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Seen on FM-Style: Classic Man | Cycle 15 - Task 4

Hello, it's me. Yes, Mireia. I've decided to honor that beautiful hashtag Judith created for me in last post, and adventure myself in the review of the last task. So, without further ado, continue reading if you want to know what contestants had to do for Task 4 and how they addressed it.


Cycle 15 - Task 4: Classic Man
What would your doll wear if it were a man? Create that outfit without changing the doll’s genre.

We both believe in genre equality and that both, females and males, should be able to wear absolutely WHATEVER THEY WANT, so it’s a quite free task. Just think about your personality and style and how a different body would change the way you dress and portray it without losing your stylish touch in the way.

For the inspiration album we have chosen a-gender (gender neutral) outfits but feel free to do it your way.

The Origin.

This task was taken from Task 6 - Cycle 11. The winner of that cycle was one person who is competing in this Cycle 15! Rawan aka bornthiswaay. She was amazing during all the cycle, and I think she's the first winner that is repeating taking part on the competition once again. Exciting, isn't it? You can check if you want the Imgur Album from Cycle 11 here: Cycle 11 Imgur Album.

Cycle 11 was already one of the "good" cycles, where in every task contestants surprised us week after week. We also had the judges doing example outfits to show contestants some examples of what we were expecting. That translates into a huge amount of outfits I could share with you in this part of the post. I will try to stick to only 5, and sorry, my doll is in there but I think that outfit was cool. 😎💃🏻

mirdith (sorry, that's me); janetteLow (you'll see her down there as well); CoralCool91 (another Cycle 15 contestant); 

bornthiswaay (I swear I'm not doing this on purpose, they're just so good); MissAngelFace. 

The Inspiration.

The Judges' Examples.

The Contestants' Entries.

 

Well, well, well... Where to start... 

First of all I have to say that even though Judith wrote a very open description, most of you sticked to the stigmas of what is for guys and what is for girls, and I think I speak for both when I say that we would have liked to see some more out of the box outfits. But with that being said... 

I love pandaribbon's outfit with her using typical "feminine" pieces and still rocking the outfit, kelzsprouse_1's description in where she stated things like "I honestly don't see a huge separation because 'male' fashion vs 'female' fashion" or "I added a bag, because why the hell can't males wear and use bags!".  Then we have MajkaStar1999 with a powerful message on her tee and kickherout with an amazing use of socks in there. Alma1902 surprised us with a very luxury summer outfit and dobrapogoda stayed true to Barney Stinson and his use of suits. Some others opted to go for literally man's clothes to create their outfits (the_chuba, miss.privacy, LoveFotinh, janetteLow, CoralCool91) and bornthiswaay has created yet another stylish masculine outfit. 

I would also like to put in here Fede's words when judging pandaribbon's outfit, where he stated: 

"I appreciated the fact you used long nails, fur and glitters that too many times are defined only for girls. This help to break down the stereotypes. EVERYONE should use what he/she likes not based on gender stereotypes of any kind of stereotypes." 

I have to say that my personal favorite this time has been Janette (janetteLow) and her outfit with Johny Depp vibes. I think her doll looks super cool in it and I can picture both genders totally wearing that. Then I gave the next best score equally to Michal (MajkaStar1999), Maurice (kickherout) and Rawan (bornthiswaay). Even if Michal's outfit is a bit more simple, I think it looks very good and little details like the denim shirt poking out of the feminist tee make the outfit more special. Maurice has captivated me not only with the socks, but with those layers on the top part, Chanel bag included. And Rawan... she's always doing very different outfits that are still so cool and fashionable and this time wasn't less. That black and white outfit with the blue coat and all this masculine details like sneakers+socks, short hair with a cap and the shorts make her outfit one of the bests. 

Judges seemed to agree partially with me, as first position went to bornthiswaay, then janetteLow and then miss.privacy (that thanks to the extra point she got on the first position on the charts once more). And then finally we have MajkaStar1999 and kickherout in 4th and 5th positions. 

Luckily for our contestants, someone dropped out of the cycle which let us not having to eliminate none of these talented people (yet). So, to all the contestants, give your best for next task! And to all the people watching... keep enjoying the cycle and feel free to comment your favorites or your opinions in this blog's comments or directly into our Stardoll club: FM-Style. 

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Shopping: Velvet Orchid

Hello beloved readers of the Stylish Stardoll Sisters! Here I'm again to do something similar to what I did some days ago with another shop on the Starplaza: RIO. There are some shops out there that have been there forever and the clothes they have are... curious. My job here is to show you that we can get nice pieces even from the ugliest most curious stores.

This time is Velvet Orchid the store I'm gonna explore, due to popular demand...

First of all, I have to say that it's been way more easier than RIO. I mean, when I came into RIO everything looked so tacky extravagant and in Velvet Orchid there are some basic clothes like cute tops and denim that are a must in every closet. Browsing through the store I realised I own a great variety of things, check out for yourselves:

Between them are some pieces that I've used A LOT. For example the black pants (MUST HAVE), the grey top that is great to use underneath jackets, the ripped denim jeans for urban outfits or that golden jacket that does wonders finishing outfits. Then there are other pieces that I've bought because... starcoins. I'm talking about the silver pants (worn on a Street Style post recently), the iridescent skirt or that white-greyish sweater. The rest of items I think they are pretty cool and even though I haven't used them much, I'm proud of outfits I've made with them. The long dress is beautiful and basic, so you can use it being the center piece of your outfit or add tons of accessories on top. The sandals/boots/transparent shoes are very Kylie Jenner and even if I may or may not regret buying, they are original and with a bit of effort you can do cool things with them. Finally, the fringed jacket is very Macklemore style and it's a bit hard to style for the shape, but looks cool (outfit here). (And I almost forget those golden shorts that I think I bought once at Christmas, because they were gold... Do not buy those. No need.)

Then, there are some pieces that I'm always using when creating outfits in Starplaza that I plan on buying relatively soon.

For example, this two shoulder bags are perfect to end up outfits. The transparent small bag is perfect for when the outfit has already too much going on, and the comic bag is perfect for the opposite reasons, when your outfit is a bit boring and needs something to pop up. Then we have these furry boots that I think they look very original and even though I haven't created anything with them yet, believe that as I'm buying them sometime you'll see what I do with them on here. The latex socks come from one outfit I saw from Whitney (strobarycake) where she used them to create a pair of thigh high boots. I'm gonna show you how in the outfits below.

And finally your favorite part (I guess). Where I adventure myself in the dark world and try to do outfits with the rest of pieces that you can find at the floors of that hideous curious store in Starplaza. I'm kidding, there's actually some more items that are pretty cool and that I may end up buying.

I have to confess that I was not very inspired, I definitely think you guys can do better...

Share with us your outfits with Velvet Orchid in the comments below! 

Between the outfits we like more we will be gifting you one of the Velvet Orchid items you used in the outfit (make sure it's on your wishlists). 

LAST DAY TO SUBMIT: April 29th

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