Italian Vanity Fair has an exclusive preview of the illustrious Pirelli calendar, providing a first glimpse at this year’s models, who include Kate Moss, Lara Stone, Milla Jovovich, Saskia de Brauw, Isabeli Fontana, and the actress Rinko Kikuchi.

Shot in Corsica, the photos are by Mario Sorrenti, who is best known for his artful nudes in the pages of magazines such as Vogue.

Locations used included abandoned old farmhouses as well as the blue seawater with backdrops of rocky outcrops.

Supermodel Lara Stone is the new face and body of the brand’s Naked Glamour campaign shot by Patrick Demarchelier.

Following in the footsteps of actresses Zoe Saldana and Eva Mendes, Stone is heating up print and video ads for Calvin Klein’s underwear even though her campaign seems softer and less raunchy than that of Mendes, for instance.

The model also recently bagged Tom Ford’s beauty campaign and covers the August issue of French Vogue.

The 2011 Pirelli Calendar was unveiled in Moscow and was put together by designer Karl Lagerfeld with the pictures being taken in his studio in Paris.

He dressed models including actress Julianne Moore in gold laurel wreathes and gold body paint, while the four male models wore metallic gold codpieces.

The designer chose the theme of Greek mythology for the photo shoot because of his childhood love for sagas such as Homer’s the Iliad, he said.

As mentioned last month, Lara Stone replaces Madonna to be the new face of Louis Vuitton’s Spring/Summer 2010 ad campaign.

Here’s a look at the making of Louis Vuitton’s campaign featuring the very beautiful Lara Stone.

The Louis Vuitton Spring/Summer 2010 ad campaign will break in the February 2010 issues of magazines worldwide.

Karl Lagerfeld has jumped behind the camera again for Chanel’s pre spring / summer collection.

We saw a preview in July this year when Lara Stone and Baptiste Giabiconi were spotted posing with a motorbike in front of the Paris Chanel boutique.

In this short film called Vol de Jour, Lara and Baptiste run around Paris to visit each Chanel store, grabbing everything they love while spending quality time together.

Featuring model Lara Stone and shot by Steven Miesel, the Spring-Summer 2010 Womens Louis Vuitton ad campaign turns the spotlight back on models.

Channeling Brigitte Bardot, the ads are set against lush greenery and white doves. Do you miss Madonna ?