Lui 3002185 220661169 2008-06-20T23:11:23Z LOL 162210 Remove superscripts in ordinal suffixes; [[Template talk:Th]] {{see|The Samoan rugby player|Lolo Lui}} {{wiktionarypar|lui}} {{Infobox Magazine | title = Lui | image_file = Valerie_Kaprisky_07.jpg | image_size = | image_caption = ''Lui'' in the eighties (Aug. 83) with <br>[[Valérie Kaprisky]] as cover girl. | publisher = [[Filipacchi]] | category = [[Men's magazines]] | total_circulation = | circulation_year = | frequency = Monthly | language = [[French language|French]], others | editor = | editor_title = | headquarters = [[Paris|Paris, France]] | founded = [[1963]] | firstdate = November 1963 | country = {{FRA}} | website = | issn = }} '''''Lui''''' is a French adult entertainment [[magazine]] created in November [[1963]] by [[Daniel Filipacchi]], a fashion photographer turned publisher. The objective was to be bring some charm «à la française» to the market of man-only magazines, following the success of ''[[Playboy]]'' in the USA, launched just a decade before. France, indeed, in the first half of XXth century had an outstanding reputation for erotic publications, feeding also foreign market and inspiring also ersatz France-flavoured magazines abroad, when, for example, US publishers used French-assonating titles like ''Chère'' and ''Dreamé'' or placed tricolour flags on the covers, attempting to attract the casual buyer <ref>Jacques Lanzmann — Novelist, lyricist and editor of ''Lui'', ''[[The Independent]]'', 04 July 2006</ref>. It was anyway a semi-clandestine circulating material, not allowed to be freely displayed or admittedly bought. In this sense ''Playboy'' changed the way 'soft-pornography' (become more respectfully 'adult entertainment'), can be publicly circulated. This magazine was particularly successful from its origins to the early eighties, featuring many B-List but also prominent French actresses, such as [[Brigitte Bardot]], [[Mireille Darc]] or [[Marlène Jobert]]. Its motto was ''Lui, le magazine de l'homme moderne''. It featured a pin-up by [[Aslan (artist)|Aslan]]. After 1990 there were various attempts to relaunch the title. Currently it is published every three months. ==National editions== *French edition (1963 - ) *German edition (1977 - 1992) *Italian edition (1970 - 1986?) *Spanish edition (1977 - 1978?) *Brazilian edition (1973?) *American edition (1972 - ) as ''[[Oui (magazine)|Oui]]'' ==Notes and References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * [http://www.lui.fr/magazine.php on-line magazine lui.fr] ('''Attention''': Site includes [[Pornography|pornographic]] content.) * [http://collectionlui.free.fr/ very good collection of past-issues] ('''Attention''': Site includes [[Pornography|pornographic]] content.) [[Category:Men's magazines|Lui]] [[Category:French magazines]] [[Category:Publications established in 1963]] {{culture-mag-stub}} [[de:LUI (Magazin)]] [[fr:Lui (magazine)]]