Every now and again a designer
emerges who truly does blend
extraordinary fashion with real
ability as an artist. One such is Zib
Scaggs, owner and designer of the
very successful brand Zibska. For
years now Zib's extraordinary
jewelry, makeup, hair and clothing
have delighted and inspired fashionistas, stylists and models around
the grid. Not all though are aware
of just what an accomplished
graphic artist she is too. I was lucky
enough to interview Zib for
Windlight Magazine, and get a
glimpse into her creative world..
ELEESEREN: Hi Zib, its so nice to
meet you and be able to ask you a
few questions about your art and
your designing. Zibska is huge,
well known and very respected
brand in SL Fashion, can you tell
me a little about how Zibska
started, and how you have
developed over the years?
base would wear were drastically
different. I do not create based on
what will sell, what is hot or the
latest trend, I have always left it to
the creative muse, sudden
inspiration, whim. I did not want to
change the reasons behind my
designing, which would inevitably
lead to burnout, so I decided to
close the in-world Zibware
locations, regroup and see where
the new adventure would take me,
a month later Zibska was opened.
ELESEREN: And Zibska is one of my
favorite shops! May I ask, when
you design, what inspires you, how
do you come up with your ideas?
ZIB: Much of it comes from
nature, the mathematical precision
combined with the seemingly
random patterns one finds in the
world. It could be the play of light
and shadow on the buildings
outside, crystalline formations or
the dance of plumage on a bird of
ZIB: I started creating clothing in paradise. Sometimes I will work off
SL early 2007 for myself and friends a random sketch from my kiddo, or
then launched the Zibware brand a misunderstood turn of words
which focused mainly on swimwear which causes one to ponder a
and club wear. Late 2010 I had
moment. More often than not it is
realized what I was designing and simply a matter of ‘what if’, that
wearing and what my customer
combined with Second Life’s lack of
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