My husband is in to soft-porn: the Victoria's Secret catalog. Whenever a new catalog comes in the mail, he's got it ripped open before I even get a glance at the latest cheetah-print lingerie Naomi Campbell is modeling. Victoria's Secret is most famous for their lingerie, but they also sell an array of fashionable clothes, swimwear and shoes -- all of it fairly sexy. Laetitia Casta, who was recently named the most beautiful woman in France, is one of the many top models at Victoria's Secret.
Now, I may not be a French "Marianne" like Laetitia Casta, but I'm willing to pretend I am. So I ordered a string bikini from Victoria's Secret and went on a diet. Indeed, one of the good things about mail ordering from abroad is that you've got a couple of weeks to diet before the clothes arrive.
Suddenly everyone on the island started telling me how thin I looked.