Playboy and mother. However, the publisher of an unrelated men's adventure magazine, "Stag," contacted Hefner and informed him it would file suit to protect their trademark if he were to launch his magazine with that name. Hefner, his wife Millie, and Sellers met to seek a new name, considering "Top Hat", "Gentleman", "Sir'", "Satyr", "Pan" and "Bachelor" before Sellers suggested "Playboy". The first issue, in December 1953, was undated, as Hefner was unsure there would be a second. He produced it in his Hyde Park kitchen. The first centerfold was Marilyn Monroe, although the picture used originally was taken for a
Playboy Bunny suits are most frequently worn by female characters, they are occasionally worn by men, usually for comic effect. In Brazil, there are no Playboy Clubs, but Playboy's Brazilian division has Bunnies who attend its events. The official Bunnies are currently three, and they were also Playmates—both separately, and together in the cover pictorial for the December 2008 edition. Bunnies should not be confused with Playboy Playmates, women who appear in the centerfold pictorials of "Playboy" magazine, although a few bunnies went on to become Playmates and vice versa (see below). In 2006, The Palms Hotel-Casino in Las Vegas opened the