In-Creed-ible!

I know, I know, you thought I had died or something. Not true, I've just been very busy relocating and improving my life!

Anyway, it happened again, I needed a thing and couldn't find it, so I made it. This time, a dress. Well, a skirt and a top that look like a dress. I should just show you the sales burble, shouldn't I?

Evelock Creed Dress

Often, I wind up making products because I have an idea for something and can't find anything to realise it in my inventory, nor in Marketplace. This is most especially true of clothing! I don't think I'm any more creative or clever in my ideas than anyone else, but I might have the edge on the stubborn-ness to cling to an idea rather than settle for something 'close enough'.

The Creed Dress is one of those occasions. I wanted formal wear, but I didn't want that over-polished, stiff, uncomfortable formal look. I wanted to feel like I could breathe and move freely in my outfit. So having found the right skirt, the hunt was on for the top that did the right thing. And finally, the textures had to be just right too. And, that is how the 'dress' was born. I made the Wisteria texture first, because I adore wisteria and had already made a fabric texture using them. I wore the dress to a party, and was told in no uncertain terms I had to sell it, which is how it got its name. Thank you, Anna :)

Naturally, more than one texture was needed, and 8 became the magic number. The options are:

Daisies with a fade from white to soft yellow/orange on the skirt

 

Hibiscus with a fade from white to strong magenta on the skirt

Pansies with a fade from white to violet on the skirt

Poppies with a fade from white to soft red on the skirt

Roses with a fade from white to deep pink/red on the skirt

Ticklish (feathers) with a fade from white to darkest grey on the skirt

Windclock (dandelions) with a fade from white to deep chambray blue on the skirt

Wisteria with a fade from white to purple on the skirt

It looks like a dress, but is actually a matched top and skirt, and you can wear both separately, I think the top looks super cute with shorts or jeans, or a little flippy skirt! Available in Maitreya, Slink Hourglass and Slink Physique sizes.

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Price: 200L$ per single colour, 900L$ per fatpack of 8 colours

So there you have it, a relaxed yet formal 'dress' which I hope you agree is perfect as we move through spring towards summer. Available, as always in the Studio, or on marketplace!

I hope all your lives are treating you well,

Bright Blessings

Eve :)

Reed and Siren Fully Released!

Hello again!

Just a super quick note to let you know that the Reed Formal Dress, and the full Siren Range are now 1wholly live and available in the NEW MAINSTORE (look out for info on the opening party soon!) and on the marketplace too.

Reed Formal Dress:

Head here to browse the Reed Dresses online, or go to the Studio for a look.

Siren Range:

Jewellery, dress and shoes can browsed online here, or again, head to the Studio!

I hope all of your lives are treating you well, I'll be back soon,

Bright Blessings,

Eve :)

Siren Calling

Hello!

Me again. Yes, really me, I haven't been hacked, I just got my shit together more quickly than usual.

LOTS of news for you this time. First up, there is a NEW Evelock Studio! How exciting is that? I have more space and the layout is a lot simpler. Go upstairs for furniture and stay downstairs for everything else. Please do drop by and have a nosey, I'd love to hear what you think of the new place. Click the link over on the right there for a SLURL, or just click here.

So, I have another new release for you! The Siren range from Evelock is a co-ordinated complete outfit comprising a shot silk gown with gem embellishments, a pair of shoes and a jewellery set. I have also included the corset separately so you can wear it with jeans or leggings.

As is so often the way, the Siren range started out with a tiny idea and grew and grew and grew. It has been growing for so long that I can't remember why I chose the name Siren, but I still love it and I think it captures the slinkiness of the garment.

I was inspired by some gems and wanted to create something that was organic and asymmetric but still glamorous. This led to the jewellery happening.

 Then I found a dress mesh that I loved and thought it would work nicely with a shot silk effect, and it did! Then I decided it needed a little more oomph, and tried the siren jewellery shapes... and that worked too! Thus was the Siren dress born.

Some wrestling with colour combinations later, naturally I decided the dress needed shoes to match...

... this is entirely normal. I start out with a small, gentle, easy to do idea and wind up with a massive collection of things!

Shot silk is one of my very favourite fabrics in real life. That magical effect when the light hits the material from a different angle and the navy suddenly flashes turquoise! I have used the Advanced Lighting Model in Second Life to recreate the shot silk effect. You do need ALM to be on to see the light playing across the dress and the shoes, but I promise it's worth it!

I have created 11 combinations that I love, but if you're the creative type and comfortable with the standard edit menu, have a play with the tint on the specular layer and see if you can come up with a personal combination of tint over base that delights you, but please take a copy first in case you mess it up!

The 11 colours are:

Blacklight - a Black base with a strong violet overlay
Blush - a strongish pink with a blue overlay
Bronze - a bronze colour with a yellow overlay
Copper - a copper colour with an orange overlay
Forest - a deep green with a lime overlay
Ice - a pale blue with a strong turquoise overlay
Peacock - a navy base with a strong turquoise overlay
Scarlet - a deep crimson with a bright scarlet overlay
Snow - the palest possible blue with a violet overlay
Steel - a steel grey base with a blue overlay
Ultraviolet - a rich purple base with a hot pink overlay

I had such a blast creating this range, I hope you enjoy wearing it. Right now, you can get your hands on it by visiting my friend Kika's sim, Strict Venus (blog here)and taking advantage of the exclusive pre-release special offer of 25% off, for one week only. Hurry, hurry, hurry that is only seven days! Technical details after the break. For now, thank you for your time, I hope all your lives are treating you well,

Bright Blessings,

Eve :)

Evelock Siren DRESS: 11 Colours singly available (250L$ each), Fatpack of 11 colours available (1500L$)

The dress (and corset) comes in 5 standard mesh sizes, plus Belleza (Freya, Isis and Venus), Maitreya, Slink (Hourglass and Physique) and TMP sizes.

The gem embellishments for the dress and corset are separate, so that you can wear all, some or none of them as you prefer. I believe that we should always have a choice!

Evelock Siren SHOES: 11 Colours singly available (150L$ each), Fatpack of 11 colours available (1000L$)

The shoes come in Belleza, Maitreya and Slink sizes.

Evelock Siren JEWELLERY: 500L$ for the set

The jewellery is all mesh, with low avatar complexity:

Bracelet 5744 each
Earrings 4616
Necklace 6360

Reed All About It!

Hello!

It has been a while again, hasn't it? I do hope you're well! I'm doing great and found some time recently to make a few dresses. I adore the elegance and style of Donna Reed in "It's a Wonderful Life" and that inspired me to make the Reed Formal Dress. My real life is crazy busy at the moment so it's going to take a while to get the marketplace listings sorted out but I am excited to share this new gown with you. Choose from deliciously rich and dark, or springy and pastelly! Five Standard Mesh sizes, five Fitmesh sizes and Belleza, Maitreya and Slink sizes are provided in the pack, along with optional frothy petticoats, and optional hip and shoulder brooches.

I am also between mainstores at the moment. I hope to have some news for you all about that very soon, watch this space!

In the meantime, how about an exclusive pre-release offer on the new dress? Sounds good, right? The final retail price will be 125L$, but for ONE WEEK ONLY, you can get your hands on it at my good friend Kika's sim, Strict Venus, for the 20% off price of only 100L$!! Hurry on over!

Oh, you want pictures too? Okay then:

That's all for now, I do hope your lives are treating you well,

Bright Blessings!

Eve :)

Rambling Roses

Hello!

I bet you didn't expect to hear from me so soon, eh? To be honest, neither did I, but there was a party and I couldn't find the dress I wanted to wear, so I made one, which, in typical fashion, turned into six and here we are again!

This time, it's an elegant, slinky gown that hugs your curves with a nice swoosh of fabric around your ankles. I added some roses as optional brooches to provide a bit of flair and drama if that's your kind of thing. Just leave them off if not. No HUDS, nothing fancy, just a simple gown you put on and go - Slink Physique, Belleza, Maitreya Lara and Fitmesh XS to XL sizes are included in the pack. Priced to be affordable at a very reasonable 125L$.

If you're feeling particularly creative, have some fun with the brooches. Maybe wear them somewhere else, or rip them apart and use bits. You can also further personalise the gown itself by using the standard edit menu. But, please, please, PLEASE take a copy before you start so that you still have the original should it not go entirely according to plan.

I do hope you enjoy wearing this as much as I did making it, and that all your lives are treating you well. You can grab them in the usual ways, either in-world at the Studio, or on marketplace.

Bright Blessings

Eve :)