…while exploring one of the many Japanese sims, all exploding with fashion finds if you have some time to fly around. I spent tonight in Honmoku, which led to some new-to-me finds - in particular, some pretty fantastic shoes and boots from a shop called ::69::. I had been to the sim recently to pick up hats recommended to me at Lapin et Anato (which are great by the way), but this was a return trip with no particular aim.

But first the outfit, which is “Marionette” from amerie’s Naughty by Amerie Spitteler. I loved the lace detail, sculpted cuffs and cropped jacket with prim collar and tie. I have zero idea how new this is, but it’s certainly new to me and I do love it.

But the shoes - the SHOES - are what really prompted my purchase in the first place. They are the “Succubus” pumps in dark cherry from ::69:: by Kumii Yoshikawa, which offers shoes, boots, hats, jewelry and even a couple pieces of furniture. The Succubus pumps come in many colors, and feature skulls (one is wearing a top hat!) and sculpted bows on the back. I really couldn’t resist them when I saw them.

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I talked not so long ago about the wide variety of poses available these days in SL. Ana Lutetia, widely known the same we all know for her rapid blogging of the newest of the new releases and rich Flickr photo stream - has recently opened her own pose shop, with model poses for both men and women. The shop is appropriately called AnaLu and you can find it here (as well as several other outposts - check Ana’s picks).

I am definitely picky about the poses I use in this blog because I try to show clothing, skins and other avatar-based accessories in ways that best display them without diverting focus. The focus should be the fashion, not what the avatar is doing (IMHO).

At AnaLu, you’ll find multiple series of male and female poses - available as both singles and packs, and all with copy permissions (also critical and a total mystery why someone would release no copy poses). I believe Ana now has nearly 150 poses in her growing selection, including some cute sits as well as offbeat, less “modelesque” poses.

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