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!

Stop by Oh!  What a Neat . . . Boutique for fashionable designs by Rosemary Galbraith and Savvy? by Dakota Buck. 

On Tamara:  hair -- Winsome I by Naughty; skin -- Tete a Pied Redhead Mai; Boots -- Slouchy boots in red by Rosemary Galbraith; outfit -- Roslin outfit by Dakota Buck

Note:  Ms. Galbraith gave Tamara a pair of the Slouchy boots in mustard.  They retail for $300L a pair or $1500L for all colors in her store.

Dominic and Joella Nico have mastered the art of realistic eyeglasses and chains.  Be sure to visit their store on Nico Island.

 On Daphne:  Glasses: Nico Creations - Jaded; Hair: Calico Creations - Amy; Jacket: Silent Sparrow - Dreary Jacket; Necklace: Goth1Co - Victorian Choker

Visit Tete a Pied on the Nouveau sim for the latest in ladies fashions and accessories; men's and ladies' skins; and ladies' shapes.  Be sure to visit at least once a month to pick up their special edition outfit and skin.  Once the month is over, the outfit will still be available, but the skin won't be!

 Pictured:  Juin outfit and Juin skins by Roslin Petion and CJ Carnot

An Interview with Zoe Llewelyn of Temenos:

What do you design/make? I am rather eccentric...I do it all, or rather try to. To varying degrees of success or suckage. I started out making cyberpunk armour and accessories just for fun, then turned to Neko skins, clothing, boots, and now I have like 5 or 6 brand names and more varying styles and work than I know what to do with. My latest venture is back to my personal roots in gothic wear clothing and skins. I own Boneflower Designs, Broken, Jungle Voodoo, Cyberpunk Apocalypse, The Heart of a Doll, and a few others. :3

How long have you done this? I have been doing this sort of work professionally for about 6 years, though I only started a business in Second Life after quiting my previous job working on a MMORPG about two years ago.

Why did you start? I have always been an artist, like my mother, and my grandfather. Growing up it was one of my main forms of expression, along with my writing. I am deaf, so my art was a major form of getting the inner me out to the world in pictures instead of with words. I worked corporate design and marketing for years before I took a chance and tried for a job with a game company. It was great to marry my love of art with my love of video games. later after finding SL it was a dream come true. I could work from home, be my own boss, and still what I love best in an environment less removed from my customers than traditional game design.

How has your product evolved? I am always growing and evolving I hope. In many ways, SL has challenged my skills more than any work I have done before. I have freedom here to do what I feel inspired to do, and that has let me explore myself in a way the corporate world didn't. I continue to learn new tricks and methods every day, and I hope that process never stops for me. SL has also challenged me to grow in areas not my strong place, such as scripting for my products. I think that is the area I have grown the most in.

Where do you see your SL work going? I have so many ideas and plans...I love doing new things, starting new styles and developing new brands as they come to me. I expect I will continue to go wherever the inspiration takes me. Right now I need to finish the design of three new sims I am working on so I can expand some of my stores and also start a coupl new ideas I have. From there, who knows where I may go. :3

What skills have you mastered during your time in SL? None. I am master of nothing. Just a student learning her way as best she can. I hope I will never master anything in life because that would mean i am done growing.

What skills would you like to master? I would however like to become better than I am and improve more in scripting and animations. Now that sculpted prims are here, i also plan to go back to working on my modeling skills as well.

Where can people go to see and buy your work? My main store is currently at Temenos, though it will be moving to a larger space soon on its new sister island.

Can you give us a price range? Wow...too many products to do anything accurate there. I have stuff from freebies to 1400L for skin sets and doll avatars, and every price in between. I try to be reasonable and modestly priced and do volume as my business model.

Whose work do you admire? That is a list too long to write down here. Some of my personal favorites whose work I not only admire and love but wear daily include Canimal Zephyr and Starley Thereian, Hevan Lament, Skanks'R'Us and Sweetedge, Feri Beckenbauer, Gritty Kitty by Noam, Wintermoon, Kin Kieko, Pixel Dolls, Torrid Midnight, Wraith Unsung, and so many more I feel so bad about not mentioning by name. Its such a horribly long list.

Do you consider anyone to be a major influence? Well, I feel everyone is always inspired and influenced in many ways by everything they see and everyone they meet. We are an accumulation of our exposures and experiences. But someone I personally admire greatly and who has constantly been an inspiration to me to push myself and gorw better has been Zabitan Assia of ::FORM::...he is a god among mortals to me and I think I own almost everything he makes.

Who would you like us to feature? Well, I would be biased on that I suppose. many of my closest friends here who have stood by me through some rough times are designers as well, and naturally I feel they deserve to be noticed. Sumire Mochi of Tweet has gotten some coverage, but I feel she is still undernoticed for the uniqueness and spontanious style she creates. She is a dear friend and has been my closest confidant and supporter as well. Also any of the people from the list above are more than worthy. I am just not sure how I managed to make my way onto someone's list for this interview...that remains a mystery to me.

On Tamara, left: hair -- Flirt by Naughty; Skin, ears and tail -- Ebony striped Neko, Jungle Voodoo by Zoe Llewelyn; Outfit -- Boneflower Leather Corset and Mini Set by Zoe Llewelyn; Boots: Boneflower Kitty Pirate Laced Biker Boots by Zoe Llewelyn.

On Daphne, right:  hair -- Carrie by Celestial Studios; Skin -- Whispers of Night Spectral Female Blood Dusk Slayer by Zoe Llewelyn; Ears, tail and collar -- White Mouse Girl Avatar, Jungle Voodoo by Zoe Llewelyn; Corset -- Cross Corset, Broken by Zoe Llewelyn; Skirt -- Armide, Material Squirrel.

In Episode 4 of Going Broke with Daphne and Tamara, we interviewed Roslin Petion and CJ Carnot of Tete a Pied on the Nouveau sim ( http://slurl.com/secondlife/Nouveau/216/204/21 ).  Ros and CJ tell us all about their business partnership from their meeting at an SL coffee shop to the opening of their second store housing their complete ladies clothing and accessory lines!

We were also fortunate to have Zoe Llewelyn grant us a written interview!  While we would have loved to have her on the show, that unfortunately wasn't possible.  However, she submitted written answers to our questions, and we will publish them in a blog post on this site.  We visited Temenos (http://slurl.com/secondlife/Temenos/155/108/106 ), the island she built to house her amazing creations.

Next, we visited Oh!  What a Neat . . . Boutique above the Seonggye sim ( http://slurl.com/secondlife/Seonggye/83/91/601 ).  When designer Rosemary Galbraith passed me (Tamara) a pair of her adorable slouchy boots ($300L a pair), we had to go check out the shop.  We were sure happy we did, because not only did we find Ms. Galbraith's fresh and fashionable designs, we also found Dakota Buck's new Savvy? line.  Check out her hot retro designs (look for the outfit inspired by her friend Roslin Petion).

Finally, we took a trip to Nico Creations on Nico Island ( http://slurl.com/secondlife/Nico%20Island/179/186/25 ) after Dominic Nico passed us each a pair of his hot new Jaded glasses/shades ($150L a pair).  Dominic's sunglasses are very detailed and realistic, as are Joella Nico's prim chains!

After all that shopping, Daphne and I relaxed by discussing how to wear a system skirt so that your ass doesn't look fat.  We also reminisced about some things that we (um, Daphne) said in SL that would get us (yeah, her) locked up in RL.  To close out the show, we swooned over our first male Avatar of Style, DayDreamer Langway!

Thanks for listening!

Daph and Tam

www.DaphneandTamara.com
Call us at: (206) 203-1318

Music in this podcast:
"Gone" by Black Lab, www.blacklabworld.com

Tamara and I are working away to get another show out this weekend.  We had a lot happen since the last show and we found several new places we want to tell you about.  Just a reminder if you have any comments, suggestions or just want to say 'Hi' call us!!!  Our number is (206) 203-1318.

You can also e-mail us at Daphne.Abernathy@gmail.com or Tamara.Kirshner@gmail.com.  We want to hear from you!

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-Daphne