Slathered in shaving cream and nothing else, singer Jessica Simpson graces the cover of May's Esquire magazine.

While the Simpson photograph is provocative, it's far from gratuitous. The image is a re-creation of one of Esquire's most iconic covers -- a 1965 effort conceived by legendary creative director George Lois, starring Italian bombshell actress Virna Lisi. Thirty-two of Lois' best magazine covers from the 60s and 70s -- including Andy Warhol drowning in a can of Campbell's soup and an arrow-laden Muhammad Ali as Christian martyr St. Sebastian -- are the subject of a new exhibition at New York's Museum of Modern Art.
(Esquire)