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May 29, 2008 @ 1:04pm

french playboy pull.jpg During a transitional period of my life, I enjoyed a brief stint as a wardrobe stylist for Playboy magazine - also known as the most ironic job ever.

It was probably the most fun job I've ever had - deciding which frilly pieces of lace went with which table top, kitchen counter, couch, pool table... you get the idea.

Believe it or not, naked girls have been popular since long before Dita - but they haven't always been "in fashion." But now I can name a handful of lingerie designers (it's funny to think that Kiki didn't even exist three years ago) who one-up plenty of designers on the runway, and even mega-store Sephora now has a pin-up campaign.

Lingerie's been on the mainstream mind since Marc's Spring 08 show, since burlesque took over the LES, since Kate Moss for AP, since that Playboy France cover shot by Karl - but I've been taking notes since puberty.

So that's why I'm so excited to see lingerie and pin-up get their due with a real-life fashion model - continue after the jump to see Anouck Lepere, and witness just why Playboy France might soon be getting more fashion props than Vogue.

-- JAZZI McGILBERT

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posted by Katie

May 29, 2008 1:18PM

Playboy France seems very conservative. I find that surprising. Does it always look like this, or is it just because its Anouck?

posted by guest

You'll be a great addition to their staff when we both move into a hole in the wall in Paris next year!

May 29, 2008 1:20PM

i HEART french playboy! did you see the lou doillon one? considering every single fashion magazine now shoots the models naked for about half of every story, i don't really see much difference.

posted by Jazzi

May 29, 2008 1:25PM

Hey Katie -

Of course even in PB Frace you've got your usual plain old boobies, butts, and naughty bits (omg ew!!), but after a reimaging in 2007, every issue seems to have a solid "fashion-y" spread!

It's great!

xo Jazzi

May 29, 2008 1:41PM

Some of these pictures look like they could be ads for House of Holalnd. Where can i get those glittery tights??

posted by sarahchivonne

May 29, 2008 1:46PM

The second pic is a little too silly, like naughty minnie mouse. awesome spread though.

Great post.

May 29, 2008 1:53PM

Beautiful!!!

posted by houseofholland

May 29, 2008 2:01PM

My favorite model. She deserved this. Absolutely stunning. And I loved that Rankin photographed her!

posted by xxi

May 29, 2008 2:19PM

Oh to shoot for Playboy France, sigh, someday? I've been obsessed with their model covers lately. So so so good.

May 29, 2008 4:24PM

This is so fabulous and classy!

posted by disneyrollergirl

May 29, 2008 4:50PM

Ew, not loving the protruding bones. The maquillage is awesome though!

May 29, 2008 6:05PM

good Lord, I would give anything to look like Anouck Lepere.

posted by Modupe

May 29, 2008 6:14PM

wow, is that what french playboy looks like? must they do everything "with a touch of more sophistication" than we do?

posted by gen

May 29, 2008 6:49PM

this feature is so, so gorgeous.

May 29, 2008 9:26PM

Those pictures are so amazing and beautiful.
I didn't realize that there would be more artistic content in French PB.
It seems so much more refined than the American version (just my opinion).

May 30, 2008 12:42AM

Any of you amazing fashionistas know who designed the red platform booties?

May 30, 2008 1:28AM

let's not forget lou doillon's spread for french playboy this past march.

May 30, 2008 10:09AM

can you imagine if american playboy started looking like this?? american men's heads would burst! "but.. but her boobs are... real?? and she's not like.. super tan?? this does not fit into my media hyped standards of beauty...!" :)

(personally i like the french take much better, but then it hardly could be classified as a 'nudie mag' if this is how all the spreads (pun?) become!)