Supermodel Karolina Kurkova got blasted in the press for strutting down the catwalk during Sao Paulo Fashion Week, carrying along what one newspaper called “cellulite and back fat”.

Calling Karolina fat, of course brought out all the “average” womens opinions to her defense. But seriously? Karolina is packing too many pounds in the picture above. She gets paid millions of dollars a year to walk down a catwalk, showing off designers clothing. Would it kill her to watch what she was eating and exercise a couple of times a week? Keeping her body up to supermodel status is in fact her job (that she makes $5million a year doing). I would be pretty pissed if I paid her $250,000 to walk my runway, only to find that everyone is talking about her fat ass, rather then my sexy swimsuits that she was wearing.

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Karolina obviously took what the media had to say to heart, because she promptly lost the extra weight. Here she is 6 months after the runway show mentioned above:

While I’m all about progress and innovations, there are some things that you just can’t improve. Since I’m involved in the lingerie/fashion industry I tend to see some pretty retarded “innovations” at the tradeshows. It actually makes me feel bad looking at these people that have dumped their life savings into something that is an obvious failure, but hey at least they tried?

Here are a few lingerie items that I find to be totally ridiculous:

The C-String: This is apparently supposed to be some sort of improvement on the popular g-string panty style. according to their website:

“The CString is a completely new and exciting innovation in lingerie. Say goodbye to panty line and uncomfortable straps. Say hello to a sexy new freedom.”

Because, you know, straps on your underwear are way more uncomfortable then a headband-like object stuck up your buttcrack? I’m actually quite surprised that CString is still in business, but I did notice that they added real underwear (g-string and booty shorts) to their collection instead of just producing the C-String.

Pastease Strapless Bikini: The Pastease are actually pretty cool, but when Pastease expanded their pasties collection to include the “strapless bikini”, they kinda jumped the shark. The bikini bottom is essentially a waterproof triangle sticker that measure 1.5″ x 2.5″. We have deemed the Pastease Strapless Bikini, “The Vag Sealer”, at the office. According to the Pastease website:

“Our most daring funwear strapless bikini features the same waterproof, skin-safe adhesive as all Pastease.”

Funwear? I wonder how much fun removing the strapless bikini is?

The Backless Thong: Oh boy, where to begin. According to BacklessLingerie.com:

“Unlike a G-String or thong, our Lingerie minimize VPL (visible panty lines) but also have a full width gusset, giving you comfort and peace of mind. Unlike other forms of lingerie, Backless Lingerie doesn’t ride, wedge or shift. Their soft straps sit snugly below your bottom, keeping them firmly in place.”

For the girl so obsessed with panty lines that a thong is not good enough? But she would wear this crazy contraption rather then go commando? Kind of a small market there…

I can’t imagine the backless thong staying in place without making the leg straps uncomfortably tight. And, there has to be some shifting when you sit down that’s going to look a lot stranger trying to fix then picking a wedgie.

The Butt Bra: Sadly, this is the least stupid lingerie innovation on my list, but come on…A butt bra? Shapewear has been around for a long time and The Butt Bra would fall into the shapewear category along with girdles and slimmers, but I think this beauty has been brought on by the “Kim Kardashian Era”, where there is no such thing as too much booty. Can you imagine getting caught wearing something as silly as this? I’ll just stick with doing squats thank you very much.

What are you going to be for Halloween? I’ve been buried up to my neck in Halloween costumes for 2 months now and I finally tried one on today. And it’s perfect! I’m going to be a victorian vixen vampire:

I also picked out the proper victorian vampire costumes accessories as well: Top hat with bow, victorian choker necklace and jeweled shoes.

And the best part of my vampire costumes? I also ordered sterling silver vampire fangs. Yep, I’m going to be a vampire with a grill. Haha.

I’ve also decided that I need two Halloween costumes this year, since we’ll be partying in San Juan on Wednesday (which is actually Halloween) and then we’ll be partying in Rincon on the weekend. SO, I think I’m also going to be an airline pilot as well (which is fitting since I’ve flown at least 10 times this year). Then Stefan and I can match. Awwwwwwwwwww :).

Renee at Bakerloo was able to squeeze me in today and I got my hair cut and colored.

It’s hard to tell from the pictures but it’s a dark chocolate brown with a little bit of blond in the front and purple streaks underneath. I’ve never had dark hair before and I like it!

Virtual makeover by: Makeover Solutions

I need a new ‘do. Decisions, decisions…I hope Renee at Bakerloo can fit me in before I fly back to Puerto Rico on Tuesday…

On a whim, I dyed my hair dark brown today. I’ve been a blonde for 28 years, so I figured, why not? I like to call this my “Summer enters a witness protection program” look:

I think I need more of a tan to pull it off, but I think it’s a fun change. You can’t see it in the picture, but the parts of my hair that were really light blonde ended up blue….hmmm…interesting…haha

Stefan and I were shopping for sheets for our new temperpedic bed today, and we decided to see if we needed anything else. So, of course I was able to find a new pair of sunglasses that I just had to have. Stefan pointed out that I have been buying SO many pairs of sunglasses lately and did I really need another pair?!

( Photographic evidence of my sunglass fetish: )

Of course I need them ;). So I bought the black pair shown at the upper right of the picture above. They’re hot. Had to have ‘em…;)

I just got the new catalogs from one of my suppliers and it looks like one of their models has fallen prey to anorexic (or bulimia).

Here she is two years ago:

Last year:

This year:

She was thin to begin with, so she must be really abusing hereself to get down to downright skeletal. Quite honestly, I was grossed out by her latest photos and I won’t be using them on LaLaLingerie.com. Not only because she looks sick, but the clothes don’t look right or attractive hanging off of a skeleton.

Being a model can be such a mind fuck, it’s not surprising that so many models have some sort of eating disorder. It’s sad to witness…

Did you know that boobs are seasonal? Well, maybe not so much “seasonal”, but they do go in and out of fashion. Thanks god big ass fake tits are going back out of fashion (too bad for all those impressional 18 year old girls that just got their double D’s installed…). I know what you’re thinking. “Summer, how are you so knowledgable about boobie trends?!” (or you could be the angry chick with new breast implants saying, “fuck you, biaattchchch. My new tits are AWESooooommmeee.” Yeah, I get a lot of funny comments on this post and this post.). Any how, I edit lingerie and bikini photos all day long. My job is to look at half naked chicks all day. I see boob trends. For example, here are the big fake tits that were popular last year and the year before:

I recently received all of the 2007 lingerie and swimwear catalogs and NONE of the big names are using the mega bleached out, too tan, big titty models this year. Yay! I’m so over the ultra-fake look. Here is an example of the small-boobied, super sexy models that are hot in 2007

Just thought I would share my 2007 boob trend forecast. Yes, I know. My boob knowledge is uncanny…;)

It seems that everyone is having babies lately, so I’ve been looking for unique baby gifts online (I’m not the “pick a gift from the registry”, kind of girl). In my search for the perfect baby gift, I happened upon itsmybinky.com. They specialize in custom pacifiers (I love custom/unique gifts) and I saw this picture of a rhinestone pacifier, so I went to check it out.

Oh boy, those are not rhinestones my friend. That would be a solid white gold pacifier with 278 pave cut diamonds, bearing a price tag of $17,000! Hmmm. A bit out of my baby gift price range…

These diamond pacifiers are made of solid 14K white gold and sparkle with 3 carats of white diamonds. Each pacifier can be customized with colored diamonds and engraving for a one of a kind keepsake. These diamond studded pacifiers have a silicon nipple and moving handle, but they are not recommended for actual use (Um, hello? You mean I shouldn’t stick $17,000 in my babies mouth and hope she doesn’t spit it out in the mall somewhere?). I wonder if anyone has purchased one of these diamond pacifiers?! Talk about some serious luxury baby bling….