Alessandra Ambrosio: Happy Belated Birthday

Ms. Ambrosio celebrated last week in Miami, in an event woefully lacking in coverage in the popular press. Tons of he said/she said about the U.S. election, but not much important. No excuse for fufL to miss it, so hopefully the above photo in some small way makes up for it. And, really, I know she's eating for two these days, but a life-sized cake in the shape of a piano? Either that, or they just frosted the strings and keys.



Happy Birthday, Ale!

Blue Monday 04 28 08

Since I recently had a comment and question on a previous post in this series of photos of Gemma Atkinson, why not another? I believe (correct me if I'm wrong) they're by photographer Alan Strutt for La Senza.

Mel B. For Ultimo: Far More Sexy Than Scary

Ultimo, the U.K. lingerie brand who've given us many wonderful views of Gemma Atkinson and Sarah Harding in their undies have a new line that they describe as

'the Ultimo SS08 collection which has been inspired by the glamour and vintage Art Deco charm of Miami Beach. Luxurious satin in mouth watering, juicy colours is paired with sleek leopard print embroidery along-side graphic embroidered collections delicately stitched in summer brights.'

London's Daily Star
quotes Ms. Brown as saying

'After taking part in Dancing With The Stars in the US and the Spice Girls World Tour I have never been in better shape, so I jumped at the chance.'

We'll thank Mel B. and Ultimo of course, but this just adds to the list of reasons we really have to drop a note thanks to the Dancing With The Stars producers..

Adriana Lima: The Gold (Bra & Panty) Standard

Ms. Lima, in what looks to be Rose Gold bra and panties set, actually, and the only context in which you'll ever see her name next to the term 'standard'.

BTW: Blogger In Draft Update: This is the post I mentioned last week as my test case for the Auto-publishing feature in Beta. This time, I got it to work. It does tend to work better if, after you set the date and time you want it to auto-publish you hit 'Publish' as opposed to 'Save'. You then get a confirmation message that it will publish as such-and-such a time. No message, you've probably done it wrong as I did the other day, or it didn't take.

And, you have to admit, this photo of Ms. Lima was worth waiting for.

Blue Monday 4 21 08

Wouldn't you like a great reason not to get out of bed this morning?

Lingerie Blogger In Draft

Blogger In Draft has a new feature to let you post a draft at a later date. Since I'll be away from the computer for a few days, let's see if the Beta works. If it does, Saturday around 9am ET (U.S.) you should see a golden post of the lovely Adriana Lima. If not, well, you'll see it sometime next week the old-fashioned way. With the good old sweat of manual labor as I post it the usual way. Hey! Manually was good enough for our grandfathers on the net - and they liked it that way!

And yes, I know who the above actress is (hint: one movie out now; BIG movie out soon), but since I don't know if that was a scene that was supposed to go that way or a happy accident, I'll not mention her name here. Not that I haven't given you a BIG enough hint, or that you've never seen her in her lingerie before, though..

UPDATE Sunday April 20th
Note no post Saturday. This is why it's in Beta..

Speedy Christina Ricci

Christina Ricci will be in The Wachowski Brothers new family-friendly(!) movie, an update of the old Japanese animated series Speed Racer. Since she won't be (un)dressed as above, or running around in little white panties for most of the film as she was in Black Snake Moan, this picture of Ms. Ricci in black lingerie will have to tide us over until her usual more adult fare resumes.

Her character even gets her own poster:

Blue Monday 4 14 08

An almost angelic-looking (well, for her) Joanna Krupa.

Hey, Lingerie Blog: Why So Big?

The photos, that is. As you might imagine, I've had interesting responses to the pictures I post on fufL. Aside from some of the umm.. obvious remarks, some have been about the size of the images.

One directory of blogs rejected us saying something along the lines of 'this is a photoblog - so why are the pictures too big?' Huh? You want tiny thumbnails you have to click on and wait for them to download?



I didn't think so..

Another directory said they made the site take too long to load, 'over 2.5 seconds for you home page. Sorry, this is unacceptable to us'. Well, geez, buddy, it's not my fault you're so cheap you run a directory but still use a dial-up..

Then, I had one complaint that 'you have to scroll down to see the entire picture- too much work'. A word of advice? If that's your problem with the site, scroll away; it may help you keep your other hand from getting over-developed while reading the posts..

Some have asked why when they click on a pic, it takes them to the hosting site log-in, but not to all my other pictures. Well, the point is to browse the blog, right? (One supposes if they read Playboy, it's just to look at the pictures!)
And anything there is already here.. or will be here, so, no reading ahead. Then again, some people must like to open their birthday presents a week early if they find them.

And, more importantly: It's is a photoblog, so why shouldn't the pictures be as large as they can? You can always copy and shrink them if you really wish, but I figure in an era when people are shelling out for not-just-big-but-huge-screen TVs and computer monitors, most people would go with the bigger-is-better idea.

And, in all seriousness, to the vast majority of you who've left comments (some private, others published): It's cool when you hear from another soul, male or female, with similar interests in lingerie and underwear. Thanks for reading, and I hope you continue to enjoy the posts - franku

Claudia Schiffer & Joseph Gordon-Levitt: All Tied Up In GQ

Joseph Gordon-Levitt is in the new movie Stop-Loss. What the hell that has to do with getting Claudia Schiffer tied up and down to her lingerie, I have no clue. I'm just guessing JG-L, you and I don't care, either. We'll just enjoy that it's so.



You can thank GQ Magazine for their April 2008 article, 'Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down', which I think, from giving skant notice of the text, mentions Joseph Gordon-Levitt, the film, and probably some ties along with Ms. Schiffer's lingerie.



In the article, Gordon-Levitt says of the movie -and the photo shoot with Schiffer,

'I was joking with a buddy of mine.. all my good luck is used up. I better just stay inside for the rest of the year, because I’m gonna get hit by a bus.'

One is tempted after looking at Ms. Schiffer to ask how much time they have with her until the next bus it due.



Photography by the ever-interesting Ellen von Unwerth.

Blue Monday 4 06 08

It's Monday. You wake up, gaze out your window and see beautiful Romanian model Catrinel Menghia undressed to a blue bra and boy shorts panty set in the tree outside your bedroom. There are two explanations. One is that you're reading the Blue Monday post in Lingerie Blog. Sorry, the other is that you're still asleep.

More Lingerie (Battlestar) Babes In Space

Does this woman (Tricia Helfer) look like a killer toaster to you?

The fourth and final season of Battlestar Galactica debuts 10 ET tonight (in the U.S., at least) on the Sci Fi Channel.



Katee Sackhoff's character has been known to enjoy the occasional cigar..

Despite being probably the best-written show on TV -no, really, try watching it and see how much work goes in to real plot, character and acting compared to the usual stuff- BSG hasn't really gotten the huge tune-in it's deserved. Want to catch up? Try watching their own production of 'What The Frak Is Going On?', narrated by Ms. Sackhoff. I'll warn you, it's eight minutes long. And listen carefully, or you'll miss some of the best lines, which proves they may take the show, but not themselves too seriously..



That was her penance for being on that lame remake of Bionic Woman. Hell, she was the best thing on it, and she wasn't the lead. Now you see why we need cable channels to make really cool stuff, and what BSG might have looked like on a mainstream TV network..

..uh, wait.. nevermind..

Let's forget that with a much better image, say, of Grace Park.



or Lucy Lawless:



So, if you're late coming to BSG, give it a try tonight.. even if these ladies aren't stripped to their scanties as they are here.. then again, it is BSG on cable..



You have to give them credit for trying, though the guy who wrote James Callis' line about the honey-roasted nuts should have been shoved out an airlock.



And check out a couple of related posts from Lingerie Blog here and here.

Kylie Minogue Dances With The Stars

Since Josie Maran was voted off Dancing With The Stars in the first show of the last season, except for an episode I saw while with my girlfriend, I had pretty much ignored it. Last night, after it was over, I was talking with her on the phone, and she told me I'd missed Kylie Minogue was the musical guest.

'She wasn't dancing in lingerie, was she?' I asked.
'Of course not,' my girlfriend said.
'Well.. I don't feel as bad as I could, then'
'But you have another easy excuse for a blog post, don't you?' she said.

You don't wonder why we're together, do you?
For those of us that may have missed Ms. Minogue performing her new song All I See from her new CD X:

And for those of us who missed seeing what may have been under that red dress: