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Mer-culture has increasingly emerged as one of the more distinctive subcultures in Second Life. While I’m no expert in this area, this merman AV by Tekeli-li! caught my eye as a particularly creative take on the merperson - this isn’t your ordinary half-man, half-fish, but half-man, half-*angler*-fish. In short, it’s a merman meant for the sea’s deepest waters and trenches.

Tekeli-li! has very thoughtfully incorporated the angler-fish’s little bobbing light, and also included a rather ferocious-looking angler-fish pet, in case your merman gets a little lonesome while diving in those dark depths. Also included are an AO, spear, as well as the shark’s-teeth accessory set (necklace plus bracelets).

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Style, Photography: Domch Raymaker

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I love being surprised in Second Life. When I tried on this shirt, I looked at it without even thinking that it was amazing how the belt showed behind the shirt like this. Once I thought about it, I realized the only way to have the belt appear this way, as if you tugged the shirt up a bit to show the buckle, was to have the belt be part of the shirt. I love this! I haven’t seen anything like this much. I think it’s unique and really, really well done. The design on the front of the shirt is intricately drawn. I haven’t tried yet to read all the words in the background…

These black capris are great, too, a a nice soft, baggy pair of pants. The sculpty cuffs are realistic and well done, not looking like a tube stuck around your leg.

Sark Lane has expanded his shop, Insomnia, after relocating from the upstairs of Zona Cero. He’s expanded his inventory tremendously, and this black choker is one of the new items at his shop. It’s sleek and simple, black and silver with a blood red teardrop. Resizes easily if you don’t have a big thick neck.

Again I’m showing the Porn Star slip-ons, this time with the large skull design. These shoes continue to be a great bargain, considering all the options available to you — patterns, colors, sizes.

Truth’s Jared hair, this time in Sable, and this black rubber multiple rings bracelet set from Mhaijik Guillaume, finish off today’s outfit.

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Style and photography: Perry Proudhon

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Today new tattoos from negko Design and Devol!

Negko DeVinna (for Negko Design) always makes of his creations something special. His skins and tattoos bring to the customer more than a product, but also a story, a tale. His inspiration for tattoos is made of Polynesian classics, Chinese patterns and his special touch of ultra-modernity. Those tattoos show lighter zones, as if partly erased. Why? What for? You can write your own story about these tattoos. That very fact is the sign of true art!

I won’t forget to mention that negko tattoos are seamless. You can count on the fingers of one hand the designers able to do that…

The tattoos come in many versions. You can mix and match them with each other. They come in as many layers as possible. Price range is from 49 Lindens to 249 Lindens, following the amount of layers in the pack (from simple gloves to full body tattoos). They are no modify, copy and no transfer.

Kaori Masala is a japanese designer. Under her brand Devol, she offers japanese style tattoos. Here you are in the kingdom of realism, with pieces looking like the most classic Japanese tattoos. You are discovering today her last creation, Fish and Sea, showing a fish with all its movement figured. 230 Lindens, copy, modify, no transfer.

Silk is from The Silk Raven (Solange Cerveau). I don’t give Solange credit for her huge work on it, since I haven’t shown even a tenth of what you get in the pack! Short and long version of the loin cloth, also sheer version of it, bracers, chest danglies, circlets, armbands… etc. A mere 21 pieces in each color pack! Everything is copy and modify. You can choose from many colors, your favorites for 550 Lindens each!

My model for today is “Aidan,” shape by Vasean Talamasca for Flesh Peddlers. 200 Lindens for a modify skin is a very generous offer. If you don’t feel able to build your own shape, use a good one like this one, and please don’t spend a fortune on it!

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Negko Design: Tattoo 53: scorpio haka

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Devol: Fish & Sea Tattoo

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Negko Design: Tattoo 50: Lomu & Tattoo 54: Warrior Soul

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Negko Design: Tattoo 52: Dragon haka

Style, Photography: Ben Vanguard

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Last week, two of my dear SL friends gave me a sweater, telling me they had seen it and immediately thought of me. They said I “always wear stripes.” I guess I hadn’t realized just how much I loved striped clothing in SL…maybe it’s because I appreciate the difficulty of designing with stripes.

Either way, I loved this sweater the minute I tried it on the first time. From the simple design to the excellent choice of colors (it also comes with grey, brown and green stripes), to the whimsical name — “nobody makes a cardigan with pink stripes” — what’s not to like?

Guerilla Gobo has a good sense of color and design…the stuff is unique and fun. I’ll show more of Heartattack & Vine’s items in the weeks to come.

The Porn Star slip ons, menu-driven to change size, color and pattern, are fun and easy to use. At 495L, they seem prohibitively expensive, but seriously, it’s like buying a limitless supply of shoes because of how many combinations you can have. Very much worth the price.

Finishing off this outfit, Mhaijik Guillaume’s Spring Cord Bracelet Bluez and the Spring Cord Necklace Bluez, and Truth’s Jared hair in sable.

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I was asking a Singaporean friend of mine, Junz Darkstone, where he’d gotten that delicate, ethereal skin of his, and promptly received an LM directing me to eXceSs. My curiosity was piqued - I’d not heard of eXceSs before, and teleporting in, found 2 really well-styled guys conversing with each other (Bvrve Cremorne, whom I’d later discover was the powerhouse designer behind Monogrind!, and Johansson Sicling).

There are some styles that I know I can’t do half as well as the people who are really into a particular niche culture - the neko (cat) and kitsune (fox) look chief among these. Johansson, on the other hand, seemed to have gotten the kitsune style down beautifully; his androgyne appearance perfectly complemented the Japanese origins of the neko/kitsune style - and then there was that lovely swishy tail of his! I promptly IM-ed him, found him wonderfully open to being featured on SL Men, and the fruit of that conversation is this post.

To achieve his look, Johansson started with the twitchy fox ears and tail from the Aventity Fox AV, as well as the black sweater and skin from eXceSs. He opted for long hair, reasoning that it would go well with the pale skin and the turtleneck collar, and chose a deep blue so that this would form an interesting contrast with the general gray/black base. The torn and stained Nekogear jeans, belted army boots from ShOOz! and wired legwarmers from Primitive Design helped provide a bit of aggro to balance out an otherwise feminine ensemble.

Also noteworthy is the belt from Monogrind! - there are so many grunge/emo/punk clothing and accessory stores out there, but Bvrve Cremorne still manages to make his items distinctive and special. Definitely worth a visit.

P.S. Johansson DJs at the Body Shop, an *ahem* gentleman’s club, on Wednesdays and Fridays, from 10 p.m. to 12 midnight, SLT, so go catch him there if you want to see more of his tres chic dress sense in action.

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Style: Johansson Sicling. Photography: Domch Raymaker

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I’ve been online so little these past months, I wasn’t able to show you all that I wanted! Truly sorry for that…

So, a few months late, I’m showing you the last creation for men by Solange Cerveau for “Solange.” These “Winter wool” packs offer a sweater and pants. Three color packs are available: Brown, Black and red, Charcoal and black. In each of them, you will get a tucked and untucked version of the sweater (on the shirt and underpants layer for the tucked one, on the jacket layer for the untucked one), plus three pre-sized collars, and a pair of wool slacks.

Solange’s textures are among the finest; I know she spends dozens and dozens of hours working on them, and work always pays! I chose to show you the red sweater, my favorite, with the charcoal pants from another color pack, to let you better see the details of the texture. The black one is as good, but like every black item in sl, it shows less details.

Everything is copy-no transfer and, of course, modify. 250 Lindens per color, 500 for the three of them. Note that you can get complementary sweaters, sold without pants, for 150 Lindens per color (blue, green and gray are available).

Let me introduce today new items from a brand new designer in world, Rodney Trenkins for “Republik.” This guy seems very promising. His first items are really interesting, especially his accessories in my humble opinion. I can’t wait to see more stuff from him! Today, take a look at these “Fight club” sunglasses and this nicely textured sculpted bag with a cool form. Both are color changeable by menu. I won’t forget to mention the prices are pretty nice! So refreshing after having seen a bunch of newcomers with delusional prices for not so savvy stuff! If you haven’t already, you definitely need to take a look at this Republik shop!

I’m showing the last creation from Kavar Cleanslate for EXILE, “Jonah,” shown today in “autumn” but obviously available in one of the 30 nice new textures offered.

To finish the outfit, I chose the nice “Spencer” from Shiny Things, one of the first sculpty shoes available in sl, and a ring from Guillaume pour Homme. Enjoy!

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Style, Photography: Ben Vanguard

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