It’s one thing to see a scan online, and another entirely to hold a piece of history in your hands. I’m thrilled to have added a new (old) magazine to the archive: an original copy of Strip Lingerie no. 71 featuring Pamela Green on the cover. Transformed by that infamous long black wig from The Tales of Hoffman, she appears as the enigmatic Princess Sonmar H’Arricks.
As we’ve discussed before, Sonmar H’Arricks—an anagram of Harrison Marks—was supposedly a Moroccan princess who ended up dancing with gypsies in the 8mm film Gypsy Fire.
This particular issue completes a trifecta, joining the two I’ve written about before—Kamera no. 40 and Pagan no. 3—that all used this very same cover photograph.
Holding the magazine, you notice the things a scan can’t capture: the slight gloss of the cover, the delicate feel of the ageing paper, and the bold, period-specific typography of the masthead. It’s a tangible link back to the bustling, inventive world of 1960s glamour publishing that Pam and George Harrison Marks helped to define.
