Store Closing - DV8

Aria Warden tipped us off to this bit of news : DV8, the cool and friendly goth-fetish-etc store is closing soon.

First, the notices :

Vasha Martinek:

We were going to write an awesome notecard, buuuut someone beat us to the announcement. =P
It's been a fantastic ride, and we <3 the deviants — it's just time to move on to other things.

But hey - CLEARANCE SALE. =D

Everything in the store is marked down to 50L, so make sure to grab whatever you want before it's gone. :) We'll be here for 3-4 weeks still.

Thanks SO much for supporting us and being awesome for so long. You made SL rock. :)

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DV8 Robonaught:

Just in case you haven't heard...
+DV8+ is closing!

We've marked everything in the store down to just 50L, and we've even put out a few former gachas (10L & 50L) by Deviant request — so if there's something you want, get it soon!

We've so enjoyed doing this with you guys, and we <3 the Deviants. Alas, all good things must come to an end. :)
MUAH!

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They had fun, they’re moving on. Sane, sensible attitude to have, and while we’re always sad to see a store close, we wish them all the best in their future.

Here are a few snaps of the outside (with the gorgeous huge animated signs) and inside of the store.

It was already busy as we visited, and the notices are just out, so the fans were clearly loyal.

Good luck Vasha, good luck DV8, thanks for the awesome designs :)

The SLURL : http://slurl.com/secondlife/Lasombra/67/158/51

DV8 - Morrhigan Ballet Bitchboots

Deirdre:
A gorgeous pair of thigh high ballets from DV8, these are the Morrhigan Ballet Bitchboots.

Rather than do my usual black on black rant, I’ll mention that DV8 is a goth store : maybe it’s a feature this time, not a bug.

Anyway, just to show the level of detail on these beauties, I lightened the closeup picture in Photoshop.

There’s a lovely ankle strap over the laces, and lots of good detailed texture work... for vampires with to see with their night vision ;)

lelo:
Ok, here is number 3 in our ballet line up this week, the newest edition from DV8.

As before the color setting at DV8 is very dark, but when you zoom all the way in, you’ll see an interesting texture.

You can get the boots in Black (as shown here), Celadon, Espresso, Jade, Moss, Pewter, Red and Rust.

The foot and heel shape are simple but good, i love the laces which are long and will attract all the neko’s you might encounter.

The boots are without any scripting so you can easily add an open collar script to make them lockable.

As usually a good looking, if a bit dark boot for a more than reasonable price.

Name : +DV8+
Owner : DV8 Robonaught, Vasha Martinek
The SLURL : http://slurl.com/secondlife/Lasombra/67/158/51

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

DV8 - Almost Violent Boots

Deirdre:
We received a package from DV8 last week, and for no particular reason, I immediately opened the box that contains the boxes that contain the items.. and found a really wild pair of boots called Almost Violent.

They’re available in a wide variety of colors : Aquanaught, Cyan/Black, Fallout, Gunmetal, Merlot, Purple/Black, Red Alert/Black (worn here), and Violaceous.

We covered Razor Girl in March, in Red Alert/Black, so these may be standard color names at DV8.

These are mod copy but no trans, and as the included note reminds you, make a copy before you modify them to suit you best.

They fit me like a glove out of the box, I just had to position them a bit - so they may need a bit of enlarging to fit some shapes.

Fun fifties-style heel, a wicked platform and cool contrasting accents at calf and ankle make a unique boot that will turn heads wherever you wear it.


lelo:
I think DV8 has one of the highest production rates of all get shops we know, sadly like we told you in a previous post their main focus is the Goth scene.

Still Goth and fetish are close relatives and this makes these shops so interesting.

We keep an eye on the new products and once in a while we find a little gem like these boots.

So don’t be discouraged by the main focus of a shop, you never know what you might find, ohh and of course shopping is never a punishment.

Name : +DV8+
Owner : DV8 Robonaught, Vasha Martinek
The SLURL : http://slurl.com/secondlife/Lasombra/67/158/51

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

DV8 - Danse Macabre Boots

Deirdre:
If we had to store lelo's ballet boots in real life closets, we'd have to live in a warehouse.

These are Danse Macabre, by DV8, some lovely detailed ballet boots available in dark green, dark red, dark blue, and dark dark... no, no, I kid : the colors are Red, Agate, Espresso, Jade, Moss, Pewter, Purple and Rust.

The heels are detailed and look quite authentic. Detailed prim laces in the front add realism.

The DV8 store is huge, and full of cool clothes and boots (how lelo found *these* I'll never know), so do give it a good look... when you have a fair bit of time free!

lelo:
Ok, so i'm addicted to these things, there are worse addictions in the world and yes i'm planning to get them all.. *evil laugh*

You can see the Goth roots of DV8 in two ways, all available colors are dark and there is no scripting in these, really there isn't, we've checked..twice.

I love the black sock you see sticking out at the top and the dangling laces will attract nekko girls, so be careful when wearing these. *winks*

The general shape is well done and fitting is easy and made even easier with the supplied pose stand.

So great boots for a good price, and for you bondage bunnies, drop in a locking script and you have yourself a nice looking new toy.

Name : +DV8+
Owner : DV8 Robonaught, Vasha Martinek
The SLURL : http://slurl.com/secondlife/Lasombra/67/158/51

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

DV8 - Razor Girl

Deirdre:
Razor Girl is amazing. There's no other word that fits.

The box opens into such a huge list, you'll make folders out of sheer self-defense.

Mine are : accessories, boots, extras, gloves, pants, socks and tops. (Extras are a habit of mine, and include the note and landmark.)

You must read Vasha's note. This is not just an outfit : it's an expression of a future-gazing, optimistic, interesting philosophy.

If someone felt really patient and wanted to mix and match and snap pictures, I have no doubt over 100 outfits would emerge.

The two choices here reflect some of the variety, but far from all of it. I just had to show lelo the folder content, and she said, oh, we must share that :)

One small example of how smart this kit is : the collar comes in a spine and chest version, both already fitted in place.

If you have a jacket prim or other item that gets displaced by a collar, you will appreciate the attention to detail.

The outfit is very reasonably priced, considering all you get.

lelo:
You might know how we find our items, first we dove into our closets.

later we went looking for shops by keeping an eye on others we saw (yes we love the inspect option in SL) *winks*

As our blog grew in size slowly designers took notice of us and started contacting us.

But this one is different, DV8 was suggested to us by one of our readers, and we would love to get more great suggestions like this.

Once we were at the store, the Razor Girl outfit caught our eye, had to be the amount of outfits on the vendor picture.

As Vasha says in the included note: "Razor Girl is my vision of the ultimate expression of traveling light without sacrificing an ounce of style"

She even included a small suitcase in the kit. *smiles*

Name : +DV8+
Owner : DV8 Robonaught, Vasha Martinek
The SLURL : http://slurl.com/secondlife/Lasombra/67/158/51

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