My Favorite Sets of 2024
A few years ago I came up with a method of ranking the sets I publish for these annual lists to help me keep my sanity. Throughout the year I keep an ongoing tally, adding each set to the list as they make their way online. This helps me from having to go and look through everything all at once at the end of the year. In simpler terms, I rank them as I go.
Even with this method it doesn't mean that I don't find myself second guessing my choices and moving stuff around. I find myself doing that every few weeks or even here last minute before I post the results. It comes with the territory and is like trying to pick your favorite kid.
Not to brag, but I've shot a lot of kick ass content this year. I look at so many sets that didn't make the list and think how awesome they are and ask myself how I can live with myself not featuring them in the Top 10. There's only 10 spots though and something is always left out. This year, it just seems like so many great sets are on the outside looking in.
As a way to show some love to a few of those sets, I do include three honorable mentions. These just missed the cut, but if I'm being honest, I almost considered making this year's honorable mentions feature five sets. The struggle was real! But alas, I did not.
Speaking of honorable mentions...
Honorable Mentions (3): Leah - White Out, Charlee - Peep Show, & Audrey - Orange Sneakers
All three of these models did great things this year and are not only featured in the honorable mentions, but are also represented down below. While these sets just missed the mark, they feature a lot of the things that I love and also loved about what you'll see in the Top 10. Stockings, sneakers, and bright colors all reigned supreme this year. A lot of these sets, both honorable mentions and the Top 10, also featured models who owned the room, so to speak. Whether being flirty or fun-loving, teasing or tantalizing, they just went above and beyond in these sets. At least in my opinion.
Now as for my opinion, the Top 10 sets of 2024 are as follows:
10. Oh Tentacles!
Published Date: March 13, 2024
The theme for this set is totally inspired by Leah and her love of tentacles. I won't get too deep into that as it would get quite messy. And yes that was 100 percent a pun.
Perched on the bed with her big purple octopus and her pink hentai shirt, I already loved this set for the bright colors alone. Toss in the pink thigh high socks and the fact that Leah's little feet were getting nice and moist inside those socks, I was loving life shooting this one before I even saw the results.
Since octopuses love wet spots, Leah's naturally wanted to get in those damp socks. You can even see a tentacle or two encased in those socks above. We did end up finishing the set before that octopus ventured into any other wet region though. Had that played out, the set would have either been to risky to be featured here or hell, maybe it would have shot all the way to the Number 1 spot. Oh well, maybe another octopus set is in order? Leah has pitched the idea and I'm kinda for it.
All kidding and puns aside, this set was just plain cute and colorful. Leah, forever the tease, looked a little more innocent in this one than she typically does and it worked out nicely.
9. On the Trail
Published Date: June 5, 2024
Sneaker sets are always a go to theme for me, especially when I'm out and about with one of my models. Kelsey knows this all too well and is always bringing sneakers along just in case we need them. You'll see just how many she's brought along in recent years a little later in this list.
As for the pair Kelsey has on her lap in the photo above, I absolutely loved them. When she showed them to me before we shot that day I told her we were definitely going to use them. Again, I love bright colors and the pink and teal caught my eye immediately. Add in the lighter teal shirt and there ya go. That's all we needed to make this casual set among my favorite of the year.
And no socks of course...
8. Eat My Pussy
Published Date: May 29, 2024
If you thought the octopus puns were bad, let me see if I can come up with some cat puns for this one. Clad in her purple "Eat my Pussy" shirt and white socks with bright pink toe beans (paws), Leah was much more frisky in this one. It was the purrfect theme for her to let her infamous bratty side out to play. Ah, two cat puns back-to-back.
As with the first two sets, the splashes of color found in this one make Leah stand out against the neutral background so well. But let me be 100 percent honest here. It's the theme of this set that I find to be the cat's meow. Too forced?
But yes, this theme is what has me litter-ally in love with this set, mainly the instructions on her shirt. I also think it is impawsible for Leah to be any more teasing than she was here. I know, I know... You're sitting there after reading all these thinking to yourself, "This guy has to be kitten me right now!"
7. My Lil Piggies Be Plump!
Published Date: July 31, 2024
Hey, look! More bright colors and more purple. I didn't even realize how many of these sets featured the color purple until sitting down to write this. And there is still another one yet to go. I guess I'm partial since purple is my favorite color? That is why Soles of Silk has a purple color palette after all.
This set was one where I wanted to put a huge focus one of the things I've always loved about Kelsey's feet - her plump toes. Obviously I could have just aimed my camera at them like I've done for years and thousands of photos and been like, "Look at those plump toes." But nope. Not this time. Those toes needed some more attention. This is where her custom-made shirt comes in to play.
I went and made Kelsey a shirt that reads, "My lil' piggies be plump & so damn adorable!" across the chest. The purple fence nets were always a planned part of the outfit as Kelsey hadn't worn anything like them before. The Peppa Pig plushies, however, were a last minute addition. I found them by chance a couple hours before the shoot while looking for props for another set we were doing. I figured they were plump and she could squish them with her own piggies. They'd also add a splash of pink into the predominately purple scene and as you can see, pink also seems to be a color that works well in so many of this year's sets.
6. Scoring 9's
Published Date: September 18, 2024
I was so glad when Audrey returned this year. I adored her and those slender size 9's and having them coming back to the site was a welcome surprise. Her fans were surely excited too. I have quite a few DM's making that quite evident.
When Audrey and I got together to shoot for the first time this year, she mentioned wanting to do a Ravens themed set. She was adamant that if anyone was going to appear in one, it was her. I've done a lot of these over the years, with quite a few of them appearing on these annual lists. Well, add another one because Audrey nailed this like a Justin Tucker field goal. I wonder if her feet kick balls just as well? Oops, did I say that out loud? My bad...
In all seriousness though, Audrey looked so good in the purple and black showing her Ravens pride. I loved the eye black stickers and wasn't sure if we should use them or not. It turned out to be a good choice, don't you think?
Oh, and the Ravens seemed to play a bit better once this set went online. We were a couple of weeks late getting this on camera, so the season was already underway when it was published. Once it did go up, however, so did the Ravens scoring totals. So maybe Audrey inspired more than just me with this one? I'm sure she'd totally love having some of the Ravens players be fans of her big feet.
5. Soft Pink Sneakers, Even Softer Soles
Published Date: July 10, 2024
Ava, like Kelsey, has worn so many sneakers in her sets over the years. Just like Kelsey, Ava is fully aware of how much I love her feet fresh from a pair of sneakers. She also knows I like it even more when she's not wearing any socks. Both of them know me so well!
In the past Ava has worn some neat looking sneakers, but when she pulled out these light pink ones, I couldn't wait to see them on her big feet and to point my camera right at them. We wasted no time either. We found a spot, she sat down, and we got things underway.
I was only a few photos in when I realized that I had a stand out set on my SD card. The colors were popping with her pink shoes, the blue bench and sky, green of the trees, and the red brickwork on the wall behind her. Where a lot of these sets featured splashes of color to draw your eye, everything in this set is saturated with rich color variations and it just works.
Of course Ava made this set even better with her fun-loving smile, shoe sniffing, and playful attitude throughout in photo after photo. Ava's has a bunch of amazing sets in her galleries, but this one ranks right up there with some of her best.
4. Kelsey's Sneaker Pile, Vol. 1
Published Date: November 20, 2024
It's quite evident how partial I am to sneaker sets. You've seen sneakers in a few sets on this list and if you go back over the years on other favorite listings, you'll find many more. But this set isn't just a sneaker set. Nope. This set is a sneaker set that pays homage to other sneaker sets. This is some Inception level stuff, I know!
Since Kelsey has used so many sneakers in her sets in recent years I had the idea to have her bring them all back and toss them into one big pile. And while sitting over that pile, Kelsey would slip her feet in and out of various sneakers once again. She'd find herself in mismatched shoes throughout the entire set and it would make for some fun contrasts all while paying homage to galleries past.
I enjoyed this set so much that I'm pretty sure Kelsey will do another one in the future. That is why I titled this with a "Volume 1." Hopefully Volume 2 will be just as good, if not better. She's already worn a few more pairs of sneakers too, so things are already underway. I also think I'll have Ava do one of these too.
3. Size Queen
Published Date: April 24, 2024
Years ago I bought the shirt you see above, a spoof on Dairy Queen that reads, "Size Queen." I've had it for ages and when Leah saw it, she said she wanted to be the one to wear it in a set. She said it fits her perfectly. Get it? Fits... Okay, that was totally not an intended pun this time, but when I read it out loud, I had to draw some attention to it.
With Dairy Queen being known for ice cream and Leah wanting to do more messy food sets, it made perfect sense to grab a few containers of ice cream to include in this one. You can't go wrong with vanilla and chocolate, so that's what we got. But Leah doesn't like vanilla. It's too... vanilla. She likes chocolate and prefers her cones to be jumbo. She hates those mini ones. She is a size queen after all. Just like the shirt says. And something else she said is that vanilla and the mini cones were meant for each other. I wonder what in the size tease that means?
So many of you have loved the food sets I've done over the years, but this one is one of my all-time favorites. Leah totally owned this theme and it turned out even better than I had imagined. When your model just seems to fit in with the theme, that tends to be the case. There is that word again... Fit. Oh how I love my size queen, Leah!
It took a few years to finally shoot this one, but I guess good things do come to those who wait. So maybe those mini vanilla cones have a chance up there as they melt away? Probably not... Seems like chocolate gets all the attention whenever Leah is involved.
2. Classic Black Stockings
Published Date: October 2, 2024
Although the background in this set consists of a bright orange, this set is one that is the most void of color in this year's ranking. The thing is though, I think in this case, it works to the set's advantage. Featuring predominately black and nude tones, it makes Kelsey stick out against that one solid color background. I'd even venture to say she stands out more here than she did on the same bed in the "My Piggies be Plump" set up in the seven spot. Do you agree?
What I like about this set is it has a classic, professional theme. Kelsey looks like she just got off of work after a long day. I loved how her feet looked in those black seemed stockings and her nude sandals. And the glasses... those worked so well here and I'm glad she wanted to include them in the set. It was her idea and one that gave this one even more appeal.
I hadn't shot Kelsey in stockings too many times up until this point. We managed several stocking sets as well as ones with unique fishnet and see through socks. I loved how all of them turned out. Because of this I've told Kelsey we will be doing more stocking sets in the future. This set is easily one of my favorite Kelsey sets, not only of 2024, but of all-time.
1. Candy Cane Cutie
Published Date: December 25, 2024
Taking this year's top spot is the most recent set to be published to the site. It's also one of the most recent ones I've shot. I give you Charlee's Candy Cane Cutie Christmas set. I have been in awe of this set since the day I shot it. Honestly, I'm in awe of all the sets Charlee did that day, but this is the only one of them to make it onto the site so far. I'm sure the others will be in consideration for the 2025 listing.
Instead of the purples and pinks found in most of the sets this year, here we have some vivid reds popping out against the white and natural tones. Red already stands out on its own, but void of other colors, it really stands out here. The colors, while awesome in this one, are only one part the reason why I love this so much.
The theme of this set came together so perfectly and honestly, kind of last minute. Before heading out to shoot this the only prop I had for Charlee was the candy cane stockings. We managed to find all the other red and white props as well as her shirt a couple of hours before we began the shoot. I swear, sometimes flying by the seat of your pants yields some of my best results.
Even with those things being said, Charlee was just on another level this day. She did some of her best work to date, which is crazy to think about with all she's done and the countless amazing sets she's been a part of. Still, this one just might be my all-time favorite of hers.
Are your favorites on here? Did I leave any off? Would you arrange these differently? I'd love to know your thoughts. We all have different passions and things we like as it pertains to the fetish. Your lists will certainly be different than mine, so tell me yours. I'll see you again in 2025 with another favorites listing.
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