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2016 Pirelli Calendar

  • Ivona Josipovic
  • 1 December 2015

Pirelli Calendar is a part of history. It managed to grasp zeitgeist of many turbulent decades and become a legend on its own. Famous for celebrating beauty and often having most stunning ladies captured by world renown photographers, the calendar became famous for certain type of images. But, for 2016 Pirelli Calendar is changing the game once again, celebrating women for who they are and not just for their outside beauty.

Photographed by another legendary woman, 13 ladies got to reveal themselves through the lens of Annie Leibovitz. But, this time, it was not about showing skin for the sake of it. It was about showcasing women from various professions and celebrating them for their achievements. And the list is an amazing mix of inspirational figures from many different fields and different generations. Each of them portrays her own story and together they represent strength, courage, creativity, power and many other qualities that the world should aspire to. Shown in statuesque black and white portraits, all the ladies were captured in special moments. It does happen that one of them is almost nude, but the image is so striking and miles away from what Pirelli was showing in the previous years. It was actress and comedian Amy Schumer and Annie explained it to Vogue: “It was as if she didn’t get the memo, but if you look at her, that was a true moment; she actually picked up the cup of coffee and started drinking it. That was her coffee, and I said, ‘That’s it!’”.

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Besides Amy, a lucky few will get to enjoy a calendar with photos of Fran Lebowitz, Yoko Ono, Patti Smith, Serena Williams, Tavi Gevinson, Ava DuVernay, Yao Chen, Mellody Hobson, Shirin Neshat, Agnes Gund, Kathleen Kennedy, and Natalia Vodianova. For the rest of us that will not get their hands on the prestigious publication, I say I feel happy enough that such inspirational women are being in the limelight for this year, and I say we need to continue celebrating them and their stories long after 2016 is gone. Pirelli, you got me as a fan now, and I hope our romance will last for many years to come.

Photos are from Vogue.com.

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Ivona Josipovic

Ivona Josipovic is a co-founder of The Smoke Detector, writer, fashion stylist, social media manager, curious creature, chocolate lover.

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8 comments
  1. Ashley says:
    1 December 2015 at 13:02

    Love this! Such an iconic shoot!

    -Ashley
    Le Stylo Rouge

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  2. Danielle says:
    1 December 2015 at 18:03

    Thanks for sharing these photos with us. I didn’t know abou this calendar.

    Danielle
    http://www.spring2spring.com

    Reply
  3. Alyssa says:
    2 December 2015 at 09:20

    I’m a huge fan of Annie Leibovitz’ photographs. Always iconic 🙂

    STYLE VANITY ♥

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  4. Kathy says:
    2 December 2015 at 14:59

    This is such a fantastic idea. Thanks so much for sharing it with us. I had no idea about this calendar.

    Kathy
    http://www.glamsimplified.com

    Reply
  5. jillian says:
    3 December 2015 at 02:48

    Love this post, these photos are getting tons of buzz!
    xo, jill
    http://www.BornFancy.com

    Reply
  6. Trend-mixblog says:
    3 December 2015 at 03:08

    I never heard of this calendar, very cool! 🙂
    http://trend-mixblog.com/

    Reply
  7. Agnes says:
    3 December 2015 at 08:33

    Annie Leibovitz? i love her! she’s such a superstar! :d
    thanks for sharing babe! <3

    Reply
  8. sonia // daring coco says:
    3 December 2015 at 08:53

    How amazing is this calendar and whoa, what a different direction it took! i did admire previous issues but this will forever be cemented as my favorite. yes to inspirational women, now to bridge that stupid pay gap between sexes!

    Sxx
    http://www.daringcoco.com

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