Our year-anniversary Avatar of Style is Mr. Davey Hullabaloo.  When he's not busy slinking down catwalks as a model for Imagen Divine Agency or snapping pictures for NetroSanct Studios, he's the editor for the new Homme magazine.

Davey's Flickr page

Our latest Avatar of Style is blogger and model Ana Lutetia.  Her polished classic style is only out-shined by her sunny personality.

Here, Ana's wearing Persona's Helena shirt and waist sash; Celestial Studios' cords; AC Vintish shoes; Truth's Montague hair; Celestial Studios' Vogue skin; Awesome's Glitter manicure; and, of course, poses of her own design.

Sometimes, you meet someone so stylish, it's just too dangerous to post a picture.  Sometimes, you meet someone who just keeps forgetting to get you a picture.  Fortunately, Vasean Talamasca is neither.  Catero Revolution describes Vasean as a "style guy" that all the guys want to be and all the girls want to jump.  Looking at that picture, I don't wonder why.

Our latest Avatar of Style is Ms. Puma Jie!  Puma isn't your typical fashionista.  She mixes haute couture with pop culture for her own brand of Geek Chic!  Visit her store Corduroy for some of Second Life's hottest legwear.

So far, all of our Avatars of Style have been flattered by our asking them to provide us with pictures for this tremendous honor.  Well, Mr. Bentham was just plain difficult!  I have logged the conversation here:

[20:08]  Tamara Kirshner: Boo.

[20:08]  Stephen Bentham: o0

[20:09]  Stephen Bentham jumps out of his chair

[20:09]  Tamara Kirshner: Daphne and I may need some pictures of you for our Going Broke website.

[20:09]  Tamara Kirshner: no particular reason

[20:09]  Stephen Bentham: oh noes

[20:09]  Stephen Bentham: no particular reasonnnn

[20:09]  Stephen Bentham looks suspicious

[20:09]  Tamara Kirshner: sort of a "what not to wear" column we're toying with

[20:09]  Stephen Bentham: are you implyinggg somethingggg?

[20:09]  Tamara Kirshner: are you inferring something?????

[20:10]  Stephen Bentham: that I wear things that shouldn't be worn? Like Lederhosen and leopard pants and hedgehog suits and...

[20:10]  Stephen Bentham: I make a good Swirly double

[20:10]  Tamara Kirshner: oh, so you've improved!  that's the fabulous

[20:10]  Stephen Bentham: I know, right?

[20:11]  Tamara Kirshner: so, um pictures

[20:11]  Stephen Bentham: like what kind of pictures

[20:11]  Tamara Kirshner: full perms to Daph so we can publicly ridicule you

[20:11]  Stephen Bentham formulates a nudity policy

[20:11]  Stephen Bentham: oh I see

[20:11]  Tamara Kirshner: yes, we all want to see the bentham mangina

[20:11]  Stephen Bentham: you want me to take pictures wearing things that shouldn't be worn

[20:11]  Stephen Bentham: and give them to you

[20:11]  Tamara Kirshner: and we sell them on ebay

[20:12]  Stephen Bentham: hmm

[20:12]  Stephen Bentham: do I get a percentage of royalties?

[20:12]  Tamara Kirshner: you're assuming someone buys

[20:12]  Tamara Kirshner: poor delusional soul

[20:14]  Stephen Bentham: Well, I guess we could discuss that when it happened

[20:14]  Tamara Kirshner: look, we can find some other schmuck

[20:14]  Stephen Bentham strokes his chin

[20:14]  Stephen Bentham: I'll be your schmuck

[20:14]  Tamara Kirshner: aw, thankies!

[20:14]  Stephen Bentham laughs and laughs

[20:14]  Tamara Kirshner: you do know schmuck is yiddish for penis, right?

[20:14]  Stephen Bentham: yes

[20:14]  Stephen Bentham: um

[20:14]  Stephen Bentham: yes

[20:14]  Stephen Bentham: not in that way

[20:15]  Stephen Bentham: in the more casual useage, like a useful idiot

[20:15]  Tamara Kirshner: okies

[20:15]  Tamara Kirshner: well, pictures and $5000L not to publish this conversation.  howzat?

[20:16]  Stephen Bentham: Publish whatever you'd like, I will not bribe!

[20:16]  Stephen Bentham: hahhaha

[20:16]  Stephen Bentham: but I will get you some pics tomorrowww

[20:16]  Tamara Kirshner: okay, well pics in your favorite outfits by Wednesday?

[20:16]  Stephen Bentham: ok, deal

[20:16]  Tamara Kirshner: thanks!

[20:16]  Stephen Bentham: actual favorites...

[20:17]  Stephen Bentham: or things not to wear

[20:17]  Tamara Kirshner: whatever you like

[20:17]  Stephen Bentham: hmm

[20:17]  Stephen Bentham: that's confusing

[20:17]  Tamara Kirshner: try to look decent, for once

[20:17]  Stephen Bentham doesn't know whether go dress dapper or assclownish

[20:17]  Tamara Kirshner: how about dapper assclown?

[20:17]  Stephen Bentham: well, decent can mean different things

[20:17]  Stephen Bentham: dapper assclown, gotcha

[20:17]  Tamara Kirshner: fabutastic

[20:17]  Stephen Bentham: freaking sweet

[20:17]  Tamara Kirshner: just remember, /bling off

[20:18]  Stephen Bentham: [20:15]  Caliah Lyon disassociates herself from said idiot

[20:18]  Stephen Bentham: I'll try x.x

[20:18]  Stephen Bentham: sooo tempting

[20:18]  Tamara Kirshner: ooh!  we've never ruined a partnership before!

[20:18]  Stephen Bentham: lmfao

[20:19]  Stephen Bentham salutes and searchs for dapper yet asshattish outfits

[20:19]  Stephen Bentham: *searches, even

[20:20]  Tamara Kirshner: no, no, no

[20:20]  Tamara Kirshner: assclown, not asshat

[20:20]  Stephen Bentham: oh

[20:20]  Stephen Bentham: right

[20:20]  Stephen Bentham: k

Well, it was inevitable that we were going to give our friend Madison this honor.  Having been here for two years, she knew both of us when we were newbies and she taught us both how to shop in Second Life.  Honestly, we hate to think of how we'd look today if she hadn't intervened! 


We spoke with Madison about some of her favorite places to shop in Second Life.  For soft flexi curls and waves, Madison is all about Cake. And she swears the best jeans in SL can be found at LF Fashions.  We followed her there and left several Lindens lighter.  However, it was me, Tamara, who converted Madison to the cult of Tete a Pied, where she now buys most of her skins.

In the above picture, Ms. Carnot is wearing a Black Satin Suit by Chic Boutique; Black Vinyl Vixens Shoes by Tesla; Amelia White Diamond necklace and earrings by Second Mirage; Kitty belly charm by Lynx; Anisa hair by ETD; and Glam skin by Tete a Pied.

Hot damn!  Okay, Menno would look good without his stylish attire.  Hey, wait, maybe we should see if that is actually true.  Menno?  Could you please get us a picture of you without the attire?  Thanks!

Model/designer or designer/model?  No matter how you describe her, Dakota Buck is hot with a capital "O," as in "OMG!   Where did she get that outfit?"  Perhaps she got it in Second Life's newest cutting-edge boutique?  Perhaps it's her newest design?  Savvy?

Well, TheDiva Rockin has to pass on her crown.  Hope it fits someone with Neko ears!  DayDreamer Langway is a stylish Euro-Neko who always knows the hot new places to shop.  We were sorely tempted to say that he's obviously in  love w/his own avie, but hell, look at those pictures!  Who wouldn't be?  Give DayDreamer a pat on the back, but don't you dare mess up that carefully rumpled hair.  SWOOOOOON!

Our first ever Avatar of Style is TheDiva Rockin!  Cute as a button, witty as hell, and a born shopper, this Extraordinaire model knows to never leave her house without her tiara and sunglasses.  Diva, we salute you!