Glorious

This week’s Merchant Spotlight focuses on Lily Lewellen’s downtown shop, Old Glory. If you’re looking for well done American Civil War uniforms, amongst other things, look no further!

I’ll let Lily continue in her own words:

“I joined Second Life in 2006 and shortly afterward started creating clothing. At first it was just messing around, but then I found focus after I joined a couple of Harry Potter sims. It started out as something personal for myself and then just blossomed into a SL business. As I succeeded in that market, I began to look at other areas I could expand into.

“The inspiration for Civil War uniforms came as I was looking at some of the western sims. My RL husband, Dominic Roffo, saw some of the Civil War outfits that were being offered. Being an expert in that period and the uniforms, he was disappointed in the quality of the clothes available in SL. No one made any that were historically accurate, so we collaborated on making something he would be proud to wear. I enjoyed doing the research, discovering the little details on the vast array of different uniforms and styles - they were not just blue and gray!

“I spent a lot of time learning about them and began to make a series of different types - different ranks, different branches of service. And then I began to look around for a good shop to put them in. We thought a great deal about the name of our shop, too. We wanted something that harkened back to another era, something that reflected the respect we have for those who fought on both sides of the conflict, something that was patriotic, and we settled on "Old Glory."

“It was about that time that I discovered Steelhead and fell in love with the place and the people here. I immediately opened up my first Civil War clothing shop and set up in Steelhead, later moving to Boomtown for a larger space and also incorporating my other shop, Lewellen's Fine Tailoring into it, making Steelhead Boomtown my anchor store in Second Life for both the Harry Potter and Civil War uniforms.

“Most of my clothing is primarily used in role play or has inspired people to start role play, and it makes me very happy to know I could help open new worlds to people.”

Old Glory is located just across the street from the south side of the Town Hall, at the northern end of Boomtown. Pay a visit soon!

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