Clandestine's Peep Hole

Her self-portraits are such a lovely window into her life, artistic, and erotic.

American Apparel, See-Thru BodySuit

As a 100% non-commercial blog, we don't endorse any product or company. However, we have been inspired to give props this Valentine's Day to American Apparel.

First, because they made the bold move to put pubic hair and colored-nipples on their window mannequins in their store in Manhattan's Lower East Side. And secondly, this image below. It's right off their website. Unashamed, unappolgetic. A model with nipples and pubic hair. And, we might add, not a lot of makeup, bleached hair, or fake breasts. Compared to a retailer like Victoria Secret, for example, I'll take this any day.

Added bonus: for Valentine's, she's shaped her pubes into a heart. So cute, so sexy.

Can one image on a retailer's website change the negative body image and shaming of natural women's bodies in American society today? No.

Is it a step in the right direction that no other major retailers have dared to take? Absolutely.

Ready, Aim, Fire

The anticipation...

Pit Progress

A Hint

Wearing only a tanktop. Just a hint of her pierced nipple.

Sexy Kelsey

Kelsey. Need we say any more?

Motorcycle Monday: Catching Some Rays

Stop for a break, peel off the shirt, and kick back against the gas tank to catch some rays. Yep. Pretty much a perfect afternoon riding in the redrock.

Skinny Dipping With Lea

What might be one of the sexiest things to do? How about skinny dipping with French actress Lea Seydoux?

Bell Bottom Blues

American Apparel Got Real For Valentine's

Known for its "provocative" ads, clothing retailer American Apparel sent shockwaves rippling across lower Manhattan last month when its Houston Street store displayed lingerie-clad mannequins with nipples and faux pubic fur.

District Visual Manager Dee Myles stated that the display is meant to bring "rawness and sexiness" to the upcoming Valentine's day holiday, and to "spark up curiosity and conversation about what we deem beautiful."

American Apparel issued this statement to the media:

“American Apparel is a company that celebrates natural beauty, and the Lower East Side Valentine’s Day window continues that celebration. We created it to invite passerby’s to explore the idea of what is ‘sexy’ and consider their comfort with the natural female form. This is the same idea behind our advertisements which avoid many of the photoshopped and airbrushed standards of the fashion industry.”

A few detractors have claimed that the marketing move was done more to sell lingerie than to promote pro-woman body acceptance in its natural state. To which I say: duh! 

If a retail giant like Home Depot runs an ad showing a happy family in their backyard having a BBQ over Memorial Day, it's because Home Depot wants to sell you a lawnmower or a new shiny barbecue. Whether or not you have a family picnic is up to you. 

Of course American Apparel wants to sell bras and panties. That's there for-profit business. And, as someone once said: the business of business is business. Ads, by their very definition, are human designs calculated, created, and put to the public eye to arouse interest and spark an emotional response.

There's another old saying: sex sells. 

That's not news--so why can anyone in the 21st Century be surprised, or even remotely offended by American Apparel trying to tap the fact that "sex sells?"

Other major retailers have been pushing air-brushed women with spray tans and plastic boobs.

If American Apparel displays mannequins with untrimmed bushes to sell "sexy," I say: right on!

As long as sex sells sells and people buy sexy, I think it's great to finally be seeing "sexy" as closer to natural than to fake. I personally think it's lovely to see--FINALLY--a mainstream American advertisement that looks like me. Brown hair. glasses, and bush.

(and nipples)

Morning Coffee, Thinking of You

Bathroom Mirror, Revisitted

Sometimes the best art is when you're forced to work with what you have. Over and over again, forced to see old things in new ways. Take, for example, a simple bathroom mirror. The lovely Eva.

Lea, Reading, Relaxing

Hey, did you enjoy the topless photo of the lovely Lea Seydoux I posted yesterday? I bet you did!

So here's another, Dear Readers.

Lea Young And Sassy

I love the free spirit of Parisian actress and model, Lea Seydoux.

For Emily, Wherever I May Find Her

After last summer, it's hard to imagine that anyone with an internet connection hasn't seen the bare breasts of model Emily Ratajkowski, who made a "big impression" in the Blurred Lines video.

What could possibly be better than seeing her glorious mammaries boundlessly bouncing as she danced, shimmied, and shook what her mamma gave her in on a computer screen? How about seeing them in person?

For reasons not entirely clear--other than for the greater good of humanity--Ms. Ratajkowski is driving across America, in a classic Datsun. You guessed it: in all her topless glory.

Maybe it's just a rumor. But you know, never hurts to dream...

The Photo Shoot, An Illustrated Series

Here's a very fine piece of graphic art (cartoon seems not quite right), that captures one of my very favorite fantasies. 

Here, Have A Taste

All the guys admire and lust after her breasts. They are beautiful. And she doesn't mind when her boyfriend offers them up to be savored. She likes to be the center of attention. And why not?

Bathroom Mirror

A lovely self-shot in the bathroom mirror from Eva. Bella.

How To Survive A Long Distance Relationship

Moving off to college meant leaving her boyfriend back in her hometown. It would be hard, but at least the technology to video chat over Skype could help them feel not as far apart. 

She hadn't yet set up much in her new apartment, but as soon as she got her computer up, she was ready for a little video chat with her boyfriend.

X-country Skiing

A cabin and x-country skis and a friend. Everything that's needed for a great day in the mountains.