Celebrity Trollop

One of the quirks that I find a touch irritating about Second Life is that designers who don’t speak English well seem to be somewhat marginalized. Perhaps within their own linguistic circle they’re celebrated as they ought to be, but outside of that circle, it’s all unfortunately (and inadvertant) ignorance. I know that Second Life’s Japanese speaking creators (to pick one great example) have a thriving content creation business. It’s also a bit unique in that gets a reasonably large amount of coverage in English-focused blogs.

Not so for many of the other linguistic groups that populate Second Life, whether it’s Brazilian Portueguese speakers or French speakers in the UAE without a good command of English. djod Karu seems to be in the latter category based on guesses that a diram is a unit of currency in UAE and in her profile, djod says she can speak Arabic. She does well enough to get by but it’s clear that French is her primary language just based on the way that textures and prim pieces are named.

It’s a shame too, because until she took the initiative to contact me I had no idea she was out on the grid making some super great clothes.  She seems to enjoy bringing the stage and video outfits of American Poptarts into Second Life (from Britney Spears to the Pussy Cat Dolls.) It seems even in non-English speaking parts of the world, no one markets internationally known pop tarts as well as Hollywood.  Check out the fabulous details on those leather texture boots (sold seperately from the outfit pictured.)

Shown above is Yuki, and homage to my favorite trash pop guilty pleasure Pussy Cat Doll.  Some of the designs are photosourced, but Diram really comes through by making the textures look great in Second Life, even if the underlying design came from a picture.  She fills in the rough patches and uses both traditional and sculptured prim pieces to add some excellent “3Dness” to her creations.  And all of the details in each outfit are right on target with the real life inspiration for them.

Not everything at Diram is inspired by American pop princesses though. Take this last outfit which has inspiration from the faux fur trend that’s hot in the runways right now, and incorporates some really dramatic elements of flair like the giant buckled collar at the neck and the beautiful print pattern on the bustier.  Diram is a store with a lot of offer a shopper from excellently detailed sculpted prim boots to homages to your guilty pleasure Top 40 pop singers to runway inspired details in original designs.

Diram is located at Chez Pat (160, 247, 24).

Skins by Tuli, Cupcake, LeLutka and Laqroki
Ankle boots (not the red boots): Stilleto Moody
Hair: Damselfly and Truth
Clothing and red boots: Diram Design, djod Karu