Once upon a time, Playboy was a respectable publication. It featured interviews with distinguished minds and offered a hip jet-set aesthetic to gentlemen of the Cold War; sure there were pictures of naked dames therein, but they were tasteful, not tacky. There was a Playboy television program which highlighted jazz acts, and there was the Playboy Club – a place respectable enough to take a date.
The Playboy Club was a culture unto itself. I recommend you check out The Playboy Club Bunny Manual 1968-69 and Celebs and Common Folk Among Playboy Bunnies: 30 Vintage Photos for a feel for what it was like before things got tasteless, and went belly-up. In addition to all the perks that came with being an esteemed member of the Playboy Club, you also could get a subscription to their quarterly magazine, VIP. Let’s have a look at the covers of a few of these issues through the years…
![july 1965](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/july-1965.jpg)
July 1965
![Fall 1971](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/fall-1971.jpg)
Fall 1971
![December 1969](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Dec-1969.jpg)
December 1969
![Summer 1975](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/summer-1975.jpg)
Summer 1975
![Winter 1971](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/winter-1971.jpg)
Winter 1971
![March 1965 Playboy VIP Magazine](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/1965-march.jpg)
March 1965
![Playboy VIP Magazine](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/1968-winter.jpg)
Winter 1968
![Playboy VIP Magazine](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/1969-fall.jpg)
Fall 1969
![Playboy VIP Magazine](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/23577_25_123_368lo.jpg)
Summer 1968
![Playboy VIP Magazine](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/23621_27_123_648lo.jpg)
Winter 1972
![Playboy VIP Magazine](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/23637_28_123_403lo.jpg)
Spring 1973
![Playboy VIP Magazine](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/fall-1970.jpg)
Fall 1970
![Playboy VIP Magazine](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/fall-1972.jpg)
Fall 1972
![Playboy VIP Magazine](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/fall-1973a.jpg)
Fall 1973
![fall 1974 Playboy VIP Magazine](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/fall-1974.jpg)
Fall 1974
![Playboy VIP Magazine](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/summer-1974.jpg)
Summer 1974
![summer 1972 Playboy VIP Magazine](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/summer-1972.jpg)
Summer 1972
![Playboy VIP Magazine](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/summer-1970.jpg)
Summer 1970
![Playboy VIP Magazine](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/summer-1969.jpg)
Summer 1969
![Playboy VIP Magazine](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Playboy-VIP-Magazine-Spring-1975.jpg)
Spring 1975
![Playboy VIP Magazine](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/spring-1974.jpg)
Spring 1974
![Spring 1971 Playboy VIP Magazine](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Spring-1971.jpg)
Spring 1971
![Playboy VIP Magazine](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/spring-1968.jpg)
Spring 1968
![Playboy VIP Magazine](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Fall-1975.jpg)
Fall 1975
![Fall 1967 Playboy VIP Magazine](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Fall-1967-Playboy-VIP-Magazine.jpg)
Fall 1967
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