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.

Alessandra Ambrosio at The Victorias Secret Fashion Show

Alessandra Ambrosio at The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show

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

Happy 10th foursome Bodies By Victoria

For the 10th anniversary of the Body By Victoria line, Californian Lindsay Ellingson and Brazil's Emanuela de Paula joined Victoria's Secret 'veterans' Alessandra Ambrosio and Marisa Miller
on a promotional tour.



The ladies also announced this year's Victoria's Secret Fashion Show will be in New York City. I really don't see The Early Show on CBS all that much; maybe I should watch more often..






There's also a contest involved: If you didn't pay attention to that on the CBS clip, watch this one. There may be a quiz later. Or you may win something. Or you may just really really enjoy the video..

Alessandra Ambrosio Helps Us Celebrate 600

I'd like to say Ale called to wish frankufotos Lingerie a Happy 600th post (as of Monday's for Memorial Day), but I'm pretty sure Ms. Ambrosio has other things on her mind. Such as, raising a daughter less than a year old while still looking better than 99% of us ever will.



I couldn't decide which of the two photos to use, so, thanks to indecision, you get both. The color photo is for Victoria's Secret's new stretch lace panty. Did we mention Ms. Ambrosio's been a Mom for less than a year? Actually, yes, we did. One more thing to mention; aside from hitting 601 posts as of today's, we've now passed 506,000 hits, and well over one million page views. Thanks so much to all who've read fufL over the past almost-three years, to all who've commented, to the lovely models whose photos fill our pages, and especially to the many (often un-named, but certainly not untalented) photographers who've made the images possible.

Now, if I can just convince my girlfriend/fellow lingerie enthusiast to guest-write a post before we get to one million hits.. (oh, I'll be in trouble for mentioning this, but it will lead to some fun making it up to her..)

The 2008 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show

Maybe it was a change in venue to the newly refurbished Fontainbleau Hotel on Miami Beach, but The 2008 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show just seemed more colorful and energized than in past years. Not that there was anything wrong with those shows, but at about the half-way point during the Pink portion of the show, my girlfriend and I expressed the same thought to each other: this year was just damn fun. It had been right from when Adriana Lima started it off along with Usher. And, despite the expresssion on his face, I don't think he was seriously worried that Heidi Klum would get too far with his hat.



Speaking of Ms. Klum, yes, Alessandra Amrbosio is the recipient of this year's Honorary HK Yes-I-Just-Had-A-Baby-A-Few-Months-Ago-And-I-Look-Smoking-Hot Trophy





Selita Ebanks truly working her Angels wings as well as the runway; Karolina Kurkova illustrating that lingerie is, indeed, something which can be unbuckled..



In the aforementioned Pink portion of the program, Erin Heatherton somehow managed to incorporate fun, hottness, a great green bra, and the fourth Doctor Who's scarf.



Shannan Click scoring a Pink touchdown?



Speaking of kisses, mind one from a rather lacy Noemie Lenoir?



Your Christmas season red from Ms. Miranda Kerr..



Newest Angel Doutzen Kroes had much fun with feathers..





Adriana Lima and THAT bra; and hostess Heidi Klum put a bow on the whole show at the end.




Angels Selita Ebanks, Alessandra Ambrosio, Doutzen Kroes, Heidi Klum and Adriana Lima take some well-deserved bows at show's end. You may say, "What? That's all?? Where's (fill in the name of your favorite model not mentioned), Frank U idiot? This is the third year of fufL, and this was perhaps the hardest post-Show post to write, because, with 35 models - and over 400 pictures I collected, narrowed to 72, then to 30, then to what you see here, the question becomes, what can you possibly leave out? I could go on writing it until 6am, and you'll already get carpal tunnel scrolling though it as is. I write the post after my girlfriend and I watch the show in real time and compare notes (no, she will not add anything to any blog posts, though she knows she has a standing offer). The upside of so many more pictures, models and outfits we didn't get to? Future fufL posts. And, as always, your comments are welcomed.

Check out past frankufotos Lingerie coverage of Victoria's Secret Fashion Shows here.

Alessandra Ambrosio's Back

It was only this past August that Victoria's Secret Angel Alessandra Ambrosio became a VSM - Very Sexy Mom. Yet, in case you're wondering if she'll be seen on the runway at the 2008 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, the answer would be a resounding Yes. Does she look absolutely fantastic, new VSM or not? We'd have to use that 'resounding Yes' again.
You can find out for yourself December 3rd on CBS, and in December 4th's fufL post.

Alessandra Ambrosio: Very Sexy Mom

As we told you last week, after some false Internet speculation, Alessandra Ambrosio finally did become a mom. Be prepared for all the obvious and eventually tedious MILF references. Taking not a thing away from the fabulous Ms. Ambrosio, and maybe because I Like to F my GF, I've never found the term endearing or friendly to whichever mom was being referenced. Maybe we need a new term. I thought of 'Hott Mommies', but though more respectful, it sounds just as juvenile as MILF. Inspired by the fact Ale's wearing a rather striking bra and panty set from Victoria's Secret's Very Sexy Collection above, how about 'VSM' for 'Very Sexy Mom"?

Very determined, too. As we saw with the original false birth announcement, not that it's always accurate. but word on-line is that Ms. Ambrosio intends to make it for this year's Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. Though seen in December on CBS, it's filmed in November. Maybe she just wants to beat Heidi Klum's Get-Back-In-Fantastic-Shape Record of a few years ago. Here's to success!


According to Ms. Ambrosio's official website:

'To all of our family and friends, we are pleased to announce that our little princess Anja Louise Ambrosio Mazur was born on Sunday Aug 24 at 7:32 p.m.
She is 6.3 lbs. and absolutely perfect. She hasn't cried once except for a second when they pulled her out. And we have now felt a new kind of love and joy that we never knew existed.

Love, Ale and Jamie'

A huge Congratulations to the new family from frankufotos Lingerie!

UPDATED: Alessandra Ambrosio: Brazil's Hottest Mom? Maybe Not Yet.. Wait - 'Yet' Arrives!

According to Ms. Ambrosio's official website:

'To all of our family and friends, we are pleased to announce that our little princess Anja Louise Ambrosio Mazur was born on Sunday Aug 24 at 7:32 p.m.
She is 6.3 lbs. and absolutely perfect. She hasn't cried once except for a second when they pulled her out. And we have now felt a new kind of love and joy that we never knew existed.

Love, Ale and Jamie'

A huge Congratulations to the new family from frankufotos Lingerie!

The original fufL post below:



Tons of blogs have been congratulating Ms. Ambrosio and her boyfriend, Jamie Mazur, on being new parents.. Big News sources? Not so much.

Now, as much as we lingerie fans may find her one of the biggest names on the planet, I would not expect that particular bit of news to lead all the cable newscasts, network evening news and be banner headlines across the Times, New York or London. But I would expect some 'legit' news organization to have it. I'd also expect some announcement on her official website once they had a break in the family-and-friends celebration. The one 'news' story about all this seems to suggest the blogosphere has jumped the gun. Translated by Babelfish:

Alessandra Ambrosio finished to enter in the nineth month of gestation and the day was not divulged that top goes to have baby. Alessandra is very happy to the side of James Mazur, who soon soon will have to become fullfilled itself as papa.

I understood every word of that.. perfectly.. yeah.. really.

I don't mean to sound snakry, or like I'm coming down on fellow bloggers; I'm not. I doubt after over 400 posts I haven't made a few really ripe errors, especially since I tend to use the internet to find post ideas in the first place.

But, I think it means, in essence, we still have time to shop for a 'Congratulations on the new baby!' card and booties.

September 2008 GQ UK: Backstage At The 2007 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show - Part 1

Proving that sometimes, the words Collector's Edition may actually mean something. The September 2008 issue of the U.K. edition of GQ Magazine has a story with about as full an access you'll get to the backstage goings-on at last year's Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.



And that's just the teaser page to get you to turn to the article.. and, we repeat what we've said in a post last month: Marisa Miller needs to do more lingerie shoots. And, more of Ale' is always welcome.



Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, then of Vicky's Pink, now of Burberry's, soon of Dolce & Gabbana lingerie.



How long would you wait if Ms. Lima were holding that finger up to you? Part 2 of this post comes soon.

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!

Not That Black Can't Be Quite Hott

They say Black can be quite slimming. Is less more slimming?



Umm.. No; not that she needs it.

Models: Almudena Fernandez; Alessandra Ambrosio