What in Blazes…

Blazers and business shirts, a match made in Heaven! SF Design have released a new range of both and they look sensational.

The blazers are double-breasted and come in a range of lovely colours. The details on these are fantastic, I especially love the look of the buttons, very classy-looking indeed. The double-breasted blazers feature sculpted cuffs, collar/lapels and a bottom of the coat and they all come in two versions – one with a resizer script and one without. I didn’t need the scripted versions of them myself because I found that they all fit pretty much perfectly right out of the box. There’s also a skirt layer that you can use as the bottom of the coat if you don’t want to wear the sculpted one.

As for the business shirts, well they are just awesome. You’ve seen them in these pages before, some weeks back as a Monday Mania item, well now you can get them in more super colours. They go so well with the double-breasted blazers you would not be blamed for thinking them part of a set and not separate items.

However, as you can see here, they look just as good all alone. These shirts come on all layers so they can be worn as above, or by themselves, pretty much anyway you want to. The collar and tie come in 3 different versions: the long flexi tie, the tucked tie that you can see above or the version with a longer tucked tie. They also come with cool-looking sculpted cuffs and are just an all-round terrific piece of clothing.

These items are amazingly priced with the blazers costing L$200 and the shirts a stunning L$150, definite bargains and you should definitely head down to SF Design and add these to your wardrobe.

Get the gear here: SF Design

Have a Seat

Generally I’m not much on furniture collecting, I usually leave that in the capable hands of others. I just don’t really trust my own taste when it comes to home decorations. So, when Faith told me that .:Karma:. had a brilliant piece of furniture out for a group gift, I was pretty sure it would be good as she knows what she’s talking about.

Turns out that she was 100% right about this chair. After I joined the group, I snapped this up and took a look. It’s called the ‘Gentlemans Lounge Chair’ and it is pretty super. It’s part mesh so you’ll need a mesh enabled viewer to bask in its goodness. It comes with 3 male sitting animations and is suitably decorated with a newspaper and a glass of beer. Seriously, you can’t get much in the way of the perfect guy’s chair if you ask me. Aside from its wonderful male appeal, it really is a well made piece of furniture. The textures just look clean and smooth, which is just my kind of decor.

If you guys are interested in getting hold of this awesome chair, I’d be fast getting down to .:Karma:. as it will no longer be a gift soon. If you do miss out however, I’d still join the group as the new month will bring new gifts and if they’re as good as this, then you’re guaranteed to be pleased.

Get the gear here: .:Karma:.

Men Only…Again

Well well, the Men Only Hunt has begun again. This is the 2nd version of this super hunt, featuring a bucketload of amazing stores with some fantastic gifts to be found. I started looking tonight and struck gold with my first n0t-quite-random cab off the rank. Once I saw what I had I had to take a timeout from the hunt and show you guys.

Gabriel has long been a favourite store of mine, hence it not really being a random choice of places to start my hunting. Their amazing Men Only Hunt gift is every bit of clothing you can see in the above picture! Yes indeed, the tanktop, the jeans and boots are all part of the gift. The tank is mesh and looks brilliant, great texture and I love the splash of colour over the white. It comes in five sizes so I’m positive you’ll find one that fits you. Onto the jeans: the dark denim colour and worn-in texture of these are perfect. They are kind of a set with the boots as the baggy, bunched bottoms are a part of the awesome looking, loose brown leather workboots. Great detail have gone into these and the resizer script makes them all too easy to fit. All in all, I think the boots and jeans make a great combo and look terrific with the mesh tanktop.

This is such a cool outfit, I was super happy to get this and I couldn’t think of a better way to start off the Men Only Hunt for me. I’ll be heading back to it and showing you some more gear before it ends on the 9th of June. In the meantime, if you want to find out more, including hints and slurls, you can check out here: http://menonlyhunt.blogspot.ca/p/slurls-hints.html

Get the gear here: Gabriel

Follow the Sun

Guys, the weekend has come extremely early this Monday so get ready to hit the beach SF Design’s Monday Mania release: the Beach Boy outfit.

Yes, that’s right, you heard me. I said outfit. Today you can score this fantastic set consisting of a t-shirt and shorts for just L$25. I have to say I got a kick out of standing outside taking pictures in this über Summery gear considering we’ve only got like 3 days until Winter starts here…ah you have to love the magic of Second Life. Anyway, as I was saying – very Summer gear this is. Both the board shorts and tee have a lovely floral pattern on them that goes really well with the yellow colour. The shirt is really well fitted, I like the way it clings to your torso and it comes on all layers as well. The boardshorts feature sculpted cuffs in two versions: one with a scripted resizer and one without. Personally, I didn’t have to edit them one little bit. You also get a cute little drawstring attachment for the shorts which finish off the look brilliantly.

As I mentioned earlier, this set is an absolute steal at L$25. Remember that you can only get it at this special price for today only from the Monday Mania board located just inside the SF Design casual men’s section. Pick ‘em up and hit the beach boys!

Get the gear here: SF Design

A Perfect Game

Faith mentioned the other day about the Retro Swap Meet going on down at The Wash and the fact that there was guy’s stuff up for grabs, well, I had to head on down and see what was what. In a stroke of luck, the first stall I ran into was artilleri’s. Their retro gear always rocks and what they have for sale here is no different. I picked up this funky red and black bowling shirt and Clubmaster sunglasses for L$10 each!

The *diamonds* bowling shirt is an awesome looking casual shirt that can be worn in different ways as it comes on all layers. It also comes with a prim collar that fits perfectly and has two attachment points (neck or chest). The Clubmaster sunglasses have a great retro look to them, super details and come in a funky brown and gold colour. You get three versions of these sunglasses corresponding to three different attachment points, very handy.

After stuffing these purchases away, I took a stroll around the rest of the Swap Meet and happened across this shirt from The Little Bat. I have to admit it’s a very simple top, no prims or anything like that, just the jacket layer (one for guys and one for girls). But…but…but it does have the Atari logo on it and when it comes to games systems, the Atari is the epitome of retro for me as it was the first one I ever had growing up, I loved that thing. There was just no way I wasn’t snapping this shirt up. Besides which, it is still a pretty well made shirt with some nice creasing and it being black, it goes with just about anything and, well…Atari!

Most of the items you’ll find at the Retro Swap Meet are L$10 and, like Faith said, some even less than that. The word bargain isn’t even in it. You definitely ought to take a trip and check it out.

Get the gear here: The Retro Swap Meet

Working from Home

Where would we be without Mondays? The place to mourn the weekend gone by and where the weekend to come looks such a long, long way off in the distance. However, it’s also the day you know you’re guaranteed to find some good bargains in Second Life thanks to Monday Mania. For us guys, that means taking a trip down to SF Design.

This weeks offering is the super-cool Hamilton vest in black and green. Swaffette’s vests are some of the very few that look right on me and I really like the colour of this one, the black and green calling to mind deep, dark forests. It comes on the jacket and shirt layers in two-lengths for each as well as an underwear layer so you can tuck it in should you wish.

As always this great waistcoat will only set you back L$25 just for today. You can get it at this special price exclusively from the Monday Mania board located just inside SF Design’s casual men’s section.

Get the gear here: SF Design

Oh and by the way, the awesome desk that I sat down to write this little post at is one of the gems from The Mens Dept that I have previously mentioned in these pages. It’s called the Chisolm Desk Set and is from a store called POST. The details are fantastic and it really is a brilliant piece of furniture, perfect for your home office or bedroom or whatever. The desk lamp turns on and off and the desk also gives you the pen to write with (handy when you’re blogging) and coffee should you need one afterward. There are also different sitting animations for you to use. Right now it’s only L$150 at The Mens Dept, you should head down and check it out.

Get the gear here: The Mens Dept

The Bone, the Off-White, the Ivory or the Beige?

SF Design have the perfect shirt to start the working week off for this edition of Monday Mania: the beige Business Shirt with Ties. I love my business shirts, whether in SL or my real life, I’m a fan.

This shirt is super, the beige looks brilliant and the detailing is fantastic, especially the shading and creases around the chest and the buttons. It comes across all layers so you can wear this anyway you wish. You also get three versions of the collar with tie attached with this shirt: the long flexi tie that I’m wearing above and two tucked-in ties, one shorter and the other a bit longer. All three come with a script for resizing should you need them. The sculpted cuffs look sweet, not only do they fit perfectly but the cufflinks are gorgeous, going nicely with the colour of the shirt itself.

As always, this shirt will cost you L$25 for today only, for a shirt like this, that’s a total bargain right? You can get it at this price from the Monday Mania board which is located just inside the casual men’s section of SF Design.

Get the gear here: SF Design

Pale in Comparison

Faith has already told you guys about the Culture Shock event so I’ll not repeat what she said except to say what a great idea it is and that the cause is extremely worthwhile. There is a huge amount of stores and the place is always buzzing with people.

I’ve been lucky enough to be sent Akeruka’s Culture Shock exclusive skin, Antonio, to show you guys. As you’d expect, this skin looks as good as any you’d normally see from Akeruka with their trademark attention to detail well on show. Antonio is quite pale, obviously a little shy of the sun, but we can’t hold that against this skin because the tone of this skin seems to bring out those details I was just talking about even more. I really like the shape of the eyes and the face as a whole is very good-looking.

Antonio can be picked up for L$1800 and 50% of this will be donated to Médecins Sans Frontières so it’s definitely money worth spent as you not only get to look good, you get to help a worthwhile cause. Head on down and check it out before it ends on the 26th of May. Thanks Kaoz!

Get the gear here: Akeruka @ Culture Shock

Ramses the First

Welcome to your Monday at Pure Eggs & Spam. You should know by now that it’s not even close to being Monday until we’ve seen what Monday Mania goodies are up for grabs at SF Design. So, in that spirit of let’s-get-Monday-startedness, I give you the Ramses Sandals.

These sandals are so awesome, they don’t bother with any such things as foot shapers, no. They don’t need ‘em. Just wear the attachments and boom, these super sandals are on your feet and looking good. If for some reason they don’t fit, you can always resize them. They also include a handy HUD that will allow you to match the colour of the toes to your own skin, I was tremendously lucky as I seemed to have gotten the right colour right out of the box! There are 15 preset colours to choose from so I’m sure you’ll be able to find your own or you can tint them further with the colour pickers.

The Ramses sandals are wonderfully detailed, the white stitching around the straps especially caught my eye and for L$25 they are a fantastic addition to your shoe closet. Of course though, you can only score these sandals at this price today only from the Monday Mania board located in the casual men’s section of SF Design.

Get the gear here: SF Design

On a Wing and a Prayer

If you guys like your jewelery, I’ve got some great new group gifts to show you from Gabriel and +grasp+. First up is the Angel’s Heart necklace from Gabriel. This is a super piece, the details are fantastic and the use of angel’s wings to make a heart shape is lovely. You get two versions of this necklace, one is wearing the full heart like I have above, or you can just choose to wear one half of the heart, whatever you fancy. You also get a female version of the necklace in the pack that is transferable, how awesome is that?

After I grabbed that necklace I sped down to +grasp+ to pick this  Silver Lilly Ring up from their group gift boards. Another work of amazing detail, you have to zoom right on in and check this out close up when you get it; it looks fantastic in its dark metal. It slips right on as well, no minute fiddling around like I’ve had to do with rings I’ve had in the past. As with the Gabriel necklace, there is also a female version of this in the gift so it’s definitely suited for all comers.

So there you go guys, a couple of cool little items to spruce up your wardrobe that will cost you nothing, although the +grasp+ group does carry a tiny, tiny L$50 join fee. While you there, check out the other wonderful group gifts both stores have to offer and enjoy.

Get the gear here:
Necklace: Gabriel
Ring: +grasp+

Greener Pastures

A fresh new week always brings us some loveliness from SF Design for Monday Mania. This week’s offering is this gorgeously green Summer check shirt. Even as the cold weather creeps in down under, I can envision strong sunshine and warmth with this on, there’s just something about the colour that has that effect. The fact that it’s a great-looking shirt doesn’t hurt either!

This top comes on all layers so you can wear it underneath something if you can stand the heat, or just tuck it in nice and neatly. The sculpted collar and cuffs fit perfectly in both senses of the word, they look super. With each attachment you get a script resizeable version and one that has no script so no matter how you like to resize your stuff, you’re covered should you need to.

As usual, this shirt will cost you just L$25 for today only. You can pick it up at this special price from the Monday Mania board located just inside the casual men’s section of SF Design.

Get the gear here: SF Design

The Encore

While Faith was chillin’ prettily down by the water with her acoustic, I was sweating up a storm on stage with the electric. But still, I was feeling pretty cool in my new snakeskin pants from SF Design and so I just had to show them to you guys. Faith described these bad boys perfectly and since there’s not much difference between the guys and girls versions, there’s not much I can say except that these are awesome trousers indeed. I love the pattern and the colour is just perfect.

The price is right for you guys too, the usual Monday Mania bargain of L$25, so get up on stage with these snakeskin pants. They are available for today only at this special price from the Monday Mania board, located just inside the casual men’s section of SF Design.

Get the gear here: SF Design

A Pound of Flesh

Akeruka have released another fantastic skin to make you guys look great and it’s called Antonio. This skin was a huge hit at MensWear 2012 and it’s not a surprise to see why with it having all the hallmarks of Akeruka’s skins. The face is handsome but there’s a definite ruggedness there. The detailing on the body is brilliant as well, especially around the chest and abs with their awesomely defined muscles.

There are a range of options to choose from when you’re picking up this skin including 4 great-looking skin tone choices (I’ve got natural on here) and 9 different face options. Antonio will set you back L$1800 but it’s definitely a good price for such a super skin. Head on down and pick this up and take a wander around while you’re there.

Get the gear here: Akeruka

The Green Jacket

Have you always wondered what it feels like to wear the fabled Green Jacket? Well now you can find out for yourself and you don’t have to play four rounds of golf to do it. In fact, you don’t even have to pay a single solitary linden to find out because SF Design is giving away this gorgeous green suede jacket for their free gift this month.

The shade of green on this coat is really lovely and the suede look is fantastic. This jacket comes with two versions of collar and lapels, one with a resizer and one without as well as the same deal for the flexi jacket bottom which looks tremendous when you’re walking around (whether it be on a golf course or not). You also get sculpted cuffs, shoulder attachments (can’t bring myself to call them shoulder pads) and an awesome little daffodil boutineer which adds some great colour to the coat and looks cute to boot.

As I mentioned before, this sweet coat is free! All you have to do is head down to the SF Design casual men’s section and pick it up and the green jacket is yours! While you’re down there, you should also check out the Monday Mania item for guys which is the same polo shirt Faith is showing just underneath me here. You can’t go wrong today at SF Design, get on down there quick!

Get the gear here: SF Design

The Men’s Dept.

Thanks to the magic of subscribo news, I managed to find out about The Men’s Dept, a sensational new monthly sales event, chock full of great designers and a range of gear for us guys. Almost everything you see me in above, I picked up while I was mooching about there: hair, shirt, facial hair and skin, all bought from the Men’s Dept. and I didn’t pay over L$150 for any one item!

The hair is from one of my all time favourite hair stores: [Shag] and is aptly named ‘This Charming Man’ as you will definitely look charming in this short, neatly styled ‘do. You get three different colour tones with this hair and three matching hairbases to wear with them.

The shirt is from [Sleepy Eddy] and is gorgeous. I love my striped shirts lately and this one fits the bill oh-so well. There are a total of four different colours you can choose to buy for this fantastic shirt, I was so tempted to get more than one but settled for the coral in the end. It comes on multiple layers and includes the sculpted body part of the shirt as well as white sculpted collar and cuffs that both look brilliant and fit really well.

Last but not least is the skin and facial hair which both come from Fruk, a store that’s new to me but one I’m going to have investigate more closely if this is the kind of stuff they have lying around. For a crazy-good price (everything at the Men’s Dept. is sold at crazy-good prices) you can pick up this Knox skin. This has an amazing-looking face, youthful and handsome and I like the skin tone it comes in as well and the body looks just as good, not overblown with muscles but still nicely defined and a manly bit of chest/body hair thrown in for good measure.  I couldn’t buy this skin and not pick up the Stinger beard Fruk was offering right there, it’s such a good add on to this skin (or any other really) and comes in two tones: black or brown.

So you guys definitely need to head down to the Men’s Dept. and check it out. You will be well pleased with the gear on offer, I think there’s a little bit of everything just about. Go take a look while you can.

Get the gear here: The Men’s Dept