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# Wearing Nothing
Sports Illustrated 2008 Body Paint Shoot

By mediterranean | Published 2008-02-18 | Naughty
Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/sports-illustrated-2008-body-paint
References: [sportsillustrated.cnn](http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/features/2008_swimsuit/painting/)

Hottness alert… We have featured the funny [Sports Illustrated](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/dove-and-sports-illustrated) shoot with Heidi Klum and Will Ferrell, but now we bring you the sizzling ‘body paint’ [Swimsuit shoot](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/new-swim-collection).

Photographed by Antoine Verglas and Tori Praver, models Marisa Miller, Jessica Gomes, Quiana Grant and Tori Praver wore nothing but body paint.

The time-consuming painting process, performed by artists Joanne Gair, Reyna Pecot and Issac Prado; had an average paint time of 13 hours! The planning time for the ‘suits’ from design to paint took over 3 months. And here are the extra hot results of all this effort!

Do click on the thumbnail pictures for a bigger, closer look. And check out the super funny Klum/ Ferrell shoot below.

## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter)

- Score: 6.9/10
- Popularity: 100% | Activity: 100% | Freshness: 8%
- Audience gender: 10% men, 90% women
- Primary generations: Millennial
- Top markets: North America, Europe

## Categories

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## Key Themes

### Key Themes Behind This Trend

- **Body Paint Shoots:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Collaborating with body paint artists to create unique and visually stunning marketing campaigns for fashion brands.
- **Long Paint Process:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Developing innovative, time-saving techniques and materials for body paint artists to reduce the average paint time.
- **Extended Planning Period:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Creating software or tools to streamline the design to paint process for body paint artists, reducing planning time significantly.

### Where This Applies

- **Fashion:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Introducing body paint as a new and artistic trend in the fashion industry.
- **Marketing:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Offering body paint advertisement services to brands looking for unique and attention-grabbing campaigns.
- **Art:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Integrating body paint art into mainstream art galleries and exhibitions for a new and visually captivating experience.

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