Burlesque queen Dita Von Teese dons her signature vintage corsets and gowns to incarnate a woman lost in sensual fancy in this video for electronic outfit Monarchy’s new single, “Disintegration,” directed by Roy Raz. “She’s a 1950s style housewife stuck in a toxic, dry relationship. She’s fantasizing, releasing herself in a dream world of lovers,” says the band’s Andrew Armstong. The fortuitous pairing began on Twitter, and after spending an extravagant Christmas in Paris together—joined by local characters like Catherine Baba and Diane Pernet—a friendship was forged. Soon Armstrong and partner-in-music Ra Black were penning songs for the master of striptease. The result is a synth-soaked track that brings model and author Teese’s inimitable suggestive touch to Monarchy’s soulful dance. “We considered doing an x-rated version of it,” says Armstrong. “Maybe we will some day.” Switching between stark domestic scenes to muscular choreography performed by Israel’s young Batsheva Dance Company, Tel Aviv-based Raz draws us into an imagined erotic world that is part retro, part surreal. “There should be something reserved, unreachable, unobtainable about an ideal muse—close enough to inspire but just out of reach to keep the mystery,” says Armstrong. “We have that in Dita.” Here Von Teese makes some confessions, including ex-husband Marilyn Manson’s thoughts on her foray into music.
via ConceptArt.orgNot one of the 105 Australian women shown images of naked men in a piece of academic research dedicated to women and penis size preferences said: “I like small penises.” In the study released yesterday by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, or PNAS, researcher Dr. Brian Mautz concluded that size does matter, that women prefer “showers” to “growers”.
Larger flaccid male members received higher marks.
“As you increase penis size, the amount of attractiveness scores gets bigger” in a linear fashion, he explained, until 7.6 centimeters, or 3 inches. After three inches, attractiveness still increased, but in smaller increments.
Not only were the ratings higher, but the women also spent more time gazing at the generously endowed figures, a sign they preferred looking at them as opposed to figures with smaller penises.
The women’s actions, as monitored not only by their answers to questions and ratings of images of pictures, but also measurements of nonverbal actions like eyes wandering can be frustrating to “growers”. “Several studies have shown that flaccid penis length is not associated with erect penis length,” says Ask Men, postulating that the average erect penis length is between 5.1 inches and 5.9 inches in length. “Literature around the average girth or circumference seems to flip-flop, but several studies have described an average mid-shaft circumference to be 4.49 inches and 4.97 inches when fully erect.”
In Dr. Mautz’s study of 105 women — hardly a massive sampling — yet not 25 university students either,
Penis size had a stronger effect on attractiveness in taller men than in shorter men. There was a similar increase in the positive effect of penis size on attractiveness with a more masculine body shape (i.e., greater shoulder-to-hip ratio). Surprisingly, larger penis size and greater height had almost equivalent positive effects on male attractiveness. via NBC News
It’s worth noting that women with greater body mass index held stronger preferences for big pensises. And especially with tall men, where the expectation of endowment was greatest. Mautz speculated, because “a taller guy must have a disproportionately larger penis to sort of make it clear” he’s endowed.
NBC’s Brian Alexander suggests that women may be looking for orgasms, as a pair-bonding function. Biologically, it’s argued that intense orgasms thrust sperm forward in the path toward a potential meetup with an egg and an opportunity to rumble. In the recent book, The Chemistry Between Us: Love, Sex and the Science of Attraction, Emory University neuroscientist Larry Young argues that intense orgasms tend to seal the deal for many women, and especially those looking for a husband and father for a family material.
Besides, as Kate shot back across the Atlantic, Gisele — who earned $46 million last year and leads the 2012 Forbes Model List — is a ‘footballer’s wife”.
Not to worry about Neophitou’s excoriating remarks about Kate Upton. Kate’s frankly operating above Neophitou’s bar these days — adored by Carine Roitfeld who used her front and center in Sebastian Faena’s great editorial for Harper’s Bazaar Australia. Presumably this editorial will go worldwide for Harper’s, in various renditions. Perhaps others will focus on Kate’s supporting cast for the Australia edition. This morning she is front and center.
Last week Bert Stern, the famous photographer who photographed Marilyn Monroe in ‘The Last Sitting’, said that Kate is his next muse. The trailer to the film is excellent, triggering memories of my own time spent with the Marilyn/Stern photographs a few years back.
At the time I was engaged in my own self-photography project, discovering the essence of the woman reflected into the mirror — clothes on and clothes off. The private journey was singularly the best project I ever took on in terms of my own self-development, even though my mother would call it the ultimate act of narcissism.
Rumours are that Kate will front the June issue of American Vogue, although mum is the word all around. Queried while speaking at a Samsung event, Upton swears she has “no idea” if she’s on the June cover. “I had no idea what’s happening,” she said. “I feel like it’s easier to deal with my schedule one day at a time.”
Kate Upton, Hannah Simone & Genesis Rodriguez on Men’s Body Styling
Kate is speaking directly to the guys about body grooming and Gillette. International Business Timeswrites about Kate:
Dressed in a white v-neck dress that shows off her curves, the starlet is reminiscent of Marilyn Monroe. It’s her naughty lines that steal the show though as she reveals, “I wouldn’t date a guy who has grooming problems, so no.”
It was an answer to a question about being attracted to men who don’t body groom. When asked if it is important to her that her boyfriends shave “down there”, she replies it is “very important.” Playfully winking at the camera, Upton displays her trademark sex appeal and light-hearted charm.
The video is created to promote Gillette’s Fusion ProGlide Styler.
Fine, so this is Kate being a light-hearted American girl with ample breasts. They are hers, right? And yes, London’s Sun celebrated National Cleavage Day on March 27 the Kate took the top prize.
Last week’s terrible tizzy about Kate Upton focused on her prom invite from a LA high school student Jake Davidson asking the Sports Illustrated cover girl to go to his prom. I’m sure that Gillette loved the natural publicity!
Before saying her calendar didn’t permit her to accept, Kate Tweeted back to Davidson: “You can call me Katie if you want! How could I turn down that video! I’ll check my schedule .”
In one of the stupidest commentaries this staunch feminist has ever read about gender relations, Slate’s Double-X writer Amanda Marcotte practically strangled Jake Davidson’s video as an example of male entitlement about the female body and women’s place in their masculine lives.
Adriana Lima enjoys her Lucky Charms, lensed by Matt Jones for Esquire UK’s May issue.
What’s traveling through cyberspace is the comment of DNA Model Management’s Richard Habberley speaking to WWD back in January on how well Victoria’s Secret pays the Angels, based on page views.
Habberley then states an assumption that may not be true, based on my following among women and the fact that just this week Treats! editor Rob Hill and I were discussing the fact that Treats! readers are 60% women. Trackings of women’s online behavior also suggest that women’s aren’t nearly as threatened by other beautiful women as Habberley suggests:
“The merchants drive the decisions on the Angels. They [Victoria’s Secret] try the girls out, and certain girls sell product. They’re women that appeal to other women. And they’re special because they never appear in men’s magazines. Once you start to do that, they become threatening [to potential female customers],” said Habberley.
DNA represents Alessandra Ambrosio, Doutzen Kroes and Lindsay Ellingson. It’s obviously erroneous to say that the Angels never appear in men’s magazines or (implied nude and naughty) when VS creative marketing kingpin Ed Rayzek himself wrote the forward to the magnificant Russell James book V2. Several Angels were very ‘au naturel’.
Not only is Adriana Lima visual breakfast food in Esquire’s May issue. But the VS models have a history of appearing in men’s magazines. Get past Adriana and I share several editorials of Angels getting down for Esquire and GQ.
As to the integrity of the comment about VS customers being haters, I’ll leave that for another afternoon. ~ Anne
Saucy Victoria’s Secret Angels in gentlemen’s magazines:
Director Álvaro de la Herrán delivers an utterly spectacular interpretation of ‘50 Shades of Grey’ that is personal, intimate, non-violent, not dehumanizing and a total turn on. For many women — including this one — to be desired in this way is a great fantasy, not necessarily as a lifestyle but as part of sensual play.
I think part of the attraction of the ‘50 Shades of Grey’ phenomenon is the idea of being claimed in this way — and it doesn’t hurt, of course, that He in this case is Garrett Neff, a total studmuffin. Marina Jamieson plays the She in this scalding erotic vision superbly delivered for GQ Spain.
One of my dearest Facebook and in-person friends just posted this picture of artist Beatrice Wood on my wall. “Why, hello! I’m thinking of you! Kiss.”
The image caption reads: “It’s never too late to live juicy!”. Beatrice Wood’s most productive years were 80 to 105. As for the reason for her late-blooming success, Woods says “I owe it all to art books, chocolate and young men.”
Cara Delevingne sizzles in ‘Striptease’, watched through the gritty lens of Tyrone Lebon for i-D Magazine. If Cara doesn’t jump start sales of this zipper-rich Burberry trench, nobody will.
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