Vintage and retro styles have always been popular in various fields, including music, clothing, interior design, cars, and architecture.
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Use of In-House Stock Props
Shoots were often staged with recurring props: rotary phones, shag carpets, houseplants, and satin bedsheets.
Readers began noticing recycled décor elements — a sign...
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: Vintage porns iconic set props: shag rugs, rotary phones, and satin bedsheets
Pioneering Use of Color Photography
Club International was among the early adult magazines to embrace full-color photography, which greatly enhanced the visual appeal of its content. The use of...
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Fox was founded in 1964 by Bob Guccione, an American publisher and entrepreneur, as a skin magazine featuring nude photography of famous celebrities and models. It quickly gained popularity and...
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: A closer look at how the classic playboy magazine used lighting and composition to create stunning sexual imagery.
Early Experimentation with Digital Formats: Naughty Neighbors Testing Ways to Distribute Adult Content Before the Internet Revolution
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Naughty Neighbors was at...
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