E4 ft. Marilyn Cole Lownes

This week on Sighs and Whispers, fashion and cultural historian Laura McLaws Helms meets with model, Playboy Playmate and journalist Marilyn Cole Lownes. From a small seaside town in England, Marilyn got her break as a Bunny at the Playboy Club in London in 1971 before becoming the January 1972 Playmate of the Month and 1973's Playmate of the Year. A notorious beauty, she enjoyed the finest excesses of the 1970s before settling down with her longtime on/off love, Playboy executive Victor Lownes, in 1984. She discusses how passion inspired the course of her life (taking her from modeling to journalism and tango), Playboy now and then, and what is was like to be the first full frontal centerfold. For full show notes, episode resources and a slideshow of images, head to https://www.sighswhispers.com/episodes/episode-04-marilyn-cole-lownes Produced and hosted by Laura McLaws Helms Featured Guest Marilyn Cole Lownes