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^Whoops! Apologies all, in my excitement seeing a poster in Paris and then seeking them out I forgot to credit... They're by Jan Welters for Princesse Tam Tam.(Oh, and nice new avatar there! )

From Storm (model management) blog - teaser from a shoot in London, May 31st:

^ It's an unfortunate sobriquet when applied thusly... ^A second one:

^Cute! Screw VS if they can't see this anyways:

Pssst... Super Secret source EXCLUSIVO! First look at the 'Fantasy Bra': Now Todd and Charlotte have just got to chuck some emeralds and shit on it!

^I'm not sure why you've felt the need to repost all of my Next contributions - being that they're on the same page and of the same high quality? As it happens I had broken them down into their constituent themes as per the catalogue - but, obviously, I didn't get around to posting the third ("Holiday Essentials") or the final four (from their knitwear section) as I had to literally run out and catch a train! Anyway, I presumed a trusty associate would complete the task... Maybe VS will promote her. ^Where did you read that Airis7? It's true there's a lot of Magda about at the moment - but then there has been similar situations with other models (like Marloes or Abbey Lee) seemingly usurping her for periods. Of course it's perfectly feasible - she's been the sub-brand ambassador since 2008, a longer tenure than Miranda and maybe even Ale(?); although Behati's still central in recent promotions... Actually I'd have thought Chanel the more likely replacement? But, as it happens Facoquer, there's a little 'adult' VS action that's just appeared:

"Tailoring":

^ New A/W catalogue from NEXT "Desert Dreams":

A couple of PINK promo things too:

^What? What? What? :shock: They've removed Klum - but kept Miller in? Hmmm... OK then, without further ado - let's indulge the 'pointless speculation' and lay the odds down for the runners and riders for this year's Fantasy (excuse me... ) Bra: MARISA MILLER Well, they've kept her name up there anyway. Does that mean anything? I thought she'd left this life to piss about on motorbikes and inflict more cultural imperialism on the rest of the world by being an ambassador for that "football" you play with your hands... But she is still there, plus she's worn it before (weep Ale, weep). 8-1 ADRIANA LIMA Is this still her comeback year? I get so confused. Let's be honest 'true believers', it's a wonderful comeback for Lima simply when she re-enters a room ("I thought you'd gone forever. Thank God!"). Everything's been a comeback for so long now that surely this can't count too? And she wore it last year (as part of another comeback) so it's unlikely. But, then again, it is Lima... 10-1 ELVIS PRESLEY Made a comeback in '68 - to a rapturous reception. Is he really dead? I don't know, but judging by his size prior to his "death" he'd likely fill out a Fantasy Bra well with his 'moobs'. Still, a long-shot. 100-1 GISELE What a coup this would be? BAM - opening the show in a million-dollar bejewelled bra and pushing every other model off of that catwalk, chewing up and spitting out these so-called "Angels", and scaring cameramen. But it's all beneath her now, isn't it? 50-1 DOUTZEN KROES "Look, I've had a baby. Aren't I clever? My boobs are bigger now!" 5-1 KAROLINA KURKOVA She's worn it too, has been away, and was back in the show last year. But she's never been treated right by VS and is more likely to be humiliated in an off-stage farce or 'wardrobe malfunction' or just be ridiculed for having no bellybutton like I'm doing here. 40-1 SEAL One can dream, can't one? 150-1 SELITA EBANKS Hey, this is what the people want! She's a big-time movie star now - having been some sort of bird thing in a Kanye West up-his-own-arse vanity project AND getting killed before the opening-credits in an episode of Hawaii 5-0. This is the moment to hitch your wagon to the popular Ebanks train again. Only she wasn't popular to begin with. 80-1 KYLIE BISUTTI Hey! That's more like it. The "People's Angel". We wanted her - bring her back. COMEBACK KYLIE! COMEBACK KYLIE! Only she doesn't wear lingerie for anyone now except her husband, and God. Even with this offer Kylie? Way to test the faith... 75-1 MIRANDA KERR Whoah, where'd they come from? Oh, another baby. Awkward... But you've got a film-star husband too. Well, I say film-star, what have you seen him in lately? Did you see Pirates 4? Me neither, so I take your point I suppose - but that's a pyrrhic victory wouldn't you say? Oh, so he's going to be in The Hobbit? And that's despite his character not being in the book at all? Revisionism... How's all that health food, "special" water and yoga gubbins coming along then? OK, OK, so you need a higher-profile. Yeah... Good idea. Yes, those would look great propped up in precious stones. The favourite. 3-1 JESUS CHRIST It's the big comeback, coming any day now... Surely a shoe-in should he turn up. But then, if he does then there's be a hell of a lot more going on than ladies parading in their smalls. Best not push it. 45-1

^You're not wrong - listen here:

^I think you're safe - but watch your back, the police are out there... Thanks! (Y)

That'll do...

^Oh god no - not another "comeback". And with added pointless speculation fun. <_< Don't think I can take anymore captain...

^More! From the new PINK catalogue: + A slightly different take on a previous shot:

^Whoah, that's almost too much! There's a new PINK catalogue out there:

+ A couple of 'combo' shots from the new PINK catalogue:

^ Pretty good start, isn't it?! ^Mystery solved, as it's a page in the new PINK catalogue ('split' shot below). The site's been updated, and although most of the new stuff was found on the browser already there are a few more:

^I think that about covers it doesn't it?! (Y) Personally I think they need the return of Kaiser Klum, to keep them all in check as the bordello Madame... I mean, you knew where you stood back then (below Heidi) and with Tyra, then Gisele, as her trusty second-in-command (and imagine how steely you'd have to be to boss either of those two around? ) shit got done. Now the girls are careering about, bumping into things, being incoherent, disappearing and then re-appearing on whims, being given different nomenclatures and not repsonding to any... They need corralling. Heidi might have been a megalomaniac, camera-hogging, insufferably unfunny "leader" - but I guess it was a benign dictatorship.

^Holy goodness, penny - a return to form for our Rila! ^I can't get these to open here my dear - but I sought out the ed, and I'm in full agreement...

^Great! (Y) Saw some more new VS shots but I've been away - one has to be so careful now that those Repost-Police are patrolling the forum!

VS'n it:

Something to do with robots... Whatever!

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