This all started with the photograph of Italian actress Virna Lisi on the front of the March 1965 issue of Esquire magazine, conceived by George Lois as a comment on women’s liberation. It has been widely imitated ever since, by Esquire themselves and by others.
Here is the Virna Lisi original (note she is using a Gillette Super Speed flare tip, a proper razor):
![Virna Lisi shaving. Esquire magazine front cover. March 1965](/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Virnal-Lisi-shaving.-Esquire-magazine-front-cover.-March-1965.jpg)
Here is a re-creation with Jessica Simpson, American singer and actress, also using a proper double edged (DE) safety razor:
![Jessica Simpson shaving. Esquire front cover. May 2008](/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Jessica-Simpson-shaving.-Esquire-front-cover.-May-2008.jpg)
And they have done it with their editions around the world. Here is Hong Kong singer and actress Fan Bing Bing, once again using a proper DE razor:
![Fan Bing Bing shaving, Esquire front cover. August 2009](/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Bing-Bing-shaving-Esquire-front-cover.jpg)
Polish singer Maryla Rodowicz also used a DE razor on the front cover of Machina in June 2008. They even made a video of the photo shoot:
![Maryla Rodowicz. Machina front cover. June 2008.](/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Maryla-Rodowicz.-Machina-front-cover.-June-2008..jpg)
Anna Mucha (Ania Maria Mucha), an actress who was in Schindler’s List, is also Polish, here she uses a cut throat razor:
![Anna Mucha shaving.](/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Anna-Mucha-shaving..jpg)
Myleene Klass, British singer, model and TV presenter, shaved (yes, with a DE) for the front cover of the News of the World’s Fabulous magazine in October 2009:
![Myleene Klass shaving. Fabulous. October 2009.](/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Myleene-Klass-shaving.-Fabulous.-October-2009..jpg)
Another using a cut-throat is Greek actress and 1984 Miss World contestant, Vana Barba (real name Vasiliki Barba), here featuring in Athens magazine in her native Greece:
![Vana Barba shaving. Athens Magazine. March 2010](/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Vana-Barba.-Athens-Magazine.-March-2010.jpg)
Finally here is French actress and singer Nora Arnezeder using a Muhle R41 razor on the front cover of Be magazine:
![Nora Arnezeder shaving. Be magazine front cover](/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Nora-Arnezeder-shaving.-Be-magazine-front-cover.jpg)
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