Final Day Tomorrow - Come out and show your support!

Well we have finally reached the end... today is the last day for the Stylista Festival. It has been an incredible, fun and inspiring few weeks. We have had so much fun with great live music, spectacular fashion shows and some brilliant events. Unfortunately though, all good things must come to an end and we have one last day of fun filled things to end this baby with a bang! This will be the party to end all parties! So come on down just follow the link.

THE LAST DAY LIMO!

Starting from 3pm SLT, we have Mankind Tracer playing live for you. Harper Messmer starts playing at 4pm and believe me you do not want to miss these two sensational musicians. Bring a friend and hit the dance floor, or two friends.....we don't mind! The party goes on with Cylindrian Rutabaga at 7pm... and then a DJ from 8pm-10pm. We really want this party to go off, so please TP those friends in!

Something else that might be of interest is that on the last day there will be a gift giver. That's right a gift giver that is giving away gifts for just being there to show your support. It will be giving out gifts worth up to L$8000 every 2 and a half minutes!
These gifts are great free gifts! Clearly if some are valued at L$8000! So yet another reason to come down and enjoy the music and you might just walk away with a gift valued at L$8000!

The amazing One-Of-A-Kind auction finishes at 9pm! These creations which include everything from gowns, jewellery to even skins are by the ever so talented designers;

(photo taken by: Tillie Ariantho - flickr link)

*Sky Everett - Sky Everett Designs
*Samsara Nishi - Sam's Secret
*SySy Chapman - SySy's
*Amutey DeCuir- - Bliss Couture
*Anubis Hartunian - Anubis Style
*Nardya Rousselot - Atelier
*Katlaya Greggan -Beauty Design and Fashion
*Raven Pennyfeather - House Of Rfyre
*Elettra Gausman - Orage Creations
*Clio Cardiff - Clio pret-a-porte
*Alexandar Vargas - by Alexander

(photo taken by: Tillie Ariantho - flickr link)

If you would like to see these and perhaps have a bid, make sure you get into the lobby before 9pm! Please remember that 100% of sale price will be donated to Make-A-Wish Foundation. These are One-Of-A-Kind creations so you can own a piece of history people!

The Stylista Festival has been an amazing collaboration of music and fashion, spanning nearly three weeks in one of the most beautiful structures on Second Life, the Patch Thibaud Auditorium. It has featured over 50 of Second Life's fine live artists, over a dozen DJ's, many fashion shows, a one-of-a-kind design auction, a Celebrity Date Auction hosted by Studio Red and various parties and activities in between it all.

This incredible festival has been to benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation of America. 100% of all sales and donations will go to the foundation. The Make-A-Wish Foundation of America is an inspiring charity so every dollar we can raise to help is fantastic and will make a huge difference. So please come out on the last day and help make one more wish possible for a child with a life threatening illness.

Every $L counts and lets make this last day, the most incredible event! Dig deep and lets do all we can! Thank you to everyone in advance!

Thanks
Jennaa Loire xoxo

Make-A-Wish Charity Auction.

I have noticed a lot of interest in this e vent so I thought I would give you a little taste of what is happening with the Second Life Celebrity Charity Auction for the Make-A-Wish foundation by "A Studio Red Productions" on Sunday, December 28, 2008 from 1pm to 5pm SLT.

View the catalog with participating auctionees online at the following URL: issuu.com/studioredevents/docs/make-a-wish_charity_auction

Ladies and Gentlemen, the time is drawing near ... You are Invited to SL's Celebrity Charity Auction 2008 to benefit Make A Wish Foundation! Sunday, December 28th from 1pm to 5pm, at the Patch Thibaud Auditorium ... 21 Celebrities - 4 Sims - 1 Great Cause!

Keep your eyes open for the auction catalog coming your way momentarily, and if you have not received one yet, just drop me an IM in world and I will pass one along. The catalog showcases all of the celebrity auctionees, with the most amazing photographs taken by Absinthe Primrose and Aldero Akami.

Absinthe Primrose flickr: click here
Aldero Akami flickr: click here

Please pass this stunning catalog along to your friends, the more money we raise, the larger the impact we make in the lives of children desperate to receive that one last wish!

LIST OF FANTASTIC PEOPLE UP FOR AUCTION:

Aleida Rhode: Model, Photographer and shoemaker.

Boe Cortes: KMADD Agency Model and Photographer.

Cazzo DeCosta: KMADD Agency Model and DJ.

Chalice Carling: Miss Australia 2009 and Professional Print/Runway Model.

Clyde Saunders: Model and Photographer.

Devon Dinzeo: Men's Clothing/Shoe Designer and Builder.

EmmZ Tzara: Miss France 2009, Stylist Instructor & Lead Model.

Frolic Mills: CEO of BOSL, Boulevard Models & Miss Virtual World.

HarMonica Aabye: Spokesperson for the Costa Rica Sims and Model.

Kyrinnia Desmoulins: Model, Skin Designer and Blog Writer.

Lacey Alderson: Miss Czech Republic 2009 & Top Model for Boulevard.

Mimi Juneau: CEO of Mimi's Choice.

Nardya Rousselot: Exceptional Genius and CEO of Nardcotix.

Payton Heron: RUNWAY Magazine's 2008 Model of the Year & Supermodel.

Poptart Lilliehook: Supermodel & CEO of Modavia Marketing & CMO of LBD.

Pup Witherspoon: Designer, Builder, Sim Developer & Landscape Design.

Raven Pennyfeather: Content Creator and CEO for The House of RFyre.

Rawly Rousselot: Builder, Writer, Estate Manager & Professional Pain in the Ass.

Sensuality Cordeaux: Superstar DJ, Supermodel and Actress.

Tiffany Dragonash: Miss Finland 2009, Model, EFA Executive & Writer.

Vixie Rayna: COO of CAPTURED, Model, Stylist and Writer.

So make sure you come out and show your support for this amazing cause, and you might even walk away with a date with a SL celebrity! Thank you to all the celebrities for donating their time and I can't wait to see how much we can raise for Make-A-Wish foundation. The Make-A-Wish foundation does inspiring work and grants a wish to a child with a life threatening illness every 40 minutes!

The Make-A-Wish Foundation traces its beginning to one boy’s wish. In 1980, 7-year-old Chris Greicius was being treated for leukemia. Every day, he dreamed of becoming a police officer. "It's been 25 years since my son Chris received his wish, and I am still amazed and inspired how one little boy's dream to be a policeman has touched the lives of so many thousands of people".
— Linda Bergendahl-Pauling,
Mother of Chris Greicius

If you would like to read more about Chris's journey and the beginning of the Make-A-Wish Foundation, please head over to their website.

The Make-A-Wish Foundation Website

Looking forward to seeing you all at the auction!
Jennaa xoxo

Electronic Sunday!

Any one feel like having a party? Then Sunday is the day for you at the Stylista Festival!

We've got DJ's spinning from now for another TWENTY HOURS!!! That's right 20 hours of non stop music! The Patch Thibaud Auditorium is now home to Electronic Sunday, organized by real life celebrity DJ Andy Moon.


I am here at the moment and it's packed, not to mention the awesome music that is playing! This crowd is loving it!

So if live music isn't your thing, then come on by for a great club atmosphere, bring your friends and please give generously to Make-A-Wish!

The lovely and always gorgeous Stylisa Hosts will look after you, and help you with anything you need. So please if you have a question, do not hesitate to ask, that's why we are there. Just look for the tag!

There are blue donations jars all around the Auditorium so make sure to drop some Lindens in there, every one of them counts! Now get down here and bring those dance moves with you!

LM If you need a ride, see you there!
ELECTRONIC SUNDAY

Jennaa xoxo

Music for everyone.

Just a quick post to let you know about today's fantastic music Lineup for the festival. So have a look below and come on out and join us for another great day full of talented musicians! Please just follow the lm below.

THE LOBBY

11 AM - Anek Fuchs

12 PM - Davecorbett Darwin

1 PM - Blindboy Gumbo


2 PM - Russell Eponym

3 PM - Michelle75 Breen

4 PM - LvnCboy Haystack

5 PM - Debi Latte

6 PM - Strum Diesel

7 PM - Gina Stella


Please don't forget to give some L$Lindens while you are there. Just place them in the blue donation jars and remember that it is for a fantastic cause. Since 1980, the Make-A-Wish Foundation® has enriched the lives of children with life-threatening medical conditions through its wish-granting work.

"Make-A-Wish makes a huge difference in kids’ lives. When there isn’t a cure, there is still something positive in their lives to look forward to".
— Joanne, Primary Children’s Medical Center Social Worker

Please keep checking the blog for updates, there are a heap of things coming up. If you would like anything added to the blog, please drop me a note card (Jennaa Loire) in world, and I will get it up as soon as possible. Have a great day and enjoy the awesome music.

Suprise presents, fashion and music.

Have you found the surprise gift boxes in the Stylista Festival Lobby yet? I am totally addicted to them and I think they make the perfect Christmas present to give to someone.You can buy a surprise gift for L$1000. Each surprise gift situated on the table in the center of the lobby is valued between L$195 to L$8000, so it is kind of like a lucky dip. You may get something worth less than L$1000 or you might be lucky and get something valued a heap more. What I like about it so much is that you are donating to a wonderful cause as 100% of sales from the surprise gifts goes to Make-A-Wish Foundation of America.Let me give you an idea of some of the designers and shops that have items you may be lucky enough to receive from the surprise gifts.

ZAARA
JCNY Collections
TRUTH
Blacklace
Maggs & Albert - Fine Jewellery
Prinz Photostudio
A&F Photography & Graphics
Nicky Ree
SySy's
K Design
Long Akward Pose
K & S Jewelry & Accessories
Furniture StyleCraft
Jewelry by Jake
Ztique
LBD - LeeZu Baxter Designs
Apple May Designs
PERSONA
Elate!
J Style.
Bax Coen
Stellar Designs

The surprise gift boxes are vanishing fast and it's only the third day of the festival. More than half of them are gone! So hurry on into the lobby and grab one up for yourself, or give it to someone else as a present. Please remember, after you pay for your surprise gift to take it from the table. We don't want you missing out on your goodies! There are landmarks to all the stores and designers' shops that have donated to this fantastic cause. So if you like, grab a landmark as well. The amazing One-Of-A-Kind creations are there also and are still open for bidding as well as the limited edition items that are available for purchasing. So come on in and have a look.

The Festival has certainly started with a sensational action packed few days. We would like to take this chance to thank everyone for making the start of this incredible and worthwhile festival so fantastic! On December 12th there was the One-Of-A-Kind Fashion Show at 3pm. Which was held at the BOSL's Patch Thibaud Auditorium.The models looked breathtaking, the gowns were stunning and the turnout was sensational. Jonas Lunasea performed lived and to perfection at 4pm. Jonas will be performing again on Friday, December 19th so don't miss that! Then there was the New Release Fashion Show at 5pm which again was brilliant. Everyone did an amazing job, and the gowns were divine. So a massive thank you to everyone who participated, donated and helped out.

On December 13th we were very fortunate to have a Chambre du Chocolat Fashion Show at 1:00pm at the BOSL's Patch Thibaud Auditorium. The show presented the Eshi Otawara's Winter/Spring Collection, her first release under the new Eshi Otawara label. This show was just breathtaking, the models were gorgeous, the runway looked amazing and the gowns were exquisite. I really have to mention Eshi Otawara's Limited Edition “KABUKI” is now for sale in Eshi Otawara's shop.
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Blumfield/237/194/27.
Only 4 Limited Edition “KABUKI” dresses will be available for purchase for L$50,000. I have never seen a gown like this, and you would be crazy not to go and look. It is inspirational!

After the Eshi Otawara show there was 5 hours of LIVE music. That's right you heard me, 5 hours of LIVE music. People were dancing, enjoying the music, making new friends and having the most important thing....a great time! The amazing and very talented artists that performed were;

Noma Falta
Damian Carbenell
Show Spitteler
Dale Katscher
Jax Streeter
Harper Messmer

On December 14th there will be 10 hours of LIVE music starting at 11am, so make sure you get there and have some fun and please remember to drop some Lindens into the donation jars that are all around the venue. This really is an amazing charity that grants wished to children with a life threatening illness. Every Linden makes a difference!

Can I also please ask if anyone wants anything added to this blog, information, photos or even a link, please drop me a notecard 'in world' and I will get it up as soon as possible, thanks. Looking forward to seeing you soon.

Jennaa.

Black & White Formal Event

The Stylista Festival is off and running after the opening night VIP party which was held this evening, the 10th of December 2008. This fun filled evening kicked off at 6pm and was held at the Patch Thibaud Auditorium. There was plenty of dancing as DJ Z performed from 6pm, Jonas Lunasea from 7pm and The MidKnight Auer Quartet from 8pm. You can check out some of the snaps I managed to capture above.

This event was held to thank all of those who have made this fantastic festival happen, and for us all to kick up our heels before the hard work ahead. However am I going to cope? Seeing all the fashion shows, attending the live music and the bidding on wonderful items and even people....it's really going to be hard (please note the sarcasm)lol. Many people have donated their time and effort to making this festival the best it can be, not to mention the designers who have spent their valuable time making the amazing creations that will be featured in the fashion shows throughout the festival.

Numerous designers have generously contributed some amazing "one of a kind" creations and this evenings black and white formal event was also held to unveil these sensational donations. I can tell you now that these creations are just amazing! Everyone gathered around with much anticipation waiting to see the gowns revealed one by one by RubyStarlight Writer.
These incredible and very generous donations will be auctioned off, and are available to bid on after the One-Of-A-Kind show. They will be available to bid on in the lobby of the Patch Thibaud Auditorium. It's quiet simple, just follow the LM below, enter the lobby and you can see the gowns displayed. Simply choose which gown you would like to bid on and pay the box. If you are outbid your money will be returned to you and you can choose to big again if you so desire. The auction ends on December 30th so make sure you get your best bid in before then.

The amazing One-Of-A-Kind creations which include everything from gowns, jewellery to even skins are by the ever so talented designers;

*Sky Everett - Sky Everett Designs
*Samsara Nishi - Sam's Secret
*SySy Chapman - SySy's
*Amutey DeCuir- - Bliss Couture
*Anubis Hartunian - Anubis Style
*Nardya Rousselot - Atelier
*Katlaya Greggan -Beauty Design and Fashion
*Raven Pennyfeather - House Of Rfyre
*Elettra Gausman - Orage Creations
*Clio Cardiff - Clio pret-a-porte
*Alexandar Vargas - by Alexander

If you would like to see these and perhaps have a bid, please follow the LM below.
100% of sale price will be donated to Make-A-Wish Foundation.

THE BEST OF SL BOULEVARD ., THE BEST OF BOULEVARD (66, 66, 3015)

There are donations jars starting to appear everywhere so please, drop some Lindens in where you can, and make a difference.

So where to from here? On December 12th there is the One-Of-A-Kind Fashion Show starting at 3pm. Auction for the designs featured will begin immediately after the show. This is a fantastic chance to come and see these stunning gowns in the flesh, and pick out which one (or ones) you are going to bid on. At 4pm, Jonas Lunasea performs live for your listening pleasure. This is one performer you do not want to miss. Then to finish the day off there is the New Release Fashion Show at 5pm. Come and check out these hot new releases and enjoy a sensational fashion show.

Please check back to this blog for regular updates on what is going on with the Stylista Festival and please remember to give generously.

Jennaa.

A Message From RubyStarlight

I just wanted to share with everyone a little backstory about how The Stylista Festival came to be. It's been a very surprising and fast moving road for me as this event has taken shape and for those interested, I thought I'd share it with you.

Last year at this time I owned a small beach, Kismet Cove, and got inspired to do something for charity. Normally, in RL, I buy toys for Christmas Angels through the Salvation Army, but at the time I wasn't working and just couldn't afford to do it. So in Second Life I decided to host a month long fundraiser for Make-A-Wish Foundation of America® at my beach. My goal, was $250,000L and I contacted as many creators I knew of from JD Hansen to Stroker Serpentine. It was a struggle, having never hosted such a thing before, and in the end we raised $100,000L, and I admit I was disappointed.

So this year I knew I had to do something bigger and more planned. So I started thinking I'd rent an open-space sim to hold it on. Alas, open-space sims have avatar limits. But there was NO WAY I could afford to rent a full sim for a month, I knew I'd have to have someone donate it. So I contacted Rezzable, told them my idea, and amazingly they responded quickly and loved it. Of course there was a catch. Rezzable only donates a block of 4 sims and they must all be used for the event. So basically I had to come up with something so big that it would span four sims. I had NO idea how I would pull that off. I was just a regular girl, a hopeful model waiting for the Miss Virtual World callbacks (at the time Miss SL Universe), with ZERO contacts. But I wanted this to happen. So I contacted the most powerful and public person I knew of; Frolic Mills.

I knew of Frolic of course because I had entered into the Miss SLU pageant and had been paying VERY close attention to The Best of SL community, getting to know the names of the "who's who", going to parties and all that. So I got brave and dropped Frolic a notecard, telling him what I wanted to do and asked him if he and The Best of SL would sponsor this event. The next day I logged on to an IM response from Frolic and a friendship offer (I nearly fainted), and he asked me to contact him when I logged on. So I did (of course) and Frolic said to me that he would love to help me out, and that instead of worrying about the Rezzable sims, that once Miss SLU is over with, I can have full use of his brand new 4-sim theatre being built and that I could do whatever I wanted in it for my fundraiser. WOW! I was FLOORED! I admit I was totally star struck, probably thanked him about 1000 times like some crazed fan and then proceeded to bother him every day with questions (go ahead and ask him what a pain I am!).

From there I started planning events and ways to raise money, coming up with names of designers and such. Then Frolic mentioned to me that I would absolutely have to get official Make-A-Wish backing. Uh oh. I had no idea what that would include, but I called them up (they coincidentally are based in Phoenix, AZ, near to where I live), we spoke and after 3 weeks of waiting, they approved the event. I met with them in person on November 3rd where I gave a demonstration of Second Life to a boardroom full of executives and parts of the legal team (yes I was crazy nervous) and together we created Wish Sharple, the avatar set up to take all donations for the event.

So now here we are, over a month later, getting ready to kick off this event that I and so many others have been working night and day to pull off. With a goal of $20,000US, a lot of support, amazing talent, dedicated volunteers, and a magical cause, I know we can make SL history with this event. Thank you all who have participated and who will participate, and I will see you on December 12th to get this party started right!!

Much Love,
RubyStarlight Writer