The cover photo, which went viral instantly, featured a fully nude Kardashian with her back to the camera, balancing a champagne glass on her posterior.
Print, TV, and radio outlets, from The Guardian to late-night talk shows, analyzed the images. Paper Magazine Winter 2014 Pdf
The photoshoot took place in Paris and resulted in several distinct images, with one becoming the defining image of the issue and the year: The cover photo, which went viral instantly, featured
The resulting photo shoot was a spectacular media event. Two covers were produced. One, a slightly more conservative image, showed Kardashian fully dressed in a black sequin dress, recreating Goude's "Champagne Incident" by balancing a glass on her famous behind as she poured champagne into it. The other, and far more infamous cover, was an NSFW photo of a nude, oiled-up Kardashian looking over her shoulder, one hand holding her evening gown just below her naked bottom. The subscriber-only nude cover became an instant collector's item, selling for as much as $50 on eBay before the issue even hit newsstands. When the images were released online on November 11, 2014, they truly broke the internet. Two covers were produced