Today we’re taking our identity back and reclaiming who we are.”<br />Playboy announced in October 2015 that it would stop publishing images of naked women,<br />seeking to attract more advertisers and secure better placement on newsstands.<br />Cooper Hefner, who returned to Playboy last year as its chief creative officer, had been openly critical of the magazine’s decision to ban nudes.<br />Playboy, Shedding a Policy Change, Brings Back Nudes -<br />Playboy is returning to the bare essentials.<br />A year after the famed but struggling men’s magazine stopped featuring photographs of naked women, it has apparently had a change of heart.<br />The next issue, which hits newsstands at the end of the month, will feature women who are topless and almost fully exposed.