I've been in SL© since 2009 and I got very interested in the fashion scene, especially how SL models performed.
It's in this blog's archives, everything I've observed, the many shows I've watched, some difficulties along the way at first, when I only took photos and didn't realize that some 'models' mistakes' , like prim editing were on my end. My viewer showed them looking 'weird' - I later learned people call that weirdness as 'ruthed avatars'.
Long time has passed and I'm ready to leave SL.
My main focus was always on modeling and their performance on SL runways.
To some new models, I'd like to ask? Are you familiar with the following names?
Dea Mills
Poptart Lilliehook
Kay Fairey
Mavi Beck
Dahlia Joubert
Jesika Contepomi
Kryptonia Paperdoll
Vixie Rayna
July Raymaker
Seashell Dench
Some of them you may know, others you have no idea who they are or were.
Several generations of new female avatars have started working as 'models' since I discovered SL in 2009 and they have no idea who some of the above people were and what they represented in SL's history of modeling with extreme quality, representing fashion as many of us see it in RL, portrayed in SL .
I'm about to retire from blogging, mainly because in all these years, what I have written here, my words, my photos and lately my videos, haven't produced any effect in improving new models' performance in SL.
There will always be avatars looking for 5 minutes' fame, so they join all sorts of pageant contests. This will go on forever.
There will always be 'models' posing like crazy , with no idea whatsoever of what elegance means in a SL avatar, just like they don't in RL , through their own real bodies,
Elegance is wearing a gown for them. Not true.
Fashion, ah that's a completely different thing, as is art.
One of the new generation models is sinontherocks. She was trained at Avenue Academy and now she owns Feroshsl [I hope I'm spelling it right ].
They had a runway show some time ago that was really pleasant and good to watch, because of the chosen models who actually walked.
Apparently, sinontherocks decided to give them the tag of 'supermodels'. I totally disagree with this for a specific reason.
If somebody gives somebody a 'supermodel' tag , that means they are professional models, I assume. Meaning, they are good at what they do. So, basically, they are models. They are supposed to be good. Period.
The rest, even with a model tag over their heads, that doesn't mean they are really modeling. It all comes up about how they perform on a runway. They can be in all sorts of 'model' contests, that doesn't make them professional models. They just want to be known in SL, which says a lot about their poor real lives.
I also mixed in the video you're about to see, another runway show with some avatars who obviously think that posing with a gown, without any elegance is a good job.
Eventually, it will be terrible for the client they are representing.
Nobody will want to buy those gowns, just because of a few female avatars calling themselves models, organizing some kind of 'fashion show' , walk and pose. They are not models, trust me on that!
In SL, designers and creators should really pay a lot of attention to whom they hire as models or model agencies to represent them on the runway.
Comparing the two runway events will show you why it makes no sense giving professional models the tag of 'supermodels'. There are models and there are those who aren't. That's pretty much it.
In the group of female avatars wearing gowns - I can't call them models, because they aren't - there is one that almost got to be MVW this year. Understandable, indeed.
This only speaks of the quality of MVW Organization and the panel of judges who looked at those girls, through a period of several weeks. I won't say her name, because she isn't a model at all. She is absolutely terrible at posing, walking, she has a regular pretty avatar. Nothing special about her.
How low can the modeling scene get, when a beauty pageant almost selects a regular pretty face to be the winner of a beauty pageant?
Anyway, moving on to wishing you all a New Year full of professionalism and fun, responsability in your jobs as models.
Some things will never change in SL, I can see that now.
At least, I hope new and aspiring models get proper training, new 'modeling schools', are popping up like crazy in SL, lately. Watch out for the training you chose as a model. There is only ONE model's academy these days, that can teach models the right way. Remember , I said MODELS, not pageant girls. It's totally different.
If you don't know which one it is, find it.
So, this is probably going to be my last post.
Through all these years, I've seen that whatever I post is not worth it. It improved nothing, it made no change in SL modeling scene.
The same atrocious female avatars keep thinking this is a game. It's not. Creators and designers spend hours and days of their real life time to present something, that is going to be showcased in SL.
A hint? SL models, if you think fashion is all about you. you have it the wrong way. It's about the clients you represent. It's about designers, collections, creations.
If you don't feel this, if you don't see this, then pageantry is really your thing. But don't say you are a SL model, cause you are not.
In this video, I added the names of several models that deserve their names published. Others, like I said, they are just pretty avatars in gowns, giving terrible examples of how a SL model's performance should be on the runway.
I bid you all farewell. Maybe one day, we will all meet. Or not!
I'm moving to other ventures.
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How NOT to be a 'supermodel' in SL©
I was appalled by a 'fashion show' I watched last month.
That was a huge big thing, excuse my repetition. It was a show with 'supermodels'(!!!)
Guess what?
Full of mistakes an avatar that is a model in SL© CANNOT do, even less if these avatars wear a 'supermodel' tag over their (many of them) regular heads.
A 'supermodel' cannot be regular.
A 'supermodel' cannot make ANY mistake that depends on her/him. NONE.
I found an environment that was 'famous people' friendly. The place was packed to watch a bunch of names. Yes, names. All those people couldn't be there for the quality of the models, you'll see what I mean in the video I recorded. Besides some editting I did, you can watch it close to the real time of the whole thing [it took more than an hour].
The question remains: why was the place so packed? The 'new generation' of 'supermodels' was going to walk in this show. Simple, anytime you want, create your group, create the supermodel, ubermodel, crackamodel, whatevermodel tag and that's it.
From severe posing mistakes that I simply cannot accept a 'supermodel' would do, they did.
From the disorganization of the whole set, which allowed several new avatars
(noobs, yes) to actually get closer to the models.
From the length of the show - it was too long and boring.
From the regular avatars that nobody knows who they are, without seeing their names - I mean regular 'beauty avatars'.
Everything screamed 'popular people' not 'quality models'. Is this the new generation of supermodels?
This exact same thing keeps repeating itself, I've seen this happen since I started blogging. It was exactly for this reason that I started this blog, years ago.
There were so many mistakes on the runways all over SL©, that the so called 'supermodels' even back in 2009, 2010, needed a wake up call.
Life repeats itself. Even the Second.
Avatars with regular faces, posing insanely with formal gowns, pose repetition, old walks that are really so old, that they shouldn't be used currently, posing with hands inside prims (!!!); their hands moving through their body structure [as if this were even possible for real, our hands don't go through the flesh and bones!].
I insist, these were 'supermodels'. The only 'male' model in the show, walked three times with the exact same walk; the irony of all this? His hands were always inside prims with this walk and this male 'supermodel' repeated the walk, every single time he went out to the stage! Why did he do this? Lazyness? Why do people even cheered all this? Because they are all popular names out there.
I really wanted to show all new models out there what NOT to do. These aren't 'supermodels'. This was just a bunch of people that got together, put up what they think a fashion show is and that's it!
If you don't fall asleep before the end of the video, try to watch it. My comments are there.
It was just insane to watch this. Insane and extremely sad to think that someone - new models perhaps? -may actually look at these avatars and consider them 'supermodels' and applaud them. Sad, sad, sad!
There were exceptions, though. At least three female models did well - under the category of the 'supermodel' thing.
But the rest? They were lazy in finding good poses, the male model was lazy to find [at least] one walk that would have his hand off the jacket or the shirt.
Mistakes a regular model shouldn't do were done , repeatedly. Here's is the answer, right here, these were regular models. Don't look at the tag, look at their behavior, their posing, their walking.
Years of watching 'fashion shows' in SL© and the same thing keeps happening, year after year; people cheer the names that are in the show, and among them all, maybe two or three models stood out in terms of quality [they too made some minor mistakes, but stood out]: Carley Benazzi, Meimei Shiu and Taylor Wassep.
In general, all of this was terrible! Terrible!
Only three female models were quite good, the rest were simply 'names'.
Tags don't matter. They never did! Just watch for yourselves.
[Oh and you're welcome, you have a full video of your 'show']
That was a huge big thing, excuse my repetition. It was a show with 'supermodels'(!!!)
Guess what?
Full of mistakes an avatar that is a model in SL© CANNOT do, even less if these avatars wear a 'supermodel' tag over their (many of them) regular heads.
A 'supermodel' cannot be regular.
A 'supermodel' cannot make ANY mistake that depends on her/him. NONE.
I found an environment that was 'famous people' friendly. The place was packed to watch a bunch of names. Yes, names. All those people couldn't be there for the quality of the models, you'll see what I mean in the video I recorded. Besides some editting I did, you can watch it close to the real time of the whole thing [it took more than an hour].
The question remains: why was the place so packed? The 'new generation' of 'supermodels' was going to walk in this show. Simple, anytime you want, create your group, create the supermodel, ubermodel, crackamodel, whatevermodel tag and that's it.
From severe posing mistakes that I simply cannot accept a 'supermodel' would do, they did.
From the disorganization of the whole set, which allowed several new avatars
(noobs, yes) to actually get closer to the models.
From the length of the show - it was too long and boring.
From the regular avatars that nobody knows who they are, without seeing their names - I mean regular 'beauty avatars'.
Everything screamed 'popular people' not 'quality models'. Is this the new generation of supermodels?
This exact same thing keeps repeating itself, I've seen this happen since I started blogging. It was exactly for this reason that I started this blog, years ago.
There were so many mistakes on the runways all over SL©, that the so called 'supermodels' even back in 2009, 2010, needed a wake up call.
Life repeats itself. Even the Second.
Avatars with regular faces, posing insanely with formal gowns, pose repetition, old walks that are really so old, that they shouldn't be used currently, posing with hands inside prims (!!!); their hands moving through their body structure [as if this were even possible for real, our hands don't go through the flesh and bones!].
I insist, these were 'supermodels'. The only 'male' model in the show, walked three times with the exact same walk; the irony of all this? His hands were always inside prims with this walk and this male 'supermodel' repeated the walk, every single time he went out to the stage! Why did he do this? Lazyness? Why do people even cheered all this? Because they are all popular names out there.
I really wanted to show all new models out there what NOT to do. These aren't 'supermodels'. This was just a bunch of people that got together, put up what they think a fashion show is and that's it!
If you don't fall asleep before the end of the video, try to watch it. My comments are there.
It was just insane to watch this. Insane and extremely sad to think that someone - new models perhaps? -may actually look at these avatars and consider them 'supermodels' and applaud them. Sad, sad, sad!
There were exceptions, though. At least three female models did well - under the category of the 'supermodel' thing.
But the rest? They were lazy in finding good poses, the male model was lazy to find [at least] one walk that would have his hand off the jacket or the shirt.
Mistakes a regular model shouldn't do were done , repeatedly. Here's is the answer, right here, these were regular models. Don't look at the tag, look at their behavior, their posing, their walking.
Years of watching 'fashion shows' in SL© and the same thing keeps happening, year after year; people cheer the names that are in the show, and among them all, maybe two or three models stood out in terms of quality [they too made some minor mistakes, but stood out]: Carley Benazzi, Meimei Shiu and Taylor Wassep.
In general, all of this was terrible! Terrible!
Only three female models were quite good, the rest were simply 'names'.
Tags don't matter. They never did! Just watch for yourselves.
[Oh and you're welcome, you have a full video of your 'show']
Another Fashion Show - new 'models', same mistakes
I've been following fashion shows for years; some of them , I managed to record in real time. They were too long and boring; recording the shows in real time showed exactly that.
I managed to record another fashion show recently. It wasn't as long as they used to be, but still you'll see how models take a long time to pose.
That is needed, you may say. There are other models trying to put their outfits on, there is lag, the model that is on the runway needs to wait, for the next model to be ready to come out. So far, so good.
What I noticed in this particular fashion show, was that the model that was on the runway, posing for quite a substantial period of time, would just stand there, using the same pose. You'll see what I mean.
Since I remember, it's painful to watch the way so many models walk and pose in SL©. Showing the movements live may help new models to understand that the way the audience sees the show.
Long time posing can be necessary. Why keep the same pose and just stand there?
I noticed these were inexperienced models in this show, as opposed to more experienced and trained ones, who know how many poses they need, to keep the audience pleased and nor bored.
The video is self explanatory and I wrote my comments in it.
The quality of the video edition isn't very good, although enough for everybody to see what I mean.
I won't tell who the models are, nor which 'agency' this is. If you haven't been in the audience that day, it'll be interesting to see if there are any 'recognizable' faces.
If not, right there, these models failed to do their jobs. Any avatar in SL© can look pretty. It's just a matter of spending some bucks in a nice shape and good skin, good hair, etc. Anybody can do that! However, I expect so much more from a model in SL©.
Some shapes were quite bad; poses, well, some were nice, others were really bad and seeing some of those models on the runway clearly wearing their AOs, only shows what I have been saying for years. These 'model' avatars need training, training, training. I researched a little about this group of people, including some 'models' in this show and it seems they TEACH models themselves (!!!).
Moving on.
A fashion show is exactly that- it's about fashion.
Some may agree, some may not about what I'm going to say next; I'm not writing about designers, however to keep the 'fashion' always present, I expect to see a show that blows me away, in terms of great SL© Models, the outfits they wear [it's about fashion, therefore, something new that we haven't seen before] and not a presentation of dresses and gowns made of flexiprims. That's completely outdated, even in SL©. I do, however, understand that if a designer pays, his/her items need to be presented. The best way possible, obviously.
Anyway, here is the 'fashion' show. Besides some editing, it keeps the duration of the event, once it started on the runway. Excuse my terrible machinima skills.
Some of my comments are written along the movie.
I managed to record another fashion show recently. It wasn't as long as they used to be, but still you'll see how models take a long time to pose.
That is needed, you may say. There are other models trying to put their outfits on, there is lag, the model that is on the runway needs to wait, for the next model to be ready to come out. So far, so good.
What I noticed in this particular fashion show, was that the model that was on the runway, posing for quite a substantial period of time, would just stand there, using the same pose. You'll see what I mean.
Since I remember, it's painful to watch the way so many models walk and pose in SL©. Showing the movements live may help new models to understand that the way the audience sees the show.
Long time posing can be necessary. Why keep the same pose and just stand there?
I noticed these were inexperienced models in this show, as opposed to more experienced and trained ones, who know how many poses they need, to keep the audience pleased and nor bored.
The video is self explanatory and I wrote my comments in it.
The quality of the video edition isn't very good, although enough for everybody to see what I mean.
I won't tell who the models are, nor which 'agency' this is. If you haven't been in the audience that day, it'll be interesting to see if there are any 'recognizable' faces.
If not, right there, these models failed to do their jobs. Any avatar in SL© can look pretty. It's just a matter of spending some bucks in a nice shape and good skin, good hair, etc. Anybody can do that! However, I expect so much more from a model in SL©.
Some shapes were quite bad; poses, well, some were nice, others were really bad and seeing some of those models on the runway clearly wearing their AOs, only shows what I have been saying for years. These 'model' avatars need training, training, training. I researched a little about this group of people, including some 'models' in this show and it seems they TEACH models themselves (!!!).
Moving on.
A fashion show is exactly that- it's about fashion.
Some may agree, some may not about what I'm going to say next; I'm not writing about designers, however to keep the 'fashion' always present, I expect to see a show that blows me away, in terms of great SL© Models, the outfits they wear [it's about fashion, therefore, something new that we haven't seen before] and not a presentation of dresses and gowns made of flexiprims. That's completely outdated, even in SL©. I do, however, understand that if a designer pays, his/her items need to be presented. The best way possible, obviously.
Anyway, here is the 'fashion' show. Besides some editing, it keeps the duration of the event, once it started on the runway. Excuse my terrible machinima skills.
Some of my comments are written along the movie.
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