Talk:Playboy Bunny

message: Playboy bunnies had a wide variety of colours for their costumes.  Do these colours mean anything (rank, area of work, etc)?  Should the article cover this? --Zoe.R 22:25, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Costume colours

message: If there are no sources for the contention that Barbara Walters was a Playboy Bunny, then I think that claim should be rejected out of hand. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 75.17.198.239 (talk) 23:55, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Barbara Walters

message: Added Shawn Southwick to the "famous Bunny" list. Shawn Southwick, now Shawn King, is the present wife of the well known CNN talk host, Larry King. Secondly, I pointed out that Kimba Wood was only a Playboy Bunny trainee. 
     
Joe Gatt 12:57, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Shawn Southwick & Kimba Wood

message: Under Bunnies who became Playmates, there are two entries for Katie Keyser and Kate Fahy.  These show up as uncreated pages.  As far as I can determine, all playmates have at least a stub page, so any page that's unreferenced is apparently bogus.  I reviewed the page edit logs, and both entries were created by one-time contributors (one by "Bunny101" and the other by an IP address), many months ago, so I'm concluding that some people had fun listing themselves or their friends in this entry.  GreatScott 04:21, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Deleting apparently bogus references

message: This patent number, 0762884, in both the official record and mirrors points to that of a milk can.... Thats not the outfit, can any clarification on this number be added? Whats the source? 141.219.76.50 (talk) 12:51, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Its the trademark number, not the patent number, its the image of the bunnies not the design of thier suit (though I am sure thats probably patented somewhere), perhaps we should clairify?  Chase-san (talk) 23:50, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Patent Number

message: Does anyone know if there are Bunnies working in the Playboy Club that's operating currently in Vegas? --Bernardoni (talk) 21:51, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Present day club 

message: The introduction (before the subsections) seems to be based on very subjective opinions, especially the last few sentences. Could these be backed up with sources or, if possible, a section be made concerning Gloria Steinem's expose of the Playboy Bunnies' treatment to balance the introduction?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.79.144.185 (talk) 16:36, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lack of sources in the introduction? 

message: The passage "dating was strictly forbidden" is not consistent with the next passage, which says that it was partly alowed.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.177.171.194 (talk) 12:35, 30 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dating 

message: I saw a picture in Playboy Magazine of a woman and a man wearing new, updated Bunny costumes. IIRC his outfit was smooth black pants with tail, a white fronted vest, collar, cuffs and ears. Were there ever any male Bunnies in the clubs or did that idea go nowhere? Bizzybody (talk) 06:09, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Male Bunnies? 

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message: It seems that, with the recent passing of Hugh Hefner, some fresh info was released on the creator of the original bunny costume, which would be Zelda Wynn Valdes. According to this 2017 article of the Observer: «Misinformation on the origin of the Playboy Bunny costume has circulated with the LA Times stating in 2005 that it was “reportedly designed by the girlfriend of a Playboy executive and her mother”» «So why are people just now hearing about Valdes and her contribution to one of the biggest moguls of the twentieth century? In 2016 the Museum at FIT debuted their “Black Fashion Designers” exhibit which aimed to place black designers front and center, highlighting the figures behind historic costumes and brands.[...] Valdes was one of the designers featured and for many visitors of the museum, it was the first time learning about the woman behind the Playboy Bunny uniform.»
--Qwacker (talk) 01:33, 29 June 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Zelda Wynn Valdes 

message: Hi everyone.
The article is currently saying that "Hugh Hefner, has stated that the idea for the Playboy bunny was inspired by Bunny's Tavern in Urbana, Illinois. Bunny's Tavern was named after the original owner Bernard "Bunny" Fitzsimmons, who opened the restaurant publicly in 1936. [...] Hefner formally acknowledged the origin of the Playboy Bunny in a letter to Bunny's Tavern, which is now framed and on public display in the bar.". This information has been added on the 3rd of May 2010 by  with no references. On the 7th of May 2011 someone wrote that the outfit was used in that tavern (it has been slightly modified by  on the 29 October 2020).
The same information has been reported by a book published in 2011 using the same words. An article of the New Straits Times dated 22 January 2011 stated that "Playboy creator Hugh Hefner was reported to have said the Playboy Bunny was inspired by the Bunny’s Tavern in Illinois, US" (this article has been used by the Catalan Wikipedia since then). The Sun wrote an article in September 2017 too (copied by the New York Post). I do not find anything older than 2011. In my opinion the first time this has been reported is here, on the English Wikipedia, and all the sources that I found could possibly generate a case of Citogenesis if used.
We should also ask ourselves if it is actually true. We know that the costume has been inspired by the Playboy mascot used since 1953, as explained by Victor Lownes (in The day the bunny died, L. Stuart, 1983, pp. 39-40). Why Hefner should have been inspired by the name of Bunny Fitzsimmons for the costume of the waitresses when he already had a bunny for his enterprise? It could be interesting to read the letter in which Hefner "formally acknowledged the origin of the Playboy Bunny [...] framed and on public display in the bar". Luckily a photo of it has been uploaded on Flickr. Unluckily there is a lot of noise in that photo and the letter is difficult to read. This is what I have been able to read:
If you are able to fill the gap, feel free to do it.
As far as I understand, he is not talking of the Playboy Bunnies who worked in the clubs. He is simply referring to the magazine in a very general way, but he is not saying that the costume and the waitresses have been inspired by it.
I would like to know your opinion on this. In the following days I will remove this information from the Italian Wikipedia (in that case I actually created citogenesis using The Sun article). Thank you, --Martin Mystère (talk) 18:46, 28 August 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: I deleted that paragraph. --Martin Mystère (talk) 13:53, 5 September 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name inspired by Bunny's Tavern 

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I hope you do not mind but I made some slight adjustments to the article. I altered some of the writing to be more formal in tone with less of a narrative quality. I also changed some instances that just state "Bunnies" to the full name "Playboy Bunnies". Feel free to edit any of these altercations if you see fit.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sugarplumz (talk • contribs) 05:42, 24 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tone and Formality  

message: I cannot find one key piece of information in this article: a date. When was the Playboy Bunny costume first created and/or introduced? PlaysInPeoria (talk) 18:42, 24 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Origins" Lacks Dates 

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