No one ever said the thumb had to hook onto the suit!
Showing posts with label Danielle Herrington. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Danielle Herrington. Show all posts
Thursday, July 16, 2020
Thumb-Hook Thursday: Danielle Herrington, 2020
The 2020 models keep rolling out. Here's Danielle in Wyoming.
No one ever said the thumb had to hook onto the suit!
No one ever said the thumb had to hook onto the suit!
Thursday, July 2, 2020
Thumb-Hook Thurfboard Thursday: Michelle Behennah, 2000
The more beaches you shoot on, the greater the chance of your model interacting with a surfboard.
It’s an outdoor summer activity you can do while social distancing, so let’s celebrate it.
Wednesday, June 10, 2020
The Decade, from Cover to Cover
These are my favorite five covers of this blog’s ten-year history.
One of only five multi-girl covers in SI’s history.
When it was revealed, I liked how silly it was. It was the 50th anniversary, and a lot of gimmicks were in play. But they landed on the sweet simplicity of three smiling, topless girls. I also think it’s fun and sexy that they’re touching each other’s butts. Can’t lie.
Counting the three “collector’s covers” from 2017, Kate was on five covers this past decade. This was her best one.
Her first cover was criticized from all directions, including one fashion observer deeming it a “catastrophe.” (I disagree, but not THAT strongly.)
This one is interesting because, as one Twitter user pointed out, across three covers she is only wearing half of one swimsuit. That half is the cute little white bottom pictured here. (The rest of the “swimsuits” are vests, macramé, and a collection of necklaces.)
Extra cover trivia: It's Kate's second sleeved cover.
Her face is washed out, a victim of over-retouching I guess. But it’s a very nice survey of her body.
A couple weeks after this cover was revealed, I ranked it #8 on my list of all the covers. It holds up, even with the mannequin-ish edge to her face. A great bikini (which was featured in a lot of Hawaii shots that year) on a great body. Those breasts truly earn their place of honor on this cover.
Considering I didn’t expect her to make a return after her 2017 rookie year, she gave us a pretty wonderful cover. The kinetic splashes around her adorable posterior make this a fun, care-free photo. It feels like a throwback to the 80s shots of my youth.
One of my favorite models of the last decade gets a fun, beachy cover. A smiling, topless blonde in the surf. Very classic. You can almost smell the sunscreen.
#5: 2014 (Nina, Lily, Chrissy)
One of only five multi-girl covers in SI’s history.
When it was revealed, I liked how silly it was. It was the 50th anniversary, and a lot of gimmicks were in play. But they landed on the sweet simplicity of three smiling, topless girls. I also think it’s fun and sexy that they’re touching each other’s butts. Can’t lie.
• • •
#4: 2017 (Kate)
Counting the three “collector’s covers” from 2017, Kate was on five covers this past decade. This was her best one.
Her first cover was criticized from all directions, including one fashion observer deeming it a “catastrophe.” (I disagree, but not THAT strongly.)
This one is interesting because, as one Twitter user pointed out, across three covers she is only wearing half of one swimsuit. That half is the cute little white bottom pictured here. (The rest of the “swimsuits” are vests, macramé, and a collection of necklaces.)
Extra cover trivia: It's Kate's second sleeved cover.
Her face is washed out, a victim of over-retouching I guess. But it’s a very nice survey of her body.
• • •
#3: 2011 (Irina)
A couple weeks after this cover was revealed, I ranked it #8 on my list of all the covers. It holds up, even with the mannequin-ish edge to her face. A great bikini (which was featured in a lot of Hawaii shots that year) on a great body. Those breasts truly earn their place of honor on this cover.
• • •
#2: 2018 (Danielle)
Considering I didn’t expect her to make a return after her 2017 rookie year, she gave us a pretty wonderful cover. The kinetic splashes around her adorable posterior make this a fun, care-free photo. It feels like a throwback to the 80s shots of my youth.
• • •
#1: 2016 (Hailey)
One of my favorite models of the last decade gets a fun, beachy cover. A smiling, topless blonde in the surf. Very classic. You can almost smell the sunscreen.
Saturday, October 5, 2019
Re-Vita-lized
Some great news dropped this week! 2020 will mark the return of two of my favorite models of this decade, two girls I thought had disappeared forever from SI.
Vita Sidorkina …
… and Emily DiDonato …
… are shooting in Wyoming, for some reason.
That means this graphic is now happily obsolete.
I don’t think it hit me how long Emily has been gone! She skipped three swimsuit issues.
Those three issues, but the way, exactly line up with Danielle Harrington’s three appearances.
And she’s back too, in case you were harboring any conspiracy theories about Emily and Danielle being the same person.
It seems like just yesterday that the 2019 issue came out, and it kind of was. The May release screwed up my internal swimsuit clock. I wonder if 2020 will be a return to February, or if we have another long wait until spring.
Vita Sidorkina …
… and Emily DiDonato …
… are shooting in Wyoming, for some reason.
That means this graphic is now happily obsolete.
I don’t think it hit me how long Emily has been gone! She skipped three swimsuit issues.
Those three issues, but the way, exactly line up with Danielle Harrington’s three appearances.
And she’s back too, in case you were harboring any conspiracy theories about Emily and Danielle being the same person.
It seems like just yesterday that the 2019 issue came out, and it kind of was. The May release screwed up my internal swimsuit clock. I wonder if 2020 will be a return to February, or if we have another long wait until spring.
Friday, June 14, 2019
Friday, May 10, 2019
What I've Seen of Twenty-Nineteen
A handful of quick takes.
Halima Aden looks gorgeous. But her photos seem like a fashion shoot for Elle or something.
It’s still a head-scratcher. I’m not sure what to do with my eyes.
Hailey Clauson’s photos are a bit of a letdown. She’s one of my current favorites, but this year she has a lot of awkward, unflattering poses in awkward, unflattering swimsuits.
This photo is, weirdly, one of her best this year, despite showing off none of her body. It’s her gorgeous face in an unguarded smile (I bet cradling a koala will do that for you).
Hailey has to come back next year. I don’t want this to be her last appearance.
Danielle Herrington, on the other hand, has a great year. I think she looks fantastic.
Though I’m not a fan of the “thin, vertical nipple strap extruding bipolar boob spillage” style. SI uses this type of top a LOT lately, especially on the more buxom ladies.
Too much, in my opinion.
Swimsuitologist favorite Myla Dalbesio looks great. Those eyes.
And she provides 2019’s one example that I’ve (so far) seen of the “all body, no head” genre of photos.
I briefly thought she gave us a “Same Suit, Different Babe” with Hannah Ferguson from a few years ago…
…but no, they are different suits from different designers.
Anne de Paula does indeed have a better year than last year. Some very nice photos.
But SI, once again, for at least the fifth time, decides to use Kenyans as human props.
What is it about Kenya??
Halima Aden looks gorgeous. But her photos seem like a fashion shoot for Elle or something.
It’s still a head-scratcher. I’m not sure what to do with my eyes.
Hailey Clauson’s photos are a bit of a letdown. She’s one of my current favorites, but this year she has a lot of awkward, unflattering poses in awkward, unflattering swimsuits.
This photo is, weirdly, one of her best this year, despite showing off none of her body. It’s her gorgeous face in an unguarded smile (I bet cradling a koala will do that for you).
Hailey has to come back next year. I don’t want this to be her last appearance.
Danielle Herrington, on the other hand, has a great year. I think she looks fantastic.
Though I’m not a fan of the “thin, vertical nipple strap extruding bipolar boob spillage” style. SI uses this type of top a LOT lately, especially on the more buxom ladies.
Too much, in my opinion.
Swimsuitologist favorite Myla Dalbesio looks great. Those eyes.
And she provides 2019’s one example that I’ve (so far) seen of the “all body, no head” genre of photos.
I briefly thought she gave us a “Same Suit, Different Babe” with Hannah Ferguson from a few years ago…
…but no, they are different suits from different designers.
Anne de Paula does indeed have a better year than last year. Some very nice photos.
But SI, once again, for at least the fifth time, decides to use Kenyans as human props.
What is it about Kenya??
Friday, January 11, 2019
Calendar Girls, Revisited: 1993
So, it's looking more and more like the swimsuit issue will be later than normal this year. Normally we'd be a month out at this point, and there'd have been plenty of communications about it. But other than a bit of activity last year, there's been a whole lot of silence.
As long as this February won't bring us any new photos, we might as well look at a February past. A couple of under-the-radar models graced us on 2/19/93: Shana Zadrick was the calendar girl and Tanya Mityushina was born.
A couple weeks later, we got Bregje Heinen and Judit Masco on March 5.
After couple more weeks, we had a collaboration between two cover girls: Kathy Ireland welcomed Danielle Herrington on the 26th.
And on October 8, Ashley Richardson introduced us to Barbara Palvin, for which we should be quite grateful.
I can't leave without mentioning Adaora. I believe she was born in 1993, but I can't for the life of me find the actual date. So here she is, in all her loveliness.
As long as this February won't bring us any new photos, we might as well look at a February past. A couple of under-the-radar models graced us on 2/19/93: Shana Zadrick was the calendar girl and Tanya Mityushina was born.
A couple weeks later, we got Bregje Heinen and Judit Masco on March 5.
After couple more weeks, we had a collaboration between two cover girls: Kathy Ireland welcomed Danielle Herrington on the 26th.
And on October 8, Ashley Richardson introduced us to Barbara Palvin, for which we should be quite grateful.
I can't leave without mentioning Adaora. I believe she was born in 1993, but I can't for the life of me find the actual date. So here she is, in all her loveliness.
Friday, January 4, 2019
Wednesday, March 14, 2018
That’s the Way the Rookie Crumbles 2018
There was a pretty high retention rate from 2017 to 2018. Out of seven girls, five stuck around.
Bianca was the Rookie of the Year, so she was pretty much a lock.
Danielle, who I have to admit I thought was unlikely to return, came back with a great cover.
Lais, Myla, and Vita were three of my favorites, and I love having them back.
The newly minted one-hit wonders are Kelly Gale and Mia Kang.
I never got a chance to get into Mia Kang.
But Kelly Gale is a huge loss.
Miss her already.
Bianca was the Rookie of the Year, so she was pretty much a lock.
Danielle, who I have to admit I thought was unlikely to return, came back with a great cover.
Lais, Myla, and Vita were three of my favorites, and I love having them back.
The newly minted one-hit wonders are Kelly Gale and Mia Kang.
I never got a chance to get into Mia Kang.
But Kelly Gale is a huge loss.
Miss her already.
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