Hello everyone and welcome to the first of the Influentials interviews for 2012.

This month sees me chatting to Zachery Zufreur, model, photographer, blogger and stylist and all round nice guy.

Zachary rezzed inworld on the 26th October 2010 and there were no flies on this young man, within a month of being here he had ventured into the realm of photography in SL as he immediately started selling his RL travel photography in SL.

At one of the many fashion events that are held in Second Life, Zachary had the good fortune to run into Lady Charltina of Charltina’s.  She suggested to him that his RL photography would make good backgrounds for SL pictures.  And he was off ...  Photographing anyone and everyone around him before formally establishing SACHI Photo Studio in December 2010.

He has photographed the likes of Miss Virtual World 2011 Winner Serene Faith, BOSL Awards Top Male Model 2011 Winner Ricoracer Flux, BOSL Top Model Linnda Scofield, BOSL Awards Best Photographer 2011 Skip Staheli, top model Louise McWinnie and top photographer Annough Lykin.

But that was then …

Thank you Zachery for taking time out to chat to us

Hehe welcome to my humble and incomplete home haha.

Modelling takes up most of your time these days, do you enjoy it?

I like some aspects of it and the gratification that comes with it.

What would you say you have contributed to the world of SL fashion?

Fresh ideas and stylings.

Zachy has modelled for the likes of:

Maniera Man of Style 2011  - Mister Virtual World 2011 1st runner-up  "GizzA" Vendor Model   - "SoliDea FoliEs"  2011/12 -  "BLISS HOMME"  2011/12   - "SHIKI" 2012 -   "ALEIDA"  2011/12 - Face of "Face Paint" 2011/12

Tell us about Asymetriques / L'Homme.

I used to write for a fashion mag in RL, so when I joined SL modeling/fashion, I'd wanted to have my own publication but the SL scene is flooded with magazines, I wanted mine to be niche, so when I posted stuff on flickr I received IMs asking where I got my items and that made me realise that the men in SL, not just male models, need to be exposed to the available brands in SL.  There are many brands and designers that people are unaware of, so I decided to embark on this project to release L'Homme.  My intention was for L'Homme to be an independent publication because being part of an agency limits its circulation and audience, however, we are still figuring out the marketing portion of it since the pilot issue was just a few weeks ago. What have done is to make L'Homme  part of Asymetriques. Asymetriques is a team of people who produce lookbooks and magazines that focus on designers, models, and quality. We know for a fact that many models like to have print jobs, so we will be casting for a pool of models that we'd use exclusively for our publications, with L'Homme being one of them.  The CEO Leah McCullough and COO Anna Sapphire (Miss Virtual World 2012) of the mag are iconic people in the SL fashion industry and my close friends, so we are all very excited about it.  I am the Fashion director and the art director is Daniele Eberhardt.  One of the services we provide to designers is to make their collections into a book.

http://issuu.com/leahmccullough/docs/solidea_lookbook_asmt01

Tell us how you came to be in Costa Rica?

I was living with my SL family at that time, with Meimei Shiu being the only surviving member.

What does being part of the CRS community mean to you?

Simply put. Fun! I am great friends with the people here .... and it's always fun to party together when time permits.

What do you like best about CRS?

Haha erm, let me show u what I like best, the view :P. I like that effort has been put into doing up.

What are your plans for the future?

I’ll be focusing a lot on Asymetriques as well as L'Homme, to let L'homme be the go to guide for all things men's fashion and of course my SL "career" of modeling. A close friend told me, opportunities only come once and the sense of gratification keeps me going. .

You can have a look at Zachy’s modeling resume @ - http://zacharyzufreur.wordpress.com/ and his Flickr - www.flickr.com/photos/zacharyzufreur/

We invite you to join us on the last Saturday of the month which is January 28th, 2012 at 1.00 PM SLT at The Influentials Lounge, as Costa Rica Sims pays tribute to the talented Zachary Zufreur.  The theme is ‘Domino’s’ – so wear something black and white.

If you want to keep in touch with your friends and all things related to Costa Rica that we have groups on a number of social networks where you can do just that:

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Thank you for taking time out to read our blog, your continued support is what keeps us striving to make the Costa Rica Sims the best place in Second Life to be.

Lacy Muircastle