With the rise of online content, The New York Times writes that “pornographic magazines, even those as storied as Playboy, have lost their shock value, their commercial value and their cultural relevance.”
This is reflected in the statistics: Playboy’s circulation has dropped from 5.6 million in 1975 to about 800,000 today. Scott Flanders of Playboy notes that the times are changing, and that “you’re now one click away from every sex act imaginable for free. And so it’s just passé at this juncture.”
As we say goodbye to one crucial chapter in the history of Playboy, we’ve collected images from 10 stars who bore all for the publication’s explicit catalogue. Have a browse below, NSFW:
All images from Playboy