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Cara Delevingne Covers Playboy as First Openly Lesbian Print Star

A female- and queer-led creative team framed the pictorial as an act of personal reclamation that highlights her sobriety and new creative phase.

Overview

  • Playboy published and promoted images of Delevingne this week, with outlets revealing the Summer 2026 cover and pictorial photographed by Zoey Grossman and profiled by Ottessa Moshfegh.
  • The cover photos show Delevingne in a black lace/PVC corset and in Playboy’s iconic Bunny Suit, with one image of her using a hand to cover her lower body and another of her lighting a cigarette.
  • Delevingne and multiple outlets describe the shoot as a choice to reclaim her body and sexuality after past work that felt disempowering, and she said she has 'never felt more comfortable' in her body.
  • The accompanying profile revisits her recent sobriety and a past overdose treated with naloxone, linking the pictorial to a broader narrative of recovery as she prepares to launch her debut album.
  • Playboy’s Summer 2026 issue is scheduled to hit newsstands on July 28, with additional pictorial content reserved for subscribers, and coverage is prompting discussion about LGBTQ+ visibility within the magazine’s historically heterosexual brand.