Pirelli 2015: The Supermodels Revealed

The Pirelli calendar is much talked about, rarely seen - you can't buy it in a shop, or order it online, it is "sent" to the select few, no one knows who. The mystery behind the annual 12-page celebration of the female form creates anticipation and hype that most marketers could only dream of; and the whispers have started for 2015's already.

Shot by Steven Meisel and styled by Carine Roitfeld, the calendar eschews previous representations of what is sexy - from Dematchelier and Lindbergh´s trouserless supermodels to Karl Lagerfeld´s monochrome goddesses - in favour of some good old-fashioned fetishism. Appropriately in the year that Fifty Shades of Grey is being made, Meisel and Roitfeld rounded up some of the world's most beautiful women and strapped them into some latex bustiers. What else?

With inspirations ranging from Brigitte Bardot to Jerry Hall to Catwoman, the shoot featured models including Adriana Lima, Isabeli Fontana, Raquel Zimmermann, Joan Smalls, Sasha Luss, Karen Elson, newcomer and Tom Ford face Gigi Hadid, and plus-size model Candice Huffine. "My presence on this set - the most glamorous in the world - is a sign that things are really changing," she said.

Pirelli Calendar

"I'm becoming Raquel Welch, with the whip and cowgirl pants," Isabeli Fontana, who appears in the calendar for the eighth time, told Italian Vanity Fair.Meanwhile, Natalia Vodianova left the confines of new motherhood for the unmissable shoot in May.

"I gave birth a few days ago to Maxim, my fourth child," Vodianova added. "I left him at home, in Paris, and I flew here to New York - even if only for a few hours - because I know what it means to work with Steven. It's a magical experience.