Jelly Does Couture - Ung Ung Unf?

This is the new release from Last Call called Marlene from the Catwalk Collection. Ginny Talamasca has been working the Runway with these latest releases (Catwalk Collection & Catwalk Collection II). Out of both releases this is the only one I bought. It's prettiful and oooo the Olive trim is delicious. This is a workable-realish outfit and I would NOT associate it with couture (to my definition) or runway fashion. It's elegant & delightful.
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I have to admit the word "couture" makes me throw up a little. It makes me think of little children working in sweat shops with poor blistered fingers, dirty faces & low wages. To quote Laylah, "...the stuff in SL isn't real couture, It's a fluff-screen to make us feel special and a-list to make up for our walmart-shopping stay-at-home-mother RL." Yah, and I'm sure the Lu sisters don't run a sweat shop. :) Anywho the word 'couture' is causing acid reflux. The end.

Last Call is style - elegance - grace.

What is Mercury::Couture?

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Arrived in my email this morning. So I quickly log into SL to retrieve my invite. I have no idea who Wilhelmena Whitfield or what the hell Mercury Couture is. I did recall seeing a pic flash across my Bloglines as I sorted through all my morning feeds. This requires a double take... Low & behold I found: Mercury::Couture.

I read through the media links that include SL Fashion Notices, Fashion Victim, Second Style, and Shopping Cart Disco. Ah, okay I get it. It's a new emerging Couture House on the heels of the Lu sister's Paper Couture? And the fash bloggers know of this why? Oh yah, review copies. See, that's probably why I missed all this 'hype'. I told ya'll I was not a fashionista, didn't I? Haha! Duh! Why the heck was I invited? I am so freaking going, cause *I* can! Ha!!

I'm guessing I was invited because of Mean Girl status? Could that be it? I thought we were snubbed not invited? Wait, do Mean Girls have a "status"? Either way... stay tuned here or there, this sounds like a hell of a hootenannie. :D