Those of us who stalk follow Rihanna always enjoy seeing the candid beach-and-street shots from Barbados that show up every Christmas when the Bajan singer goes home for the holidays.

Back on de island, RiRi is literally the girl-next-door who conquered the world — admired by everyone, but without all the persistent, delirious fawning that has become a fixture of her superstar life. On Accra …

Andy Warhol, who knew and helped immortalize Marilyn Monroe, famously quipped that in the future everyone will be famous for 15 minutes. Today, it seems like everyone famous gets to be Marilyn for about the same amount of time.

That’s Michelle Williams above, in a terrific new lingerie photoshoot for GQ that will surely add some momentum to the Oscar buzz surrounding her …

Being a lingerie model can be dangerous. Especially if you work for French label Etam, which keeps finding new ways to generate buzz by putting its models in harm’s way.

The label is in a heap of trouble after it sent three models wearing trenchcoats into Paris’s famed Musee d’Orsay (above) to perform an unauthorized striptease in front of amused art lovers, before getting …

Think nobody pays attention to underwear? Think again.

The busy, creative, controversial and rapidly evolving world of lingerie and intimate fashions made a lot of headlines in 2011.

Here’s our look back at some of the year’s news highlights, lowlights and just plain unforgettable moments.…

Our new year’s resolution for 2012: This year, I will always come home wearing the same undies I had on when I went out.

Have a good one, everybody! And if the Mayan calendar turns out to be right after all and 2012 brings the end of the world, for goodness sake make sure you’re wearing something hot like our friend in the photo above. …