As much as I ADORE my poses from Luth Brodie of Reel Movement and Beauvoir Rousselot of maitreya, I’ve taken enough photos that I found myself in a rut…hitting the same stands time and time again for my snaps. LUCKILY, Lux Yao of Amaretto has tossed her hat into the avatar pose arena. I finally found the time to drop by Amaretto and check out the configurations Lux came up with. I was delighted to find not only adorable stands, but also chairs complete with charming sit animations. Here’s a sampling to get you motivated. So hurry up and sit.

(My favorite stand is the far right, which captures a “freeze frame,” making my avatar appear in mid-motion.)

As part of this post I also wanted to do a little ensemble mish mash. Closet Crisis does it best, but I wanted to try my hand at a mix and match, because honestly, I really have to find a purpose for all the forgotten pretties I’ve bought on my impulsive shopping sprees. I ran this outfit by Aradia Dielli (a kick butt mix and matcher in her own right) and she approved…so tada! my first “Heavenly Hash”.

It all started with the Jessica II hair in Chestnut (not yet released from ETD) with delightful wide brimmed hat, which set the theme for light and elegant coordinating pieces. I just HAD to include the new rouched (spelled it right this time) bustier from Savvy? in Teal under the Caroline Belted Empire blouse with puffed sleeves from Last Call. The skirt is part of the Brown Robyn Slip Dress also from Savvy? paired with Paper Couture heeless peaked toe stilettos in soil. Minimal accessories include the Mama Harper Two Strand Pearl Necklace from WorthWhile by Random Calliope and Shiny Things’ Spiral Disk bracelet. In the sitting pose, I had to substitute Choice Slacks in Beige from Nyte ‘n’ Day (thanks Aradia) because we all KNOW what prims skirts look like when you’re sitting.

Skin is Minnu Model’s Light SkinGloss Light.

My first animated “movie” featuring retro/vintage/rockabilly fashions in SL.  This is by no means a complete list of the designers doing a fab job of this style in SL, but I went way over budget in preparation and had to stop myself!  I had SO much fun making this, I hope ya’ll enjoy it as well.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=sJuifHtgIFY

Click below for credits

(Grid is down so apologies for not listing names of items, but here are the creator’s names and stores)

Skin: Lovey Darling-Lovey’s Boutique

Hair: Aden Breyer-[Aden], Satine Dot-Old Gravy

Shoes: Satine Dot-Old Gravy

Accessories: Johnny Mann-JM Cigarettes, Antonia Marat-/artilleri/, Veronyka Heckroth-Frustrated, Inc, Nylon Pinkney-Nylon Outfitters, jess Liwei-JL Creations, Kaysha Sion-WRONG

Clothing: Kitty Pidgeon-JetDoll, Tuli Asturias-Tuli, Emma Gilmour-Sand Shack Surf Co., Fey Fuller-1-800 Bettie’s, Betty Doyle-Ingenue

Poses/Animations/MoodHUD: Ayumi Cassini-Ayumi’s Magic Nook, Beauvoir Rousse-Maitreya, Raven Lament-Ravenwear (the animated chair…huge apologies to Raven for forgetting to add her in the actual movie credits.  I suck), Siggy Romulus

~QQ~

When I was in maitreya on Friday night, shopping for boots and wrap tops and the sexiest strappy heels ever, I noticed that the shop was home to not only Onyx LeShelle’s shoe and garment fantastical creations, but also to her partner Beauvoir Rousselot’s walking, standing, and posing animations.

 When I did runway, I turned the grid upside down looking for a walk that would set me apart from all the other leggy divas on the catwalk and found one categorized as a fashion walk, but alas it made my avi appear more drunk than goddess-like…so I stuck to the ubiquitous sexy walk. I don’t do fashion shows much anymore (thanks M2 and Fashion Heaven blog for keeping me busy) but maitreya’s fluid animations of sassy struts and animated poses inspired a dream…

 *CC tip of the week: If you do any sort of runway…you MUST have these!*

Special thanks to Beauvoir for having the patience and enthusiasm for this project to help me get it filmed. I nominate you for sainthood.