By now, I guess most people have noticed that there’s a Skin Fair going on, hosted by Vanity Universe. However, as has been noted, publicity for the event in the weeks leading up to it could have been better. Still, the sim couldn’t really squeeze in more visitors most of the time, so it seems to be doing pretty well. What may be lacking at this stage, though, is some insight into which designers have launched new things at the fair, are having sales or even giving away freebies. With all the lag up there, its easy enough to miss a sign in someone’s booth. So, I am going to attempt to put together an overview. But I can’t precisely claim to know everything there is to know about skins and skinmakers in SL, so I’d love it if people want to submit information about any new launches, sales or freebies that I haven’t yet listed. I’ll keep updating the list as necessary, so keep checking back.

Designers at the fair:

• A list of all designers, as well as a plan showing where they are on the sim, can be found here.

Designers with skins launched for the fair:

• Adam n Eve: Alanna and Celeste (new skin lines), Catherine, Pandora and Venus (new make-ups)
• Ashia Designs: Timeless Couture
• Blowpop: Mellie3
• Fleur: Vivant Marni
• Rosemar: Creampuff
• Skins by Gala Phoenix: Refined
• La Sylphide: Ingrid

Designers with sales on skins at the fair:

• Adam n Eve: Catherine, Jared and Venus are L$1200 instead of L$1500 at the fair, Pandora is L$1200 for a single at the fair, normally L$1800 for two
• Aoharu: 5 special skins at L$400 (regular price is L$800)
• PopFuzz: 5 special skins at L$100 (regular price is, I believe, L$800)

Designers with freebie/dollarbie skins at the fair:

• Adam n Eve: Female and Male
• Beauty Avatar: Female
• Digit Darkes: Female
• La Sylphide: Female
• Nora: Female and Male (also available at her store)
• Splashing Doll:Female
• Soon:Female
• Tuli: Female
• Wax Poetic: Female

In closing, I'd like to encourage everyone to do two things. First, look around (as lag permits, but it will no doubt get better later in the month) and don't just head straight for the freebies. There are plenty of good skin designers at the fair, and if you don't already have all of their demos in your inventory, now is a good time to collect a bunch and set aside some time to try them on (in a less laggy place). Secondly, while this fair may have had some teething problems, the organisers have the ambition to put together more fairs in the future, and these will no doubt run more smoothly. But for that to be possible they'll need your support (as we all know, sims aren't cheap, and the booth space is free for all of the designers), so do consider dropping some lindens into their donation box.