A party for the 2012 Pirelli Calendar was held on Tuesday at the Armory. Yana Paskova for The New York TimesMen never cease to amaze me! Writing about the recent unveiling party for the 2012 Pirelli Calendar at Manhattan’s Armory, Bob Morris — who should know better — wrote for the New York Times Style section:

IT’S always important to know what you can’t have, especially for the holidays.

This year, gentlemen, add the 2012 Pirelli Calendar of nude models to your list. Since 1964, the Italian tire company has commissioned photographers to create this lavish work of high-end soft porn. It goes out to a list that likely doesn’t include many Italian auto mechanics.

The Vatican, the sultan of Brunei and Buckingham Palace get one, according to Pirelli. The White House? Not yet.

Doesn’t Morris know that the Pirelli Calendar is also beloved by the Girl’s Club, making it one of the few icons of global culture that men and women agree on?

Men can try to hoard the Pirelli Calendar, as if it’s stamped ‘No Women Allowed’, except for the awesome lineup of 12 women who make up this year’s Pirelli Calendar, finally shot by an Italian photographer Mario Sorrenti, who is long an AOC favorite.

2012 Pirelli Calendar Images by Mario Sorrenti | Nude Beauty Italian Style SN Sweet Dreams

Reality is that women readers are all over the digital images of Sorrenti’s Pirelli women, and with high praise. Responding to our presentation of the Pirelli 2012 Calendar on Sensuality News, a devoted AOC friend wrote:

Oh my God, Anne! The new Pirelli!!! I just saw some of the photos - I’m wondering what you think of them, because I’m stunned at the soft sensuality and the staggering picturesque atmosphere…..