Blue Monday 03 07 11

Flavia de Oliveira with a flashback to last year's Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, looking cooly stellar for this season in an outfit that you could take as icily star-studded. Cold yet hot at the same time, like some of our weather.

Blue Monday 12 13 10

You may remember seeing this particular blue (but PINK) bra and panty set during this year's Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. Worn by France's Heloise Guerin, it's a bit of product placement. For of all things, Mentos. No, really:



Still, best Mentos experiment since this one.

My girlfriend and I were discussing this during the show.

frank: Maybe next year they can get a candy that comes in a clear wrapper?
her, not missing a beat: Only if they move the show to HBO or Pay-Per-View.

And you wonder why I keep trying to get her to write guest posts for fufL?

Chanel Iman Earns Her Wings

We've posted about Chanel Iman before, but it's amazing to think this year was only her second Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. She was a welcome sight last year, and even more so with her sweetheart mega-watt smile, eyes and this year, Wings.



As far as wings, I don't see how they'll ever beat Heidi Klum's Snowflake Angel wings, but it was cool to see Ms. Iman tear up over deservedly getting her wings this year (Video above)

I'd say those wings add a bit to her powers..



Like levitating AKON? No problem.



Of course, if I saw her pointing at me, coming my way wearing that outfit, I might start floating, too.. and don't mess with her - she can take care of herself



Or at least bubble you into submission



She even got to celebrate her 20th birthday a few hours early in part by watching the show on CBS. My girlfriend and I both like the fact that she drops little facial cues and has fun with the crowd, similar to Adriana Lima and Alessandra Ambrosio. And she's only 20. If she's this good now, it makes you wonder how good she'll be when she grows up someday.
(OK I'm not much older, so sue me)

Follow her on twitter
and check out her blog and official website.

2010 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, Part 2

Some more observations in random order..



Anne Vyalitsyna (Anne V)

My girlfriend and I both expected to like the PINK and Heavenly Bodies segment best, but we actually liked the Country Girls sets second to PINK. Her, especially any with blue denim, like Lindsay Ellingson below, or paisley like Anne V above.



Now we're sort of jonesing to find her a bunch of gingham, paisley or denim panties, maybe with matching bras, like Lindsay's or even Maryna Linchuk's below.



And the blue boots. Not that she has any place to wear them (well, I can think of one place..), but my girlfriend wants those boots. OK, that entire costume. Did I mention she likes wearing Blue lingerie?



And, costume is the correct term. One very valid critique of Vicky's shows that seems rightfully louder each year is, who could actually wear anything seen in the shows? That's addressed in a great post by Treacle on her The Lingerie Addict blog (BTW, if by the off chance you're not reading it regularly, you should). Then again, I forgive the excesses since the show is selling fantasy entertainment - and in turn tons of knickers - but that's kind of their point. Think of it this way: it's a one-hour infomercial no one can say they really suffer through.

So, what could work as actual lingerie, and not just a costume?





How about this bra and panties set Candice Swanepoel wore during the Heavenly Bodies segment? Lose the Angel wings, and she's set. Or keep the wings and lose the bra and panties, and it's somebody's really strange dream sequence, but that's for a very different blog..



Neither of us were all that familiar with Martha Streck before her appearance on the runway, but afterward, we heart her, too. She even tweeted everyone a backstage pic:



Who Wore It Better? In this case the It being an orange bra?



Within minutes of each other, Karolina Kurkova or Adriana Lima?



I'm not sure what superhero Ms. Lima is supposed to be ('Soccer Mom'?) but I'll watch for the movie, 3-D or not..





Alessandra Ambrosio on why ruffle-butt panties can still be cute and hott at the same time - and not to be out-done:



Magdalena Frackowiak, proving even Akon can have a thankless job. That's him. To her right. On the stage. Oh, hadn't noticed him either, huh?



How about a front-flash from Lily Aldridge? They are trying to sell the panties, after all..



If you missed the show or just want to see it again, you're in luck. It'll be shown again this coming Wednesday, December 8th 8 ET on the CW. 8pm? Obviously not on ABC..



Good night, and drive safely! Call me!

I realize some people think the show jumped the shark long ago, but some of us look at it as a lot of fun (especially when they spend a little more time talking with the models as they did this year). That's cool - to each their own. If you want another take on the show, mainly from backstage, read this great post from the fine ladies at Frou Frou Fashionista blog. And check out our post next Wednesday for our vote for best addition to the show over the past two years. She really deserved those Angel wings.

Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2010: (Almost) Wordless Wednesday

Tough Love


Adriana Lima


Lily Donaldson


Alessandra Ambrosio


Magdalena Frackowiak


Julia Stegner




Katy Perry. A Firework, alright, and fitting right in with Vicky's

Country Girls


Candice Swanepoel


Lily Aldridge


Jessica Stam


Alessandra Ambrosio


Rosie Huntington-Whiteley

Game On


Erin Heatherton


Izabel Goulart


Chanel Iman


Behati Prinsloo


Shannan Click


Liu Wen

Heavenly Bodies


Anja Rubik serenaded by Akon (If you're going to have a song called Angel, great timimg, eh?)


Izabel Goulart


Candice Swanepoel


Magdalena Frackowiak - Tell me this one won't become an iconic photo of this year's show


And Congratulations to Chanel Iman on her first wings. She was so happy when she found out she'd get to wear them that she cried.


The already-priceless Ms. Lima, with an added $2 Million worth of Fantasy

Wild Things


Alessandra Ambrosio


Selita Ebanks


Erin Heatherton


Emanuela de Paulo


Caroline Winberg


Laís Ribeiro


Karolina Kurkova

PINK


Behati Prinsloo


Lindsay Ellingson


Maryna Linchuk


Edita Vilkeviciute


Lily Aldridge





But wait - There's more photos, observations and fun in Saturday's fufL post. Until then, enjoy this video with a few familiar (and even clothed!) faces set to Fashion Show performer Katy Perry's Firework