Girls of Summer: Yvette Vickers, Miss July 1959

Hot diggity, this is one sexy minx. Great post from E. about Yvette Vickers…

Ms. Vickers’ spread appeared after her part as Honey Parker in Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman and some other delightful B-flicks, but the Playboy write-up does not report this and focuses instead on her early love of coffeehouses and the bohemian lifestyle. It’s an interesting glimpse at her life outside of stardom, especially given that she was sort of stuck in these roles as a sexy blonde starlet which belied her active intellect and charming, offbeat personal interests. Of course, there was a lot of that going around back then: ask Ms. Monroe and Ms. Tate, right? Read more…

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Girls of Summer: Jean Jani, Miss July 1957 (via The Thought Experiment)

this girl is just so amazingly stunning, just a huge thanks to Playboy in the 50′s…

Photographed by one-of-a-kind supafly sweetie pie Mr. Peter Gowland! The lovely and talented Miss July 1957 was Jean Jani, from Dayton, Ohio. Although Playboy implies in her write-up (emphasis on the lies half of that word) that Ms. Jani was a stewardess, she was actually a reservations clerk for United Airlines. Will explain shortly. We were winging our way to a busy week of conferences with authors and agents, and our mind was filled with thoug … Read More

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