The ultimate of all calendar bookings for any female model is the Pirelli Calendar, distributed for free to very special customers by the car tire company since its first issue in 1964, and typically shot by the world’s finest photographers and featuring the big-name models of the time. As the latest calendar has just been released, I thought it timely that Pirelli’s past inclusions of models over a size 10 be lauded on this website. If there are more than these two women please let me know!
Sophie Dahl, in the “Women of the Ages” calendar for February 1999 by the late Herb Ritts, shot in Los Angeles;
A ‘making of’ video is linked here. Set the option to play video for 1999.
…and Pollyanna McIntosh, in a “choose your fantasy” calendar for December 2004 by Nick Knight, shot in London.
Calendar shot is above; an outtake is below.
A short video of the Nick Knight shoot (this is part 3 of 3):
Material sourced from Pirellical.com and Excel Models
