Cherie Design House ~Autumn collection has arrived!
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Some of these were on the runway show - they were absolutely beautiful on the models.
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Some of these were on the runway show - they were absolutely beautiful on the models.
What are you Reading?
Book Lovers
I just finished reading Muchacho, by Louanne Johnson. Ms Johnson is the author and writer of the movie Dangerous Minds. This is a nice must-read for anyone in the education field or in a related field. I finished it three days ago and am still thinking about it.
From amazon review:
Eddie Corazon is a character who you won't soon forget.
He lives in a world where being a bad boy is the cool thing to do. He hangs out with his cousins in a bad neighborhood, and the boys are just on the edge of being juvenile delinquents. He skips school and gets poor grades as a matter of choice, but he is a secret reader, and poet. He has promised his Mami that he won't drop out of school, but he's pretty sure he will fail.
Then he meets Lupe, and his world changes. She brings out the best in Eddie, and sees things in him that he doesn't. Her father is none too happy about their relationship; he wants more for his smart, energetic daughter. Eddie doesn't seem to have a very bright future the way he is going, but then he begins to think like Lupe. Maybe he could make the future work for him, too.
It's hard to make changes in his behavior with his cousins and friends encouraging him to follow their lead...but Eddie really wants to be able to hang out with the beautiful, smart Lupe.
Eddie's transition is a very moving story with complex characters in a tough world. It shows that positive changes can be made through hard work and perseverance, and that the bad choices are tempting, but conquerable. The story is narrated by Eddie with straight-forward language and a viewpoint all his own, by turns funny and serious. Eddie is a boy who girls will fall in love with, and a guy boys will be able to relate to.
Highly recommended for even reluctant readers.
What are you Reading?
Book Lovers
I am reading "Seventh Son" by Orson Scott Card.
Seventh Son (1987) is an alternate history/fantasy novel by Orson Scott Card. It is the first book in Card's The Tales of Alvin Maker series and is about Alvin Miller, the Seventh son of a seventh son. Seventh Son won a Locus Award and was nominated for both the Hugo and World Fantasy Awards in 1988. Seventh sons have strong "knacks" (specific magical abilities), and seventh sons of seventh sons are both extraordinarily rare and powerful. In fact, young Alvin appears to be the only one in the world. His abilities make him the target of The Unmaker, who recognizes Alvin's powers as those of a Makeronly the second ever, and it had been a long time since the first had walked on water and turned water to wine. The Unmaker works largely through water, trying to kill Alvin in his early years, before he can master his abilities.available from Amazon.com OR advanced book exchange
Trefusis Designs-Releases Two Marie Antoinette Gowns.
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soooooooooooooo pretty
Baroque Fashion Week?
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The fashion show that I am hosting will be a runway show as in the traditional sense, if this helps.... I've sent you a PM.
Baroque Fashion Week?
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I am hosting the fall fashion show at the end of August - maybe the fashion show could be the opening event to kick off Baroque week? It might be a nice way to start things off.
The Purpose of our event schedule
General Discussion
Anne, thanks for this post. This has been on my mind lately.
I can view this situation in several ways. Firstly, part of me thinks that in the 18th century world we should work hard to accommodate each others schedules and let our members be given as many opportunities to get around to as many events as they can... ie., spread out the events across a given day. On the other hand, I also think that within the big scope of SL, there are always other events happening simultaneously ie, club events, modelling events, DJs, bands, etc. Sign on to any club group or event announcer and there are dozens of events every hour.
However, we are a small network/ community of people sharing similar interests. I don't think we should expect to control what time people host their events, but we can expect courtesy and a team effort from the members. I understand that sometimes it may be impossible to coordinate scheduling perfectly, but it makes me sad when I see two or three events all at the same time and I can either divide my time equally, go to one, go to two or not go at all. (Mostly I work when the events are held on the weekend so I can't be at the earlier ones anyway.)
I hesitated to announce the fashion show because I thought to myself, 'People get so competitive with their events, if I post this early, I'm sure someone will try to plan something bigger and better than this at the same time on the same day...' and then I realized that it shouldn't be that way and no matter the concern, people are free to do what they want. Someone may indeed post a bigger, better event that might outshine mine, but I can only hope that they aren't doing that intentionally to let my hours of planning and work be for nothing... ( I don't profit at all from the show. I'm only doing it to promote our wonderful designers and to draw more attention to the 18th century world and bring interested people to our sims... but I'm off track.)
It would be nice to see some respect and courtesy given within this lovely romantic chunk of our SL universe. We want people to come to our sims and see the events on which we work so hard. I think people should be allowed to schedule events when they want because well, they will anyway regardless as to whether they post it or not. In the end, people will go to the event that they like best or feel most aligned with.