I don’t actually know if I’ve ever blogged DollyRock before, and if I haven’t then that’s a bit of a snub to Cherry Cheevers-the owner and designer behind the brand-as her label ‘Dollyrock’ is synonymous with Second Life fashion and is one of the most well established emporiums on the grid, having been in existence since 2006. Cherry creates all kinds of outfits; formal, casual, evening and parytwear, fancy dress, shoes and accessories. She’s very dedicated and constantly releases new items to the grid, and has a huge fanbase in world. I’l be honest though, I guess the reason I’ve shied away from DollyRock is because a lot of the outfits aren’t really to my taste, which isn’t to dismiss the quality of Cherry’s wares, it’s just that they don’t necessarily always do it for me. (That’s fair enough- the grid would be a boring place if we all liked the same thing wouldn’t it?) As regular readers are aware, I have a particular hate for a certain kind of skirt, as well as babydoll dresses, and these often appear amongst Cherry’s collection. But my dislike for these items doesn’t mean that I automatically dismiss the rest of her releases, and I always make a point of checking out her new stuff. Cherry’s blog is excellent-full of colour and a great showcase for her work, and there’s a lot to see! For a start she does a cracking line in stockings, which no neko/emo girl should be without, and I really love Prudie which could best be described as ‘formally naughty’. I also rate some of her more ‘rock chick’ outfits very highly..I’m thinking Bailey in particular. When I received a new releases announcement on Sunday it was without hesitation that I tp’d over to check out the latest goodies in store, two ensembles called ‘Abigail’ and ‘Lynne’.
Abigail is really lovely and casual, the kind of outfit that you’d throw on for stroll on a crisp Autumn day. You know the kind of day I mean, when it’s a teensey weensy bit cold but you can still enjoy a little sunshine on your legs as you walk through the falling leaves.. Ah, how romantic! OK, so there’s a lot to love about this: for a start I really adore the texture that has been chosen here, It really does create a feeling that you’re wearing a warm, chunky knit and I love the great cowl neck prim attachment that looks very good indeed. No complaints there then, and I must mention the super cute detailing on the pocket, which features ipod earphones hanging loose with the briefest suggestion that there’s an I-pod touch stashed away in there! I love natty little features like that, plus Cherry has supplied the jumper with and without the earbuds so if you feel like going for that quiet stroll without anything sticking out of your pockets then you can. The accompanying pants are more than adequte, with the prim collar, cuffs and belt completing a very nifty casual look indeed. It’s great fun dressing this one up with my Panjen fingerless gloves and my Gritty Kitty Schmoops:) It’s available in four colour options which are all rather nice; I opted for the dusky pink ( no red or black alas) and I think it looks very well indeed, but what would make me really happy would be to see it in some Autumnal tones with different coloured pant options… just a bijou suggestion-ette there!
By contrast I was really disappointed by Lynne, Cherry’s other release. It’s a little black dress with a lovely hand drawn design which is what tempted me to buy it in the first place……the hand embellishments are very well rendered and look absolutely fine BUT when I added the babydoll skirt (yes I know I don’t like babydolls especially but I fancied a change) it just looked wrong, simply because the black in the dress and in the babydoll overlay don’t match. Now, I’m not technical enough to know why, but my guess is that there’s a reason they don’t match exactly, because I doubt that an accomplished designer like Cherry would let that one fly unless she absolutely had to. Fussy mare that I am though it just didn’t work for me. (I haven’t tried it in any other colour options so I have no idea if it looks better/worse in those) I’d still recommend that you check it out though, nothing works better than taking a look for yourself so please give Dollyrock a try by clicking HERE.
(Oh, and I’ll be talking about the uber-nommy skin I chose to compliment in a later post…watch this space!)
Abigail is really lovely and casual, the kind of outfit that you’d throw on for stroll on a crisp Autumn day. You know the kind of day I mean, when it’s a teensey weensy bit cold but you can still enjoy a little sunshine on your legs as you walk through the falling leaves.. Ah, how romantic! OK, so there’s a lot to love about this: for a start I really adore the texture that has been chosen here, It really does create a feeling that you’re wearing a warm, chunky knit and I love the great cowl neck prim attachment that looks very good indeed. No complaints there then, and I must mention the super cute detailing on the pocket, which features ipod earphones hanging loose with the briefest suggestion that there’s an I-pod touch stashed away in there! I love natty little features like that, plus Cherry has supplied the jumper with and without the earbuds so if you feel like going for that quiet stroll without anything sticking out of your pockets then you can. The accompanying pants are more than adequte, with the prim collar, cuffs and belt completing a very nifty casual look indeed. It’s great fun dressing this one up with my Panjen fingerless gloves and my Gritty Kitty Schmoops:) It’s available in four colour options which are all rather nice; I opted for the dusky pink ( no red or black alas) and I think it looks very well indeed, but what would make me really happy would be to see it in some Autumnal tones with different coloured pant options… just a bijou suggestion-ette there!
By contrast I was really disappointed by Lynne, Cherry’s other release. It’s a little black dress with a lovely hand drawn design which is what tempted me to buy it in the first place……the hand embellishments are very well rendered and look absolutely fine BUT when I added the babydoll skirt (yes I know I don’t like babydolls especially but I fancied a change) it just looked wrong, simply because the black in the dress and in the babydoll overlay don’t match. Now, I’m not technical enough to know why, but my guess is that there’s a reason they don’t match exactly, because I doubt that an accomplished designer like Cherry would let that one fly unless she absolutely had to. Fussy mare that I am though it just didn’t work for me. (I haven’t tried it in any other colour options so I have no idea if it looks better/worse in those) I’d still recommend that you check it out though, nothing works better than taking a look for yourself so please give Dollyrock a try by clicking HERE.
(Oh, and I’ll be talking about the uber-nommy skin I chose to compliment in a later post…watch this space!)
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