Pirelli launches WORST calendar in history?

The women may look a little edgy and frail in a fashion sort of way, but I think that chick in the photo is hot.

In fact, I just got back from the Oakley Inc. corportae headquaters in Foothill Ranch to meet with a client to have paperwork signed and that woman would have fitted right in. In fact they were setting up for tonights Christmas party with 3 bands, a huge clear tent for white furniture, a full size stuffed polar bear and a huge circular area of man made snow. The interior where the bands are playing looks like a giant movie set from a sci-fi movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger with almost eveything made out of silver gray and gold steel.

Anyway you look at it the chick is hot ;)

It's like comparing an Casio to a Patek Phillipe.

The models look stiff and unnatural.

The clothing on some is not fitted right.

There is no dimension to the photographs...very 2D

This is the work of a wannabe, not a world class photog.

001

And they way the are positioned in the photos is hideous and their faces are drone-like and without emotion and character.

Should I go on?

001

THIS is what a Pirelli girl should look like:

http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/11/penelope-cruz-pirelli.jpg

Just because someone doesnt like the photos does not make them an idiot. It was just his opinion.

I was dissappointed by it as well. Each month looks too much like the one that preceded it and none are particularly breath taking (makes me want to take a second glance).

The style and talent might be there but the creativity isn't.

BTW 001.. that photo of Penelope - I'm speechless. Got it in high res? :)

Maybe Google images has it?

001

Very artsy. Can you take pictures like this? I don't think so, otherwise you'd be featured in a Pirelli calendar. Just because it isn't a bikini clad model doesn't make it bad.

I'll bet the camera used was a $40,000 dollar 39 Megapixel Hasselblad CF-39.

The world in which we live is one of such 'in your face' sexuality/vulgarity that many have lost the ability to appreciate a more subtle/tasteful definition of beauty/sensuality.

Not all of these photos are stunning, but the good ones are very good indeed:

May

July

September

Are a few of the standouts.

To proclaim ANY of these photos as 'hideous' is tantamount to yelling at the top of one's lungs that you have - ZERO EYE FOR ART APPRECIATION!

Yes, I was emotional describing it and you are right, the photos are ok...but the idea of ok for a Pirelli calendar is hideous!

001

I have never seen a Pirelli calendar before. I know Sophia Loren appeared in last year's calendar, but that was the only thing I have ever heard about it.

I liked the February and September photos myself, but I suspect that most Pirelli calendars are more overtly erotic than these photos.

"could bring a smile to every REAL man's face."

I usually just laugh at the absurdities on this site, but that line is with the author's emphasis added, is completely offensive.

I dont why I expect more.

PC OVERLOAD, PC OVERLOAD!!!

Where is the glamour? This is rubbish!

It could've worked, but...

To be "art," there would need to be more color and more emotion in these pictures. When I clicked the link and saw the home picture, I instantly closed it, because it was simply boring.

To be "sex," obviously, the calendar would have to be completely overhauled. Less clothes, but still more color and more emotion. Overall, this leaves much to be desired... and not just in the way of the women.

Wow, what an arrogant prick.

Sailor, THANK YOU!!!

rsands, you are a tosser!

This hurts me to say it but for once I agree with Double-01...These chicks are extra stiff. They look like anime characters or something.
I'm disappointed.
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Truly hideous. It does remind me of Australia encouraging it's Santas not to say "Ho Ho HO' for fear of offending some women!

The good news is that 2007 isn't over yet. Skip the 2008 calendar. It's like a bad episode of Fashion Television.

Yes, some are kinda stiff, etc. However, don't find it all that bad. Some are excellent, some are not. I do agree they could have done a lot more with the layout. I give it a grade of C minus.