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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But it does have something sweet that you could - in theory - wear for that Hallmark holiday. Or any time really.

It’s a pretty little necklace from a shop called Ding! which offers a small selection of jewelry and other prim accessories.

The owner of the shop is Zen Paine, and the creator of this “Chained Heart” necklace that I really fancy is Rue Oh. It’s 249 prims all bundled up to make one of the prettiest little heart necklaces I have seen in SL. Here’s what it looks like on, paired with equally as sweet lingerie from LoveLace. I realize my avatar doesn’t have the ideal figure for lingerie, so just pretend I have hit the sliders.

Or, here it is again but with the new Qamra hair from Philotic Energy and heart hoodie (dollarbie) from Winter Moon (group members also received it in black). Note the heart on the cute hat/hair combo is broken. I am clearly conflicted.

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I am quite certain I am not the only one who gets all excited about new poses. With all the pose makers out there, there’s certainly no shortage to choose from. Despite that, there are animators and pose makers you go back to over and over because of the consistent quality and variety. Torrid Midnight is one of those for me, and I often use her poses here.

Torrid has just released a new set called “Curves” - 10 new poses with a wide variety of angles and uses. You can pick them up here in the Photosphere store on Saeya’s Silent sim and here at TorridWear in Chartreuse (there are other locations too; check her picks). The pack of 10 is $900L, an excellent value.

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Rock Star is the new release from Iris Seale’s Punch Drunk. If you’re familiar with her other inventory, then this is clearly a new direction for her and it’s a versatile, edgy set with pieces that can be reused in a multitude of ways. (edit: it doesn’t appear to be up in Mischief - find it at the Le Zoo location!)

That said, in typical Gillian fashion (dork), I have also picked a way to mix the outfit’s top later that is a lot less rock star…and a little more something else :0

The top is my favorite part of the outfit. Worn all together, it’s two layers - the jacket is a nicely painted, gold and silver one strap scoop, hitting in just the right (or wrong) spot so that you have to wear the shirt layer sequined tank (or your underlayer of choice) underneath. My hair is Odette in black and white from Deviant Kitties), razor blade earrings from Diamonde (there’s a sale on now), cuff choker from Last Call Covet (sale there too!) and black slim bangles from Woo’s. I added the mesh gloves from another outfit in my inventory so you don’t get those.

The whole outfit features a light and flexi skirt that uses the sequined detailed glitch pants well. It also comes with fishnet tights that are cut off at the ankles by design, and a little mismatched at the seams. Although I like the sequin shirt layer, I don’t love belly shirts in general so I would always wear a jacket over that. Together though, I think it works very well - particularly with tall boots like these from Digital Dragon Designs, fittingly called Rockstar Boots (half off!).

All the poses on this page are from Torrid Midnight in Saeya’s Silent sim (in the Photosphere store).

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