A history of Playboy magazine covers – in pictures
Playboy covers have always been a mix of celebrity and full-frontal nudity. The announcement that they will no longer feature nudity is a break with a 60-year-old format. These covers trace the evolution of their wide range of photographic, illustrative and design-led fronts. Clever? Sometimes. Pleasant? Never
Tue 13 Oct 2015 12.54 EDT Last modified on Fri 14 Jul 2017 16.33 EDT
Marilyn Monroe on the first cover of Playboy in December 1953. Photograph: Playboy
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterAn illustrated cover from November 1957. Photograph: Playboy
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterActor Agnes Laurent in July 1958. Photograph: Playboy
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterJune 1962 was the first time a bikini was seen on the cover. Photograph: Playboy
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterDarine Stern, in October 1971, was the first black woman to appear on the cover. Photograph: Playboy
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterA giant inflated Playboy logo on the July 1977 cover. Photograph: Playboy
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterNovember 1980 featured US government employees -two female US navy workers were honourably discharged after posing in the issue. Photograph: Playboy
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterThe summer issue from August 1982. Photograph: Playboy
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterMimi Rogers from March 1993. Photograph: Playboy
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterDrew Barrymore in January 1995. Photograph: Getty Images
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterThe 50th anniversary issue in January 2004 didn’t show a woman on the cover. Photograph: Karen Bleier/AFP/Getty Images
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterTamara Ecclestone in May 2013. Photograph: Playboy
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterKate Moss in January/February 2014. Photograph: Playboy
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