TheBaronOfFratton

Photography by Carolina Palmgren:

^Well I fear this post can only go to mar that pretty milestone! But, alas, it can't be helped...500? Keen much?!! And those after-party shots are classic Behati.

Not nearly enough in my thread - but, well , there's 2, can't really argue! You can write stuff underneath your avatar now - RESULT!

^I can only imagine the hurt... This year I got lucky - next year: vamos a ver! Still, as long as they keep going with this charmless drag-queen - EVERYBODY will be happy. (Y) (Y)

^Actually there was only ever a hint of Stam falling over - the evidence was covered up... VS seems to save it's 'point and laugh' schadenfreude for the perils of Karolina Kurkova. Anyway, what fools dared suggest Lima did anything wrong? Let me at 'em Savanna, I'll learn 'em - good and proper!

+Ringside, from Imaginary Socialite's Flickr photstream:

No picture - but a backstage piece from StyleList, by Gracie Gold: (Source: as above)Steak and fries you say? Come to Buenos Aires!

^ :| From tenmagazine:

^Nice to the slightly more understated J.Crew(!) amongst that sugar-bullets assault from VS... Thanks Opaline. ^LMS - again, for me, it's all about the NO shorts!!! (Repeat: :hell yea!: ) Frankly, she's highly unlikely to let me down anyway - and it's not as if she's responsible for the outfits - but I thought the black and white suited her more. The other one looked loads better in the finale, minus those distracting wings. And I dug the socks both times!

^Ja Ja! No matter, it what we have come to expect... I'm just thankful that she didn't get that horrible "funshine" cardigan thing. :yuckky: I'm currently digesting all of this - thoughts still fermenting. I'll return, I suppose.

+ A whole bunch of finale group-shots (same source):

^Thanks for these Andy! (Y) And they just keep on coming... (via Prettyphile and nothingless)

^Absolutely! These HQ's are courtesy of nothingless, via Getty:

^I'm not sure what the design rationale was for those things..? But those socks more than make up for it! Plus, still in relief that she wasn't lumbered with that bobbled "funshine" cardigan.(+ NO shorts! :hell yea!: ) From Zimbio (lawdy, lip-bite):

From those: 3, but I'm disappointed!

+ A HQ of the twitpic from earlier, with two more for good luck:

And rockin' the socks backstage, and on - in her 'Game On' outift (courtesy of phenobarbie):

^A few more from Taste The Rainbow:

^Nice! (Y) Exciting, isn't it?!! (Courtesy of phenobarbie)

FEAR THE VENGEFUL PEACOCK KING! Oh yes, tonight as the fog and mists descend upon old New York city, a terrible spirit will manifest around the Armory - The Peacock King... Legend tells that many moons ago, a young Ed Razek built his first Victoria's Secret store upon a peacock burial ground - and this angered the god of the peacocks, the sinister Peacock King! He descended to our plain, and confronted the cocky young man: "What is it to you where I build my budding lingerie empire, oh vain bird?" Razek chided. "BEWARE MERE MORTAL, PURVEYOR OF MID-RANGE LADIES UNDERGARMENTS - FOR IN YEARS HENCE YE SHALL HAVE A, RAPIDLY DESCENDING IN TASTE AND CLASS, FASHION SHOW UPON A U.S. NETWORK TV CHANNEL, AND I SHALL DEMAND PAYMENT FOR THIS SLIGHT", said the King. Years passed, and Razek went from a swaggering youth to a thoughtful entrepreneur - and soon indeed did he amass enough wealth and power to verily put a fashion show upon the burgeoning internet and, latterly, a U.S. network TV channel just as the terrible King predicted. It was successful and Razek laughed upon a big pile of money, until one year when the fearsome spectre of The Peacock King reappeared to him once more... "RAZEK, I RETURN - AND I REQUIRE SUSTENANCE... NOW, AND FOR EVERY SHOW HENCE, I WILL DEMAND THAT YOU WORSHIP ME WITH A PEACOCK OUTFIT - AND SACRIFICE ONE OF YOUR MODELS WHO WILL ONLY GET TO APPEAR IN ONE SHOW AND WILL NEVER BE SPOKEN OF AGAIN... THIS YEAR I WILL FEAST UPON INGA SAVITA!" Razek was stunned - but he quickly put together an outfit to appease the mighty King: And the King was happy... The following year Ed forgot his promise - and The Peacock King wreaked TERRIBLE retribution... And took all the other models, except the "Angels", that Ed had drafted and gobbled them all up. So, there was no show - but Ed had learnt his lesson in the harshest manner. From then on Ed knew it was wise to keep the King happy and sent models down the runway in homage and deference to the lord of the peacocks: And he sacrificed the odd model like Katja Shceckina (despite her wonderful arse) and Katie Wile (although technically that was cheating!) never to be heard of again... But this year The Peacock King is hungry - and he demands a ridiculous costume, a model-sacrifice, AND a song to keep him sated. Ed hurried to put together a costume - but time was not on his side and it looked really stupid: And the song wasn't much better: I wanna see your peacock, cock, cock Your peacock, cock Your peacock, cock, cock Your peacock I wanna see your peacock, cock, cock Your peacock, cock Your peacock, cock, cock Your peacock So maybe dressing up as a peacock will help Katy Perry's survival rating? And who, pray tell, will the King feast upon after the show? Could be anyone. But be wary tonight, should you hear the cawing of THE PEACOCK KING... MU HA HA HA!!!

Oops - one more with Candice: (One for icey...)

^ HQ's from yesterday, via Modelcandids.com - nice to see she didn't overdo the bronzer like some... I'm guessing this is the 'A' Team - or Supermodel/Bombshell/Angel/Whatever (minus the indisposed Rosie)?

Korean Gravia!

^YES - more of these!

pheno, I know you're deputising for Joe at the moment - but I'm missing those Springer-esque "Final Thoughts". Couldn't you be like that big bouncer fella who used to take chairs out of people's hands when the fights (inevitably) started and then got his own show? I don't know if he does those too - maybe he's got his own schtick? Either way - improvise! This round - 3 How about it?