7-17 Van Kline
It is with more than a little pride and excitement that I am coming to you as the first ever male participant AND winner of the Closet Crisis Fashion Event. I had a fantastic time, and now that the bar has been set I’d like to see if any other guys out there are brave enough to step on the runway.
Van has a naughty body! The skin is “Dante” in pale, shaved, with eyeliner. My hair is called “Dare” in Red Sea and I’m wearing “Gabriel’s Eyes” in Light Blue, all by Naughty Designs. In my opinion, Naughty rules the world of men’s skin and hair; they are far and away the best I’ve seen.
My outfit started with the great pork pie hat. I recently saw “Pretty in Pink” for the first time, and I thought to myself, if Ducky had just had a little sex appeal, Molly Ringwald wouldn’t have gone for that cardboard joker at the end. That idea lead to this “punk rock prom” look. Both the hat and pants come from a cool period outfit called “Rudy” by VR Phlux. I love the high-waisted plaid pants and the pork pie hat speaks for itself.
The vest, t-shirt combo is called “Best Man” from Garbage. There are lots of nice, saturated colors with this pack.
The black tie was re-sized and moved to better fit the vest, and comes from the “Adulterer” suit by (say it, you know who) Casa del Shai. I wore this suit so much when I first bought it that I wore it out. It was fun to include a little piece of it to make this outfit.
The shoes…just look at these shoes. When it comes to footwear, the guys don’t get much - especially compared to the choices the ladies have heaped on them – but when I wear these white leather shoes from Redgrave I don’t care any more. They are perfect, they kill me, they go with everything, I’m going to get a pair for my actual feet right now!
Ok, the tattoos. I see a lot of tattoos out there that are pretty bad, art imitates life I guess, and I was turned off by the whole idea until I was shown this “Asian Theme” by Canimal. I own two other bitchin’ styles and I hope they make more soon. The color and detail is outstanding.
The piercings came as a set from DEEKS, and I think they’re nicely understated.
I’d like to thank my sweetie, Candy Lemmon, for helping me edit my attachments. She can do in two minutes what takes me half an hour, thanks babe!
Speaking of pretty girls, all of the ladies were telling me how their guys change their clothes once a month and never wear any of the cool stuff they’re given. What’s up guys? Afraid to look cool? Crack open your inventory and try something on!
It was a honor to have the opportunity to write for Closet Crisis. I’ll see you at the next event!
What I’m Wearing:
Skin – Dante in Pale with Eyeliner by Naughty Designs Naughty 80, 168, 24
Hair – Dare in Red Sea by Naughty Designs Naughty 80, 168, 24
Tattoos - Asian Theme by Canimal Canimal 210, 61, 26
Pork Pie Hat and Pants – From the Rudy Outfit by VR Phlux phlux 168, 163, 35
Vest and T-Shirt – Best Man in Red by Garbage Louise 66, 108, 651
Tie – From the “Adulterer” Outfit by Casa del Shai Deco 112, 152, 30
Shoes - White Leather Shoes by Redgrave SANDS Island 1 170, 100, 24
Piercings - Lobe with Industrial, Lobe with Spiked Helixes, and Double Lip
with Spiked Labret by DEEKS Endicott 215, 67, 505
Great post. Great style. Great to see a guy doing stuff in the fashion world!
FYI: best tattoos in SL are from EtchD. Period.
Wow, Van. What a great post. More, pretty please.
I’m very proud to have you as our first guy on closet crisis
You did great!
Oh man, I soo think Molly should have gone for Ducky, that guy was way to normal! What was wrong with her?!
Anyhoo awesome outfit, and awesome post. I still think it’s so cool that we finally got a guy and then he won. Wewt!
I like! More guys, moreposts, love it all
Thanks for all the nice comments everyone. I can’t wait to be guest judge. See you there!
Love the outfit especially the hat! Awesome that you’re the first guy on here! Congrats!
Grats Van!
would be cool to have a weekly post by Van…I mean why should Closet Crisis just be for us girls? Just my opinion
Van, my guy .Carrion Reve is just like the guys you talked about . I hope you do more blogs for the guys ,so they can dress as cool as you . good work .
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