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]

I very rarely shop on Xstreet. I'm more of a wander around SL and cruise the shops, get out and about type of shopper. But when I hear there is a sale on Xstreet, I am the first one there with my coin purse full.

Janie Marlowe, Owner of MISCHIEF (also branded as **Mis**) is having a sale exclusive to Xstreet. Her entire collection is for sale for only $30L each. That includes the fat packs. Every item ONLY $30L.

There are over 50 pages of products - 100's of items to choose from so there is bound to be something for every taste. I perused each and every item let me tell you. And I had trouble narrowing down my purchases to my budget. So just to give you a sneak peak as to what sort of things you can find in her listings, I have pictured my purchases below. Each pic has style credits below it rather than at the end of the post.

I hope you all find something you like. The sale is not on for much longer. (There is no end date given all I know is her group advertised sale for 'limited time') so hurry and grab a bargain while you can. And my apologies for my piccies. I am on the craptop at the moment so what looks great graphics on this looks likes a dogs breakfast to others. But I'm sure you'll be able to appreciate the outfits all the same. And one other thing. All my URL listings are on my desktop so I can't link to stores for accessories. But I will still put store names so you can search inworld.

Hair:Sylvia, Streaked (streaks tinted black) in Swedish from >Truth<

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

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

Oufit: Late for Class in Grey from Xstreet

Shoes: Ace's Card Chucks from Trixxy's

Pose:The Temptress #4 from {.:exposeur:.}

Hair: Poppyseed in Ink from !lamb

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

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

Oufit: Professor's Pet in Blue from Xstreet

Shoes: Super Sneaks Platform-Wedge V1.2b (colourable) from MK Fashion

Pose: Pocket Dress #4 from {.:exposeur:.}

Hair: Egomaniacal in Powder from !lamb

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

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

Oufit: Get Shorty Full Pack (Blush, Celery, Charcoal, Khaki & Sky) from Xstreet

Shoes: Ace's Card Chucks from Trixxy's

Pose: Female Pose #5 from Sinsity

Hair: Joanna in blood from >Truth<

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

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

Oufit: Ringleader in Forest from Xstreet

Shoes: Hampton Wedge in Black from ETD

Pose: Prim Skirt Stand #1 from couverture

Hair: Joanna in cherry from >Truth<

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

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

Oufit: Davis in Forest from Xstreet

Shoes: High Top Chucks from Mondira & Viviane Fashion

Pose: Model Pose #215 from SEMotion Studios

Hair: Joanna in sangria from >Truth<

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

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

Oufit: Fallen in Azure from Xstreet

Shoes: Hampton Wedge in Steele Blue from ETD

Pose: Strut Your Pose #1 from Sinsity

Hair: Egomaniacal in Onyx from !lamb

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

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

Oufit: Gimme Shelter Full Pack (Blueberry, Onyx, Cranberry) from Xstreet

Pose: Strut Your Pose #7 from Sinsity

Hair: Egomaniacal in Obsidian from !lamb

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

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

Oufit: Change in Steele from Xstreet

Shoes: Hampton Wedge in Steele Blue from ETD

Pose: Posh Pose #13 from Luth

Hair: Baby's on Fire in Resturant Ketchup from !lamb

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

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

Oufit: Dahlia from Xstreet

Shoes: Shandra V2 w/ Tita Toes in Dark Wood from Pixel Mode

Pose: Model Pose #201 from SEMotion Studios

The 'Past' meets the 'Present'

Ok, so Sophia Harlow sent out a bloggers challenge. Now anyone that knows me, knows it's not a good thing to give me a challenge or to dare me to do something. I'm like a bull staring down a red flag.

Now this challenge was a little tricky for me. I have swapped accounts since I first joined SL. Not sure whether this is a "luckily" or an "unluckily"...but I had transferred over everything that I could when I changed accounts. And for some strange reason when I lost my inventory a few months back.....I managed to not lose some of my early things! But after a bit of searching and a trip back down memory lane....here I am, or should that be was?

I was a tad shorter in those days. I hadn't quite lost my puppy fat and found my curves. Nor had I discovered flexi hair. What was I thinking?!? Now believe it or not....frankly it probably isn't all that unbelievable, but I used the noob skin and hair for quite some time thinking I looked fine. And I lived in clothes and shoes from Sarah's Freebies. Hey...I was new with no job or home!

Ahhhh...that's better, I found my curves! These days I tend to change my skin depending on my outfit, so I have a few skins (32 folders). My shape doesn't tend to change all that often. Although I do have a few spares that I will dust of now and then.

These days I can be found grid hopping from store to store in search of my next outfit. I have a few favourites that I frequent though. Like Luna's Boutique. She has everything - underwear, swimwear, casual, sporty, grungy, rock, punk, evening wear, etc. In this picture I'm wearing the Winter Dress in grey, which comes with black leggings and prim collar. The shoes are Shandra v2 with Tita Toes in Dark Wood / Black from Pixel Mode.

It certainly was fun to reminisce. Try it. You'll have a good laugh.

Poses by ~Sinsity~ and SEmotion Studio