Every now and then, I like to return to these games, still hosted by Y8.com, and create new looks on those same games that I first discovered back in 2007. I spent hours putting looks together on the hundreds of games from this site that involve dressing up models, creating hair and makeup combos and arranging interior designs. Originally from a South Korean game website created by RoiLife LLC, the Roiworld games were my initiation into the realm of Japanese and Korean street style- the most prominent influence in my wardrobe today. But none of them, not even the most popular content from Girls Go Games, has had the longtime influence on my personal style that the Roiworld games do. I probably played every dress-up game available in cyberspace. Actually, my elementary school friends and I named it Teen Scene Magazine, and we thought it was top competition for Teen Vogue and Seventeen. My earliest memories of loving the fashion industry are of printing out dozens of screenshots from dress-up game sites, stapling them together, scribbling all over them and calling the result a fashion magazine. Many will remember the MyScene or Barbie games from the iconic. In stressful times, I like to take myself back to the origins of my passion for fashion styling: online dress-up games.

My scene dress up game