WHAT do you get when you line up a bevy of beauties? A Pirelli calendar, of course!
The latest incarnation is like no other. In a refreshing take on the female form, Peter Lindbergh has photographed some of the world’s top female actors fully clothed and with minimal make-up.
The 2017 calendar showcases 15 of Hollywood’s leading ladies in a photographic essay that wouldn’t be amiss on the pages of Vanity Fair.
Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore, Uma Thurman, Robin Wright, Kate Winslet, Charlotte Rampling and Dame Helen Mirren all embraced the “natural beauty and femininity” brief and went with minimal makeup. They might be beyond their youthful best, but all possess a knowing allure that is intelligent, attractive and gloriously sexy.
Lindbergh’s idea for the calendar was “to show what real beauty comes from and not what people impose on you to believe is beautiful”, which goes some way in explaining his obsession against heavily re-touched imagery.
And Pirelli CEO Tronchetti Provera concurred saying “In an ageing society, we cannot get rid of age. We have to live with it, in a positive way.”
First launched in 1964 as a cheeky marketing ploy, the Pirelli calendar is arguably better known than the tyres they manufacture. But Pirelli have worked hard to cultivate a sense of artiness and exclusivity around its images. Only 20,000 calendars are produced every year and are launched in late November. Read this article in the New York Times.
You’ll never tyre (pardon the pun) of looking at these beauties! Ever stylishly yours …
Pictures (from top): Nicole Kidman, Nicole Kidman, Uma Thurman, Kate Winslet, Kate Winslet, Nicole Kidman and Rooney Mara.
Photographer: Peter Lindbergh
Hair: Odile Gilbert
Grooming: Stephane Marais
Stylist: Julia Von Boehm
I love your blog! It is the most stylish. Just fabulous. But this Pirelli calendar. All of these beautiful ladies are clearly wearing makeup. Applied by professionals, and subtle, but it is full makeup none the less. Kidman’s eyebrows aren’t naturally dark, nor does she have perfectly shadowed lines under her lashes. Please! I wish The Industry in general would just stop trying to con us.
Hey Claire,
Thanks for dropping by.
I love that you are so passionate about this, but I assure you I’m not trying to con you or anyone else.
The information was taken from a press release Pirelli issued globally for all media outlets to use for the launch of the new calendar.
Yes, perhaps you are right that they were “made up to look like they weren’t wearing any make-up”.
I know that Nicole Kidman dyes her eyebrows and lashes, and as a blue-eyed blonde with very fair lashes and brows, I also benefit from colouring mine.
Hope you come back another time.
Regards,
Anne-Maree