Nude calendar

Image illustrative of a female nude calendar

Nude calendars are a special type of wall calendar or table calendar that feature nude models in a variety of scenes and locations. Predominately in the United Kingdom, nude calendars are produced to raise money for charity.[1]

Types

Calendars featuring pin-up models

Commercial advertising on calendars started in the late 19th Century and has often been linked to pictures or photographs of pin-up models. The products being advertised may be incorporated via product placement in the pictures themselves or separate via logos and corporate in-house style. Calendars featuring female nudes became a common feature in workplaces which were predominantly male (e.g. garages), although many employers have banned or restricted their display considering them a form of sex discrimination.

Examples include the Pirelli Calendar and The Darker Image.

Charity nude calendars

The first nude charity calendar was made by a group of middle aged Englishwomen, members of a local branch of the Women's Institute, who were posing nude to raise funds for Leukaemia Research. The calendar was released in 1999, and became an international sensation, and also inspired the movie Calendar Girls.[2] Following this lead, charity nude calendars proliferated in the 2000s. Proceeds usually go to various health or social causes. Participants may include artists, celebrities, sportsmen and sportswomen, firefighters, military forces, the police, or members of a group such as farmers, Women's Institute members who wish to raise funds for a chosen charity.

The women's rugby match Oxford and Cambridge, which was played at Twickenham in 2015, was publicised by the Oxford team making a nude calendar.[3]

Successful charity nude calendars include:

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Which is the best charity nude calendar in the country?". The Tab. 27 November 2015.
  2. ↑ "The naked do-gooders? - Times Of India". Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 2012-12-16. Retrieved 2013-04-22.
  3. ↑ Singer, Jonny (19 November 2015). "Oxford university women's rugby players strip off ahead of Twickenham". Mail Online. Retrieved 2015-11-20.
  4. ↑ "University of Warwick's rowers strip naked for charity calendar". The Telegraph. 14 October 2013. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  5. ↑ Mills, Jen (2 Jan 2016). "Pub regulars strip off for naked calendar... and we kind of love it". Metro. Retrieved 2016-01-04.
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