M is for Myg

“Wall Street” is your favorite movie?
You have a huge poster of “The Firm” in your bedroom?
You can spend 6 hours looking at the NASDAQ quotations without blinking?

You can’t say a sentence without “ROI” or “LBO” inside? You awake screaming in the night because you had a dream about a financial audit?

This post is for you!

Today I am gonna describe two kinds of look: the standard business one and a subcategory, the mob (mafia) one. This is the first post about a complete look, and I will give some tips about everything you need–clothes, shoes, jewelery, hairs, accessories…the works!

To take advantage of my best advice to create your perfect look for business, read more.A good business look is simple, firm and should impress your partners. The success key lie in the simplicity and color code.

Clothes
We can have a debate on the “dress or no dress” issue. For me, business style is pants, period. A feared business girl will always wear pants, and won’t use her legs to soften her business partners…she will use her brains and charisma.

If you still wanna wear a dress, please follow this advice:

1. Hemlines should be knee length or longer. Miniskirts are not only inappropriate they scream, “do not take me serious!
2. Color does not have to be limited to dark colors but remember the rule - if you have to ask yourself “Can I?” then don’t.

Now, time for shopping!

Musashi-Do has a very good business pack, with 3 outfits (grey, black, blue), 12 or more shirts, and same number of ties.

Very simple design (single color texture), but the result is pretty good. You can multiply the possibilities by mixing shirt and tie color…and yes, girls can wear ties!

The shirt and tie color, another complex debate. Basically, I would advise you the following:

1. Always wear a tie that is darker than your shirt.
2. Wear a conservative tie with subtle patterns or solid colors.

If you want something more stylish, or you wanna have an outfit with a dress, I would recommend you the DE Design casual/formal area, they have some fantastic outfits here.

For a mob look, you should head for stripes. I would recommend you Nyte ‘n Day (already featured by Mode Premiere). They have some pretty good striped outfits here.

Mischief’s business section is also to be checked.

Shoes
For shoes, you can go with your standard, formal shoes, but I will recommend something more aggressive and eye catching. Even for a strict business look, you should have something that brings attention. Try some short boots (the kind you can wear with a pant), with high heels.

My favorite: the Solange Fashion, “Stilleto.”

These boots are so good, you can wear them with many looks. One of my best investment in shoes I have ever made here! You can wear them in short version, with pants, or tall version, with a skirt or a dress.

Haircut
Short one, that’s it! Long hair is for hot babe, not for a business woman! But short can be very stylish. Head to ETD and check the new “Couture” collection. They have some perfect short haircut for that style, the best in my opinion.

Animation
Most people forget about this but a good look is not only about what you are showing (clothes, haircut) but how you behave… and a first step is to have some stand-up poses that fit with your look.

As much as 90% of your communication is done without words. Gestures, facial expressions, and posture provide information about a person’s emotions and relationships with others. This is also true in SL: You can have the best business outfit on you, if your AO is a submissive one…then that’s how you will be seen - a doormat!

Go to Outrider Animations and look on the animated poses wall, some of them will fit perfectly.

Another tip: use the ZHAO free AO tool, and do some specific scripting, one per look or way of behaving…trust me, soon, your friends and relatives will understand in which mood you are quite fast .. *grins*

Accessories
Follow one of the following rules when accessorizing for a business look:

1. The 5 Piece Rule: Wear only 5 accessories - earrings count as 2; watch counts as 3, allowing 2 additional accessories, or…
2. The 13 Piece rule: Wear only 13 accessories remembering to count each button on your suit front and sleeves as individual pieces.

Regardless which rule you follow, the meaning is clear, do not over accessorize.

Need a watch ? Go to SteinWerk :

If you wanna wear some jewelery, definitely choose some discreet and classic, no bling. Jewelry should be keep minimal and conservative. And that means no facial piercing except earrings. They should add a subtle touch to your look but definitely not be the eye catching.Mob style: Take a look on my Accessories post, and choose a nice hat, black or white, according to your outfit. I have also this new shop, Erika with some good ones! You can add some sunglasses, mirror or black.

And a gun! Shoulder holster is the best - you can’t go wrong. And, if someone is looking at you with a glance you dislike…shoot him ^^ Ask Myg if you need some advice!

Lisa Takao, Moneyshark

This entry was posted on Thursday, March 29th, 2007 at 10:54 am and is filed under Accessories, Animations, Clothes, Hair, Mode Premiere, Shoes.