Vintage Playboy magazines

[tigerrouge]

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/features/yuletide-covers/yuletide-covers-page02.html

 

[tigerrouge]

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/shop/deutsche-ausgaben,32/?showpage=1

 

[hfgl]

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

 

[SusanSuperstar]

^^this one is beautiful!!!!

 

[auxt]

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

 

[Sugarmama]

The covers were much more sensual back then.

 

[CollarScholar]

Burlesque shows are becoming more popular recently - perhaps we are seeing a rebirth of art in p*rn*gr*phy? Lets hope so Today's p*rn is so bland, *yawn*

read this article:

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/south/epaper/2008/04/26/axa_dbburl_0427.html

 

[Korravai]

70s stuff I found:


credit:gatochy's photostream on flickr.com

 

[rayder]

i love vintage playboy mag

 

[hfgl]

april 73

ebay

 

[Korravai]

from CR3.com

 

[Korravai]

from CR3.com

 

[2Nova]

I love the old playboy covers they're so innocent and they leave more to the imagination makes me actaully want to see what is inside

 

[Glittery_Bug]

Sorry if reposts:

iofferphoto.com
amazon.com

 

[hfgl]

Joan Severance,November 1992


bellazon

 

[lollicandy]

The covers are gorgeous, it makes a lot more sense why Dita Von Teese said she was inspired by her father's old Playboys. There's a lot of feminine, coquettish charm in the girls from the 60s-70s.

About the shift in the early 90s, I know nothing about Playboy's history but wasn't Hef on his last marriage when he was trying to "reform his ways" and his daughter Christie started to shore up the business side of Playboy and assumed more responsibility for Playboy? I wonder if a shift in management/people somehow influenced that? (Feel free to correct me though.)

And I never knew you could make Dr. Pepper hot toddys (1st pg).

 

[mozumder]

There's always a playboy bunny on those old covers - hidden or obvious..

 

[tigerrouge]

I think there still is? I haven't bought an issue of Playboy recently enough to know if the tradition continues, but I'd forgotten all about it until you said!

 

[tigerrouge]

Playboy.com itself has updated its archive section, they seem to offer every cover AND the opportunity to vote for faves:

http://www.playboy.com/magazine/cover-gallery/

 

[tigerrouge]

I bring you Japanese Playboy's erotic cover subject for the November 2007 issue... Eric Clapton!

I don't know if they're constrained from using near-nudity, but whatever their rules, it makes for some unusual covers, given what we expect of a Playboy:

http://www.playboy.com/magazine/international/japan/japan-october-2006.html