A few questions about fashion

yes! (to the last bit)

I *do* want to know why people are asking questions.

But yes, I will admit to being a knee jerk there.

Psst... Am again wearing my platinum locks

If you are a knee jerk, then so am I... As you saw, the thought that this was because someone was wanting to start a business isn't uncommon. Plus, the questions asked have been answered.. when they were asked individually

That single line says you have never set a foot inworld.

Go away. Us labrats are cranky and bite.

Thank you very much!
And thanks to the people who did answer my questions.

I am very sorry, I didn't know that this would become such an issue. I did spend quite some time searching online and on this forum, and also inworld, but it was hard to find specifik answers to my questions, so I just thought I might try it this way.

I have definitely no desires to start my own business. I'm a student of the master Comparative arts and media studies, and doing research on Fashion in Second Life. I'm using a classic theory on fashion from 1967, of Roland Barthes, and trying to apply it on the fashion system of Second Life.

I'm sorry that this became such an issue. I will edit my post, to make this clear from the beginning.

The opinions of 20 people (or thereabouts) is insufficient from which to form any conclusive basis for any research.

As others have said, you'd do better getting inworld and spending a lot more time there and figuring out how best to gain the answers to the questions you pose.

Instead of just asking a bunch of residents, you might find it just as valuable to go and interview the creators of some of the well known brands (and the not so well known), find out what drives them to create what they do since they are also influencing the fashions. That's just one example something else I think you should do.

I can see that SL is a fun topic for students to study and analyse, I haven't been here that long compared with some to have that "labrat" feeling though I have had certain other inworld experiences when asked to demonstrate certain pose balls so that they could write about *that* particular activity. Something which I refuse because I can predict the write up of someone who is clueless about SL and what it offers those who don't come from a Facebook background.

However, you would not expect to write up a research paper on say "povety in third world countries" if you were experiencing a privileged lifestyle and only did your research by asking the opinions of a few aid workers. Maybe i'm being harsh I don't know but SL offers you that chance to be a part of your research project, not just wear a white lab coat and peek in through a porthole viewing window. *shrugs*

Me too!!! I was still trying to figure out how an "appearance" *copes* with anything. *I* cope with things everyday: paying bills, taking out the trash, annoying people, traffic, etc. But I was still scratching my head on "appearances coping" when I'd been missing the obvious all along - just ask!

I am just totally crushed that I got lumped in with "several others." *Hrumph*

And my weapons of choice are a Mossberg shotgun and throwing knives, although I can be a bit more discreet with the knives.

Yes - Only person with more outfits than I have that I know of is Lil


Very - that is why I change outfits at least once a day.. sometimes as much as 6 times a day. The flavor of the time is very important to the outfit


Somewhat, although my SL self can be much more colorful, since I can change my skin color at will there.


Yes - lack of gravity and moral police not having arrest rights means I can dress how I want



Yes, again, since I can change the color of items in world soooo much easier, it gives me billions more possibilities.



Well, I get less trouble with the authorities..



If I could dress in RL like I dress in SL, I would become republican... for a hour, at least..



Yes, of course.



Of course.



Yes.. Chaos as a style is so very liberating!



Of course


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I feel each person should dress or not as meets their perceptions..

See below.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kokoropixie/

http://www.sluniverse.com/pics/Search.aspx?name=kokoro%20fasching

Just some of my outfits at various times when the camera was handy..

Since Marianne McCann hasn't stopped by yet, I'll post her standard reply on surveys:



A copy of which can be found here on response #33:

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It does help to know what you're looking for.

Have you looked at any of the second life fashion blogs?

I'm very sorry, I didn't think I'd do any harm with my questions.

First of all, I'm very thankful to anyone who answered. Second, thank you Sassy, I don't think you were harsh, just helpful.
The questions posted here were not meant to be presented as hard evidence and to draw solid conclusions from them. It was just for myself, to get some better insights.

I can see now that this was not the right place, but I didn't know that. I felt like: people who are annoyed by these kind of topics could simply ignore it and not reply, but apparently people have nothing better to do and rather respond with equally annoying answers. Well, I think that's just sad.

You can again respond to this, I'm sure there are people who love to say something, but I won't read it. Just let this one die.

Again: thanks for the answers!

And P.S.: Sorry about the "cope" question, I changed it and forgot to adjust that

I can just second what Seven says. Have you found any Second life fashion blogs? Have you seen Thalia Jie, Mourna Bizou, Ana Lutetia's blogs? Or Winter Jefferson, Bronson Twine? Have you seen any of the Flickr groups with only pictures from Second life?

Some of your questions sound like you don't understand how Second life is different from Real life. It is not limited to age, bodyshape, gender or even humanity. I can buy a african skin, wear dark brown eyes and braids. Or a pale skin, blue eyes and pointy elf ears. I can dress up in any possible styles, from warrior to night club dancer. I can be male or female. When I am tired of the human body, I can wear a werewolf, a fox, a dragoon... or a small rabbit. I can be a box or a robot.

Well I finally asked my appearance, and it claims that it has no choice but be dragged along for the ride. It did get a little melodramatic for a while, whingeing that I need to try wearing colours more frequently and that all this shapeshifting between human and fox was unsettling to its psyche.

I therefore conclude that asking is perhaps not a viable step, although it seemed grateful that I did finally ask.

You know what happened the *last* time an OP said that...!