Menswear Fashion Week, June 10-18 2016

So if anyone of you have been wondering what Fordis has been doing all spring, here's your chance to see the amazing set he has created for the MWFW 2016. Let me give you a clue with an old movie quote: "Parigi, as the multilinguals say".

Here are three random thoughts that struck me when I visited the event yesterday and also dropped in at the the fun SL Radio Opening party with DJ Thorn and Esme.

1. My ass is - as always - too fat for Gabriel-pants, but I refuse to change it because it is perfectly perky and plump.

2. Yasum, which is a new brand to me, makes interesting attire in leather.

3. Kilts are naturally always haute couture, I am so going to drop in at Ohiomike's store, Ohio Kilt's, to see what he has been working on.

You can read all about the event here Siren Productions: MWFW 2016 (url), but here is a bit from the press release for this year's event:

"Siren Productions & SCALA along with Designing SL, Dope Magazine, ECLIPSE Magazine, L’HOMME, MENStuff, ModeLS Magazine, SL Live Radio welcome you to Menswear Fashion Week 2016 June 10th-19th, 2016! Menswear Fashion Week has been around for 7 years now bringing great men’s fashion, exciting shows, fun parties, and well dressed men to the forefront of the grid. We have some very exciting this planed as we jet set off to the capital of Haute Couture Paris France..

Take me to the MWFW 2016 (SLurl)

FRIDAY JUNE 10 
12:00pm SLT – 1:00pm SLT: Gabriel Fashion Show

1:00pm SLT - 3:00pm SLT: SL Live Radio Opening Party

5:00pm SLT – 6:00pm SLT: Olympus Underwear Fashion Show
Featuring: Vitamen, Fallen Gods, Nivaro, Ooh-la-licious and Zibska


SATURDAY JUNE 11
12:00pm SLT – 1:00pm SLT: Wicca's Wardrobe Fashion Show

5:00pm SLT – 6:00pm SLT: Paris Exclusives Show


SUNDAY JUNE 12
12:00pm SLT – 1:00pm SLT: ^^Swallow^^ Fashion Show

5:00pm SLT – 6:00pm SLT: MWFW 2016 Group Fashion Show
Featuring:  Diram, Bakaboo, F.A.T Fabulous & Trendy, E-Clipse Designs and Vengeful Threads


MONDAY JUNE 13
5:00pm SLT – 6:00pm SLT: MWFW 2016 Group Fashion Show
Featuring:  United Colors, Yasum, Breath, Vero Modero, RSC for Men and JFL Real Hats


WEDNESDAY JUNE 15
12:00pm – 4:00pm SLT : RFL Model Dunk Tank


THURSDAY JUNE 16
5:00pm SLT – 6:00pm SLT: MWFW 2016 Group Fashion Show
Featuring:  Zanze Men, EFM, PRISM for Men, Ohio's Kilts and 69 Park Ave


FRIDAY JUNE 17
5:00pm SLT – 6:00pm SLT: MWFW 2016 Group Fashion Show
Featuring:  Invictus, Oddity, BBS, Outlier, White City and Urban Wealth

                                                           
SATURDAY JUNE 18
12:00pm SLT – 1:00pm SLT: Akeruka Fashion Show

1:00pm SLT – 3:00pm SLT: SL Live Radio Closing Party

5:00pm SLT – 6:00pm SLT: Behind the Runway Show


SUNDAY JUNE 19
10:00am SLT – 4:00pm SLT: RFL Live

MWFW 2016 Sponsoring Designers
Akeruka, Gabriel, Wicca's Wardrobe and ^^Swallow^^

MWFW 2016 Associate Designers
A&D, BBS, DNA Cloning Facility, E-Clipse, F.A.T Fabulous & Trendy, Invictus, Nivaro, United Colors and Yasum

MWFW 2016 Designers
69 Park Ave, Bakaboo, Breath, Diram, EFM, Fallen Gods, flow, Ghost" Ink Tattoo, JFL Men's Hats, Ohio's Kilts, Ooh-La-Licious Skins, Outlier, Prism for Men, RSC for Men, Urban Wealth, Vengeful Threads, Vitamen, White City, Zanze Men and Zibska

Gay Archipelago: Recent Developments

While I have been taking a time-out from blogging for personal reasons, which I am sure will sooner or later spill into a post or maybe 263 of them.., life as we know it has gone on as if nothing had happened. (Now ain't that strange?)

A while back the Gay Archipelago welcomed three new member sims into their fold.

I am assured by several friends in the know at the Gay Archipelago that although the revised membership criteria that have been adopted may be different, they are by no means lower than previously.

About a week ago I received notification of a notice that reads:

GA SAYS NO TO NEGATIVITY AND LACK OF PARTICIPATION

The GA represents solidarity in the LGBT community, existing to promote and support member sims. A positive outlook and a desire to participate in GA events and cooperation with other members and the group as a whole are basic requirements. Regretfully, not all have such a positive outlook or wish to be a part of this. We are asking that Pine Valley Resort and Pandore leave the GA of their own accord or be ejected as of tomorrow.

Sincerely,
Weylin
Dextrum
Chade
Nikolai
Hiro

Whether or not the above mentioned sims had actually themselves decided to leave the Gay Archipelago before they were asked to leave or be ejected is a matter of contention.

As far as I am aware both Pine Valley Resort and Pandore left the Gay Archipelago within the designated timeframe. It is of particular interest to note that Pandore was one of the founding sims of the Gay Archipelago.

A couple of days ago I was also informed that Ohiomike Lockjaw had decided to withdraw his Lockjaw Isles from the Gay Archipelago. Ohiomike's decision interestingly enough has some repercussions on one of the members in the lead team, who will now have to find a new roll on another member sim to continue being a member of the lead team.

So, summing up the Gay Archipelago has won some new member sims and lost the same number. However I am told, by usually well informed sources, that the Gay Archipelago has av many as fifteen or more applicants who are awaiting approval on their membership applications.

SP Hugs 2-9

My beloved Tomais, with Hottie waiting his turn

Hottie B Lockjaw

Ohiomike Lockjaw

Kahvy Smith

Helene Dragoone

Her Royal Majesty The Queen of the Dutch in SL, BM Oh

Garrett Smith, with his Kahvy looking on

Kane Hawksby

Pride 2015 - Day 2, The Pride Parade

Franny Dean had outdone herself again. There were something like 73 floats and balloons/blimps in this years Pride Parade, some improved from last year but many new ones too.

The parade is always a highpoint for me, I simply love them! This year there were some initial problems to get the floats and blimps to rez due to lag, but nothing major or unexpected considering the amount of avatars that had assembled on the East and Main sims.

Sadly enough many of the floats went on by empty, so finally I could not control myself anymore but had to jump on. I am a hands-on guy and cannot stand and watch. Please don't bash me for only showing mostly pictures of myself in this post. 

The dykes on bikes float

"It's raining men" with Helene

The marching band, with Helene and Garrett

The CanCan float with Franny & Helene

The Disco float, with Kahvy, & Butch

The Gay Meeting Point float, with Fordis, JJ, Hottie, OhioMike and Bambi
if I remember correctly...

Halloween @ The Grove

Yesterday evening my old hubby Tomais and I dragged our weary bones over to The Grove for a bit of Halloween partying with DJ Hotboy "Hottie" Lockjaw.

Fordis, JJ & Hottie

My hubby and I

Talu (left), Mistico (?), unknown and PuPi

Thorn Andel & Esme Capello, scary aren't they?

Talu (?)

JJ and DJ Hottie

PuPi

Ohiomike Lockjaw and PuPi

Rylan Sirnah, between myself and hubby

Mistico - I think - to the far left...

JJ's Birthday Bash

Today is the first life birthday of one of the sweetest, most charming and kindest men in SecondLife, the talented photographer JJ Goodman. He turns thirty-something (...or is it really 41?).

Yesterday Fordis Flores and some other of JJ's closest friends had arranged a surprise party to celebrate him. Amazingly enough it actually seems that it was a complete surprise to him, none of all those invited had spilled the beans.

Samm Quendra entertained us with songs and sweet talk

WayneNZ and Holter

JJ and Hottie B Lockjaw

Ohiomike Lockjaw

Kahvy Sands and his beau Garrett Smith

Coop Router

Guyke, Tomais, Kahvy, me, Garrett, Kharissa Indigo and Larz Kas

JJ, Fordis and Slam Ballinger, Fordis bf

Gerard Renoir, Talu and Stephano del Piero

Samael & Cinta

Second Pride Hugs - Day 10

Levi Ewing

Joe Lycomedes

Ohiomike Lockjaw

Ohiomike Lockjaw II

Hottie B Lockjaw

Kaid Hawker

Mikey Adams

Jak Calcutt

Carl Paneer

Marge Beaumont

Dodo Ahanu 

Tasty Hastings-Vanbeek

Tomais Ashdene