The Naked Truth Is, We're Used To Public Nudity

I was laughing over the clever and quirky new ads for Zappos.com -- the ones that feature seemingly nude models jogging, hailing a cab and riding a motor bike -- when I realized something:

Nudity isn't shocking or surprising or passion-provoking anymore.

It's no big deal.

Or, as Michael Bernacchi, a University of Detroit Mercy professor and marketing expert, said: "Nudity is tired."

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SOURCE: freep.com

Nudity And Fashion: Who Needs Clothes?

Move over sex, drugs, and rock and roll, here comes sex, nudity and fashion. Or, if I may: here it comes again + some.

You see fashion and sex have always gone hand in hand, but an utter lack of clothes used to promote clothing and accessories? Yes, sex sells, but it's not all marketing. Rather, some key factors have come into play in recent years; all of which have become distinctly prevalent in 2009 and will affect 2010 fashion greatly...

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SOURCE: fashionising.com

Cool Picture (Of The Day)

Nude Not

Jodie enters a strange world when the house she moves into seems full of nude people. Is it a dream, hallucination, a prank or paradox? Filmed in Toronto, Canada in 2000. Televised on Canal+ in France, Switzerland, Monaco and Mauritius in 2001 and screened at many film festivals. A short film by Thomas Lundy of Lundoxia Pictures.

Naked Conversations with Nude Women

Nude women talk about woman, body, equality and science. This is a "pilot" directed, written and produced by Thomas Lundy of Lundoxia Pictures.

Bollywood takes on the censors with explicit film

SHOULD Kaushik Mukherjee's film Asshole - with its full-frontal male and female nudity, expletive-laden dialogue, angry rap soundtrack and off-colour title - seem like a bold venture, wait for his next trick.

In two weeks, the Bengali darling of the international film festival circuit will return to his home town, Kolkata, to battle India's censors for the right to show his story of youthful malcontent in the nation's cinemas.

It's a timely challenge, given the Indian parliament is set to debate the 93-year-old Cinematograph Act in the monsoon session of parliament next month... Read More.