{"product_id":"plc-s3-09-ladies-underwear-1922","title":"Ladies Underwear 1922","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"fpa-product-description\"\u003e\n  \u003ch1\u003eLadies' Underwear 1922\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\n  \u003cp class=\"byline\"\u003ePhotographed by Frank Laffitte, featuring Claudia Jennings. Published July 1972.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp class=\"lead\"\u003ePublished in Playboy in July 1972, Ladies' Underwear 1922 places Claudia Jennings, the magazine's 1970 Playmate of the Year, inside a Jazz Age fantasy of sheer fabric, pearls, marabou, champagne, and theatrical light. Photographed by Frank Laffitte for a feature tracing the history of women's undergarments, the image centers on the shimmy, a shorter, skimpier chemise associated with the 1920s and named for the quivering Jazz Age dance popularized by performer Gilda Gray.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003eJennings came to Playboy by an unlikely route, working as a receptionist at the magazine's Chicago offices before photographer Pompeo Posar persuaded her to pose. She became Miss November 1969, Playmate of the Year the following year, and later built a prolific film career that made her known as the Queen of the B's. Laffitte remains one of the archive's quieter mysteries: after this work, Playboy lost track of the photographer, and he never shot for the magazine again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003ePlayboy Photo Editor Marilyn Grabowski remembered her simply:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cblockquote class=\"pullquote\"\u003eThere wasn't anybody who didn't love Claudia.\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003eIn Ladies' Underwear 1922, Jennings reclines against a glittering Art Deco backdrop in a sheer cream chemise, strands of pearls falling across the body and white marabou gathered at her shoulders. A champagne coupe and dark bottle sit close at hand, while red nails, jewelry, and soft focus complete the period fantasy. The frame is languid, opulent, and deliberately theatrical.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003ePhotographed by Laffitte, modeled by Jennings, 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":47674888519905,"sku":"PL-LC-S3-09-16","price":450.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"20 × 24 in - $625","offer_id":47674888552673,"sku":"PL-LC-S3-09-24","price":625.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"30 × 40 in - $850","offer_id":48399988523233,"sku":null,"price":850.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"40 × 50 in - $1150","offer_id":48399988556001,"sku":null,"price":1150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0661\/2765\/9233\/files\/PLCS3-09_LADIES_UNDERWEAR_finephotoart.png?v=1779513291","url":"https:\/\/www.finephoto.art\/products\/plc-s3-09-ladies-underwear-1922","provider":"FinePhoto.Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}