The Road To MVW: Application

A week ago today Frolic Mills sent out the first notice for Mr. Virtual World 2011...an all call for headshots from potential MVW candidates.  To me, MVW is the competition to end all male modeling competitions, and it would be such an honor to be chosen to compete as a finalist this year.  My avi has a very unique, boyish look, which may work for me or against me...I'm not really sure.  I guess we'll see!  My headshot was done by the lovely and talented Talyia Tarber, featuring one of the suits from last week's Claim The Fame.  Wish me luck!

Shape: Custom

Skin: Subaru
Hair:  Uncleweb

Eyes: L. Fauna

Outfit:  Bubble's Designs

Model:  Sy Whitesong

Photographer:  Talyia Tarber

The Bleeding Edge: "Golden Empress" by Garded Secret

Talyia Tarber created "Golden Empress" back in December for The Fashion Teller's "The Nutcracker," but it has just now been released in her super amazing store, Garded Secret.  Done in beautiful hues of gold and sapphire, I sooooo wish that I had this makeup for my Finesmith Inspiration casting back in March.  Here's my winning Inspiration styling revisited, featuring "Golden Empress" in all of its splendor.

Shape: Custom
Skin: Subaru

Cosmetics & Lashes:  Garded Secret

Hair:  Gritty Kitty

Eyes: L. Fauna

Outfit:  Champagne

Jewelry:  Finesmith Designs

Pose:  Body Talking

Model & Photographer: Sy Whitesong

TEST 005: "Style That!" by Finesmith Designs

Week 4 of Finesmith Designs' Style That! competition was today, and spring is in the air!  This week's item captured the fresh spirit of springtime, colored in sunny yellows, verdant greens, and oceanic blues.  Today's winner was Aphrodite Brianna, so congrats to her!  Below is the fourth in my string of losing stylings, lmao.

TEST:  FAILED

Shape: Custom
Skin: Subaru

Cosmetics, Lashes, & Nails:  Garded Secret
Hair:  3636

Eyes: L. Fauna

Outfit:  Champagne

Jewelry:  Finesmith Designs

Pose:  Body Talking

Model & Photographer: Sy Whitesong

TEST 004: "Style That!" by Finesmith Designs

Straight from the Sy Whitesong fail vault, here's my pathetic entry for week 3 of Finesmith Designs' Style That!  Typically I find the thrill of only having 2 hours to style a complete outfit exhilarating, but I was having a crap day in RL, SL kept crashing, and I just couldn't seem to find a way to create in SL what I was visualizing in my head.  So, this is what I ended up with.  It's not a bad styling, mind you...just not in any way innovative.  Congratz to Bluebell Andretti for winning!

TEST:  FAILED

Shape: Custom
Skin: Subaru

Cosmetics:  A'VION

Hair:  Gritty Kitty

Eyes: L. Fauna

Nails:  Garded Secret

Outfit:  Guarded Cross

Jewelry:  Finesmith Designs

Pose:  Body Talking

Model & Photographer: Sy Whitesong

The Bleeding Edge: "Twiggy" by Body Talking

Pose Fair 2011 opens this Friday, and Body Talking has some amazing offerings for both men and women:  "Mikey" and "Twiggy!"  For more info on "Mikey," check out my previous Bleeding Edge post here on the Shiny Angel Couture blog.  "Twiggy" is a collection of 20 poses...10 unique poses, each featuring a mirrored counterpart.  The poses are especially well suited to ladies carrying a clutch or purse (neither of which works for me), so I decided to go into cuteness overload for this shoot.  Rather than a purse, I walked around the house carrying an adorable Domo plushie that I got from SweetTooth via the Pacific Crisis Fundraiser.  Also featured is some sweet hair from 3636 (my new fav hair) and a cute little outfit from Misera, both a part of the Pacific Crisis Fundraiser as well!

Shape: Custom
Skin: Subaru

Cosmetics:  A'VION
Hair:  3636

Eyes: L. Fauna
Lashes & Nails: Garded Secret

Feet:  SEY

Outfit:  Misera

Domo Plushie:  SweetTooth

Poses:  Body Talking

Model & Photographer: Sy Whitesong

TEST 003: "Style That!" by Finesmith Designs

The second weekly Style That! competition was held at Finesmith Designs today, and competition was fierce!  I think I'm starting to get used to losing, wish is a necessary evil in the modeling world.  Congratulations to Catlyn Sahara for winning today's challenge and moving on to the finals in May!  Below is my *losing* styling.  Yula teased me, saying "I didn't know the item was Desert Winds!"  Admittedly I got a bit carried away and the intended focus of the outfit was a bit lost, but I still stand by my overall look.  =)

TEST:  FAILED

Shape: Custom
Skin: Subaru
Outfit:  Mea Culpa

Jewelry:  Finesmith Designs

Pose:  Body Talking

Model & Photographer: Sy Whitesong