Unlike its American counterpart, European editions of adult lifestyle magazines often blended standard glamour photography with fine-art photography trends dominating French and Italian galleries. This approach blurred the lines between high fashion, artistic portraiture, and erotic photography. "Classe del 1965!": The Anatomy of the Work
As a result, the surviving copies are masterpieces of printing work. The paper stock is a heavy, matte Italian verga paper, unlike the glossy US version. The binding is sewn, not stapled. The color registration—particularly the reds and skin tones—is considered some of the finest offset printing of the mid-1970s. playboy italian edition october 1976 classe del 1965 work
In the October 1976 issue of the Italian Playboy , Eva Ionesco appeared in a nude pictorial on a beach, photographed by Jacques Bourboulon. At just 11 years old, this made her the youngest model ever to appear in a nude pictorial in the history of Playboy magazine. This fact alone cemented the issue's place in media lore. Unlike its American counterpart, European editions of adult