While Playgirl may no longer be published, its legacy continues. Playgirl became one of the first magazines to bring male nudity mainstream through bookended the photography with lifestyle content and celebrity stories. During the late 1970s, the magazine sold around 1.5 million copies. When Playgirl first launched it sold out, with 600,000 copies gone in four days. Playgirl was seen as pivotal for the sexual revolution of women, although the magazine did have a significant gay male readership. Playgirl was sued by Playboy in 1973, which was founded by Hugh Hefner, for trademark infringement, but the suit was settled amicably.
While the magazine printed its final issue in 2016, for decades it was a staple of cultural interest, lifestyle, celebrity news and, of course, nude and semi-nude photos of men.įounded in 1973 by Douglas Lambert, Playgirl was seen as a response to erotic men’s magazines, like Playgirl’s sister publication Playboy. Nope, he let it all hang out, resting on the edge of a grand piano, inexplicably standing on a spiral staircase, looking thoughtfully out a bay window, jauntily leaning on a candelabra, and posing on the obligatory animal-skin rug.Playgirl has long solidified its place as one of the most iconic magazines in American culture. Jim didn't do the normal celebrity Playgirl cover up. The September 1974 issue of Playgirl featured a four-page foldout of the former Cleveland Browns football player-turned-actor Jim Brown. Sure, he could have tried to top himself in Playgirl, but really, why mess with perfection? He already had - not for Playgirl, but for the famous 1972 Cosmopolitan shoot, which featured a hirsute Reynolds naked (his left arm strategically placed), reclining on a bear-skin rug, a cigarette dangling from his mouth. In 1981, everyone's main mustachioed stud Burt Reynolds appeared on the cover of Playgirl and gave an interview, which included the topic: "His Love Affair With Sally Is Not Over." It would be one year later.
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