The latest release from Silent Sparrow is the slightly burlesque Maida outfit. My inventory is overflowing with red (and black, of course), but that did not stop me from getting this one in the blood colour. Its just so right for this outfit. I really like the open bustle skirt and all the little touches, and as always with Silent Sparrow, the patterning is gorgeous, with little details revealed as you zoom in.

The whole outfit contains quite a few more pieces than what is shown here, and many of them on several layers, giving you great variety in the sort of looks you can create with it.

Here’s a slightly more risqué version, with the underbust corset worn alone and with the panties instead of the shorties. I do like those sort of options for any outfit, and I think it shows off the new Kalista skin from Tuli rather nicely. The makeup worn here is a group gift, but there are also 21 makeups to choose from in Tuli’s store, including a few others with decorative elements.

The look is finished off with the new Rodeo boots from Adam n Eve finally. I had been teased with pictures of them for a few days, and when they were released yesterday, I knew I had to wear the Maroon pair with this outfit. Like the last two releases from Damen Gorilla, these are AO-friendly boots that won’t break at the ankles no matter what sort of positions you get into. However, if you are a shortie (like me), you may need to edit their position to pull them up a little higher to avoid sinking into the floor a little.

Another red outfit that I picked up yesterday was a recent release from Cupcakes, called Holly. It was given out as a group gift in a nice brown colour a while back, and I really liked how the shading was done. So, when Cupcakes added a store card system and announced a 15% off sale on cards (I believe this is still going on), I picked up a card and got myself a red Holly too. Now, it did prove to be a little tricky to edit to fit me, but that tends to be the case with skirts that attach to the pecs, and sometimes you just have to suffer through a bit of editing. I think it turned out pretty well, and I expect that most standard-size avatars won’t have any fit issues at all.

The boots are once again the Rodeo boots from Adam n Eve, here in Moss, and the skin is another group gift, this one fittingly enough from Cupcakes too. Its a Christmas makeup for their new Celebrity skin. I can’t say I have studied their other skins very closely, but I do think Celebrity looks like quite a big step forward. The face shading, in particular, is soft and glowy but not without some bold shading, which gives it an interesting character. I am definitely tempted to let a few more makeups slip into my inventory.