Happy 2010!

You don't have to swing from a chandelier, in or out of lingerie from Naory's Primavera Estate line, but here's to hoping you had a great New Year's Eve, and you'll have a Happy New Year.

Wordless Wednesday - For The Half of the World Where It's Summer:

Blue Monday 12 28 09

The last 2009 Blue Monday at fufL, and Norway's Jani Askevold looks great, but a little down. She shouldn't despair, and neither should you; the first Blue Monday of 2010 is only a week away.

One More To Unwrap

And, wouldn't you like to unwrap any of the above (models or Vicky's lingerie)? I thought of doing a post about this spot, or tacking it onto one of the other VS posts of late, but I'll pass it along to you here. You've probably seen this ad directed by Transformer's Michael Bay a lot this Christmas season, but in case you haven't, or would like to check it out one more time..

Treacle of Confessions of a Lingerie Addict (formerly Stockings Addict, take note) left me a comment about it, and I'll repeat my reply here:

..shown during the Fashion Show, and with the fun excess, it seemed to fit right in. After all, how many castle staircases can you have a lingerie model run down (bounce down?) every year?
; )

BUT- and my girlfriend and I both noticed this at the same time - we were watching some other Christmas special, and the same commercial came on. A bit out of context? While we think it's fun, we wondered 'what the hell do some other people watching this special think when that comes on?' LOL

-frank

Decorating in Red for Christmas 2009

A red Rose named Pania decorated perfectly for the season in Myla. A Merry Christmas to you and yours from L ingerie Blog.

Viña Machado: Christmas Candy?

Colombia's Viña Machado is wearing a Christmas-candy-striped bra and bikini panties set by histoire d'amour. If that gives you flavorful ideas, and she's agreeable, enjoy!

Jarah Mariano: A Baby Doll for Christmas

Maybe not the baby doll you'd expect under the tree, but the peppermint-accented Ms. Mariano would be gladly accepted, we're sure. Remember: no unwrapping gifts early..

Who Says The First Day Of Winter Is Ugly?

In the Northern Hemisphere where L ingerie Blog makes it's home, the Winter Solstice has arrived. Who knew she was so beautiful?
Blue Monday returns next week.

Gisele Bundchen Joins the Very Sexy Moms

With due respect to that Timberlake guy, with Gisle Bundchen around, no one really needed to bring Sexy back; it never left. Even though she's not officially a Victoria's Secret Angel anymore, she's done some work for Vicky's this year:



She also officially joined the VSMs List when she and husband Tom Brady welcomed a boy, named Benjamin.



Enjoy a few flashbacks, to Ms. Bundchen and one of the annual Fantasy Bras, a few behind-the-scenes types photos and some catalog memories.













And somehow Ms. Lima's made another cameo appearance this week.

Karolina Kurkova Joins the Very Sexy Moms

Second in a series this week (collect them all!) is Karolina Kurkova who became a VSM aka Very Sexy Mom when she and her fiance, film producer Archie Drury welcomed son Tobin Jack Drury October 29th.



So, in her well-deserved absence, relive a few memories of Vicky's Fashion Shows Past.



Smile, Mom!



Much better - The runway photos are from 2007; the backstage from 2002



Hey, there's another one of those other VSMs, a certain Ms. Lima



One more of Ms. Kurkova from 2007, and one more VSM to go this week..

Adriana Lima Joins the Very Sexy Moms

A brief recap: Since there's that other, cruder term out there, we've chosen a better one; Very Sexy Mom, or VSM. In Adriana Lima's case she got to officially join the club November 16 when she and her husband Marko Jaric welcomed a daughter, the lyrically-named Valentina Lima Jaric.











Since the 2009 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show was filmed only a few days later, Ms. Lima was Absent with Leave. To make up for that, enjoy a few behind-the-scenes and other photos from her time at the 2003 VS Fashion Show..











BTW, exactly where do you apply for this Wardrobe Assistant's job?











Up next, new VSM Karolina Kurkova.

Blue Monday 12 14 09

From the 2009 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, here's a Blue Monday you don't see all that often, as worn by the named-from-birth-to-be-a-model Chanel Iman



Later this week, we'll do some catching up with a few models who weren't on the runway of the show this year.

She Knows..

..exactly how her ass looks to you in what little there is of those thong panties. And you thought she was facing away because she was shy?

Red and Green

It's closer to Christmas; red and green are two of it's colors.
Nice decorations, yes?

Fall Lingerie Before Fall Falls

In some parts of the world, it'll soon be Summer. Where fufL is based, it'll soon be Fall. So, before it's too late, it's fitting we feature Anna Wasacz-Carter showing off items from Blush Lingerie's Fall 2009 collection. Not that that we think her bra and extremely low-rise bikini panty set will look dated anytime soon.

Wordless Wednesday 12 9 09

Blue Monday 12 07 09

Colombia's Natalia Paris for St. Even's, looking extremely calm for a Monday. If she makes your Monday calmer, our work here is done..

Victoria's Secret 2009 Fashion Show, Part 2

PINK Angel Behati Prinsloo, and Angels Marisa Miller, VS Fashion Show Host Heidi Klum, Doutzen Kroes, Miranda Kerr and Alessandra Ambrosio at the Finale.

The storied Lexington Armory in New York City played host to the 2009 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. You might think between this post and part one we would have covered all we wanted to; just not possible. I actually removed a few pictures from this post to save for the future. Picking up where we left off on Wednesday, more from the show, broken down by the themed segments, starting with:

PINK Planet


PINK Angel Behati Prinsloo says hello and starts off the segment that was just plain fun.


Australian Abbey Lee Kershaw's yellow PINK panties (it all makes sense) asked for attention, and succeeded in getting it.


Both my girlfriend and I got the impression Ms. Kershaw had a bit more of a role in this year's show, which we thought added value.


Elyse Taylor seemed to have a pre-designed wardrobe.. function(?) to show off more of her pink PINK panties as she got further down the runway


Shannan Click demonstrated the power of PINK

Enchanted Forest


The wonders of nature, as displayed by Doutzen Kroes



Out of all the ensembles in this section, I liked Miranda Kerr's the most. And it gives you one great excuse to drop that old line, 'Excuse me, Miss, do you have the time?'



My girlfriend was torn between Miranda Kerr's outfit and this vision in green worn by Philadelphia's Sessilee Lopez. Did I mention my girlfriend is tall (5'8.5")? And she likes boots. And she now wants Ms. Lopez's(5' 10") boots. I'm all for it, if they come with the matching bra and panties, and we'll skip the jewelry.


Lindsay Ellingson has the answer to your Red Riding Hood fetish - and the 'keeping the wolves at bay' may be a cliche, but if she's undressed like this, it still works.


Australian Abbey Lee Kershaw's outfit seemed.. 'Pheasant-y'?.



My girlfriend and I especially liked some of the print designs in this segment, like the above bra and thong bikini panties worn by Tatiana Kovylina.



The amazing I-just-had-a-baby-weeks-ago - Again! - Heidi Klum served as host once more, and made a bit more than a cameo appearance on the runway. Missing from the show, but for the same very great reasons, Adriana Lima and Karolína Kurková gave birth to a baby girl and boy, repsectively, shortly before the show's actual date of filming November 19th at the Armory in New York City (Ms. Kurvova October 29th; Ms. Lima November 16, each joining the ranks of VSMs - more on each in future fufL posts).

Romantic Journey



Ms. Ambrosio answers the question, 'How the hell do you get that lingerie through the metal detector at the airport?'


Maryna Linchuk of Belarus looks like a sun goddess. If she'd been around ages ago, we could have blamed her for melting Icarus' wings..


To be clear, we're both fans of Ms. Ebanks, but I like this a bit better than my girlfriend, who asked if she was was going fly fishing in that vest. Can you guess what one of my girlfriend's Dad's hobbies may be..?


Doutzen Kroes feather-light decorations went well with her feather-light bra and panty set


Cupid, meet Marisa Miller; Marisa Miller, meet Cupid



Say hello to Kylie Biscutti. The only part of the show my girlfriend and I weren't too crazy about was how they handled the competition to choose a new 'Runway Angel'. ('Angel Boot Camp'? Really?) Especially after the girl we both originally voted for on-line was eliminated almost immediately. The whole 'reality show-within-the-fashion-show' was a bit of a turn-off for us. We weren't going to bother to cast another vote, but decided to anyway. No offense to runner-up Jaimeelee Darley, but we both chose Kylie. It was something about her.. eyes - believe it or not - that we liked, and her slightly unpolished demeanor. Here's hoping she really gets a chance to do more with Vicky's.

It would have been nice to include all 35 or so models who appeared in this year's show, but all good things must come to an end - even if the framing on the CBS broadcast version of the show didn't clue you in to the full (or less than full) extent of Miranda Kerr's last bra and panties set - but it's a fitting, and certainly fit end:



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