Vintage Playboy magazines - Page 3

fourboltmain · 31-01-2008

I got a pile of these from the 70's from a friend's dad, they're in my garage somewhere. The photography and design is a whole different level of cool. Retro isn't the term, not so much as original.

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Originally Posted by sundaygirl

Just shows how stylish Playboy used to be and how much it's changed.

Look at early issues of Vogue, they were LITTERED with illustrations. No models or celebrities. One that blew me away was an illustration of a woman next to a 20's era race car, Art Deco style.

auxt · 31-01-2008

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you'd think there would be a site somewhere with all past covers ?

just found it

http://www.dtmagazine.com/cmopg1924/pb1.html

brokenenglish · 31-01-2008

I can't even believe this is the same mag. that did that terrible Denise Richards cover.
( the worst magazine cover of all time)

About when did the change to over photoshopped Bratz dolls happen?

**iluvjeisa** · 16-02-2008

Thanks for the link to the Playboy covers archive. It seems that something pretty drastic happened around 1990-94. Suddenly every other cover has someone made up like a transvestite, 80% of the bodies look totally fake and presented as fake....the make-up is gross. These awful covers are interspersed with surgically enhanced has-beens, women who were fantastic 10-15 years earlier (Bo Derek, La Toya Jackson, Farrah Fawcett).

However, it's only the last few years that the cover models have started to look like they're about as amused as a porn star on her 10th year in the business.

two months off · 19-02-2008

Oh! These are gorgeous, and very imaginative covers, I think. Like the ones on post #30: the lipstick, the shoes, the bunny pillow, the footprints on the sand.
Just very cute and tasteful!

tigerrouge · 01-03-2008

I buy Playboy every time it has an anniversary issue, just so I can get its run-down of all its previous covers, they usually have it in a gatefold format.

I wonder if the very old covers of Playboy benefited from an era when they weren't allowed to show women's bodies as starkly as today, and therefore had to be more suggestive (and inventive) with the visuals, which naturally adds a layer of mystique. The eroticism resides in the constraint.

Yes, even the era of supermodels using it as means to widen their audience have long gone, and I can't recall the last time I saw a cover with someone I actually knew on the front (apart from the recent Ana Nicole cash-in issue).

There are times I've bought this magazine and the women behind the counter have thrown the change down instead of giving it to my hand, and I think, woman, you have no idea what's out there, if you're offended by pictures of airbrushed American girls posing alone and pretending they all like kittens.

xmodel citizen · 08-03-2008

These are adorable! I love the girl drawing a bunny in lipstick on her stomach. It's sexy, cute and fun. I think naturally beautiful girls who look like they're genuinely having fun are sooo much better than the porn stars of today.

tigerrouge · 10-03-2008

Here's a place on the playboy.com website where you can view the past few years' covers of all the international editorials. While not exactly vintage, it does offer the chance to see the different aesthetics that each version goes for, both in cover design and in physical emphasis (no surprise to see Brazil is all about the bottom):

http://www.playboy.com/magazine/international/

rayder · 10-03-2008

i love vintage playboy

**hfgl** · 15-03-2008

November 1955

april 1955

february 1955

ebay

tigerrouge · 15-03-2008

And here's another page from the playboy.com website, showing "historic December issues" including a cover of Brooke Shields:

http://www.playboy.com/magazine/feat...rs-page02.html

tigerrouge · 19-03-2008

A page from the German Playboy site, showing some previous covers. The attached image, from playboy.de, is the Oct 2006 cover, though I find it has a curiously retro feel, perhaps it's the 'faded' colour scheme...

http://www.bunnystore.de/playboy/sho...32/?showpage=1

**hfgl** · 20-03-2008

^It does,the composition is very good and it's not tacky.

SusanSuperstar · 20-03-2008

^^this one is beautiful!!!!

auxt · 30-04-2008

Nov 1963 - I saw it on flickr long ago while looking for vintage scans
Very cool ! I really like the photo itself, and it's a unique Playboy cover b/c the model is wearing a layer or two of thick clothing.

sofia sweetheart @ flickr

others I found while looking for that one

Little-Pumpkins @ flickr

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iluvjeisa clever ain't wise Mod Squad Leader Join Date: Jan 2004 Gender: femme Posts: 13,618	Thanks for the link to the Playboy covers archive. It seems that something pretty drastic happened around 1990-94. Suddenly every other cover has someone made up like a transvestite, 80% of the bodies look totally fake and presented as fake....the make-up is gross. These awful covers are interspersed with surgically enhanced has-beens, women who were fantastic 10-15 years earlier (Bo Derek, La Toya Jackson, Farrah Fawcett). However, it's only the last few years that the cover models have started to look like they're about as amused as a porn star on her 10th year in the business. __________________ Beauty is a warm gun Her Famed Warm Gun

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two months off Eat me, drink me Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Costa Rica Gender: femme Posts: 1,112	Oh! These are gorgeous, and very imaginative covers, I think. Like the ones on post #30: the lipstick, the shoes, the bunny pillow, the footprints on the sand. Just very cute and tasteful! __________________ Three inches is such a wretched height to be!

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tigerrouge don't look down Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Béal Feirste Gender: femme Posts: 11,029	I buy Playboy every time it has an anniversary issue, just so I can get its run-down of all its previous covers, they usually have it in a gatefold format. I wonder if the very old covers of Playboy benefited from an era when they weren't allowed to show women's bodies as starkly as today, and therefore had to be more suggestive (and inventive) with the visuals, which naturally adds a layer of mystique. The eroticism resides in the constraint. Yes, even the era of supermodels using it as means to widen their audience have long gone, and I can't recall the last time I saw a cover with someone I actually knew on the front (apart from the recent Ana Nicole cash-in issue). There are times I've bought this magazine and the women behind the counter have thrown the change down instead of giving it to my hand, and I think, woman, you have no idea what's out there, if you're offended by pictures of airbrushed American girls posing alone and pretending they all like kittens. __________________ You're perfect, yes, it's true. But without me, you're only you.

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xmodel citizen V.I.P. Join Date: Nov 2005 Gender: femme Posts: 7,243	These are adorable! I love the girl drawing a bunny in lipstick on her stomach. It's sexy, cute and fun. I think naturally beautiful girls who look like they're genuinely having fun are sooo much better than the porn stars of today. __________________ Less talk. More Barack.

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brokenenglish Deep Red Bells Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: stuck here Gender: femme Posts: 7,828	I can't even believe this is the same mag. that did that terrible Denise Richards cover. ( the worst magazine cover of all time) About when did the change to over photoshopped Bratz dolls happen?

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tigerrouge don't look down Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Béal Feirste Gender: femme Posts: 11,029	Here's a place on the playboy.com website where you can view the past few years' covers of all the international editorials. While not exactly vintage, it does offer the chance to see the different aesthetics that each version goes for, both in cover design and in physical emphasis (no surprise to see Brazil is all about the bottom): http://www.playboy.com/magazine/international/ __________________ You're perfect, yes, it's true. But without me, you're only you.

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rayder backstage pass Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: london , england Gender: femme Posts: 828	i love vintage playboy

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hfgl there is no fear Mod Squad Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: NBC, Studio 6H Gender: femme Posts: 13,152	November 1955 april 1955 february 1955 ebay __________________ tumblr Meisel fan board Her famed warm gun

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hfgl there is no fear Mod Squad Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: NBC, Studio 6H Gender: femme Posts: 13,152	^It does,the composition is very good and it's not tacky. __________________ tumblr Meisel fan board Her famed warm gun

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SusanSuperstar LOVE Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: In My Own World Gender: femme Posts: 6,112	^^this one is beautiful!!!! __________________ paraphernaliainyourcloset.blogspot.com

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auxt front row Join Date: Sep 2007 Gender: homme Posts: 362	Nov 1963 - I saw it on flickr long ago while looking for vintage scans Very cool ! I really like the photo itself, and it's a unique Playboy cover b/c the model is wearing a layer or two of thick clothing. sofia sweetheart @ flickr others I found while looking for that one Little-Pumpkins @ flickr Last edited by auxt; 30-04-2008 at 02:28 AM.

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