The Celebrity Guide to Posing on the Red Carpet

Picking the right outfit and getting your hair and makeup done is just the beginning – you also need a signature stance like Jennifer Lopez, Taylor Swift and more
By Zoe Ruderman
Updated January 31, 2013 11:00 AM

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THE SHOULDER SMOLDER

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Forget giving the cold shoulder – gives hot shoulders, throwing them back and jutting out her chest, a stance so powerful that it’s for certified divas only.

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THE SKINNY ARM

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When the camera comes out, scores of women immediately get in hand-to-hip position. But no one has perfected it quite like and her left limb. (Ironically, the singer has arms that would look fit no matter her stance.)

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THE DOUBLE SKINNY ARM

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doubles down on go-to move, breaking it out and spreading her wings everywhere from award shows to backstage at the Inauguration.

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THE POSH-TURE

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Somewhere in between ballet third position and the Rockettes’ on-stage formation is trusty red carpet routine – right foot back, left foot forward – from which she rarely strays.

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THE THIGH FLAUNT

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Even before her infamous Right Leg Moment at the Oscars, was showing off upper gams in gowns with superhigh slits.

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THE GIRL ON THE SIDE

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doesn’t need us to tell her what her best side is. She clearly already knows it’s her left, mugging for cameras again and again in profile.

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THE POCKET PROTECTOR

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Alanis Morissette had one hand in her pocket and the other was hailing a taxi cab, but clearly takes a limo so he uses his other hand to simply show off his major pinky ring.

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