In the past month or so Zaara Kohime has worked on and released three outfits that she says were inspired by the spirit of Goa. I had a chat with her about what this exactly means so she gave me a little explanation for each outfit that I found so fascinating I felt as if it HAD to be blogged.

Essentially the Goa series is more about the kind of people that visit Goa rather than the place itself. The first outfit she released from this series was the long dress Calangute that came in so many colors. This elegant dress would be worn by those who have an annual ‘rejuvenating’ trip to Goa and would check into an expensive boutique hotel with exotic spas and private beaches. In this dress, you can visualize yourself sipping white wine in your personal beach shack while waiting for your kerala head massage appointment.

The Anjuna outfit is more for the laid back beach bum variety. This species usually is found outdoors, exploring one beach a day, stopping at shacks to enjoy the calamari fritters and Kings beer. They tend to lie in their chairs all day until the necessity to pee. (Which might be often since beer is cheaper than water in Goa.)

The third and final outfit called Xacuti (which will be released soon) is usually worn by a strange more nocturnal being. They sleep off the day, and proceed to beach hop all night, from one rave party to another. Progressively getting drunk and/or stoned, they don’t even know what they’re doing anymore. I’m just wearing the bikini part of this colorful outfit, but to see the whole idea view Zaara’s picture. As you can see from the pic, looking unusual is mandatory. In this outfit imagine yourself tripping all night to trance and waking up the next day wondering where you are and what you did last night!

So there you have it folks, what an interesting and educational series. Not only are they gorgeous, colorful and fun to wear but the stories behind each outfit are so fascinating!

Visit Zaara’s new mainstore location in the Tesla sim to pick up these outfits:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Tesla/91/40/54

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Credits:
Calangute picture:
Skin: PXL,
Hair: Armidi
Shoes: Armidi
Jewels and Dress: {Zaara}
Pose: Long Awkward Pose
Location: Costa Rica

Anjuna picture:
Skin: PXL
Hair: Diversity Hair
Jewels and outfit: {Zaara}
Pose: Long Awkward Pose

Xacuti picture:
Skin: PXL
Hair: Armidi
Shades: FNKY
Jewels and outfit: {Zaara}
Pose: Long Awkward Pose

I discovered Long Awkward Pose because of my dear friend Azar Kazan. I still remember it clearly. It was a cold day in January; yes even in the south :P. When I logged on, barely a second had gone by when Azar messaged me and said, “Hey Berry, quick take the tp and come here. This place is magical!” I quickly took the tp, ready to see a beautiful enchanting sim with fairies and pixie dust. Much to my surprise, I rezzed in a pose store! So then she said, “DUDE! They got awesome poses here for L$25!” I was like, “ NO WAY!” And she was like “WAY!” And that’s when my love affair with Dove Swanson….er I mean Long Awkward Pose started. :)

Since that fateful day in January I’ve been a LAP addict, using primarily LAP poses for most – if not all – of my photography. Here are a few glimpses of how I’ve used Dove’s wonderful poses!

The greatest thing about Dove Swanson is that not only is she keeping her prices reasonable, but also that she has poses for more than just fashionistas. She has poses for everyone: couples, groups, friends, funny poses (who doesn’t need a stinky butt pose?) Also right when you enter her store she has oodles of free poses in gift boxes by the door! She has many poses for your group of friends, lots of poses for couples, over 25 sets full of poses for all us girls and even 8 sets full of poses for men. Of course all of the poses are sold individually as well as in the sets. I guarantee you will not leave the place without picking up at least a few poses for yourself. They are great fun!

While you are there don’t forget to click on her subscribe-o-matic thingamajig so you can get all her freebie poses that she sends to all her members cuz she’s just awesome like that. She also does many treasure hunts and such of which you will be notified if you join her group.

These days she has also started a flickr group and has a weekly contest. YAY! If you have a flickr account, quickly go and join her group: http://www.flickr.com/groups/lapsl and start spamming it with all the amazing pics you’ve taken with her poses. You just might be picked for “rad pic of the week” (according to Dove of course :P)

So what are you waiting for? Get yer butt there now! :P
http://slurl.com/secondlife/BelleStar/211/26/21

*Click on the pictures for full view and credits.