Beyond Angeldom | Doutzen Kroes by Alexi Lubomirski
Doutzen Kroes exhibits a sultry, engaged aloofness in her Numéro Tokyo May 2010 photo shoot, captured in the lens of Alexi Lubomirski. The Victoria’s Secret model toys with erotic possibilities not allowed for angels.
In fact, having just read that Biblically-speaking, angels are perhaps only men, I’m totally derailed in my thinking. I can understand gender-neutral and sexless, but men? Angles are men? Will this assault on femaleness never end!
Sorry, dear readers. Enjoy this American good-girl, Victoria’s Secret angel Doutzen Kroes.
Anne Note: this is one of the few complete sets of fashion photos we’ve been able to keep in the website, to keep at least a moderate search rating with Google Images. Go to sensualitynews dot tumblr dot com for our not suitable for corporate America fashion editorials.
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"Enjoy this American good-girl, Victoria’s Secret angel Doutzen Kroes."
May I address to you Doutzen is Dutch.
Kind regards and beautiful pictures.
Indeed Doutzen is Dutch, and in a further example of the differences between America and the Netherlands, Doutzen will be blasting into space as a Dance4Lifre AIDS activist in 2012 on the first commercial space flight from a Dutch company.
http://www.sensualitynews.com/living/doutzen-kroes-will-blast-into-space-as-dance4life-activist.html
When the subject is values, it's very predictable that a Dutch commercial company would incorporate philanthropy in its corporate mission for takeoff. These are the Smart Sensuality values that Anne talks about.
They are also Cultural Creative values, but when one adds Doutzen Kroes to the mix, we're talking Smart Sensuality people: smart, sexy people with heart.
Just this morning, we posted a list of the happiest countries in the world, responding to a Psychology Today article about America's falling rates of happiness. The Netherlands is #11 on our list of 10, a 2010 analysis that incorporates multiple global survey ratings on life satisfaction, gender equality, class-based economics, and tax rates.
Scandinavian countries and nations like The Netherlands -- often considered to be part of Scandinavia -- express business values that embrace global philanthropy and activism. Not nearly as materialistic as America, both business and citizens have a different view of what constitutes a good life. Kisses across the Atlantic. Anne Read on: Ozzie & Harriet Won't Help America's Severe Unhappiness Index.