Isabeli Fontana

Lara Stone

The Pirelli calendar–otherwise known as the classiest pin-up girly calendar ever–is an annual tradition for those lucky few VIPs who find it in their mailboxes. It’s traditionally shot by world-renowned fashion photographers (Karl Lagerfeld last year, Mario Testino, Annie Leibovitz, Bruce Weber, Terry Richardson…the list goes on and on) and features A-list models and actresses. This morning we attended a press conference to preview the 2012 Pirelli calendar, and it left us feeling very warm and um, tingly.

First of all, the calendar was shot in Corsica by Mario Sorrenti, who was in attendance and who is exceptionally easy on the eyes (he’s a former model). Second of all, every single model in the calendar is as naked as the day she was born, and we were treated to a 20-minute long behind-the-scenes video documenting the shoots of all 12 models. Suffice it to say there was a lot of glistening flesh (in almost every scene an assistant is seen spritzing down the models), and a lot of come-hither looks. Here are the ladies who the lucky recipients will get to ogle in 2012: Isabeli Fontana, Natasha Poly, Saskia de Brauw, Lara Stone, Joan Smalls, Guinevere Van Seenus, Malgosia, Edita Vilkevicute, Kate Moss, Milla Jovovich, Margareth Made, and Rinko Kikuchi.

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Italian Vanity Fair has published the first photos from the 2012 Pirelli Calendar. The calendar was shot in beautiful Corisca, Italy by Mario Sorrenti (the first Italian to shoot the calendar, Vanity Fair points out). Unlike last year’s Karl Lagerfeld-lensed calendar, which took place in a Paris studio, this one takes place outdoors and has a more natural feel.

The shoot took place over a week in May, making it one of Kate Moss’ last photo shoots as a single lady. The calendar’s other stars include Lara Stone, Saskia de Brauw, Japanese actress Rinko Kikuchi, Milla Jovovich and Isabeli Fontana.

It will officially be released in New York on December 6. For now, click through for all the behind-the-scenes shots.
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Isabeli Fontana stars in Donna Karan‘s fall 2011 campaign, shot by Inez Van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin. I love the story in this campaign–Fontana is a high powered high profile New York exec whose life includes running between testifying in court, rushing her kid to school and attending a fancy gala. Kinda different from Fontana’s real life story right now–though she’s still under scrutiny.
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Anja Rubik Got Married In A Mullet-Train Dress: The short-in-front, long-in-back dress is actually really gorgeous. Also love her ribbon-tie heels and the enormous crowns she and now-hubby Sasha Knezevic sport. {Vogue UK}

See Images From Ricardo Tisci’s Religion-Themed Issue of Visionaire: Since it’s likely you won’t want to shell out the $425 for the full issue, check out some photos here. It’s a bit unusual (there’s a banana wrapped in a ribbon that says “Jesus <3 Me") but looks great, with shots of Lara Stone, Arizona Muse with her babyy, and even Tisci himself. {Styleite}

Mulberry Makes Bank: Shoulda invested in an Alexa before it was cool. The Brit brand’s stocks rose 526% last year and its worth jumped from to $267 million to $1.65 billion, making it the world’s best-performing fashion house. {Telegraph}

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Since our last roundup of Fall 2011 ads, some of the biggest campaigns have been released. From Chanel’s cats to Balenciaga’s church-going models, these ads are decidedly thematic.

That being said, not all are successful. Most have the guts to get consumers into the stores, but some fall short and enter into parody territory. Click through and see for yourself.

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Gisele Bündchen continues her supermodel domination, gracing the cover of V Spain’s summer issue with a hair flip captured by Hedi Slimane.

And if you thought Gisele looked hot on the cover, check out the “Latin Bombshell” editorial featuring Latin beauties Alessandra Ambrosio, Isabeli Fontana, Izabel Goulart and Joan Smalls shot by Sebastian Faena and styled by our very own contributor Sally Lyndley.

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From Vogue Paris’ October issue, the “Girls on Film” editorial gets the film treatment. Read more »

MILAN–I couldn’t help humming Boy George’s “Karma Chameleon” as I walked out of the Dolce & Gabbana show this afternoon. Playing up the late ’80s vibe they put out at the D&G show, Stefano Gabbana and Domenico Dolce created a collection of old school contrasts: skinny girls (Arizona Muse, Abbey Lee) dressed up like boys in tuxedos and brogues; curvy girls (Isabeli Fontana, Candice Swanepoel) dressed up like starlets, literally covered in stars. It was fun, pretty, and, most of all, wearable beneath the bells and whistles.

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In case you weren’t already obsessed with +J for Uniqlo, here are the latest images from the Spring 2011, which hits stores on January 26. Isabeli Fontana is one of our favorites regardless, but we love when she goes androgynous. Click through for more images from the campaign. Read more »

Name: Erika Bearman

Age: 29

Occupation: Director of communications for Oscar de la Renta and @Oscarprgirl on Twitter.

What was the last good movie you saw? The Social Network

Who is your favorite person to follow on twitter? John Jannuzzi. He has a blog textbook.tumblr.com, which is just so original and he really has a point of view.

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Karl Lagerfeld’s hard at work on this year’s Pirelli calendar. He’s ditched the beach for a Paris studio. Sam McKnight, Peter Philips and stylist George Cortina are on set with the usual gaggle of girls including usual faces including Heidi Mount, Natasha Poly, Iris, Lara and Magdalena. Isabeli Fontana tweeted a picture that was removed [...]

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