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Lindsay Lohan—former Ungaro artistic advisor, current parolee—has been publicly naked so many times, we're surprised anyone even cares anymore. Yet here she is today on Playboy's "leaked" January/February 2012 cover.
What we find interesting here is that this image is actually somewhat less porny than New York magazine's cover of the starlet posing as Marilyn Monroe, which the magazine published as their lead Fashion Week story in spring 2008. (The alternative cover of the issue, honoring men's fashion, featured the always-stylish André 3000 wearing, you know, clothes.)
This week's release of the annual Pirelli calendar—starring the breasts of Lara Stone, Joan Smalls, and ten other models of the moment, and which comes on the heels of 19-year-old Karlie Kloss's nude spread for Vogue Italia—offers another opportunity to ponder the fine line between fashion photography and pornography.
So, what do you think? Are fashion boobs less X-rated than Playboy boobs?
· Extra Strength [Vogue Italia]
· Next Up for Karlie Kloss: AllSaints? [Racked]
· See the Full 2012 Pirelli Calendar [Fashionologie]