Okay, that’s not true.  But I wanted to explain away the delay in getting out these posts, which was supposed to be daily.

Anyhow, lingerie.  The clothing that a lot of “fashionistas” won’t buy, because they won’t ever wear it or have anyone see it.  But there’s some really gorgeous lingerie and undies out there, and I buy it and parade around my skybox in it.  I don’t care that no one besides me sees it ever.  So these are my picks for my most favourite top five.

Fishy Strawberry came out with several different styles fairly recently, and they’re all pretty different and really sexy.  The Ignition set is my personal favourite, though all of them are very cute.  It comes in tons of colours and it can be worn in several different ways, which I definitely look for when buying lingerie.  This can be worn as just a bra and panties without the garters and corset, which also looks super sexy.

Also worn -  Skin: LAQ Ania 01 in Fair \ Hair: Fri.day Deena in Timid Brown \ Jewelry: Muse Margaux Draped Pearl Necklace in Black, Muse Celine Pearl Necklace & Earrings in Black, Muse Claris Pearl Bracelet in Black.

For some reason, I only just discovered these new lingerie sets by Blowpop, then of course I went a bit crazy and bought a ton of it!  This is the Yvette set, which is simple but gorgeous.  Though it is just a bra and panties, it makes your avatar look heaven-bound, emphasizing your curves perfectly.  I had to show you the ass shot because your ass looks so great in this!

Also worn – Skin: LeLutka Jade (can’t remember the makeup number) in Dark \ Hair: Truth Lillian in Night \ Jewelry: Zaara Karmuka Necklace in Wood.

Insolence has been one of my favourite lingerie stores forever now, though I heard camilla was AFK for a very long time (though it was during my absence, so it worked out just fine for me ).  This is one of the first sets I ever bought, but I still love it every bit as much as I did that first day, though there are lots of other, newer, probably more technically excellent lingerie sets.  Alice is available in several different colours, this being brown.  The bra shows off your cleavage just spectacularly too!

Also worn – Skin: Belleza Jesse group gift \ Hair: Truth Candice in Chestnut \ Jewelry: Earthstones.

I adore Casa del Shai, especially their lingerie which there is just not enough of.  It’s always got some little detail that makes it a bit more special to me; this Adriana set has a black system skirt which makes it okay for a sexy naughty secretary type outfit, not to mention the cool key on the corset binder.

Also worn – Skin: Eclat (Ara’s Makeup – not sold) \ Hair: Truth Grace in Treacle \ Jewelry: Paper Couture

And finally, we have Zaara‘s newest release, the Kanti set.  There are tons of little details in this set that I adore: the mesh panel on the back of the panties, the fact that the stockings don’t have lace at the top, which I do also like but I have too much of, and the fabulous decollatage of the bra.  She promises this to be the first in a series, and I look forward to seeing what else she comes out with.

Also worn – Skin: L.Fauna Lapine in Pale \ Hair: Maitreya Zoe in Chocolate \ Jewelry: Paper Couture.

It was incredibly hard to pick out five, but then I remembered:  I’m not picking out the five “best” of anything – I’m picking out my personal top five favourites.  They may not be the best in any category, but they look good on me and I like them, so there you go.  Your mileage may vary.  If I was willing to bend my own rules though, I’m sure there’d be five more skins in this blogpost.  But instead, honourable mentions will go to: Aden’s Gen5, which tbh I have no idea if it has a real name but it’s really pretty, Tuli’s Bella skin, Cake‘s Bella skin, L.Fauna‘s new skin line Lapine, Rockberry‘s Uma and Farrah (and maybe Jules, which I haven’t tried yet) and Belleza’s Jesse.

First is Laqroki (aka LAQ)’s Ania skin.  This is one of her more recent releases in the Glow series.  I love the face and I find it very soft and pretty. Talk about cheap, too!  The entire fatpack of like 10 makeups was less than 2K, and it’s my understanding that it’s because really only the face is new, though I could be wrong about that.  Really, all that meant was I could get the entire Ania collection, in all three skintones (fair, peach and nougat, worn here).  That’s my deep, dark secret, until now.  No one knew I bought all three tones.

Hair: Fri.day – Kate \ Lingerie: Zaara – Kanti.

LeLutka‘s been on a roll lately, releasing one great skin line after the other, while launching a fabulous new experimental fashion collection inbetween.  I really liked Eclat (aka Oksana), but the thicker eyebrows were not for the faint of heart.  The thinner eyebrows on Estelle, released not all that long after Oksana, were a bigger hit and I haven’t seen many avatars who don’t look pretty in this skin.

Hair: Maitreya – Alex \ Lingerie: Insolence.

Dutch Touch‘s Jolie is a goddess-like skin.  I was late in getting Cleo, which I loved.  I was late in getting River, which I loved more.  But then Jolie came out and I was like “Cleo, River, what, who?”  Jolie is amazingly beautiful, with tons and tons of makeups and lots of skintones (including a dark one, yay!), but is apparently going to be outdone hopefully soon by Gwen, which I’ll happily whore myself out to get a sneak peek of.

Hair: Maitreya – Zoe \ Lingerie: Fishy Strawberry – Ignition \ Ring – Paper Couture.

Alyson is a pre-release group gift from Belleza, and it’s not out in the store yet.  But Alyson is like Belleza’s own gorgeous Jesse’s younger, fresher, wide-eyed innocent little sister.  I’m really looking forward to seeing the entire lineup and I hope that’s in the very near future.  I was in the update group, which you have to pay L$250 to be in, and one night just before the holidays I went a little crazy in my group list and left nearly every group I could, Belleza being one of them.  Then the very next day I heard there was a skin gift in there, and I could’ve kicked myself for leaving early!  It’s a permanant fixture now, though.

Hair: Lamb – Baby’s Got Back \ Lingerie: Elymode – Halter Tank & Shorties (this colour was limited, but there’s other pretty colours).

And finally, we have yet another group gift pre-release, this time Tuli‘s lovely Eva.  I’ve been gushing over this one for a while now because it’s all I can do to just wait semi-patiently until it’s in the store.  I wear this most often lately, and the fresh clean makeup look is perfect for everything I wear.  I feel like going to Tuli’s sim and just standing there, waiting at the doors going “open open open” like that old commercial for some store in the US that I can’t ever remember the name of.

Hair: Truth – Lillian \ Lingerie – Blowpop – Yvette.

Luth has made some new burlesque-type pose sets, a martini glass with built-in poses and a few multi-avatar pose ball sets.  It’s *amazing* and huge!  I’m so going to go broke by the time I get it all!

So I have next to no time to post this before I have to rush to work but I still wanted to.  Go down to Reel Expression and get all sexy with your Burlesque poses….I’m so sick of Christmas already that this is definitely a breath of fresh air for me.

Skin is Estelle by LeLutka, hair is Fri.day, Maitreya and Truth from left to right, and all shoes are from Maitreya.  Lingerie is Scarlett by Insolence, Tamara by Casa del Shai and I forget the name, but the blue one is Blacklace.  And of course the poses are from Burlesque 1 by Reel Expression.

The skin is the free Eva by Tuli (damn I want the full sets nao!), hair by Fri.day and the lingerie is Diva by Blacklace.  Shoes by Maitreya.

Okay, that’s time for me!  Go to Reel Expression to pick these amazing new sets (and it’s still not even been announced!)