Well, I have ventured, survived, and spent. Far too much, it must be said... As expected, it was a little like swimming through glue. But worth it - there are some fabulous new styles and even I, with a really specific set of criteria, managed to come home with 15 different do's.
I like to wear my hair short, and I like my hair to be silver, or grey. This is indeed the way it is in RL - LOL - and I'm not about to start kidding myself in SL, either. But the designers don't do grey or silver very well, I suspect its not popular, in a place where youth, beauty and the pursuit of the Barbie Body is the goal of a huge percentage of avs - and so I bravely continue to hunt and hunt and once in a while, up pops a little gem to reward me.
This Hair Fair, it was House of Heart's Shelby. I'm in lurve.... its a viciously different style, but I really applaud the designers for going out there and doing it. And in some lovely shades of grey and silver, as well.
The big whinge though, is.....
You do tend to see it all in SL, but every so often you just shake your head and go.. 'God, people are ignorant.' And I mean ignorant in the sense that they just do not give a rats arse - to put it elegantly - about anyone other than their teensy little selves.
I ventured off to Hair Fair with an avatar rendering cost of 1prim. Yep, that was 1 prim. I was wearing jeans and a t-shirt - a gorgeous new release from Celeron Voom called Japan, but a t-shirt none-the-less - no shoes, no accessories, and a skin that includes hair. Despite repeated calls from various people on the sims, to reduce prims, not to mention a notecard on arrival that was pretty damn specific, my Hall of Shame has to go to the following avatars who clearly don't think that everyone else's experience is important at all, and completely ignored any requests to reduce.
Here, btw, is the 1prim wonder... after which you'll find the Hall of Shame.
And no, I don't actually care if you read this. I hate to point out the obvious, but if the senior editor of SL's premium fashion magazine can wander around with no shoes and a rendering cost of 1 prim, darlings, so can you. Truly, NO-ONE was looking at you - except me, and I was looking in stunned disbelieve at your ignorance, not your gorgeousness.
The second prize for sheer ignorance is awarded to...
navina Waco, with a whopping 6790 of incredibly tasteless bling, attachments, flexi's and appendages.
Unbelievable as it may seem, this is totally eclipsed by the appalling performance of Alyosha Abaleta, who at a phenomenal 8057 prims, seemed to think it was ok to be out on a full sim, with everyone struggling against lag.
Do us all a favour, don't come back next year.
Im so glad you like my shirt. I have been to the hair fair today , lots of lagg but tons of great hair, still looking for a messy style hair thou ^-^
Posted by: Celeron Voom | August 24, 2008 at 04:18 PM
You look great at ARC of 1 ! One of the best looks I've seen. I don't like short hair on me, so I doubt I could pull off 1 - but way to go!
Now, who can design us those ARC Police Uniforms? :)
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