What is DSN?

Upon going through my mountains of folders and finding that I 'had nothing to wear' today I decided it was time to sort my 'DSN' folder. I was talking with Bill at the time, him being newly introduced to the SL world had no idea what I was talking about. It was then during one of my outfit changes that, my RL housemate/SL Sister, Ember walked past my computer saying "Oooo cute, where did you grab that from"?. When I said it was a DSN gifty, she too looked at me like I had a third eye protruding from my brow. So it seems that it's not only just the 'noobs' that have no idea what DSN is.

DSN - Designer Showcase Network - is a group of designers that offer select items from their store as free gifts to anyone registered in their category with a DSN Kiosk. I checked this afternoon and there were currently 362 Designers registered as offering gifts to subscribers.

The process is all quite simple. You locate a kiosk (there's one here in one of my favourite boutiques) and click the sign. A pop up box appears on your screen and you select which group/s you would like to be registered in. You can select one or all. The choice is yours. Then sit back and wait for the designers to release new items into their DSN vendors, you then get said item delivered to you. If at any time you decide you don't want to receive the free gifts (like who would want to give up freebies, huh) all you do is locate a kiosk, touch it and remove your choices. Simple as that.

The categories to choose from are:

1) Full Avatars

2) Vehicles, Weapons & Gadgets

3) Skins & Hair

4) Animations & Poses

5) Jewellery & Accessories

6) Female Fashion

7) Male Fashion

8) Home Decor

9) Business, Services & Tools

The fact that the two closest people to me SL at the moment, one being fairly new and one being over 3 years SL old, had not heard of DSN spurred me on to take a few happy snaps of recent items I have received via my Female Fashion subscription and spread the word to you all.

OUTFIT: Cristallina Dress in Pink (also available in red, purple, green, black, eggplant, golden yellow, beige and blue) from Reale*

SKIN: Acorn Frex [light] Elf-Soot 2 from Curio Skins

HAIR: Sylvia Streaked in Swedish Blonde from >Truth<

EYES: Dreaming Eyes in Azur from <<<>>>

SHOES: Shandria V2 w/Tita Toes in Dark Wood from Pixel Mode

POSE: Model Pose #215 from SEmotion Studio

OUTFIT: Evita Set from **CIA Designs**

SKIN: Acorn Frex [light] Elf-Soot 2 from Curio Skins

HAIR: Green II in Crayon from Maitreya

EYES: Dreaming Eyes in Azur from <<<>>>

SHOES: Bella Sneaks (colourable) from MK Fashion

POSE: Model Pose #60 from SEmotion Studio

OUTFIT: Exclusive Layered Combo from .hc&co.

SKIN: Acorn Frex [light] Elf-Soot 2 from Curio Skins

HAIR: Poppyseed in Obsidian from !lamb

EYES: Dreaming Eyes in Azur from <<<>>>

SHOES: Girls Biker Boots (foot only worn) from Redgrave

POSE: Female Pose # 3 from Sinsity

OUTFIT: Cherry Babydoll from ^^Moulliez

SKIN: Acorn Frex [light] Elf-Soot 2 from Curio Skins

HAIR: Joanna in Sangria from >Truth<

EYES: Dreaming Eyes in Azur from <<<>>>

SHOES: Frenzy in Pearl from Maitreya

POSE: Cute Charlotte from [LAP]

Boxers or Briefs

The Boxers or Briefs (aka BoB) Hunt started a couple of days ago. Now this hunt was designed with men in mind. Which is a great thing as there seriously is not enough hunts out there for guys. But I thought what the heck, I was bored so I went and did it anyway. Haven't done a hunt in what seems like eons, and boy am I glad I did this one.

Gabe - you rock my friend! The BoB Hunt is awesome with some outstanding designers taking part in it. If you have done it you know of the quality and designs I am talking about. If you haven't done it....what are you waiting for - it finishes 14th February. Start at CheerNo and look for a box of undies.

Just because it is aimed at the guys doesn't mean you ladies can't look sexy in the items either. I picked a few favourites from the bundles I collected and I have to tell you - to me...there is something ultra sexy about a chick in Y-Fronts and a singlet. I'll let you be the judge.

BoB Gift from PEER

Zebra Undies in grey, pink and green. These are so, so cute and so cheeky. Just adorable!

Pose: Model #214 and Model #221 from SEmotion Studios

BoB Gift from MF Designs

Retro Low Net Boxer Briefs in orange, white, pride, soft pride, aqua and gold. Very cheeky briefs and a little daring at the back.

Pose: Model #57 from SEmotion Studios

BoB Gift from Concrete Flowers

Mixed Briefs Pack in vintage, ribbon, sunflowers and stars. I just love how cute these briefs are.

Pose: Standing hand on hip from Studio Sidhe, Fantasy Fae from [LAP] and Model #52 from Semotion Studios.

BoB Gift from four.arsenic

Pirate Life Boxers in green, red, grey, purple and blue. Very simple but also very cute. With the skull and cross bones on the hip. A sort of grungy/punk feel to these ones.

Pose: Melancholy 13 from *Luth* (DSN Subscribo) {*}

BoB Gift from Robbish

:Rob: - Coal Shorts and :Rob: - White shorts. Both come in a plain and a sheer version. The detail on these is spot on and high quality. I can see I'm going to get a lot of good use out of these ones.

Pose: Model #168 and Model #206 from SEmotion Studio

I could keep taking photos and show you all of the items as they are seriously worth it. But I would be here all day wtih the amount there are. This should be a taster enough for you to go ahead and do the hunt if you haven't already.

Happy Hunting

Other items to mention that are in each photo:

Skin: Imani from Laqroki

Ears: Mystic Ears from *~*Illusions*~*

Hair: Aveda Crop in Noir from ETD

Shirt: Bow Tank in White from *Dreams* {*}

{*} Items denoted with this symbol are either free from DSN Subscribo, Donated from Shop Owner, Gift or Blog Package from shop owner.