Bhadra's Fetish Shoes and Toys - Mistress Ballet Boots

Deirdre:
lelo never gets tired of ballet boots, and we keep finding cool new pairs to show you.

These are from Bhadra's, and are called Mistress ballet boots, although you would generally not get me in these for all the tea in China.

Great lacing, straps, locks, and a good shine. They fit lelo's long legs just barely, and may break on larger calves.

The store is a cool little skybox done in Japanese shoji panels, and has a great system that rezzes the items when you touch the wall pictures - definitely worth a visit.

lelo:
These boots have a great toe-box, nice and square just like they should be, classic pointe shoe look.

They work just like the SL classic's from Fairlight, just click and lock, though as an extra you can insert your owners name into a little notecard for the script.

When locked, the boots are enclosed by 3 belts which are locked with little locks.

You'll have to tinker with the boots to get them to fit just right, but all parts are full mod so you can adjust them to your heart's content.

But be careful, you can't make a security copy of them first, though at these prices it isn't the end of the world.

Name : Bhadra's Fetish Shoes & Toys
Owner : Bhadragura Rodenberger
The SLURL :
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cupo/200/133/284

	Deirdre	lelo
Quality	7	8
Price	8	8
Service	7	7
Store	7	7

Mesmerize Dungeon - Ballet Boots

Deirdre:
If you like eyelets, you've got a heaping helping in the Mesmerize Dungeon Ballet Boots.

There's very good attention to detail : how often do you see belt loops to hold boot straps in place?

The foot shape is distinctive, and would probably be no fun at all in RL ;)

Loops, D-rings, laces, straps, buckles.. just a zipper missing and there would be more metal than leather making up these boots.

That's ok... silver and black goes with everything.

lelo:
The look of these boots is quite good, i love the boxy toe box, the belts are very nicely done and i just love the little locks, that show when the boots are locked.

The option to color all the separate parts is great and easy to do with the menu.

But the thing that really makes these boots stand out is the included AO and the training/restriction options.

These boots have the best ballet boot walk AO i've ever seen, and the included poses are nice as well.

The fun starts when you put the boots on and you are asked to choose your training level, this is mandatory.

From that moment on you'll be spending quite some time on the floor, falling to it with a rather convincing thumb.

By the way, the walking and locking sounds are really good as well.

The restrictions you have will slowly get less and less when you get more training in the boots, rumor has it you might even stop falling down in them. *winks*

When you are finished with training, your owner can lock you into one of the restiction levels.

I won't go into the usual RLV and locking option, they are all provided, only thing i can say is when you are serious about ballet boots you must own these.

Name : Mesmerize Dungeon

Owner : Latexina Pinklady

The SLURL :
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Odessa%20Renowned/224/129/1501

	Deirdre	lelo
Quality	9	9
Price	8	8
Service	-	7
Store	8	8

Ashpodele - Ballet Boots Bombee

Deirdre:
Some cool little ballet boots from Ashpodele today. This is the bombee model, with an eighties ankle-boot look.

Very good prim details like laces and straps and locks and rings.. you know by now how much I like that kind of thing.

Ashpodele is a great little store. Drop by for a look, and pick up the freebie gags - I forgot to mention those last time!

lelo:
As we told you in our post about the gags they have at Ashpodele, they also make some good looking balletboots.

Well here they are, we're showing the ankle high bombee version in black and red, there is also a shorter (little) version that allows the use of ankle shackles.

The scripting is simple but solid, giving you a the option to expose the boots to the public, self-lock or you can appoint an owner.

You can also put a nice little chain between the shoes, and the little lock you see when they are locked are lovely.

The toe-box is a bit pointy for my taste, but aren't a simple copy, so that's good.

The heel looks great, i love the way the tip is made, the red laces and belts finish the boots and complete the look.

These boots are a great alternative to the usual Fairlights or WarDooM balletboots.

Name : Ashpodele
Owner : mrazkova Jansma, Mia Rang and Pencilsky Germi
The SLURL :
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Spelonga/8/169/421

	Deirdre	lelo
Quality	8	8
Price	8	8
Service	8	-
Store	8	7

WarDooM - Fetish S

Deirdre:
A lovely calf-length ballet boot with a wonderful foot shape, this is the new Fetish S by WarDooM.

The first thing I noticed about them was that the calf looked smaller than in the previous models. Then while comparing (lelo has a wide selection of them!), we saw that the shape has indeed been much improved, and fits the leg better.

You can hide the heel for a true ballet effect, and the boot still looks wonderful - like a pointe boot.

Maybe we'll see them in the next production of Swan Lake? ;)

lelo:
Finally we can show you the new balletboots by WarDooM and it has been worth the wait.

The design looks simple, but if you look closely you can see the amount of work that has been done to make them look this clean.

The menu has been improved and offers RLV controls, poses, looks options and even a nice little couples animation.

When the boots are locked you'll see 4 amazingly detailed Abus locks on the belts, and you can put chains between the boots with a simple push on a button.

The can be leashed and for the self-bondage lovers, they have a self-lock timer if you want to lock yourself up.

The boots come in: black, chrom, darkblue, lack, pink, red and white.

It has been worth the wait for these boots, still i hope the next boots will come quicker, no rush Tanja. *winks*

Name: WarDooM Shoes
Owner: WarDooM Voom
The SLURL:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/WarDooM%20Voom/78/71/26

	Deirdre	lelo
Quality	8	9
Price	8	8
Service	8	8
Store	8	8

KL Kiki - BettyBoop

Deirdre :
We keep finding wonderful new stores, and there seems to be no end in sight to that particular aspect of Second Life.

KL Kiki have an impressive assortment of toys, aside from the excellent variety of ballet boots.

The Betty Boop model looks really good - the designer visibly understands that you can't make every part of a boot solid black ;)

Excellent design, great texture, cool little details like locks, rings, laces.. lelo loved them on sight.

Do drop by the store and have a peek. They have live models under glass, and an unpacking area for your purchases, for when you can't wait to get home.

And as a little bonus, here's some ballet boot humor - how often do you see that?

lelo:
As you might know by now, i do love to wear ballet-boots, so we are always looking for good ballets.

And there is absolutely no shortage of ballet-boots in SL lately.

When i had just started you had a choice of the Gigi's and the fairlights and for me the fairlights are still the boots to beat in SL.

Well i think Kristina has just done that, they look great, fit well and the thing i truly like it the square toe-box, which makes them really walkable.

Only little drawback is the lack of scripting in them, no lock option or other goodies, but we can always hope *smiles*

You can still lock them with the use of RLV and the right relay, and you can't beat the look of the lacing on these boots.

Name: KL Kiki
Owner: Kristina Deschanel
The NEW SLURL (per 16 September 2009):
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Perun/239/48/23

	Deirdre	lelo
Quality	8	8
Price	7	7
Service	8	7
Store	8	7

KDC : Needle ballets version 2.0

Deirdre :
There goes my reputation for cruelty again ;)

"Oh, poor lelo.. is she being punished? Wow, what did she do?"

No, no. She loves all of it. And I love seeing her dressed that way, obviously.

Those ballets are as extreme as it gets, I think. And I'm a sucker for straps and buckles and spikes, so what's not to love?

Do drop by the store; science-fiction fans will be thrilled.


lelo :
The new and improved version of the wickedest shoes in SL.

Even the box is a little work of art, it comes in a plain brown box that opens when you first rezz it and reveals the shoebox inside.

I used to own the original version, but as it didn't have the fixed feet script you usually walked with broken ankles.

But all that is gone with this new version, no odd angled feet any more.

These truly are the most painful ballets i have/know, impossible in RL, looking amazing in SL.

The look is great, i just love those belts and spikes, the heel could have used some more work, but they work like this.

Only thing missing is a locking script but they can be picked up all over SL.

Name : KDC
Owner : Kyrah Abattoir
The SLURL :
http://slurl.com/secondlife/dead%20realm/128/127/605

	Deirdre	lelo
Quality	8	8
Price	8	8
Service	-	7
Store	8	8

Wardoom: XXL fetish red

Deirdre:
There's only one word to describe those boots : Gorgeous. The texture, the shine, the shape, the details.. all top-notch. The rich red in this model will catch the eye of anyone looking in your direction from 50 meters away.

The lacing is so detailed, I don't even want to think how many hours it took to make.

Note the new location of the store - I'm changing our other Wardoom posts to reflect it.

lelo:
Well we had this one coming, we just had to do the XXL fetish boots from Wardoom, and for a change not the black ones.

You just have to love the care and attention they paid to the look of these boots, Tanja (the designer of Wardoom) told us that she had to be stopped adding more and more details.

The boots have the same pointy nose as the ones we reviewed a couple of weeks ago, still seem too pointy to me.

But then, there is the thing i would have loved in the short ones: a locking script. Tanja tells me she might make a update for the short ones.

The scripting looks solid, it has an owner system, locking/leashing and some standard poses including a nice little boot worship couples pose.

When the boots are locked, small locks appear and two chains between the boots, there is a selflock option in the menu, but really who likes to do that *winks*

They still look too Domme to me, but you just have to love the look of them, a definite must have.

Name : WarDooM
Owner : WarDooM Voom
The NEW SLURL :
http://slurl.com/secondlife/WarDooM%20Voom/78/71/26

	Deirdre	lelo
Quality	9	9
Price	8	8
Service	7	7
Store	8	8

Nemesis Nefarious Designs : model 07 transboots

Deirdre:
A fun, original ballet boot with a skyscraper heel, cool prim work, and some neat options, which I will let my ballet boot expert introduce ;)


lelo:
First time i saw these boots on display i just wanted the buy them, only problem was the weren't for sale yet.

Many weeks later they finally were on offer and i got them immediately.

That's when i noticed that a display even a 3d one can be very misleading, and that you should always look for the real deal being worn by someone else.

Needless to say i was a bit disappointed, i guess the long wait got my expectations up a bit to high.

The boots have a good looking leather cuff around the ankle and some very nice looking heel.

Due to the lack of texture on the front of the boot, the boot, sadly, looks to long.

It has a nice little menu, which lets you change the color of the 3 bands on the front of the boots and change the boot into a pony boot, which looks better than the ballet boot.

With the pony boots the length of the boots looks more natural (not that a pony boot is in any way natural *winks*).

The thing that misses is a nice texture and the option to lock the boots, which makes the locks on the sides a bit pointless.

I hope Khrome will reopen her store one of these days and fix the texture and scripting, my fairlight's are getting worn and i need a pair of good ballets so i can change them once in a while.


Name : Nemesis Nefarious Designs

Owner : Khrome Lock

The SLURL : No store in SL at the moment

	Deirdre	lelo
Quality	-	7
Price	-	7
Service	-	-
Store	-	-

WarDooM Shoes : Fetish Lack Ballet Boots

Deirdre:
Lovely ballet boots, could be a little tighter on the leg, but very good prim work.

Decent texture, good detail.. once again, I'll let my expert speak.

The store is great, a must-visit. See the giant versions of the thigh boots, and mind the sea-serpent! ;)

lelo:
A very nice alternative for the fairlight balletboots, the heel is amazing, as are the locks, which sadly don't work. I love the way the locks look, with the abus logo written on them, most realistic lock i have seen yet.

The lack or better latex look is nicely done, not the deep gloss you get from POC or KK but the way the reflections seem to follow the form of the boot is very good. Not a big fan of the dragons on the boots.

The lacing looks good, though the toe box could use a flatter (more walkable) bottom, i don't hate it but it somehow seems wrong.

I hope there will be a lockable version of these boots, just as the thigh high boots are, as much as a love the look of the thigh-highs, those are more for the Dommes, but then i don't understand Dommes who wear ballet boots, but hey, to each their own.

One final little thing that make these boots a good buy, you get a knee high and a ankle high pair for one price.

The owner : WarDooM Voom
The NEW (updated Dec 2008) SLURL :
http://slurl.com/secondlife/WarDooM%20Voom/78/71/26

	Deirdre	lelo
Quality	8	9
Price	-	7
Service	-	-
Store	9	8

Fairlight balletboots

Best balletboots in SL, personally i love the ankle version, been wearing them for almost a year now, the locking sound still sends shivers down my spine.

A nice extra is the RL feature and that you can copy and color the boots the way you like. A big thumbs up for Fairlight.

Julia Faulkland, the owner, scripter and designer, only makes the boots in a ankle and knee high version. She has a nice looking, locking bondage mitten, which i still have to try personally, and that is all the bondage things she makes, which is a great pity her work looks great.

If you like a nice sci-fi look, the main shop is a thing of beauty.
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Fairlight/191/115/474

I never needed help with a fairlight product so i can't tell you about the customer service, the update to version 2 (RL-viewer) was easy and works well.

	Deirdre	lelo
Quality	9	8
Price	7	7
Service	-	-
Store	7	7