That’s what Hugh Hefner, the 84-year-old velvet-robe-wearing founder of Playboy, told a reporter for The New York Times last year about the magazine empire he started in 1953.

Holly Madison revealed on the "Girls Next Level" podcast that Playboy founder Hugh Hefner insisted on using ... 2000s — claimed on Monday’s episode that the velvet robe-wearing mogul ...

Hugh Hefner’s red velvet smoking jacket is up for auction and is expected to fetch $3,000. The smoking jacket is set to go up to auction at the end of March in Beverly Hills as much of “icons ...

Hugh Hefner's Most Iconic Robe-Wearing Moments. Hugh will be remembered for creating the incomparable Playboy magazine, hosting his legendary Playboy mansion soirées and of course, ...

The Hugh M. Hefner Foundation ... sells costumes and robes that it brands using Hefner’s name, image and likeness that are or have been marketed as “Signature Hugh Hefner Velvet Smoking ...

Hugh Hefner was as important to U.S. culture as any artist, ... velvet robe, fine single malt, art collection, jazz records — and adapted it to the mid-20th century, ...

Izabella St. James, who was one of Hugh Hefner's seven girlfriends, ... The pipe-smoking, robe-wearing founder of Playboy magazine died in 2017 at age 91. In 2022, ...

Hugh Hefner’s personal Playboy collections and quintessential fashion pieces are heading to the auction block.. On Nov. 30 and Dec. 1, Julien’s Auctions will open bidding in Beverly Hills at ...

Minton’s photo series Playboy Mansion captures plenty of the familiar, iconic details of the house, like Hugh Hefner’s classic red velvet robe, a bunny falling onto white sheets, and an Eames ...

The 1960s were a wild time for Hugh Hefner. ... It's what lead him to don his signature velvet robe later in life, but it's also an attitude that inspired this slick get-up in 1966.