So "Playgirl" Relaunched. And Its First Issue Is Completely Sold Out.
NY Post - Playgirl returned to newsstands last month and like the original that debuted in 1973, it quickly sold out.
Like the first edition — founded by LA nightclub owner Douglas Lambert with Marin Scott Milan helming editorial — the current incarnation is also a man/woman tag-team. It’s now owned by Jack Lanley-Kuhns, who two years ago tapped Skye Parrott, former co-founder of the art and fashion magazine Dossier, to be editor-in-chief of the relaunch.
Yes, nudie man pics are still involved. But Parrott says she’s attempting to capture the enlightened feminist appeal of the mags early years, which boasted writers like Maya Angelou to Gloria Steinem, and not the porn mag for gay men it became when it folded in 2015.
I know everybody has been wondering "what the fuck happened to Playgirl?" lately so this news comes at just the right time.
I also know everybody is scratching their head wondering why a pregnant, non-photoshopped, (checks notes) Chloe Sevigny is on the cover and not some well-hung dreamboat of man.
Well, that's because -
And unlike the original 1973 issue, there’s not a man in sight on the cover.
The new version also costs a lot more at $20 a pop. The first edition was priced to sell at $1 a copy, or $8 for a year’s subscription.
But while Parrott’s edition still contains a portfolio of a dozen nude male images shot by Harley Weir, it also includes personal essays and art, including an piece written by New York Times bestselling author Carvell Wallace that starts off: “Good f***ing riddance to the patriarchy.”
“It is not anything like the pornographic Playgirl that died in 2015,” said Samir Husni, founder and director of the Magazine Innovation Center at The University of Mississippi’s School of Journalism/ “This Playgirl feels more like a nice coffee table book with nude pictures and great articles.”
Ah yes, I've been in the market for new coffee table books I can have out for when guests come over.
Good to know I can just subscribe to Playgirl now for $240 a year (cover price) and can change them up monthly.
Tasteful, classy, with plenty of intellectual literature pieces, and "art", sprinkled in amongst the twelve pictorials of guy's dongs flopping around.
Will be a great conversation starter.
p.s. - before you hate, bear in mind Joe Namath appeared in Playgirl back in the day. And he also did this photoshoot with Farrah Fawcett, shaved his legs for a commercial, and went naked under a fur coat to sell coats. Guy loved being nude. Probably still does.