He was the first publisher to see that the sky would not fall and mothers would not march if he published bare bosoms he realized that the old taboos were going, that, so to speak, the empress need wear no clothes.вЂќД¬ase in point: that 1967 TIME story was illustrated with a picture of Playboy вЂњBunniesвЂќ in their natural state.Other pursuits, including stints as a fashion columnist for a French magazine and as co-host of a television show in Beirut, brought her in contact with the big international agencies such as Eileen Ford, Wilhelmina and Elite in New York City. вЂњAmerica was undoubtedly ready for it anyway, but Hefner seized the moment. вЂњThe magazine has many things to offer, but the basis of success is the nude or seminude photograph that Hugh Hefner has made respectable in the U.S. вЂњThe idea,вЂќ he says, вЂњis to think clean.вЂќД®ven now, the magazineвЂ™s name will likely be forever linked to pictures of naked girls-partially because Playboy was instrumental in helping such photos permeate the mainstream media in other ways, too. And all the while the photographer must keep in mind Art Director PaulвЂ™s concept of the Playboy nude. Getting a nonprofessional model, who has never before posed, in the right mood can take a photographer one whole day, or several. If under 21, she must get her parentsвЂ™ written consent. A particularly rewarding field is wedding parties a photographer covering the reception will often spot a comely bridesmaid. The magazine also finds potential Playmates through a network of freelance photographers.

She has read each of the doctorвЂ™s books at least twice.вЂќ She was вЂњAlbert SchweitzerвЂ™s fairest disciple. For instance, the latest Miss January, Playboy said, would love to be a nurse.

Sometimes, though, there is a problem in making the copy that goes with them interesting enough. Nor is there any trouble getting unknown girls to pose hundreds apply. The album so far includes Carroll Baker, Arlene Dahl, Ursula Andress, Kim Novak, Susan Strasberg, Elsa Martinelli and Susannah York. Hefner may have run the Marilyn Monroe shots without her consent, but now he has no problem finding big-name actresses eager to appear in the magazine. None of the nudes ever looks as if she had just indulged in sex, or were about to. Suggestive poses are out, as are the accouterments of fetishism. The illusion is heightened by the fact that the girls are presented not only nude and in color but also in numerous black and white pictures in their natural habitat, whipping up a batch of muffins or playing the guitar. The style that Hefner established with that photo of вЂњJanet PilgrimвЂќ would soon become synonymous with the publication:Д®ver since, the magazine has tried hard to make its girls look ordinary in a wholesome sort of way-just like the Nude Next Door. Drain also received a promotion and, even after she got married and left the business, continued to be listed on the masthead as one of PlayboyвЂs employees. Drain agreed, though she used a pseudonym (вЂњJanet PilgrimвЂќ), and was the centerfold for the July 1955 issue. Hefner said that he would purchase the machine for her if she would pose nude for the magazine. As TIME described in a 1967 cover story about PlayboyвЂs then-growing success, the invention of the centerfold came about in somewhat random fashion, combining Hugh HefnerвЂ™s media savvy with an interaction that would surely be deemed workplace harassment today: An вЂњaverage though well-endowed girl named Charlene DrainвЂќ who worked in PlayboyвЂs subscription department asked her bosses for an Addressograph machine, a tool for printing address labels.

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