{"product_id":"plc-s3-03-viva-victoria","title":"Viva Victoria","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"fpa-product-description\"\u003e\n  \u003ch1\u003eViva Victoria\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\n  \u003cp class=\"byline\"\u003ePhotographed by Mario Casilli, featuring Victoria Valentino, September 1963. Unpublished.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp class=\"lead\"\u003eAn unpublished outtake from Victoria Valentino's September 1963 Playmate session, Viva Victoria is one of the archive's most quietly commanding images: black lace, pale skin, and an almost classical stillness rendered through Mario Casilli's controlled studio eye.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003eCasilli was one of Playboy's defining staff photographers, working for the magazine from the late 1950s through 1980 and helping shape the visual language of its pinup era. Here, the image moves away from the brighter register of the period and into something darker, more statuesque, and more art-historical.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003eValentino's own words give the image its counterpoint:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cblockquote class=\"pullquote\"\u003eDare to be brilliant, to be capable, pioneers in any endeavor.\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003eIn Viva Victoria, Valentino is draped in black lace against a pale interior, her body turned into a study of curves, shadow, and restraint. The mantilla-like fabric falls from her shoulders, giving the image a ceremonial quality: more Ingres than pinup, more apparition than pose.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003ePhotographed by Casilli, modeled by Valentino, and preserved within the Playboy Legacy Collection, the work is part of the forty-eight-print archival edition released for Playboy's 50th anniversary.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003ch3\u003eCollection Note\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003eThe Playboy Legacy Collection was released in 2007 for the magazine's 50th anniversary as a forty-eight-print archival edition curated under the direction of Hugh Hefner. Each print is embossed with the archive seal bearing the Playboy Bunny mark and accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp class=\"meta\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/pages\/playboy-legacy-collection\"\u003eRead the full history of the Playboy Legacy Collection\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Playboy Legacy Collection","offers":[{"title":"16 × 20 in - $450","offer_id":47674886684897,"sku":"PL-LC-S3-03-16","price":450.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"20 × 24 in - $625","offer_id":47674886717665,"sku":"PL-LC-S3-03-24","price":625.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"30 × 40 in - $850","offer_id":48399857615073,"sku":null,"price":850.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"40 × 50 in - $1150","offer_id":48399857647841,"sku":null,"price":1150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0661\/2765\/9233\/files\/PLCS3-03_VIVA_VICTORIA_finephotoart.png?v=1779502767","url":"https:\/\/www.finephoto.art\/products\/plc-s3-03-viva-victoria","provider":"FinePhoto.Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}