The new version also costs a lot more at $20 a pop. By contrast the original Playgirl at its peak in the mid-to-late 70s had been selling 1.5 million copies. The new Playgirl, born in an age when clickbait cats posts compete with in-depth magazine reporting, debuted with fewer than 10,000 copies in major US cities and London before selling out and going back to press. We wanted to focus on the human side rather than photograph her with a lot of layers between her and the camera.”
“It seemed like a much less sexual and much more human way to look at the female body,” said Parrott.Īnd while Parrott admits there were hair and make-up stylists on board for the mid-March shoot, which took place right before coronavirus lockdowns shuttered New York City, she says the idea was to keep the image deliberately minimalist. “We wanted a more honest and female gaze,” said Parrott, who snagged Italian photographer Mario Sorrenti to do the shoot. The photo is captivating not for its nudity - a nod to Tina Brown’s famous 1991 Vanity Fair cover that featured a nude and pregnant Demi Moore - but for the actress’s apparent lack of airbrushing and stylizing.
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But Parrott says she’s attempting to capture the enlightened feminist appeal of the mags early years, which boasted writers like Maya Angelou, Gloria Steinem and Joyce Carol Oates, and not the porn mag for gay men it became when it folded in 2015.Īnd unlike the original 1973 issue, there’s not a man in sight on the cover.įor her debut issue, Parrott relied instead on a nude and very pregnant Chloë Sevigny known for a string of cutting edge films, picking up an Academy Award nomination for the “Boys Don’t Cry,” and portraying Nicolette Grant for five years on the HBO series “Big Love.”Īt the top it reads: “We’ll take it from here.” It’s now owned by Jack Lindley 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. 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. Playgirl returned to newsstands this month and like the original that debuted in 1973, it quickly sold out. Rolling Stone names top Daily Beast staffer as new editor in chief Kaitlan Collins bylines deleted on stories she did for Tucker Carlson site Pickleball craze inspires new lifestyle magazine Kaitlan Collins’ missing Daily Caller bylines restored - but mystery remains The phones are ringing.A fond farewell from Keith J. "It might be the craziest thing I've ever done, but I don't think it will hurt me. For the first time in my life, I'm getting control of myself and feeling comfortable with who I am inside and out. "I'm 42 years old I feel pretty good about myself. "I've been waiting for this big rash of phone calls," he says about the media interest. (His former label recently folded, but he owns the masters to his last album.) He also thought it would generate publicity that would keep him in the public eye until he negotiates a new record deal. I thought this might help chance that perception a little bit." I live a little bit out there on the edge, and most people who know me know that. As it says in my new single, "People say he's a crazy son of a gun.' Just because of a couple of hits, I got in a groove where people thought of me as a clean, pristine, All-American perfect guy, and that's not who I am. "We've been trying to change people's perception of me for a couple of years now. We've never really done anything that far out on the edge, and I thought this might be a cool opportunity to stir it up a little bit. "I always work real hard to keep myself in pretty decent shape," says the 6-foot-6-inch Darryl. Darryl jokes with his friends, "That was something I did before I stopped drinking."īut he actually agreed to the shoot in an attempt to change his image. While there's no full frontal nudity, there are several shots of his backside, says a magazine spokeswoman. In the interview, he talks about adding a sexual element to his music and videos, the guilt he feels from his divorce, his workout routine and his respect for women.ĭarryl Worley is best known for the hit "Have You Forgotten," and he's taken a bold step to make sure he won't be forgotten: posing nude in Playgirl's July issue. Darryl Worley has posed nude for the July 2007 issue of Playgirl magazine.