Fifty Shades Of Playboy: Kate Moss wears bunny ears AND a mask as she poses topless for magazine's 60th anniversary cover
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It's the magazine spread we've all been waiting for and on Monday, Kate Moss was finally unveiled in all her supermodel glory as the cover star of Playboy's 60th edition.
Pictured wearing a very Fifty Shades Of Grey masked set of bunny ears, the supermodel put a couture spin on her debut in the adult magazine.
Kate, 39, is seen posing topless in the artfully arranged shoot showing off her razor-sharp cheekbones, and her still slender figure.
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Kate Moss unveiled: The model posed topless for photographers Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott for Playboy magazine's 60th anniversary edition, and also to celebrate turning 40 in January
Artfully nude: Kate appears in the January/February 2014 double issue of Playboy magazine, to kick off its year-long celebration
Hold the front page: Kate was shot by high fashion photographers Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott who shared the cover in Instagram this morning
Tight fit: Kate wore a very high cut bunny girl costume in classic black satin with white collar and cuffs in this black and white shot
The Croydon-born catwalk star, 39, features in a huge 18 pages of the January/February issue of the racy magazine, as well as the cover, to celebrate her forthcoming 40th birthday in 2014.
Inside the covers, Moss appears topless, but partially obscured behind purple fabric, while wearing the pink and black bunny ears and a Eyes Wide Shut style mask.
Another of the shots taken by top fashion photographers Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott released by the magazine shows the supermodel gazing at the camera while lying on her back, with just some expensive jewellery covering her wrist.
The cover of the magazine's 60th anniversary double issue features Moss in a kneeling position in a traditional black Playboy bunny suit, white cuffs and a collar, black silk bunny ears, black stilettos and a white pom pom tail.
The model will appear at designer friend Marc Jacob's Mount Street store in London on Monday to publicise the edition.
One of her Playboys shots featured on an invitation and a blow up of the cover was proudly placed in the store window.
Editorial director Jimmy Jellinek said: 'Playboy's anniversary edition is a testament to 60 years of beautiful women, discerning taste, sexual emancipation, groundbreaking fiction and world-changing journalism.
Bunny girl: Kate posed with two Playboy bunnies at the 60th anniversary signing event
Now you see her! The Croydon clotheshorse playfully covered her face with the magazine cover as she proudly showed off the fruits of her labour
'Having Kate Moss, a global icon and the most important supermodel of the past 25 years, appear on our cover makes this issue the perfect way to launch Playboy's next 60 years.'
Playboy founder and editor-in-chief Hugh Hefner, who has been criticised for demeaning women, said: 'Sixty years ago, I created Playboy magazine with an intent to reflect on and influence the cultural changes taking place in America, as well as to become the voice of sophisticated men all over the world.
'From its beginning, Playboy has stood for freedom of speech, freedom of choice and freedom of the press. I am so proud to celebrate this anniversary as the magazine continues its mission to promote these core values many decades later.'
MailOnline shared the first exclusive glimpse of the Brit supermodel's dare-to-bare shoot last month.
Proud: Playboy shared an image of Kate with her cover on their Instagram page
Kate, who is married to musician Jamie Hince, is mother to 11-year-old Lila Grace, by her ex-partner Jefferson Hack.
The shoot was meant to be top secret, but in June it was reported that Kate's hairstylist Oribe Canales had accidentally revealed she had already posed for fashion photographers Marcus Pigott and Mert Atlas, who have taken portraits of stars ranging from Lady Gaga to Jennifer Lopez and Madonna.
‘She’s a worldwide celebrity and iconic and crosses the boundaries from sexual imagery to upscale modelling. It’s a natural for us’
Hugh Hefner on Playboy cover girl Kate Moss
Playboy's 60th anniversary edition, which also features an interview with Hollywood actor Ben Affleck and feminists such as Erica Jong and Naomi Wolf discussing 'the best and worst of sexual liberation in modern America', is out on Friday.
Meanwhile Kate is to be honoured at the British Fashion Awards, cementing her position as one of the world's most celebrated supermodels.
Cover girl: Kate seen on Monday at Marc Jacob's Mount Street to publicise the anniversary issue of Playboy ahead, later she will attend the British Fashion Awards where the style icon is set to receive a special award
The 39-year-old will receive a 'Special Recognition Award' at the event on Monday in celebration of her 25-year career, which began in New York at Storm, a leading model agency.
Moss has modelled clothes by almost every major fashion designer, including Louis Vuitton and Stella McCartney, and most recently became the face of make-up company Rimmel.
Donatella Versace, who used the British model for her Autumn/Winter collection this year, said: "From the very beginning Kate was iconic; she never had to become a model.
Best leg forward: Kate looked sleek in a glittery minidress and stripey fur coat
'She has the same energy, the same seduction and the same wit - in front of the camera and with everyone.'
The recognition award will join a long list of others on Moss' mantelpiece, including two model of the year awards in 2006 and 2009, and the first British Fashion Award, which is decided by public vote.
Other potential winners of this this year's prizes, which will be awarded at the London Coliseum, include Victoria Beckham, Marc Jacobs, Prada and rising star Cara Delevingne.
The awards were established in 1989, and celebrate the contributions of British designers and models to the global fashion industry.
Peek-a-boo! Kate's image was proudly displayed at the front of Marc Jacobs' flagship London store
Cheeky: The British model looked every inch the smouldering siren as she adorned the cover of the legendary magazine
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