SI Swimsuit Issue - how long before nudes?

[Bloodwhiner]

As part of my daily ritual I check out scores at SI's website. Yesterday I glanced at some of their swimsuit issue pics. I've never paid that much attention but was surprised that a number of the models wore nothing but body paint.

Understand, I am not complaining but I couldn't help but wonder how long it will be before SI has a full-on, non-painted topless photo?

Then how long before we see complete nudes.

 

[Amaris]

I don't think they'll go full on nude. I would have no problem with it, but oddly enough, body paint is still considered sitting on the "safe" side.

 

[The Boy Who Cried Worf]

Isn't a nude swimsuit issue an oxymoron?

 

[Amaris]

Isn't a nude swimsuit issue an oxymoron?

I think he means in terms of more obvious nudity, like say, clear swimsuits or topless suits.

 

[O'Dib]

I saw a video of Ana Ivanovic's SI photoshoot last night. Sexy, but tastefully done. Man, she's hot! Well, she's a Serbian chick so, not that surprising.

 

[RogerWaters]

Within 10 years, if magazine are still around.
No idea why I think this, it's just what popped in my head when I read the thread. It seems like the way things are going.

 

[Trekker4747]

I saw a video of Ana Ivanovic's SI photoshoot last night. Sexy, but tastefully done. Man, she's hot! Well, she's a Serbian chick so, not that surprising.

 

[ManOnTheWave]

I don't think they'll go there. SI swim suit issue is considered somewhat family friendly since it's eye candy without overt nudity. It's Playboy for the twelve year old set. It satisfies a particular niche market.

 

[Bloodwhiner]

I don't think they'll go there. SI swim suit issue is considered somewhat family friendly since it's eye candy without overt nudity. It's Playboy for the twelve year old set. It satisfies a particular niche market.

I think was true in the past but the bodypaint shoots in this years edition are a bit of a game changer. I think a lot of parents who turned a blind eyer last year will say otherwise this year.

When you can plainly see a nipple, that tends to be an issue.

I don't mind but I'm betting my wife would take issue with ourt thirteen year old looking at it. I'm a realist, I know he has (or can) seen far more on the internet (I'm hoping he hasn't seen it in real life yet)

 

[Mistral]

I don't think they'll go there. SI swim suit issue is considered somewhat family friendly since it's eye candy without overt nudity. It's Playboy for the twelve year old set. It satisfies a particular niche market.

I think was true in the past but the bodypaint shoots in this years edition are a bit of a game changer. I think a lot of parents who turned a blind eyer last year will say otherwise this year.

When you can plainly see a nipple, that tends to be an issue.

I don't mind but I'm betting my wife would take issue with ourt thirteen year old looking at it. I'm a realist, I know he has (or can) seen far more on the internet (I'm hoping he hasn't seen it in real life yet)

Different from the last few years?

 

[Locutus of Bored]

The body paint shit is stupid. If you're going to throw out any pretense of featuring swimsuits in the swimsuit issue, then just show topless shots and ass. Hell, GQ does it and it remains a perfectly mainstream magazine.

I just don't get the appeal. Oh, ooh, I can see a painted nipple if she poses at an oblique angle with the sun behind her back! What a bold choice for a magazine that published Cheryl Tiegs in a see-thru suit 32 years ago.

 

[iguana_tonante]

Then how long before we see complete nudes.

The sooner, the better.

 

[O'Dib]

Ouch, dude, Trekker, thanks for shattering the fatassy (err, I meant to type fantasy) for me.

 

[Trekker4747]

Ouch, dude, Trekker, thanks for shattering the fatassy (err, I meant to type fantasy) for me.

What? I think that's a great ass!

 

[FordSVT]

The body paint shit is stupid. If you're going to throw out any pretense of featuring swimsuits in the swimsuit issue, then just show topless shots and ass. Hell, GQ does it and it remains a perfectly mainstream magazine.

I just don't get the appeal. Oh, ooh, I can see a painted nipple if she poses at an oblique angle with the sun behind her back! What a bold choice for a magazine that published Cheryl Tiegs in a see-thru suit 32 years ago.

I have no problem with T&A in whatever form it's delivered in, beautiful women are beautiful either naked or in snowsuits, so I'd have to disagree with you. Why are you making the assumption that they're trying to push the envelope each year or be "bold" in their choices?

 

[Locutus of Bored]

Why are you making the assumption that they're trying to push the envelope each year or be "bold" in their choices?

What else is the point of body paint substituting for actual swimsuits? It's so guys can go "ooh, she's standing there naked" without actually having to show anything more than what you would see with the swimsuits. It's pushing the envelope as far as you can go without showing unconcealed nudity.

I say just go for it and cross that last threshold, since they've clearly given up any pretense of actually having the models wear the swimsuits.

 

[Kestra]

I think it's kinda cool, actually. Well apart from the fact that it's just plain weird to have people painting you in certain places!

 

[Trekker4747]

I want to be one of those swimsuit body-paint painters.

 

[Amaris]

Ouch, dude, Trekker, thanks for shattering the fatassy (err, I meant to type fantasy) for me.

What? I think that's a great ass!

I agree!

I think it's kinda cool, actually. Well apart from the fact that it's just plain weird to have people painting you in certain places!

Particularly when they grab the small brush.

 

[RJDiogenes]

It probably won't be much more than 20 years, if print magazines even still exist then. It doesn't entirely make sense to have nude models if it's a "Swimsuit" issue, of course (although I like the body paint); maybe they'll have a separate "Skinny Dipping" issue. But then, why would a Sports magazine have a "Swimsuit" issue, anyway? It would make more sense for them to have an issue devoted to nude athletes, showing off the toned bodies.