When I first heard Josie Maran was going to be a contestant on Dancing With The Stars, I figured, 'What a great cheap excuse for more posts of her in her underwear; Gee whiz- the only thing that could go wrong is if she would be voted off early after I stockpile enough pics of her in her panties to last the season'. Not that it could happen , of course. The other downside? My girlfriend has to go back to begging me to watch the rest of the season with her, just like the last couple of seasons after Kelly Monaco was no longer on it. On the positive side, I'm thinking those other pictures of Ms. Maran will eventually make their way into future posts on fufL, anyway.
OK, but you'll agree the headline is, indeed accurate, even if you were hoping for something else (and, damn, I'll take all the help I can get with search engines..)
The Calvin Klein Underwear brand celebrated 25 years of sales, success, advertising controversies, and making plain white (or black) cotton underwear damn hot with a major party hosted by current Calvin model and two-time Oscar-winner Hilary Swank and brand new Calvin model and Oscar-nominee Djimon Hounsou.
In case you don't recognize them as CKU models, a memory-refresher:
Mr. Hounsou is the face and body for the new CKU line Steel; Ms. Swank looks good in practically any CKU line, boxer briefs included, I'm sure.
Also at the event (did Hilary change her dress as often as her underwear?) was one of the other current CKU models, footballer Freddie Ljungberg. I suppose I should include a CKU ad or two with him, huh? Meh. OK:
Going down memory lane, there were also ads featuring actor and model Travis Fimmel..
But, for some reason, I'm much more partial to the CKU ads by the lovely Christy Turlington..
You may have noticed that the pictures of the ladies in their CKU are larger than the pictures of the guys. I figure I should address this, since the female readers of fufL would rather this not be the case - and, believe me, my girlfriend is not the only female reader of this blog. Put simply: It's my blog. As much as I may have an underwear fetish, I named the blog frankufotos Lingerie for a reason. I'd rather see my girlfriend - or any of these ladies in their Calvins than any of these guys. So there.
Getting back to the beginning of Calvin Klein Underwear, though.. you can read their official press release, but it's still hard for me to imagine how big a deal these ads must have been when they started two years before I was even born. Following on the heels of a jeans campaign starring Brooke Shields I've only seen on You Tube..
..you would have thought the world could have been happy Calvin Klein had put his resources toward making something to come between Brooke and her damn jeans (but, nooooooo..)
In fairness, since it was The Icon that started it all (and I wasn't aware it started with only Men's CKU, the ladies got theirs a few years later) we'll grant you one larger picture with a guy. For the story behind it, check out this article fromThe New York Observer's site and actor/model Tom Hintnaus' recollection on being in the first CKU ad:
No offense to those who are lovers of thongs; but the lady is quite the illustration that some pretty little derrieres are just made for boy shorts or full-back panties..
In which Ms. Alba drops her jeans, shakes her nicely-pantied rear at Dane Cook,
hops into bed and gives him that come-hither look
and the plot complication is he really, really loves her, so he doesn't want to sleep with her. Right. It hardly helps when she keeps losing her clothes and showing off her undies at the drop of a dress
(are those damned penguins everywhere these days?)
Stockings aren't seen as often in the Summer months (and, yes, it still is Summer) for fashion reasons, and reasons of comfort. She's found such a nice way to stay cool and wear them this time of year.