Spring Bling! Fresh Fashion Photo Contest

Secondlife is running a fashion photo contest where contestants are required to submit an unedited/untouched photo of themselves in what they considered to be the “freshest” spring fashion trends in-world (in Secondlife).

The contest ends on Monday, March 19th, and public voting will be open from midnight March 20th to March 27th.  One grand prize winner will be selected and rewarded L$5000, while three runner-up’s will receive L$1000 each.

For full details and information on how you can enter, visit the contest’s official forum page. From there, you can also check out and size up all the competitors. LOL.

I think this would also be a good way for up-and-coming designers to promote their spring fashions and trends. Just snap a picture that best represent the designs and trends, submit, and voila, you’re competing for a chance to win L$5,000 (which is approximately $20USD).

Good luck!!!

Philip Linden Makeover Winner!

I don’t know if I should be upset, disappointed or confused as a blogger reporting on and following this so called makeover.

Apparently, Philip Linden (or whoever managed the Philip Linden Makeover contest) went back on his (or their) promise to allow public voting for the winning look of the make-over.  In an official SecondLife blog entry put out today, Melissa Linden announced Resident creator Mars Absent of The Abyss as the winner of the contest.

As you can see, there’s not much of a difference between the old and new Philip; it’s just a simple skin and hair update, if even that.  He looks a lot improved in the new age of realistic skins and hair, of course, but that doesn’t make me any less puzzled by the handling of the contest.

The contest was not fair at all; it strayed from the guidelines. It also demonstrated just how much (or in this case, little) Philip Linden was open for “change” and a new look.

And, frankly, if anyone wants to talk about professionalism, this look right here is anything but:

Try walking to a board meeting in that.

If I’m being perfectly honest (and I do have a sense of humor), he looks like a walking joke. (He’s standing in the picture, so a standing joke.) It looks like he’s trying too hard to look cool, hip and rock. The boots are nice, but there’s nothing all that much redeeming about the look. It’s just a revision/upgrade of the same-o, same-o:

The original Secondlife blog entry that announced the guidelines of the contest made it clear that Philip Linden himself would “choose his top favorites from the images you submit, then we’ll open the voting for the community to decide a winner.”  There wasn’t voting involved, as far as I can recall.  (And if there was, I will stand corrected.)

Secondly, if you check out all of the entries for the contest, you won’t be able to find that specific skin or look there. You’ll find a contestant that created a look with one of Mars Absent’s skins, but you won’t find that specific skin.

Hmmm…. What happened?

SOURCE: Second Life Blogs: Community

Make Over Philip Linden Contest

I know this may have little to do with what I usually blog about for Fashion Secrets, but I thought it’d be a fun contest for stylists or designers out there; it may even be a fun piece of information to marvel over.

If you’ve been following the Secondlife blog, you’d already know about this contest. But if you haven’t, continue reading/skimming.

During his SLCC keynote speech this summer, Philip Linden announced a contest to help him achieve a new look. And by the looks of his profile picture, if I may say so myself, Mr. Philip Linden is in much needed help. I mean, he’s still wearing system hair (definitely a no-no)! All I know is that he’s far from the fashionisto I’m used to seeing while out shopping. In fact, he still looks quite like a noob, and if he weren’t Philip Linden, I’m sure most of us would mistaken him for one.

Fashion isn’t every one’s cup of tea, of course. And I’m not bashing Philip Linden (he’s a very busy man). A lot of avatars just aren’t into looking fashionable, or even obsess over fashion the way I or you do. Well, I don’t know if I obsess over it; I just appreciate great designs. I love supporting designers, their vision, and mostly, I just like putting looks together. It’s like playing dress-up. Or the childhood pastime of playing with barbies.

The contest asks that you customize/create/style a head to toe look for Philip’s new avatar (everything from hair, skin, clothes, accessories, etc.). He will choose his top favorites from the images you submit on flickr and will open up voting to the SL public to decide a winner. The deadline is September 6th, 2010, at noon (12:00PM) Pacific Time. Here‘s the application with more information.

Philip asks contestants to be mindful that he still wants some essence of the old him in the new look. The main point, though, is that he needs an upgrade; a quality youthful skin, a great, flattering shape, some beautiful spiky hair, a stellar outfit…

As Philip is arguably one of SL’s most recognized and celebrated residents, his avatar appears on the pages of magazines, newspapers and websites around the world. So, if you’re a content creator for men’s fashion, the contest would definitely be an opportunity to help generate more visibility for your brand and designs. It may even be a great marketing strategy for your brand; I mean, should you win, your designs would be voted as the best for the creator and CEO of SL. How big is that?!

Other than having the “privilege” or “honor” to say that you dressed and styled the creator of SecondLife, there aren’t any prizes involved with this contest. Don’t ask me why they’re being so stingy (times are tough? LOL).