Today we’re taking our identity back and reclaiming who we are.”
Playboy announced in October 2015 that it would stop publishing images of naked women,
seeking to attract more advertisers and secure better placement on newsstands.
Cooper Hefner, who returned to Playboy last year as its chief creative officer, had been openly critical of the magazine’s decision to ban nudes.
Playboy, Shedding a Policy Change, Brings Back Nudes -
Playboy is returning to the bare essentials.
A year after the famed but struggling men’s magazine stopped featuring photographs of naked women, it has apparently had a change of heart.
The next issue, which hits newsstands at the end of the month, will feature women who are topless and almost fully exposed.