Quite awhile ago, I blogged the New Shoots showcase, which was designed to give new designers a platform to gain some exposure. Myllie Writer and Annah Whitfield of Persona and AnnaH Couture, respectively, have gained large followings since those days, and their talent, creativity and even a partnership between the two has grown in leaps and bounds since then. I still get hits on that blog post every single day (yes, I admit I stalk my blog stats to see what people are reading).

The first dress is Jaydie, by Persona, a frilly frock with 3 skirt length options in four colour choices, all of which remind me intensely of the eighties. Not that that’s a bad thing, though; on the contrary, I really like it. I had a lot of fun playing around with these dresses.

Annie, by AnnaH Couture, has gotten a few of the fashionistas excited to play with it, dressing it up or down. Of course, it’s a babydoll so I love it. Yellow is also a perfect colour to convey the Spring spirit after so many months of fall and winter wear (which I still love anyhow).

On the left, Persona’s Golden Dotty outfit was designer Myllie Writer’s RFL contribution, and we showcased it at our RFL FACES show. I love the hat, though it does require some experimenting and fiddling to find and fit a hair to work with it. I have to confess, I am lazy and also impatient so I just wore the first hair I could find where it didn’t require *too* much editing. And it goes perfectly with my black/yellow ChiChi’s.

The Itaparica outfit on the right, also by Persona, is one of my favourite Persona releases. Not only because I tend to like the more conservative and demure outfits, but also because I own a couple of pairs of pants nearly exactly like this in my real life. Yeah, I’m boring there too (but I’ve een having an insane amount of relaxation in my real life this week, and it’s been great). There are a few different colour choices in the pants, and several packs of colours for the shirts to choose from.

Annah Whitfield of AnnaH Couture recently (umm sorta recently) sent me a L$3000 gift card so I could test out her new gift card system. It was a great gift (thank you again, Annah) and I had a lot of fun shopping for new outfits and amongst her older works that I didn’t yet have.

I like leopard print stuff, so the Leopard Prints is perfect for me. It also went incredibly well with my patent leather and leopard print hobo bag by Celestial Studios, which I had yet to be able to wear, so that was also a factor too.

The red Samantha dress has a couple of skirt options, with the ever-popular Intelliskirt being one of them, in case you like spending time making sure your skirt will look proper when you sit down (I personally don’t care!)

One of my favourite outfits from AnnaH Couture is the black and green dress, Meredith. The texturing, the overall design, especially with the buttoned black belly thingie, is perfect. I adore it, but I just couldn’t bring myself to wear the matching green tights.

So I’m here until tomorrow’s skin fair, a brief SL return before I go back to RL for awhile longer to enjoy myself.