Little Black Book is closing.

Hello dears.
Long time no news (lol). That's because my RL has been requiring more and more of my time, thus leaving nearly none for me to work on SL.
First of all, let me say I do wish to make some kind of come back, and hopefully will be able to release some goodies during these holidays.

Then, I am sorry to inform you all that Rubystarlight Writer's boutique, Little Black Book (formerly Starlight Exclusives) is going to close down very soon, on the 17th of December.
I decided that, until then, I will place a little freebie next to the items I had created for the fall collection, just as a way to say farewell to this store.
If anyone wants to grab the gifty and make their last purchases in this shop (reminder: there are creations by many different designers!), here is a LINK to the inworld location.

À bientôt!
Clio

30% OFF on Fall Starlight Exclusive Item!

Yes, my lovelies, I am not dead!

I have had some problems logging in due to an RL change of location (with all the mess this implies when we talk of an internet connection!), so I couldn't be present much for all of you.

But guess what? I have recently signed up for the second collection at Starlight Exclusives! It will be for this Winter. The big news is that this time a theme has been set, to make sure ALL the exclusive items from ALL the designers involved will nicely blend together under the same roof.
The theme is Cocktail Hour!
Couldn't it be better for such a maniac of 'chic' as myself? I can already guess we'll see some very interesting things this November ;)

While I have already started working on the concept of my new exclusive cocktail outfit, I thought I'd do something nice for eveyone and I LOWERED THE PRICE ON MY FALL SEASON EXCLUSIVE DRESS!
It is now over 30% OFF, in preparation for the new collection!

Make sure to visit Starlight Exclusives boutique! [TP TO STARLIGHT EXCLUSIVES].

Love,
Clio

Starlight Exclusives: behind the scenes

The time has come to write something about Starlight Exclusives design I baked for this first fall season.

When Rubystarlight Writer, founder and CEO of Starlight Exclusives, contacted me this summer, I felt so honoured that I was given the chance to be one of the few creators selected to make exclusives items to sell at her awesome new boutique.

So, this first exclusive outfit is inspired by fall season.
Here in Italy, fall means a lot of things: leaves start falling, the air gets cooler, days get shorter...
But one particular event that is very strictly related to autumn in this region is the collecting and selling of grapes.
This is what I thought as I was looking for a theme for my design. I thought that instead of focusing on the leaves or on the cold weather, I would let vintage be the protagonist.

Grapes and wine suggested me one main idea of joy, merriment... and folly, the happy folly that arises in you when you have good wine during a nice dinner with friends.
It is not a secret that I have been experimenting with very dangerous leg showing and wild, uneven skirts... so I restored the burlesque atmosphere I had created with my Queue de Paon and rivisited the style to make it fit autumn.
I wouldn't say I made it a Victorian outfit (far from that), but I tried to give it a retro look: something between a witch outfit and a courtesan robe. Both these figures have some folly in them, I thought. A witch is an evil and rather twisted lady, while courtesans... well, I bet they used to have quite a lot of wine:)

As my usual, I went with more than one colour option.
A ruby red version was necessary, since wine -and, to me, wine is mainly RED WINE- had been the starter of all my inspiration.
Then, well, what would fall be without falling leaves? I called my fallen leaves version "Sunset", thinking sunset is that moment in the life of a leaf, while it flows down slowly towards its 'death' when meeting the ground.
The last colour is there to represent the cool air, the windy days that take summer away and clear the way for winter.

This is what was buzzing in Clio's head as she was drawing and arranging prims around her waist, chest and head. I hope people will be able to catch some of the meaning of the whole dress even without reading these words... but maybe they'd need to be as crazy as me for that, and I don't really wish that to anyone (lol).

Oh... I was about to forget!
Stay tuned for my new release coming this weekend!!! Dedicated to a friend:)
Many hugs and best wishes for a lovely day!
Clio

Photo credits (Starlight Exclusives):

• skin from PXL Creations;
• hair from Exile;
• pose from AnaLu Fresh Poses;
• shoes from Maitreya.
  

Photo credits (Coco preview):

• skin from PXL Creations;
• hair from House of Heart;
• pose from [LAP];
• shoes from Maitreya.
  

Autumn : Fall design!

(photo by Elysium Elide)

Starlight Exclusives is finally open!!!
[TP to the boutique]

This is the dress I created!
It has a large, uneven flexi skirt over a tight and sexy corset.
The skirt can be resized 8while the other attachments and modificable.
Transferrable! Makes a great gift ;)

As you see, it's in 3 different colours, inspired by 3 different autumn themes.
I will tell you more about it one of these days (when I have more time to go through the whole inspiration story hehe).

Meanwhile, follow my advice to go visit the shop, cause it's full of creations from many great designers!

Love,
Clio

Launch of Starlight Exclusives... this Sunday!

The date has finally arrived!
In less than 48 hours, Starlight models will be showing off the items created by 17 different SL designers exclusively for Starlight Exclusives boutique! And I'm one of those designers! Woot!

There will be no peaking of what I made before the big show on Sunday, so make sure to come there if you want to see it! Or just visit the shop once it opens to public ;)
Click to TP to ICON Lifestyle SIM, where the shop is hosted.

I really hope to be able to be at the show... can't wait to see what my fellow creators have designed!

Hugs!

Clio

Starlight Exclusives!

You see my logo among those?
Sure you do, cause I had the honour to be selected as one of the creators of the items selling at Starlight Exclusives!

What is Starlight Exclusives?
Starting from August 30th, it will be an upscale boutique selling the creations of many different SL designers.
We were asked by Rubystarlight Writer, owner of Starlight Exclusives, to create a fall-inspired outfit to be sold only at her boutique until the end of the project -next year.
New designs will be introduced in the boutique every season.

Stay tuned for news about the kickoff of this awesome boutique and to see my fall - inspired creation :)

Hugs,
Clio