Reverse: 10 back covers besides Kim Kardashian
Yesterday the Internet blew up Paper magazine cover with a bold and successful perspective of Kim Kardashian and the inscription "Kim blows up the Internet" - that is, everything went as planned. The publication of the magazine in its own way has drawn a line under the latest trend - the rehabilitation of large forms in the media. At the same time, spectacular fifth points did not come into vogue from the man’s hand (sorry, forgive everything) - in an amazing way they actually became a symbol of a new wave of emancipation. The pride of women for their hips is a direct opposition to the long-standing male obsession with big breasts: women have finally decided to win their right to turn to the world by any side, especially the outstanding one. We conducted an audit of the covers of glossy magazines and concluded that yes, indeed, the rear view was a rarity for many years - not counting, of course, specific publications like Mixed Magazine. However, gradually everything changes.
Jim Carrey, Rolling Stone
July 1995
Show bare ass on the cover 20 years ago it was possible except in the form of a joke. On the eve of this cover, Jim Carrey had three hits in a row: "Ace Ventura", "Mask" and "Dumb and Dumber", and then we still considered him the most fun person in the world. Rolling Stone journalists (the most daring pop magazine, as we will see below), decided to pull out “Naked Facts and Shocking Revelations” from the actor - some of this process is depicted in the photo of the legendary Herb Ritz on the cover. In fact, this is a parody of the famous ad for Coppertone tanning lotion, to which pop culture has addressed more than once.
Lady Gaga, Rolling Stone
July 2010
Who, if not Lady Gaga, break down the foundations? Armed with a bra-machine gun in the picture of Terry Richardson, the pop star promises us to "tell everything" (and then, apparently, to kill). In fact, inside the magazine a big interview with the singer is entitled more lyrically: "The broken heart and insane fantasies of Lady Gaga". Further, as they say, more - two years later, she will release the single "Do What U Want" with such a cover.
Niki Minaj, BlackMen
August 2010
At the time of shooting for this cover, Niki Minaj just released the first single from her debut album - so BlackMen employees caught the future star on take-off, when it had not yet become the most provocative speaker of the movement for large forms. On the other hand, for the dubious BlackMen magazine about "rap and girls," this perspective is not new: most women readers and publishers prefer to see and show from this side.
James Franco, Flaunt
November 2011
It seems that James Franco wants us to know him from all sides, and not just what books he read and what directors he respects. The fifth point of the actor / director / writer / artist graced the “secret” cover of the independent fashion and pop culture magazine Flaunt, which is hidden under the more harmless one. We suspect a secret message in this: James Franco wants to seem smart, but in fact the best thing about him is his ass.
Tyson Chandler, ESPN
July 2012
We have written more than once about sexism and discrimination prevailing in professional sports (in fact, there are more terrible things happening there). To the credit of our foreign colleagues, they are still trying to fight for equality in the field of perception of athletes - well, at least that way. American basketball player and world champion Tyson Chandler on the cover of a number dedicated to the cult of the sports body could have become a worthy couple to Anna Kournikova in an advertisement that “only balls jump”.
Nicole Kidman, V Magazine
August 2012
By 2012, Niki Minaj had already demonstrated her magnificent ass on a magazine cover. At the same time, the "serious" fashion publications still did not dare to flaunt their heroines with such virtues before the readers. A high-gloss silence broke V Magazine. The magazine apparently decided to stop at the golden middle: the editors chose the fragile Nicole Kidman, turned her back to the readers and threw a symbolic skirt on her hips. It turned out beauty.
Jimmy Kimmel, Rolling Stone
January 2013
This Rolling Stone cover with Jimmy Kimmel is able to rid you once and for all of the fantasies of sexual plumbing in your kitchen. Unfortunately (or fortunately?), The cover scene is a lot more reminiscent of an inadvertently peeped fifth point of a passer-by who leaned right in front of you to tie a string than provokes erotic interest or just pleases the eye. On the other hand, Kimmel is Kimmel to make fun of such things, and the Rolling Stone without priests on the cover is like a fish without water.
Miley Cyrus, Notion
September 2013
Despite the diminutive, Miley became one of the pioneers of the movement for the return of the status of the most sought-after body part in pop culture. British lifestyle magazine Notion made three versions of the cover with the singer at once: a classic full face, a playful version with a sticking out booty and another one the same, but in gif-format for publishing online. The last one we like the most is something, and Miley can twist his hips better than many.
Julia Dreyfus, Rolling Stone
April 2014
And again Rolling Stone, but this time only with a hint of a bare ass. 53-year-old comedienne Julia Dreyfus, like Kimmel, "played" the cover. In the April issue of the publication, she parodies the classic model pose, when you stand all your bare back to the audience and then suddenly you understand what is happening, and you turn to everyone with your mouth parted in surprise. Pseudo-tattoos gave a spectacular perspective: the first page of the US Constitution was “stuffed” on the back of Dreyfus, but they were wrong with the signature, which caused a small scandal. So you take time - by 2014, the bare priests on the covers have become so commonplace that readers prefer to argue about politics and history.
Kylie Minogue, GQ Italy
August 2014
In a symbolic way, this list opens and closes the parody of the Coppertone girl - a painted girl with a sunscreen advertisement that became famous in the 50s. At this time, the role of a Cocker Spaniel went to the poodle, but this is not all the conventions in the picture. According to the photo expert in the Daily Telegraph, the 46-year-old Kylie’s back bend is the work of the retoucher, just like her smooth skin. Critics also point out that a composition with an ill-bred dog has long been morally obsolete - which, however, does not prevent magazines from recreating it once a decade.