Vintage Playboy magazines

[Valkyrie]

I hope he does it would be a great boost for the magazine!!

 

[Trista]

He definitely has sense and taste, that is for sure...

 

[ParadEyes]

It's unbelievable how the aesthetics of charm and sexiness have drastically changed (deteriorated) over the years.. it really saddens me, for some reason.

 

[Boomer]

^^ Yeah, there was an All American healthy sexiness back then- it was clean-cut and fun...None of the plastic trashiness you (mostly) see today...

 

[ruslana rules]

I always liked this one... Model: Monique St. Pierre - June 1979 - Source: ebay.com

 

[tigerrouge]

Dita Von Teese shares on Twitter - "Found the original inspiration for dying my hair from blonde to black ~ Sherilyn Fenn, Playboy Dec.'90. Remember when Playboy was chic? The pictures inside are artful & stunning..." (twitpic)

 

[tigerrouge]

Jerry Hall on the October 1985 cover of German Playboy (ebay.com

 

[tigerrouge]

Possibly the tamest cover ever? Yet quite erotic, if you have the imagination for it. February 1981 (amazon.com

 

[lizbabe09]

I really like the December '74 cover

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[anniehall]

I love the vintage covers. Much better!

 

[SusanSuperstar]

the old covers were so beautiful!

 

[Boomer]

^ They really were! I had several issues from the 60s and the whole look of the magazine was classy and playful- very well done! And before all the photo shop and silicone, the girls, even in their editorials, were as fresh and beautiful as can be! I started losing interest in the magazine when they went too far into the Pam Anderson plastic blond era- it lost it's sophistication and became an upscale stripper look...And Art Paul, who was Hef's good friend and did the graphics for many years (he actually designed the bunny logo) was no longer around and it showed- he was a genius and his absence was noticeable..

 

[KhaoticKharma]

I am in awe of many of the covers from the 60's; they are legitimately artistic, sensual without being vulgar (like the magazine is now). The women actually look sexy because they look like real, beautiful women- not blow up dolls.

 

[Boomer]

^Yup! Some of Hef's favorites and girlfriends were just the most natural, beautiful, sexy and healthy looking girls- the Girls Next Door type do nothing for me- so plastic and almost a carbon copy of one another...

 

[Northern Star]

Covers Feb-July 1984.






(my own scans)

 

[Northern Star]

Sept - Dec 1984.





(my own scans)

 

[tigerrouge]

I love the March 1984 'Rapunzel' shot, very simple yet erotic, and slightly strange.

 

[atooomic]

after the 80s the magazine totally lost it's appeal - can't stand all those plastic dolls who are on the covers nowadays

 

[hfgl]

Except for Marge Simpson.All natural,baby.

 

[atooomic]

someone had to be, right