Playboy Founder Hugh Hefner's Smoking Jacket and Iconic Black Silk Pajamas to be Auctioned Off. Hefner's items will be auctioned on Nov. 31 and Dec. 1 by Julien's. By. Joelle Goldstein.

Hefner also featured black artists on his TV programs as far back as 1959. The Civil Rights Act did not pass until 1964, so race-based discrimination was not just alive, but legal at the time.

The passing of Hugh Hefner leaves a huge void in the creative space and with the success of Playboy, he used his massive platform to support Black creatives and expression unbeknownst to some ...

Jennifer Jackson, the first black woman to be a Playboy Bunny and a centerfold in the magazine (as Miss March 1965), recalls Hefner's role in her groundbreaking pictoral: “Hef was kind of like a ...

Hugh Hefner's ex-girlfriend Bridget Marquardt has revealed details about the "black book" that helped him keep track of who he'd slept with in the Playboy Mansion.

Hugh Hefner’s black silk pajamas and red smoking jacket, the trademark attire for his Playboy mansion parties, are among a robust lot of ephemera and memorabilia from the late publisher to go up ...

A range of iconic memorabilia from the lives of Hugh Hefner and Marilyn Monroe is heading to auction—including a black dress from The Seven Year Itch that could sell for US$200,000. The three ...