The issue of Playboy Italy is one of the most controversial in the magazine’s history due to its cover and main feature. The Controversial Cover: Eva Ionesco
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likely refers to a pictorial or thematic feature focusing on women born in 1965 (so around age 11 at the time of publication — which suggests it might instead be a retrospective or a later reprint concept; if the phrase appeared in the original October 1976 issue, it would refer to women who were 11 in 1976, which is unlikely for Playboy. More plausibly, “Classe del 1965” could be a feature title from a later special edition or a collector’s description referring to the vintage of the issue itself, i.e., the 1965 birth year of a model featured in that issue when she was an adult). The issue of Playboy Italy is one of
The photographs were taken by her mother, Irina Ionesco , a French-Romanian photographer known for a "baroque-style" aesthetic that often featured her daughter in eroticized, provocative poses. The photographs were taken by her mother, Irina
: The aesthetic often mirrored the high-fashion and cinematic trends of the mid-70s, a time when stars like Raquel Welch and Jayne Mansfield were celebrated icons.
While the American flagship edition of Playboy maintained a highly formulaic, commercialized layout, European localized editions—including Playboy Italia and local rivals like Playmen —frequently leaned into much more radical, avant-garde, and arthouse aesthetics.