Hay ya'll and welcome to the 3rd installment of Designer's Corner with Katey Coppola, owner of Glitterati and the brand new clothing line Petticoat Lane! The first pose store I ever visited in SL was Glitterati and years later, it's still my go-to place for modeling, blogging or just messin' around with pictures. I got to sit down with Katey this week, and learn all about how Glitterati got started, what inspired her to get into clothing designing and what her days as a SL DJ? o.O Read on, it gets better!
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Kittee Skytower: so first when did you start playing sl?
Katey Coppola-Nayar: oh gosh... January 2007
Kittee Skytower: does he still play?
Kittee Skytower: is it true Bette?
Kittee Skytower: lol
Kittee Skytower: so Katey how would you say the pose business has changed in the years uve been in it?
Kittee Skytower: so, where do you get your inspiration from for your poses?
Kittee Skytower: what would say is the hardest part of being a creator on SL?
Kittee Skytower: sounds like a lot of work, but also like you enjoy what you do
Katey Coppola-Nayar: I still love taking photos of my friends, family, partner. I've got an sl family, and I couldn't ever imagine my SL without that part of it
Kittee Skytower: :) that's sweet
Kittee Skytower: that sounds really fun actually
Kittee Skytower: lol
Kittee Skytower: woah
Kittee Skytower: what do you even say to that? lol
Katey Coppola-Nayar: it's a silly concept anyway but it's funny when people take it seriouslyKittee Skytower: yeah for realsies
Kittee Skytower: so lets talk a bout something I've been super fangirl excited aboutKittee Skytower: your new clothing line!
Kittee Skytower: very true
Kittee Skytower: im wearing a Canadian tuxedo now...would never do that IRL
Kittee Skytower: where did the name Petticoat Lane come from? It sounds so girly
Katey Coppola-Nayar: both mine and bette's outfits are petticoat lane :) you'll have to come take a peek at the store, it's set up but still closed off
Kittee Skytower: when is the grand openining?
Kittee Skytower: all 3 of my followers will come
Kittee Skytower: lolol
Kittee Skytower makes note to self
Kittee Skytower: Do you have any advice for posemakers starting out?
Kittee Skytower: "use qavimator, poser is harrrrrd." so u mean using it is hard or dont use it?
Katey Coppola-Nayar: poser is a posemaking programme and it's not really designed for sl avatar animating at all, unless you're dealing with long animations. qavimator is much easier to learn, and use, because it's made for sl avatars :)Kittee Skytower: ooo ok
Kittee Skytower: sorry im a noob
Kittee Skytower: oh, what kinds of clothes will Petticoat Lane be offering?
Kittee Skytower: so is there anything else youd like our readers to know about you or your stores?
Katey Coppola-Nayar: that it's a group effort, really. I feel like I get a lot of support and love and I appreciate it so much but people like Bette, Kaz my partner, and Suti my pet homo deserve lots too
Kittee Skytower: rofl
Kittee Skytower: lolol
Katey Coppola-Nayar: glitterati is a group effort, comprised of people who know and accept that I'm a control freak who has breakdowns twice a day lolKittee Skytower: what kind of music did you play?
Katey Coppola-Nayar: I'm oldddd. this is my first avatar
Kittee Skytower: wow long time ago, so what made you start playing?Katey Coppola-Nayar: my housemate at the time! I used to peek over his shoulder as he wandered around ao-less, he got a job working in a bar and I thought it seemed so much fun, so I nagged him til he gave up the url to sign up
Katey Coppola-Nayar: I think he just didn't want me to know about all the escort places he visited lol
Kittee Skytower: roflKittee Skytower: does he still play?
Katey Coppola-Nayar: no, not anymore... but he finds it hilarious that this is my job now haha
Katey Coppola-Nayar: hah
Kittee Skytower: lolKatey Coppola-Nayar: but then, I do too really
Kittee Skytower: so, Glitterati is your full-time job? How many hours would you say you put in a week on SL?Bette Caroline Bodenhall: Rofl. Oh gawd don't ask her that.
Katey Coppola-Nayar: well, last tuesday I got a few hours of sleep
Katey Coppola-Nayar: hahaha
Kittee Skytower: lolKatey Coppola-Nayar: a lot of hours, and I love at least 90% of them!
Kittee Skytower: when did you open up glitteratiKatey Coppola-Nayar: much much more than when I worked full time in an office, but I don't hate going to work anymore lol
Katey Coppola-Nayar: new years 08/09!
Kittee Skytower: nice :) so why a pose store?Katey Coppola-Nayar: I remember I put up my first store on the Le Zoo sim, and rushed to finish before I had to go off for new years, and when I came back I was blown away that like 3 people had been there hehe. I'm a shutterbug in both worlds, was always a major customer of pose stores, and when I lost my rl job I just wanted something to do that'd keep my brain active while I looked for work
Katey Coppola-Nayar: ask Bette, I can't ever chill out, I have to be doing something productive alllll the time or I get really grumpy hah
Kittee Skytower: lolKittee Skytower: is it true Bette?
Bette Caroline Bodenhall: She is always working on something.
Bette Caroline Bodenhall: If I could climb through the screen and force feed her a sleeping pill, I would.
Kittee Skytower: lolKatey Coppola-Nayar: I'd palm it and invis you and go work somewhere else haha
Bette Caroline Bodenhall: In a totally nice, worried, love her and want her to relax way!
Kittee Skytower: suuuuuureKittee Skytower: lol
Kittee Skytower: so Katey how would you say the pose business has changed in the years uve been in it?
Katey Coppola-Nayar: oh gosh, hugely. there's so much more diversity for a start! sooo many more stores, and buying poses is a really sociable thing to do nowadays, whereas before it was mostly photographers who would buy them. Blogging has also been a huge part of it... the blogging explosion over the last few years has really helped pose stores establish themselves, I think
Kittee Skytower: :)Katey Coppola-Nayar: yeah, we all owe you guys a debt of grattitude :)
Kittee Skytower: haha its my pleasure, i really love ur poses, not to sound like a kiss ass but I just doKatey Coppola-Nayar: aw thank you so much ❤
Kittee Skytower: :o)Kittee Skytower: so, where do you get your inspiration from for your poses?
Katey Coppola-Nayar: hmm. different places really. sometimes I just sit there with poser open and poke limbs around til it makes sense, or sometimes it's a photo or a scene in a movie that made me go "aw"
Katey Coppola-Nayar: there's only so many ways to move a body part but there's soooo many things a body can be doing
Katey Coppola-Nayar: and to be honest I just want to make poses that illustrate life.. slife.. whatever
Katey Coppola-Nayar: I think everyone should take more photos! lol
Kittee Skytower: lolKittee Skytower: what would say is the hardest part of being a creator on SL?
Katey Coppola-Nayar: I want to word this carefully, because it's going to be a fine line between what I mean and sounding like a jackass lol
Kittee Skytower: lol take ur timeKatey Coppola-Nayar: the hardest part is the demanding nature of having work and play in the same place... you never get to just hang out with your friends anymore, you always have a windowful of IMs going "this didn't deliver" "can you make this" "what are you wearing in x photo" etc. And don't get me wrong... I am so, so humbled by the support of so many people, whom I frankly owe my world, but...
Katey Coppola-Nayar: there is no downtime, ever. the fun is taken from SL in a lot of ways, and you know you can handle it if what you're doing is just a different kind of funKatey Coppola-Nayar: and I'm a workaholic so it bleeds into rl anyway. I'm always looking at emails, replying to offlines, trying to stay aware
Katey Coppola-Nayar: when I started the store I went nearly two years without a day off, and when I did go on holiday and turn my emails off it was SO strange hah Kittee Skytower: sounds like a lot of work, but also like you enjoy what you do
Katey Coppola-Nayar: yeah definitely, a LOT :) the little niggly bits are nothing compared to how amazing this all is
Kittee Skytower: Are there any things you like doing for just fun on SL?Katey Coppola-Nayar: I still love taking photos of my friends, family, partner. I've got an sl family, and I couldn't ever imagine my SL without that part of it
Kittee Skytower: :) that's sweet
Katey Coppola-Nayar: and I have a child avatar, and she goes to school and goes to summer camp and things, so yeah :)
Kittee Skytower: \o/Kittee Skytower: that sounds really fun actually
Kittee Skytower: lol
Katey Coppola-Nayar: it so is! haha :D
Kittee Skytower: have you ever had any weird experiences with customers...funny ones, anything?Katey Coppola-Nayar: ohhh gosh
Katey Coppola-Nayar: LOL
Katey Coppola-Nayar: sissy, you want to take this one? haha
Bette Caroline Bodenhall: That's like... Opening a really unorganized person's inventory. There's so much.
Kittee Skytower: lolKatey Coppola-Nayar: we have the best customers in the world, man
Katey Coppola-Nayar: they're all fabulously eccentric and creative and brilliant
Bette Caroline Bodenhall: I think the best customer was one that was... shopping... and we were all on our kid avatars. (Katey was sleeping.) And we were driving aorund Glitterati in a Barbie car... and she stopped shopping to jump in the Barbie car with us and play.
Katey Coppola-Nayar: loooool
Kittee Skytower: lololBette Caroline Bodenhall: I was like yeahhh sissy sparkle is so waking up to complaints.
Bette Caroline Bodenhall: "these BRATS ARE DISRUPPTING MY SHOPPING."
Kittee Skytower: that sounds super funBette Caroline Bodenhall: But no.
Bette Caroline Bodenhall: lol.
Kittee Skytower: thats a cute story lolKatey Coppola-Nayar: oh and...
Katey Coppola-Nayar: I retired gift cards over a year ago because they broke... but we still get IMs asking why they aren't working.. a few days ago Bette got one, she said "oh no, sorry, they were retired a long time ago" and the customer replied "BUT I'M *popular sl pageant* CONTESTANT"
Katey Coppola-Nayar: like... oh?
Katey Coppola-Nayar: hahaha
Katey Coppola-Nayar: stuff like that makes me giggle
Bette Caroline Bodenhall: Oh yeah that one. Lol.
Kittee Skytower: lolololKittee Skytower: woah
Kittee Skytower: what do you even say to that? lol
Katey Coppola-Nayar: it's always kinda funny when someone pulls the DON'T YOU KNOW WHO I AM card in SL, because I don't know about you guys but most of the time I'm sitting in front of the computer in my PJs with the cat
Bette Caroline Bodenhall: Picking cat hair outta' her bra.Kittee Skytower is wearing pjs nowBette Caroline Bodenhall: True story. ❤
Katey Coppola-Nayar: and belly button.
Katey Coppola-Nayar: hahaha
Katey Coppola-Nayar: #foreveralone
Kittee Skytower: lolololKittee Skytower: gah well i guess some ppl let being "famous" on sl get to their headsKatey Coppola-Nayar: it's a silly concept anyway but it's funny when people take it seriouslyKittee Skytower: yeah for realsies
Kittee Skytower: so lets talk a bout something I've been super fangirl excited aboutKittee Skytower: your new clothing line!
Katey Coppola-Nayar: Squee!
Katey Coppola-Nayar: I'm super excited too! and terrified!
Kittee Skytower: can you tell me where you got the idea to do it, and when you began working on the clothing designs etc?Katey Coppola-Nayar: I got the idea before I even signed up to SL lol I was like "wow I get to be a clothing horse where EVERYTHING FITS!"
Katey Coppola-Nayar: heels don't hurt, panties don't ride up your butt, NO MUFFIN TOPS!
Kittee Skytower: lolKittee Skytower: very true
Kittee Skytower: im wearing a Canadian tuxedo now...would never do that IRL
Katey Coppola-Nayar: I've been working on it for about a month now... started off making clothes for kids on my kiddo avatar, but enjoyed it so much I wanted to branch out a bit
Katey Coppola-Nayar: clothing for kids is quite restrictive with hemlines, bellies showing, necklines, etc
Katey Coppola-Nayar: so it's fun to have free reign too!
Kittee Skytower: \☻/Kittee Skytower: where did the name Petticoat Lane come from? It sounds so girly
Katey Coppola-Nayar: both mine and bette's outfits are petticoat lane :) you'll have to come take a peek at the store, it's set up but still closed off
Kittee Skytower: oi yes id love to! ❤
Katey Coppola-Nayar: my friend, sgoobzy, mentioned it! I thought it sounded so English and vintage, and I love the rl Petticoat Lane, which is a market in East London
Kittee Skytower: :o niceKittee Skytower: when is the grand openining?
Katey Coppola-Nayar: I reckon it'll be tomorrow :) I'm going to send an slurl to my VIP group tonight to let them have a sneak around first
Katey Coppola-Nayar: it's not a very well planned opening really lol
Kittee Skytower: lol I can announce it on the site also if you likeKittee Skytower: all 3 of my followers will come
Kittee Skytower: lolol
Katey Coppola-Nayar: that'd be amazing, thank you so much!
Katey Coppola-Nayar: I'll make sure they'll have personal shoppers! and by personal shoppers I mean me and bette going I LIKE PINK STUFF, YOU SHOULD LOOK AT THE PINK STUFF
Kittee Skytower: np :o)
Bette Caroline Bodenhall: Rofll ahaha.
Kittee Skytower: oh i would love that just reinforces what I already do, i go for pink first lololKatey Coppola-Nayar: for real!
Kittee Skytower: so Katey, any future plans for Glitterati or Petticoat Lane people should know about?Katey Coppola-Nayar: well, y'all are stuck with me longterm, I know that much!
Katey Coppola-Nayar: I'd love to grow petticoat lane, maybe if it takes off it'll get its own sim next to glit, with a rebuild that connects the two
Katey Coppola-Nayar: and the annual 100L sale is coming up in a few weeks so no one buy anything for a while! lol
Kittee Skytower: lolKittee Skytower makes note to self
Kittee Skytower: Do you have any advice for posemakers starting out?
Katey Coppola-Nayar: use qavimator, poser is harrrrrd. pay attention to avatar weight distribution, because it looks so much more natural if you get that right, and I'm still trying hah
Katey Coppola-Nayar: and don't get too caught up in the "he copied me" "i made that first" drama llama rubbish, because nothing is original anymore haha
Katey Coppola-Nayar: oh and... never be shy to ask for help! posers are the loveliest people ever, pose fair's my favourite time of year because of them Kittee Skytower: "use qavimator, poser is harrrrrd." so u mean using it is hard or dont use it?
Katey Coppola-Nayar: poser is a posemaking programme and it's not really designed for sl avatar animating at all, unless you're dealing with long animations. qavimator is much easier to learn, and use, because it's made for sl avatars :)Kittee Skytower: ooo ok
Kittee Skytower: sorry im a noob
Katey Coppola-Nayar: Noooooooooooooooo! it's fine! I shoulda explained myself better first off!
Kittee Skytower: lol np :PKittee Skytower: oh, what kinds of clothes will Petticoat Lane be offering?
Katey Coppola-Nayar: good question! I'm an idiot so my brain went "shit ones!" but that's probably not a good answer right lol
Kittee Skytower: probably not lolololKatey Coppola-Nayar: I just wanna make things I like really... pretty dresses, casual clothes, soft tailoring, vintage, affordable stuff
Kittee Skytower: any accessories?Katey Coppola-Nayar: maybe! I love building and texturing things so you never know!
Katey Coppola-Nayar: and maybe furniture too :)
Kittee Skytower: :o sweet!Katey Coppola-Nayar: I'm really faddy... I spent two weeks building houses a few months ago and stuff, they're just sitting in my inventory haha
Kittee Skytower: lolKittee Skytower: so is there anything else youd like our readers to know about you or your stores?
Katey Coppola-Nayar: that it's a group effort, really. I feel like I get a lot of support and love and I appreciate it so much but people like Bette, Kaz my partner, and Suti my pet homo deserve lots too
Kittee Skytower: rofl
Bette Caroline Bodenhall: AHahahahaha
Bette Caroline Bodenhall: /trololo
Bette Caroline Bodenhall: Oh... don't have it.
Kittee Skytower: lolKatey Coppola-Nayar: bette keeps my shit together, kaz makes some of the best poses I can even think of, and suti has known me a long enough time that he remembers when I was dj katey in a strip club so.. yaknow
Kittee Skytower: :oKittee Skytower: lolol
Katey Coppola-Nayar: glitterati is a group effort, comprised of people who know and accept that I'm a control freak who has breakdowns twice a day lolKittee Skytower: what kind of music did you play?
Katey Coppola-Nayar: all sorts really! and once I played a Heidi Montag song, and because of that, 4 years later, I'm still stuck with Suti. *sighs*
Katey Coppola-Nayar: loljk I love him to death
Katey Coppola-Nayar: but don't tell him that
Katey Coppola-Nayar: :/
Kittee Skytower: lol well if he reads the blog hes gonna see it!Katey Coppola -Nayar: shit!
Katey Coppola - Nayar
Glitterati & Petticoat Lane Owner
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