New Release: Fall Ballet Collection

SPIRIT brings you ballet for every day wear in the fall with the new Fall Ballet Collection. This collection features 6 autumnal shades of brocade overlaid with rich, vibrant baroque style details.

Each outfit set comes with the following parts to offer you up to 36 different outfits for just $500L...

- corset and briefs
- 2 sculpted sashes
- 3 sculpted sleeve styles
- flexi tutu/skirt
- 2 resizable scripted traditional short tutus, 1 with and 1 w/o tutu arm pose AO built in
- 2 romantic length flexi tutu/skirts, 1 scripted with SmartSkirt to self-adjust as you move, run, walk, stand, and sit
- sculpted ballet slippers with 2 styles of ankle laces, Fancy and Pro

Also available separately are...

** Fall Collection Ballet Boots - 6 coordinating colors of sculpted brocade Ballet Boots, each featuring gold satin ribbons and bows and the signature SPIRIT logo charm hanging at the back of the heels. $300L per pair.

** Fall Collection Tutu Sweet Purses - 6 sculpted corset purses featuring small replicas of the fall collection's corsets complete with a row of faux pearls down the back, plus tiny gold tutus as trim around the bases and the signature SPIRIT logo charm hanging at the front. $200L each.

Available now in the Ballet room (far left side of the store) at SPIRIT, the store for everything cheer and dance! And be sure to join our new Subscribe-o-matic group (which won't use up one of your SL group slots or spam you with group chatter) at our store's landing point, and receive a set of 6 free SPIRIT Skins 2.0 with makeups that coordinate with this new Fall Ballet Collection!

New Release: Danse Macabre Collection

In the dark tradition of gothic lolita with a ballerina twist, SPIRIT introduces the new Danse Macabre Collection. This dark ballet collection's first release, just in time for Halloween, offers 3 outfit sets.

Striped Paisley set

Ribbons N Bows set

Bows N Lace set

Each outfit set comes with the following parts to offer you up to 36 different outfits for just $500L...

- corset and briefs

- 2 sculpted sashes

- 3 sculpted sleeve styles

- flexi tutu/skirt

- 2 resizable scripted traditional short tutus, 1 with and 1 w/o tutu arm pose AO built in

- 2 romantic length flexi tutu/skirts, 1 scripted with SmartSkirt to self-adjust as you move, run, walk, stand, and sit

- sculpted ballet slippers with 2 styles of ankle laces, Fancy and Pro

Available now in the Ballet room (far left side of the store) at SPIRIT, the store for everything cheer and dance!

Spring '08 Ballet Collection Now Available!

After a LOT of hard work, the Spring '08 Ballet Collection is now available at SPIRIT in the backstage dressing rooms (use the Dancers' Dressing Rooms teleport sign when you first arrive at SPIRIT to get there quickly). This is a huge collection filled with a ton of mix and match items perfect for both ballet classes and performances AND everyday wear. It includes...

-- Ballet Class Sets with:
* Leotard upper (can also be worn as a tank top) on 3 clothing layers
* Leotard lower
* Sheer shrug on 3 clothing layers
* Sheer wrap skirt (system skirt)
* Flexi skirt
* Sculpted Pro Ballet Slippers

-- Ballet Tutu/Corset Sets with:
* Corset with front and back lacing
* Briefs
* Traditional (nonflexi) tutu in both Arm Pose AO and unscripted versions
* Flexi tutu/skirt
* Romantic (longer) length flexi tutu/skirt in both SmartSkirt scripted and unscripted versions
* Sculpted sash in both short tutu and long tutu versions
* Sheer bell sleeves with flexi ruffles
* Sculpted short puffed sleeves
* Sculpted long puffed sleeves with sculpted bows
* Sculpted Pro Ballet Slippers
* Sculpted TuTu Sweet Purse (also available separately)

-- Ballet Boots in Black Leather, White Leather, and Floral Print, each in all 9 colors

Freebie/Dollarbie - For one week only, the Ballet Boots in White/Cream will be available for just $1! Do NOT miss out on picking up a $300L pair of these boots for just $1L!

SPIRIT Updated Ballet Class Outfits & New Shoes at Show Tomorrow

Couture Chapeau, Jojo Designs, and SPIRIT have teamed up to present An Italian Hat, a unique ballet-themed show featuring Chigadee London's Spring/Summer 2008 Collection of fabulous hats, jewelry by Jojo Designs, and updated Ballet Class Outfits with new skirts plus brand new Sculpted Pro Ballet Slippers from SPIRIT!

The show starts tomorrow, April 4th, at 4 pm SL time on the terrace at Couture Chapeau...don't miss it! SPIRIT's Ballet Class Outfits 2nd Year featuring the new Sculpted Pro Ballet Slippers are available now on the first floor at Couture Chapeau, but will be removed after the show, and it might be a while before they are officially released at the SPIRIT main store.

Here's the SLURL, see you at the show!

Irish Step Dance Collection Now @ SPIRIT!

6 hours of sleep a night, times the last 3 days, makes this designer one tired woman!

But I'm really happy to announce that at long last, all you green lovin' Irish step dancers now have a collection of highly authentic goodies at SPIRIT!

The Irish Step Dance Collection begins with a release of velvet costumes, shoes, hair, skins, a $1 set to celebrate the upcoming holiday, AND animations! Here are the details and pics...

Irish Step Dance Velvet Costumes...available in 6 colors (crimson, blue, green, purple, black, and silver), features a soft velvet texture overlaid with gold celtic appliques. Available in both adult and kid sizes, each set comes with:

- Top on 3 layers

- Flexi skirt with traditional large box pleats (adult set comes with skirt in 2 sizes)

- Briefs

- Traditional Poodle Socks

- Back Shawl

- Black leather Sculpted Irish Step Dance Soft Shoes with laces that wrap around the ankle and tie in a bow with flexi ends

Irish Spirit I Hairstyle...available in 16 shades, sold in packs of 4 for $300 a pack. Features a smoothly gathered crown that erupts in a riot of tight flexi curls that bounce with your every movement. In front, a velvet and gold tiara is scripted to change to one of 6 textures at a touch, so you can coordinate your hairstyle with your SPIRIT velvet dance costume.

Sculpted Irish Step Dance Soft Shoes...these are also available separately in case you want to pair them with other outfits you already own. The shoes are sculpties textured in black leather with tan leather insoles and tiny black laces that criss cross up through loops on the tops of your feet to wrap around your ankles and end in bows with flexi ends. Included free in every Irish Step Dance Velvet Costume, or sold separately for $200.

Freebie Set! This special set is ONLY available for $1L from now until the day after St. Patrick's Day, so pick up yours from the SPIRIT Dance Theater stage before March 18th! Available in adult and kid sizes. Included in this huge dollarbie set are...

- Irish Step Dance Velvet Costume in Green top on the shirt layer

- Irish Step Dance Velvet Costume in Green flexi skirt (adult set has two skirt sizes)

- Briefs in Green

- Irish Step Dance Velvet Costume in Green back shawl

- Plain White Socks

- Black Sculpted Ballet Slippers

- Irish Step Dance Skins in Irish Green Makeup (all 8 skin tones)

Irish Step Dance Animations...10 Irish step dance animations and poses in this set allow you to pick out one or two for photography purposes for just $75 each (look for the red pose stand in the center of the SPIRIT Dance Theater stage to try and buy them individually). Or look for the vendor sign on the stage just behind the animation/pose stand to purchase the entire set for $500 (that's a savings of $250!) AND get the Irish Step Dance Animations HUD included in the set for free! The animations/poses are all modify/copy/no transfer so you can put them in poseballs or animation overriders without fear of accidentally losing them. And the HUD (which you wear like a menu sign on your screen) lets you perform the step dance animations and poses at the click of a button on the HUD...so you can dance to your wee heart's content anytime, anywhere, and even put together your own Irish step dance reels without having to know anything about animations or choreography! Get together with others who have one of these HUDS as well, and you can even perform as an Irish step dance team! And when you get tired of dancing and need a rest, just click on the SPIRIT U Animations logo at the top of the HUD to stop any animation or pose.

Don't miss your chance to pick up your awesome Freebie Set available for $1 only until Tuesday the 18th! You can find all currently available items in this collection on display on the SPIRIT Dance Theater stage (SPIRIT Kid items are in their own dressing room backstage, farthest room on the right). Be sure to try out the quick and easy teleport board now set up to your right when you arrive at SPIRIT...it'll save you time and get you to each area of SPIRIT super fast!

Ballroom comes to SPIRIT with a freebie!

This week's new release is two basic ballroom dress designs inspired by ballroom dresses worn in the hit ballroom dance competition tv show Dancing With the Stars!

First up is the Ballroom Peasant Dress.

This outfit features a gathered peasant print flexi skirt that ties into a wide leather belt with buckle (painted on the glitch pants layer to free up your attachment points) and leaves the left leg bare at the front, side, and back, all the better to show off the strappy gold prim ballroom heels included with this outfit. The top features a sweetheart neckline trimmed in peasant print ruffles, plus handpainted puffed prim sleeves also trimmed with tiny ruffles at the cuffs. The back of the top features a corset-style criss-crossing ribbon tie. The outfit comes with the top in three colors, Chocolate, Wine, and Cream, and each color is included on three different layers to increase your wardrobe options.

Next up is a staple in every samba and rhythm ballroom dancer's wardrobe, the basic Ballroom Latin Ruffles Dress (shown below are the Crimson and the Everything Pack).

This rhinestone-covered, halter top style dress features painted on armbands, a daringly cut open front revealing a rhinestone covered bra, an open back style for extra sexy style, and an asymmetrical flexi skirt trimmed with ruffles. Also included are a pair of strappy gold prim ballroom heels and a pair of prim dangling earrings. The Ballroom Latin Ruffles Dress is available individually in 8 colors (Lemon, Pink, Tangerine, Lime, Crimson, Hunter, Twilight, and Ebony), in two 4-packs (Brights and Darks) for a $200 discount, and all 8 colors together in an Everything Pack for a $200 discount. You can also pick up the Lemon version of this dress as an almost freebie for just $1 in-store!

Pictures from the Runway

Got pictures from the Ambergris Fashion Show runway to share with ya...finally. :) Been so busy trying to get the new main store up and going and this week's release out that I've fallen behind on my blogging! Sorry about that, updates to follow now.

The show began with the SPIRIT Ballet Class Outfit in Lavendar, matching Ballet Pointe Shoes in Lavendar, and the Graceful II Hairstyle with color scripted ribbon set to (what else?) Lavendar. :)
Next came the Moulin Rouge Collection: Sparkling Diamond I outfit.

Then came the Emerald Ballet Costume. The model, Smokie Signals, has some of the best ballet animations! They were so graceful and a pure delight to watch her perform.

Then came the Cheerleader Claire Uniform with the Spirit Sneakers with color scripted sculptie letter S inserts set to match in red and gold, and the brand new SPIRIT Poms in dark red and gold.

And later in the show, Smokie Signals also chose to wear the SPIRIT Ballet Pointe Shoes in Black Swan to compliment Ambergris' fabulous Black Swan dress! The texture work on this dress was simply amazing, and the flow of the skirt looked fabulous with the ballet dances Smokie performed on the runway.

Thank you to Ambergris and all the lovely models who made my first fashion show such a wonderful event to be a part of!

New Sneakers and Boots!

New this week at SPIRIT... Color Change Sneakers and Knee High Boots!


In the new Pro Spirit Collection, we have a set of knee high Pro Spirit Boots in 14 colors for $300L (with 2 sizes included). The Black and White versions are plain, and the other 12 colors have a soft suede texture that will allow them to be worn with any cheer or dance costume AND other outfits in your wardrobe. Available in the following colors (shown below from left to right)...
- (Top Row) Wine, Grape Leaf, Blue, Plum, Lavendar, Sugarplum, Black
- (Bottom Row) Autumn Brown, Copper, Old Gold, Gold, Cream, Gray, White

And SPIRIT is proud to introduce our first color change scripted items, the Spirit Sneakers! Available in white or black, each Spirit Sneaker features sculpted letter S inserts on the sides that have color change scripts inside. You can choose up to 2 colors for your shoes' inserts at a time, and with 14 colors to choose from, the color combinations are endless! Color coordinate your Spirit Sneakers to your team colors, your favorite colors, or to match whatever outfit you're wearing them with! Spirit Sneakers also feature flexi prim bow ties, and are $300L per pair.

New Store, New Blog, and New Goodies!

Both starting a new business and creating a new blog are like getting into a new romantic relationship...you invest a lot of time, energy, and heart into making sure everything looks as perfect as possible while trying to build something you hope will be great. All the while, you have no clue if the person (or in this case, people) are even noticing all your efforts! LOL

Well, at least I'M happy with the present look of things for SPIRIT...so far. I consider myself extremely lucky to have found a great, 2 story building just two doors down from Bossa Nova (waves to my neighbor Moire Georgette), and right beside the awesome Hairapy. This is truly a find after having lost two previous shops due to mall shutdowns. And with so much space and a 200 prim allotment to play with in this new location, I have been VERY happy indeed this week! Even if it did take me a full day to find it and three days just to get the interior decorating completed. ;)

All right, so enough with the intro and on to the goodies. I honestly thought with my many years of previous experience and formal training in dance that I would be a bit biased in my designs. But apparently my secret (well, not so secret NOW) yen to be a pro cheerleader has helped keep things relatively balanced at SPIRIT. To date, I've got...
- three ballerina costumes (one is a replica of the finale performance costume worn by the heroine in the dance movie Center Stage, one is a traditional Sleeping Beauty Ballet costume, and the other is a traditional emerald and gold design),
- one pair of hip hop dance sneakers with actual prim laces and grommets,
- a dance duffle bag with 3D prim rhinestone lettering on the side,
- a ballet charm bracelet and a separate ballet necklace and earring set,
- and a nice and tidy bun hairstyle with sideswept bangs called Graceful I, which is available in 16 different shades and is sold in packs of 4 shades.

That's upstairs.

Downstairs in the cheer section, I have...
- my version of the old-style Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders uniform (changed a bit here and there to adhere to copyrighted design laws, of course) sold with flexi poms that actually move when you do,
- a replica of the Torros team uniform worn in the classic cheer movie Bring It On,
- a pair of cheer sneakers (again, with real prim laces and grommets, no faking anything with textures here!),
- a pink and black sleeveless polo style tank top perfect for all those hot summer cheer practices,
- a cheer varsity jacket available in 5 colors,
- a new cheer duffle bag with 3D prim rhinestone lettering on the side,
- and a lusciously thick and curly prim ponytail hairstyle called Spirited I, which is a very scaled down version of the much adored Winsome style from Naughty Designs (if these two hairstyles were worn in the real world, the Spirited I would weigh about 10 pounds less...yes, it's less glamorous, but it's also more practical for those 3-4 hour game day performances!). The Spirited I is available in 16 shades, sold in packs of 4, and comes with the option of a free custom fitting (upon request, just IM me if you can't get it to fit correctly) with yours truly to make sure your hair fits you perfectly.

And what have I been working on most recently, you ask? Well, apart from all the redecorating, new log design, this new blog, and the creation of custom furnishings for the SPIRIT store's lounge area, I have been working on...
- a flexi ponytail for those of you who prefer a little swish with your cheer and dance moves,
- I just finished making 12 pair of ballet pointe shoes with criss-crossing ribbons up the calves that finish in flexi prim bows (and yes, the ends of the bow ties swish and sway when you do, lol), which will become available as soon as I can get the vendors finished, possibly within the next day or two,
- I'm adding flexi prim skirt options to the Bring It On Torros uniform,
- and I'm working on a huge freebie uniform pack that will include a long-sleeved and no-sleeved crop top, dance pants, briefs/shorts, A-line non-flexi skirt, flexi skirt, and a pair of SPIRIT flip flops perfect for giving your tired feet a rest after practice while you shop, lounge on the beach, etc.!

Look for new product photos and freebie availability updates coming soon!