Preppy!

So, picture this...

You're going out, and you put on your nicest preppy outfit.. a wool argyle sweater, white shirt and even a tie. You're planning on having one drink, and then go home and get to bed since you have to work early tomorrow.

Before you know what happened, you're drunk out of your mind, standing in the ally behind the pub, making out with someone you've never seen before.

Here's the before and after outfits! Tadaa!

All packs include both a proper and a messed up version in all layers. Collar with open and closed tie. Copy/mod, unisex. $L90 for a single colour, $L300 for the fatpack. At the A:S:S mainstore now!

Sterling shirts

Simple but fun. $L50 for singles and just $L150 for all five colours!

All layers and unisex. Grab them at the A:S:S mainstore.

We can do better!

Get this cool outfit and help someone to a better life.

It's a simple idea.

Everyday thousands of us log in around the developed world to spend some time here with friends.  We build cities, build friendships and build realities.  We explore the boundaries of ourselves and our imagination and, on some small level, learn more about what we truely value and can expect from the cultures we live in.

Yet we must acknowledge that for all the pleasure and insight SecondLife provides, our experience here is the height of luxury.  We live so fully in our respective countries that we can afford a second life - an expressive means by which we maximize the interests and pleasures of our lives in general. Meanwhile around the globe, millions of people lack the means to survive with any sense of certainty, to say nothing of the indulgences to which we are priveledged.  This isn't to say that we must apologize for our good fortune, only that we should consider the range of good it is capable of.

So let me take a moment to outline our program.  We invite content creators from across the spectrum in SecondLife to set aside one or two items from their body of work and dedicate them to sell here at our shop.  When you purchase an item from We Can Do Better all of the proceeds are channeled to a different applicant at Kiva.org.  If you are unfamiliar with Kiva please take a moment to visit their site.  Kiva is a microcredit lending service that helps arrange for US dollars to help those in developing countries raise the necessary funds to open and operate their small businesses.   Internationally lauded, Kiva has been featured on countless new programs such as 60 minutes, Good Morning America and endorsed by former US president Bill Clinton as the model of charity for the future.  As Kiva is a micro-credit lending program, the borrows do return the funds loaned to them at a small interest rate.  We have no interest in keeping the returns, they will always be re-loaned back to new applicants.  Should we ever discontinue the project the loans will be collected and donated directed to Kiva itself to help cover their overhead.

We believe in full transparency and will routinely update vendors as to how much we have collected and who recieved our support.  You will also be able to monitor our progress through checking our group profile 'We Can Do Better' at Kiva.org for yourself.

Thank you.

Michael DelaCroix and the team at We Can Do Better

Soft knits

All warm and snuggly. ^^

Fatpack available for $L300. At the A:S:S mainstore.

OMFG!

Want a shirt that make people go "OMFG! What are you wearing?!"

Here it is.

Available at the A:S:S mainstore

The worth of a moment

This morning I for some reason I can't explain woke up with Memorys from Cat's stuck in my mind. 
After walking around humming this old showtune while showering and having coffee it brought my mind to Susan Boyle, that lady who sang another musical tune on Britains got talent.

I hadn't thought about her in a while, and I don't think I'm alone in that. After that first preformance, where she dug herself straight into the hearts of millions of people, the pressure apparently got too much for her. She never could complete the tour, and she never got to live her dream when she finally had the chance.

In one way, this seems incredibly sad. That someone who's been running uphill all their life, when given the chance to do exactly what they want, isn't able to make it. But... then I watched that audition video again. I know it's well edited to add to the effect, but I also know the magic of a live performance, and I am convinced that the completely unedited effect of it was even greater. And.. I came to think, that maybe that one moment was enough to compensate for everything else. That the magic of that one single performance is enough to weigh up for everything else. That maybe, the worth of a moment can be greater than the worth of a lifetime.

I'll gladly admit, that I cry every time I watch that clip. And even the worst cynics can't take that from me. Because, even if she was handpicked, and the whole thing was rigged, an elaborate ploy, the feeling that the people in that room had, that the millions of people watching that clip has gotten, is still real. And I think that the more often we get to feel that way, the better the world becomes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY

Noah - Rocker skins

Sleek, sexy skins with just that sineous muscletnone that only years of touring and living a biiiit too hard can give you.

The V1 works for your every day use, and the V2-4 are great for the stage.

 

Just $L1000 for the pack or $L400 for a single skin.

Available at the A:S:S mainstore