dollar, and it’s yours!

There are four separate pieces—puffer jacket, top, pants, and shoes—with a HUD to change any of them to one of six different colours (black, white, grey, red, blue, or purple):

This puffer jacket outfit comes in sizes to fit Maitreya Lara; Belleza Freya, Isis, and Venus; Slink Hourglass and Physique; Meshbody Legacy; and Tonic Curvy and Fine mesh bodies. It’s a seasonal staple that should be in everybody’s wardrobe, and you can mix and match the individual pieces in this outfit with other items in your inventory, all for only one Linden dollar!

Now I am going to share with you some FREE hunt prizes from the Fabulously Free in SL group’s Fallen Leaves and Frost Hunt, on now until November 30th, 2021. You are looking for a brightly-coloured rainbow hidden somewhere around the participating stores.

From MoOH! comes this wonderful oversize scarf and earmuffs set, which comes with two HUDs to change the colour and texture of both in many different ways, to match whatever else you’re wearing! The scarf comes in five standard sizes. (Hunt hint: A mouse can fit in this chair.)

Below, Vanity Fair models two hunt gifts worn together: the Everlie autumn dress (the hunt prize from Roped Passions), paired with the brown leather Darcy boots (one of three free hunt prizes from Mosquito’s Way). The knit dress comes in sizes to fit Maitreya Lara; Belleza Freya, Isis, and Venus; Slink Hourglass and Physique; and Tonic Curvy and Fine mesh bodies, plus 3 standard sizes (S, M, and L). The boots fit Maitreya, Slink, and Belleza mesh feet. Check out the wonderful buckle and strap detail on those boots, emblematic of the high quality of all of Mosquito’s Way women’s footwear!

You’re all set for autumn in this outfit! There’s also a second hunt prize, a matching sweater for male avatars, at the Roped Passions store; the hunt hint for both is: Throw a coin, and make a wish. (The hunt hint for the Darcy boots is: Coffee for me!)

So, as you can see, you can pull together a fabulous, fashionable fall or winter look from head to toe, without breaking the bank! Happy freebie shopping and hunting!

Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash

Second Life Steals, Deals, and Freebies: Free Gifts from the Belle Epoque Sixth Anniversary Hunt!

Well-known Second Life womenswear retailer Belle Epoque (store SLURL) is celebrating its sixth anniversary with a free hunt! You are searching for birthday cakes hidden in various places around the store, containing 30 free items from Belle Epoque, as well as free items from a number of other retailers.

Here are my picks for the best of the hunt prizes! I hope that you don’t mind that I used a pose stand to show off these prizes—it’s just so much quicker to work this way, and I wanted to share my finds with you as quickly as possible! There are many lovely dresses and gowns from Belle Epoque as hunt prizes, all unique and one-of-a-kind designs, but they come in sizes to fit Maitreya Lara and Meshbody Legacy bodies only! All accessories such as headbands and hats are unrigged and resizable.

First up is a pair of hunt gifts, the oversize pink Maite rose headband (hunt prize #14) and the form-fitting Nailah ballgown (prize #9):

Candace dress (prize #2):

Circe asymmetrical tailored dress (#5):

Tyra dress (#6):

Gia dress (#7):

Christine dress (#10):

Natalia dress (#12):

Rose shirt dress (#13):

Jennifer top and skirt (one piece; #15):

Monica dress (#16):

Allegra gown (#30):

L’Amour Curtois historical straw bonnet with hair (#29):

The Free Spirit headpiece (#24):

Knit top dress (the hunt prize from c*C*c):

Tania minidress (the hunt prize from UNA):

The Belle Epoque 6th Anniversary Hunt ends November 30th, 2021, so hurry on down to the in-world store and snap up some fabulous free fashion for your avatar!

UPDATED! Second Life Steals, Deals, and Freebies: Join the Beauty Factory Store Group for L$250, and EVERYTHING PINK IN THE STORE IS FREE!!!

The Beauty Factory womenswear store in Second Life has a great promotion in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month: if you join the store group, called BF. Beauty Factory Store., for L$250, everything pink in the store is FREE! All you have to do is join the group (if you are not already a member), then click on the pink outfits marked with a pink ribbon as shown below.

Please note that you will only be able to click on each item ONCE, so make sure you Accept it when the blue pop-up window appears! If you stumbleclick, you won’t get a second chance!!

Just look for the pink ribbons on outfits of any shade of pink: soft pink, hot pink…

Here’s the official announcement from their store group:

From Oct 26th to 28th, Beauty Factory will set all pink outfits in our store for free in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month (Pink October). Join the in-world group to get it!

STARTING NOW!!!!! RUN ♥

In total, I scooped up 155 separate items of pink womenswear—tops, pants, casualwear, lingerie, boots, purses, skirts, dresses, gowns, complete outfits—for L$250, which works out to ONLY L$1.6 PER ITEM! If your avatar loves to wear pink, that’s an incredible bargain!

Here’s your taxi to Beauty Factory. Have fun! 😉

Photo by Gabrielle Henderson on Unsplash

UPDATE Oct. 27th, 2021: Today I learned about another everything-pink-is-free sale happening at a second store on the grid, called Flamingos. You have to join the Flamingos store group for free, to pick up all the free pink items of womenswear. Today is the final day, though, so you’d better hurry!

I picked up approximately 50 free items at Flamingos—tops, shorts, dresses, lingerie, etc. Be sure to hit the store today!

UPDATED! Second Life Steals, Deals, and Freebies: Some Prizes from the Creepy Russian Village Hunt

You might be surprised to learn that there is a large and active Russian-language community in Second Life! Second Life – FREE is a little-known-about Russian-language group on Vkontakte, the Russian version of Facebook. It’s the largest VK community dedicated to free and inexpensive things in Second Life. (Use the Russian-to-English translator in your Chrome browser to read the posts in this Russian-language community. You do not need to set up an account on VKontakte; just click on the “Not Now!” link whenever a pop-up appears asking you to log in.)

This group is hosting the Creepy Russian Village Hunt in Second Life for Halloween, with prizes from a variety of vendors, ranging in price from free to L$25 each. The hunt object is the traditional Russian nesting doll!

I was particularly taken by the Russian/Slavic design elements of the womenswear prizes, so today Vanity Fair is modeling a few of my favourite prizes from this hunt. I won’t be telling you where to find these elusive dolls, but I will share with you my top six tips for successful hunting in Second Life.

Please note that in order to take clearer pictures of the hunt prizes, I changed the default sky settings of the sim to Nam’s Optimal Skin 1. You might want to leave the lighting at the default setting to really appreciate the atmosphere of the creepy village! (The pictures I took of the sim are stills from a promotional video for the hunt.)

This lovely Mavka peasant dress, the prize from Silk Road, costs only L$25 and comes in both white and black versions. The Mavka dress comes in sizes to fit Maitreya Lara; Meshbody Legacy and Legacy Perky; INTHIUM Kupra; eBody Reborn; and Kalhene Erika mesh bodies.

Here Vanity is showing you two different hunt prizes from ERSCH, the very Russian Laerta head ribbon (which comes in three pieces; you can detach the right and left bows), and the Alice dress, which comes in bloody and non-bloody versions (there’s also another hunt prize consisting of the same dress, but in black instead of white). The ERSCH prizes are only L$15 each. The Alice dress comes in the following sizes: Maitreya Lara and Petite; Belleza Freya; Meshbody Legacy and Perky; INTHIUM Kupra and Kups; and eBody Reborn.

This beautifully embroidered red, white, and black Adela gown is one of the hunt prizes from ANTAYA (Maitreya Lara size only; L$25):

Another prize from ANTAYA is the Hilda gown (Legacy and Maitreya sizes; L$25). I found the Maitreya Lara version of this garment includes an auto-hide which automatically alphas out your hands and feet, so you will need to reset that using your Maitreya alpha HUD (it’s a small bug, but one I’d have thought the creator would have caught while testing).

There are many other prizes in the hunt; you can see them all here. (Don’t forget to turn on the automatic translation in your Chrome web browser!)

You can teleport to the Creepy Russian Village hunt sim here. Good luck!

UPDATE Oct. 26th, 2021: A few more hunt prizes have been added to the Creepy Russian Village Hunt! This white dress with the embroidered hemline and the red bead necklace are two separate, free prizes from Dreamcatcher (sizes: Maitreya, Legacy and Kupra):

Наслаждайтесь охотой! (Enjoy the hunt!)