The Savvy Awards is a chance for the buying public to show the designers that we appreciate all the hard work and effort they put into keep our heads warm throughout the year. The awards will work in two phases and the announcement of the winners will be at on September 19, 2008 at 8:00 PM SLT. The winners in each category will receive a trophy and award for each category they won.

Phase 1: Begins today until the end of the day on July 31, 2008 and will involve the hair designers nominating their peers in each category. The top 5 from the given categories will end up on the ballot. If you are a hair designer and have not received your ballot, please contact Teagan Blackthorne or Laynie Link for your nomination form. We are delivering ballots individually and with RL obligations is is taking some time.

Phase 2: Starts September 1, 2008 and ends at the end of the day September 15, 2008 and will involve the voting public to vote for their favorites on the ballot. More details on this phase will be posted at a later date.

Designers, please, if we missed you or your nomination ballot accidentally ended up in the circular file, let us know and we will send you on a new one.

The 2008 Savvy Awards are sponsored by LaynieWear, Something Different, SYD: Style Your Destiny.

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Thank you to everyone who participated and voted in the 2007 Savvy Awards. The time has come to announce the winners. All of the designers nominated are greatly talented and well deserving the respect and honor of the public. Each category will be listed with the percentage of the votes they received in bold after. There are 4 categories in which there are tied winners and who are we do break those tie so we let them stand. Tigerlily Koi(now sole Calla designer) and Haedon Quine(now at Tousled), the girls over at Calla, swept every category they were nominated in.

Congratulation to all the winners.

The winners of the 2007 Savvy Awards are:

Best Overall
Winner
Calla & Tousled – Tigerlily Koi & Haedon Quine 34%

Other Nominees
ETD – Elikapeka Tiramisu 21%
Gurl 6 – Six Kennedy 15%
Influence Hair by Naughty – Lost Thereian & Ambyance2 Anubis 15%
Kin – Kin Keiko 15%

Best Textures
Winners (tie):
Curious Kitties – Ameshin Yossarian 23%
Influence Hair by Naughty – Lost Thereian & Ambyance2 Anubis 23%

Other Nominees
Analog Dog – Queue Marlowe 18.5%
Calico Creations – Calico Ingmann 17%
Gurl 6 – Six Kennedy 18.5%

Best Flexiography
Winner:
Analog Dog – Queue Marlowe 36%

Other Nominees
Cake – Stumbelina Ophelia 20%
Calico Creations – Calico Ingmann 14%
Gurl 6 – Six Kennedy 15%
Kin – Kin Keiko 15%

Best Rising Star (Under 1 year game age)
Winner:
Spirit – SavannahAnn McMillan 28%

Other Nominees:
H2L Hayate’s Hair Lab – Hayate Ewing 18%
Hair Solutions – Kia Goodliffe 16%
Shop Seu – Seu Ahn 18%
Sirena- Natalia Zelmanov 20%

Best Philanthropy (The designer(s) who show the most generosity.)
Winner:
Calla & Tousled – Tigerlily Koi & Haedon Quine 28%

Other Nominees:
Bewitched – Sheltered Heart & FallinMy Webb 22%
Calico Creations – Calico Ingmann 12%
ETD – Elikapeka Tiramisu 18%
Gurl 6 – Six Kennedy 20%

Best Long Style
Winners (tie):
Armidi – Lola Marquez – The Bombshell 27%
Cake – Stumbelina Ophelia – Rain 27%

Other Nominees:
Calico Creations – Calico Ingmann – Ember 13%
Gurl 6 – Six Kennedy – Unbrushed 15%
Jolie Femme – Mcgeeb Gupte – Escape 18%

Best Short Style
Winner:
Sinistyle – Krius Misfit – Reznor 31%

Other Nominees:
Diversity Hair – Aleri Darkes – Prankster 11%
Gritty Kitty – Noam Sprocket – Ghost 20%
Influence Hair by Naughty – Lost Thereian & Ambyance2 Anubis – All American Guy 25%
Rock Candy – Maliske Misift – Floofy Hair 13%

Best Medium Style
Winner:
Tousled – Haedon Quine – Danae 34%

Other Nominees:
Gurl 6 – Six Kennedy – Danger 18%
Hairpay – Laydi Bailey – Heather 14%
Hairstyles by Tami McCoy – Tami McCoy – Fever/Heat 20%
Nylon Outfitters – Nylon Pinkney – Bedhead Hair 14%

Best Updo Style
Winner:
Miriel – Miriel Enfield – Artist 32%

Other Nominees:
Aden – Aden Breyer – Bjork 13%
Calico Creations – Calico Ingmann – Catherine 18%
Celestial Stuidos – Starley Therian – Annie May III 20%
H2L Hayate’s Hair Lab – Hayate Ewing – Aya 17%

Best Braided/Banded Style
Winner:
Fashionably Dead – Toast Bard – Cupcake Tomato 41%

Other Nominees:
Curio – Rita Groshomme – Daisy 14%
Gurl 6 – Six Kennedy – Jawbreaker 20%
Taunt – Twiddler Thereian – Sweeda 8%
Wilted Rose – Rose Columbia – Obey 17%

Best Ponytailed Style
Winner:
Hairpay – Laydi Bailly – Barbie 25%

Other Nominees:
Analog Dog – Queue Marlowe – C Curl 22%
Bewitched – Sheltered Heart – Lilly 20%
Mirada – Washu Zebrastripe – Pet Me 13%
Shop Seu – Seu Ahn – Mofumofoohair 20%

Best Ethnic Style
Winner:
Mau’s & Mej’s – Sunnivah Juitai – Celine 32%

Other Nominees:
Booperfunk – Booperkit Moseley – Dreadzextreme 15%
LC Lefebvre’s Creations – Mary Lefebvre – Rasta Dreadlocks 14%
Virtual Creations – Virtual Revolutions – Halle 20%
Zero Style – Rei Gully – Oiran 19%

Best Goth Style
Winners (tie):
Ravenwear – Raven Lament – Details 25%
Kin – Kin Keiko – PinUp1 25%

Other Nominees:
Artilleri – Antonia Marat – Mairya 18%
Deviant Kitties – Helyanwe Vindaloo – Steve 19%
Playful Kitten – Quietlycharmes Vega – Voodoo Girl 13%

Best Extreme Style
Winners (tie):
Curious Kitties – Ameshin Yossarian – Keko 35%
Curl Up and Dye – Leetah Moxie – Amidala 35%

Other Nominees:
Fizzy – Dabai Samson – Curly David 10%
Old Gravy – Satine Dot – Vicious 10%
Mau’s & Mej’s – Sunnivah Juitai – Reptile 10%

Best Sculptie Style
Winner
Calico Creations – Calico Ingmann -Heather 31%

Other Nominees:
Calico Creations – Calico Ingmann – Jet 12%
Curious Kitties – Ameshin Yossarian – Mariska 25%
Influence Hair by Naughty – Lost Thereian & Ambyance2 Anubis – Nicole 15%
Influence Hair by Naughty – Lost Thereian & Ambyance2 Anubis – Paris 17%

Best Freebie/Dollarbie
Winner:
Calla – Tigerlily Koi – ImSoPreddy V3 31%

Other Nominees:
ETD – Elikapeka Tiramisu – Casual 25%
Gurl 6 – Six Kennedy – Gwen 18%
HCT – BabyBoo Glitterbuck & Bailey Mackenzie – Arora 11%
Panache – Zyrra Falcone & HoseQueen McLean – Faithy MidNyte 15%

We would like to thank Kurston Brody from Evolution Creations & Mystics for the design and build on the trophies. She dedicated a lot of time and put such care into the design.

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You only have 2 more days to get your ballots in for the Savvy Awards. So far the returns have been quite interesting. If you need to pick up a ballot, anyone of the locations below have a ballot box:

SL Profiles Vault Area
LaynieWear – Pamran
SYD: Style Your Destiny – Pamran
SYD: Style Your Destiny/LaynieWear – Kidd

Voting ends at midnight SL time on Sept. 14.

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You can pick up your Savvy Award Ballots at the following locations:

LaynieWear – Pamran
SYD: Style Your Destiny – Pamran
SYD: Style Your Destiny/LaynieWear – Kidd

The other locations will follow tomorrow. To view all the styles nominated, please read back to the blog entitle, Savvy Award Nominations. from a few days ago.

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The final nominations for the Savvy Awards are complete. We receive a diverse sample of what designers love about their peers with 46 different shops nominated. It is now time for the voting public to voice their opinions. Voting will be opened September 1 – September 14.

Voting Rules:
1. Only 1 ballot per person allowed.
2. Characters must have been created before August 26, 2007.
3. No ballots will be accepted after the end of the game day September 14, 2007.

The winners will be announced on September 19, International Talk Like A Pirate Day.

You may pick up an in-game copy of the ballot at the follow locations starting August 31:
LaynieWear – Pamran
SYD: Style Your Destiny – Pamran
SYD: Style Your Destiny/LaynieWear – Kidd

The nominations below include links to pictures related to the nomination but I urge the voters to go to the shops in-game and see for yourself with the demos, ads, samples, and other shoppers.

Best Overall
Calla & Tousled – Tigerlily Koi & Haedon Quine
ETD – Elikapeka Tiramisu
Gurl 6 – Six Kennedy
Influence Hair by Naughty – Lost Thereian & Ambyance2 Anubis
Kin – Kin Keiko

Best Textures
Analog Dog – Queue Marlowe
-Front Sample or Back Sample
Calico Creations – Calico Ingmann
-Front Sample or Back Sample
Curious Kitties – Ameshin Yossarian
-Front Sample or Back Sample
Gurl 6 – Six Kennedy
-Front Sample or Back Sample
Influence Hair by Naughty – Lost Thereian & Ambyance2 Anubis
-Front Sample or Back Sample

Best Flexiography
Analog Dog – Queue Marlowe
-Front Sample or Back Sample
Cake – Stumbelina Ophelia
-Front Sample or Back Sample
Calico Creations – Calico Ingmann
-Front Sample or Back Sample
Gurl 6 – Six Kennedy
-Front Sample or Back Sample
Kin – Kin Keiko
-Front Sample or Back Sample

Best Rising Star (Under 1 year game age)
H2L Hayate’s Hair Lab – Hayate Ewing
-Front Sample or Back Sample
Hair Solutions – Kia Goodliffe
-Front Sample or Back Sample
Shop Seu – Seu Ahn
-Front Sample or Back Sample
Sirena- Natalia Zelmanov
-Front Sample or Back Sample
Spirit – SavannahAnn McMillan
-Front Sample or Back Sample

Best Philanthropy (The designer(s) who show the most generosity.)
Bewitched – Sheltered Heart & FallinMy Webb
-Offers the members of her group 1 color of each new release that is designed as well as randomly announced hair drops where free hair is given to anyone who shows up.
Calico Creations – Calico Ingmann
-She is heaviliy involved with the charity work for Virtual Angels and is constantly involved in events where the proceeds of her hair sales go to this charity. She always has two styles on had that benefit this charity as well.
Calla & Tousled – Tigerlily Koi & Haedon Quine
-Offering several hairstyles for free to new players as well as inovating a way to earn free hair by camping and several lucky chairs with hair, these girls are always involved in giving. This is the place for new players to pick up their free Jack or Jill newbie starter kits. They also offered styles with 100% of the proceeds going to Relay for Life.
ETD – Elikapeka Tiramisu
-Offers a large selection of styles for new players ranging from $1L to $10L that can keep anyone stylish. She has also offered styles with 100% of the proceeds going to Relay for Life.
Gurl 6 – Six Kennedy
-Offering freebies almost every holiday as well as a large collection of $1L hair for new players, Six Kennedy shows generosity through the gift of giving. She also offered styles with 100% of the proceeds going to Relay for Life.

Best Long Style
Armidi – Lola Marquez – The Bombshell
-Front View or Back View
Cake – Stumbelina Ophelia – Rain
-Front View, Front View 2 or Back View
Calico Creations – Calico Ingmann – Ember
-Front View or Back View
Gurl 6 – Six Kennedy – Unbrushed
-Front View or Back View
Jolie Femme – Mcgeeb Gupte – Escape
-Front View or Back View

Best Short Style
Diversity Hair – Aleri Darkes – Prankster
-Front View or Back View
Gritty Kitty – Noam Sprocket – Ghost
-Front View or Back View
Influence Hair by Naughty – Lost Thereian & Ambyance2 Anubis – All American Guy
-Front View or Back View
Rock Candy – Maliske Misift – Floofy Hair
-Front View or Back View
Sinistyle – Reznor – Krius Misfit
-Front View or Back View

Best Medium Style
Tousled – THaedon Quine – Day Lily
-Front View or Back View
Gurl 6 – Six Kennedy – Danger
-Front View or Back View
Hairpay – Laydi Bailey – Heather
-Front View 1, Front View 2, Front View 3 or Back View
Hairstyles by Tami McCoy – Tami McCoy – Fever/Heat
-Front View, Front View, or Back View
Nylon Outfitters – Nylon Pinkney – Bedhead Hair
-Front View or Back View

Best Updo Style
Aden – Aden Breyer – Bjork
-Front View or Back View
Calico Creations – Calico Ingmann – Catherine
-Front View or Back View
Celestial Stuidos – Starley Therian – Annie May III
-Front View or Back View
H2L Hayate’s Hair Lab – Hayate Ewing – Aya
-Front View or Back View
Miriel – Miriel Enfield – Artist
-Front View or Back View

Best Braided/Banded Style
Curio – Rita Groshomme – Daisy
-Front View or Back View
Fashionably Dead – Toast Bard – Cupcake Tomato
-Front View or Back View
Gurl 6 – Six Kennedy – Jawbreaker
-Front View or Back View
Taunt – Twiddler Thereian – Sweeda
-Front View or Back View
Wilted Rose – Rose Columbia – Obey
-Front View or Back View

Best Ponytailed Style
Analog Dog – Queue Marlowe – C Curl
-Front View or Back View
Bewitched – Sheltered Heart – Lilly
-Front View or Back View
Hairpay – Laydi Bailly – Barbie
-Front View or Back View
Mirada – Washu Zebrastripe – Pet Me
-Front View or Back View
Shop Seu – Seu Ahn – Mofumofoohair
-Front View or Back View

Best Ethnic Style
Booperfunk – Booperkit Moseley – Dreadzextreme
-Front View, Front View, or Back View
LC Lefebvre’s Creations – Mary Lefebvre – Rasta Dreadlocks
-Front View or Back View
Mau’s & Mej’s – Sunnivah Juitai – Celine
-Front View or Back View
Virtual Creations – Virtual Revolutions – Halle
-Front View or Back View
Zero Style – Rei Gully – Oiran
-Front View or Back View

Best Goth Style
Artilleri – Antonia Marat – Mairya
-Front View or Back View
Ravenwear – Raven Lament – Details
-Front View or Back View
Deviant Kitties – Helyanwe Vindaloo – Steve
-Front View or Back View
Kin – Kin Keiko – PinUp1
-Front View, Back View 1, or Back View 2
Playful Kitten – Quietlycharmes Vega – Voodoo Girl
-Front View or Back View

Best Extreme Style
Curious Kitties – Ameshin Yossarian – Keko
-Front View or Back View
Curl Up and Dye – Leetah Moxie – Amidala
-Front View or Back View
Fizzy – Dabai Samson – Curly David
-Front View or Back View
Old Gravy – Satine Dot – Vicious
-Front View or Back View
Mau’s & Mej’s – Sunnivah Juitai – Reptile
-Front View or Back View

Best Sculptie Style
Calico Creations – Calico Ingmann – Heather
-Front View or Back View
Calico Creations – Calico Ingmann – Jet
-Front View or Back View
Curious Kitties – Ameshin Yossarian – Mariska
-Front View or Back View
Influence Hair by Naughty – Lost Thereian & Ambyance2 Anubis – Nicole
-Front View or Back View
Influence Hair by Naughty – Lost Thereian & Ambyance2 Anubis – Paris
-Front View or Back View

Best Freebie/Dollarbie
Calla – Tigerlily Koi – ImSoPreddy V3
-Front View or Back View
ETD – Elikapeka Tiramisu – Casual
-Front View or Back View
Gurl 6 – Six Kennedy – Gwen
-Front View or Back View
HCT – BabyBoo Glitterbuck & Bailey Mackenzie – Arora
-Front View or Back View
Panache – Zyrra Falcone & HoseQueen McLean – Faithy MidNyte
-Front View or Back View

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