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In January of 2025, Bachelor Pad, the premier digest-sized periodical devoted to modern-day pinup starlets, launched a new product line: Nylon Nightcap. While Bachelor Pad’s original Nightcap edition showcased pinups in tasteful nude poses, and Tattoo Nightcap took the concept a step further by featuring models with inked bodies, Nylon Nightcap put the emphasis on ladies wearing stockings and not much else.

The nylon stocking is a key element of the pinup and burlesque arts (both historic and contemporary), so having an entire magazine line devoted to the adoration of hosiery and the models who wear them is a boon to the craft (and readers and connoisseurs as well). The first issue of Nylon Nightcap (review of issue one can be read here) was successful which, of course, led the creation of a second issue of the series, which was recently published in October.

Cover shows model Brittany Jean, wearing only black garters and seamed flesh-coloured stockings with black heels and toes. She is sitting on a white, cushioned lounge chair. Behind her are a lot of ferns. — Cover art of Nylon Nightcap #2. Provided by Bachelor Pad.

Nylon Nightcap #2 highlights eight pinup models dolled up and wearing a variety of nylons and stockings, in different styles and colours: Christina Michelle, Penelope Pink, Charlotte La Belle Araignée, Brittany Jean, Abby Costello, Stella St. James, Heather Marie, and Leela Minx. Many of the models featured within have graced prior issues of Bachelor Pad, with some having participated in the inaugural issue of Nylon Nightcap. Each pictorial in the issue positively depicts an alluring pinup who in turn show off their stocking-clad legs.

The first model to be featured in Nylon Nightcap #2 is Christina Michelle, a veteran with numerous appearances in prior issues of Bachelor Pad. Michelle kindly spoke about her numerous collaborations with the magazine:

Bachelor Pad Magazine is the last true vintage magazine of its kind! I just adore it! I’ve always fancied being one of the vintage “under the table” magazine gals, as my own personal style reflects a little bit nice and a whole lot of naughty, but always with class! You’ll find Bachelor Pad holds a certain standard throughout and it is truly an honor to be published with in those semi glossy pages.

Michelle’s pictorial is an excellent start to the issue. Wearing a white fez, dark tan stockings with black seams, heels and toes, with a lacey white girdle/garter, she has an energetic vibe and smile that conveys she is having a lot of enjoymeny. This is best exemplified in a photo showing her sitting atop a bar, holding a stocking across her eyes as if she is about to blindfold herself, and letting out a visible laugh.

Model Christina Michelle is wearing a white garter pinned to black topped stockings. She is holding a pair of black stockings in front of her eyes, and if they were a mask. She sits atop of bar counter. — Nylon Nightcap #2 promo photo of Christina Michelle, provided by Java.

About her pictorial, Michelle says:

I am ultimately so proud of my entire set in the Nylon Nightcap #2! As a true nylon fetishist, I feel as if we captured the playful and seductive vibe I enjoy while engulfing myself into the art of dressing. The angles Sveinn Photography captured were under my professional suggestion and personal perspective to fully embrace the whole experience from a voyeur’s point of view. The entire magazine is interesting cover to cover, but our set is for those who really, really enjoy those nylon adorned stems and the way down to our perfectly polished piggies!

Miss Penelope Pink, who appeared in the inaugural issue of Nylon Nightcap, returns for the sophomore issue. Pink’s photo set is incredibly special as it is shot in her home tiki bar, which sports some wonderful Witco-style decorations, retro seating, and floral wallpaper. Definite inspiration for folks thinking of constructing their own tiki bar. She appears wearing a black garter, connected to seamless black stockings, tall red heels, and sporting a lei around her neck to complete the tropical vibe.

Charlotte La Belle Araignée has blue hair and sits atop an antique dresser. She is dressed like a pinup magician. She has one elbow length back glove and the other is a red. Both have gems. She is wearing a white garter, also with gems. They connect to flesh-toned stockings that have black tops, with red hearts below them. She has sparkly red heels and black beaded necklace. — Nylon Nightcap #2 promo photo of Charlotte La Belle Araignée, provided by Java.

The third model showcased in the issue is the turquoise-haired Charlotte La Belle Araignée. Her outfit is themed around playing cards: her white garters have a heart, spade, club, and diamond on each one, her seamed stockings are flesh coloured, but black at the top with lots of small red hearts below. Aside from the attire, the photo incorporates playing cards as a prop, either with her holding them, fanning them out, or having them stick out of her stocking tops, as if she was hiding them to cheat in a future game. Though Araignée’s accompanying text ties with the card playing/poker motif, her theme (combined with her background in burlesque) could double as an illusionist. Her photoset is certainly magical!

Following Araignée’s spread is cover model Brittany Jean’s set. Jean goes for a luxury look: her set a fern decorated boudoir, and her attire is black garters, heels, knickers and black seamed, tan stockings. She does a variety of poses in a white lounge chair, giving off major luxurious and elegant vibes. The epitome of affluent glamour.

Next in Nylon Nightcap #2 is burlesque performer Abby Costello, whose photo set is a chronological strip tease. Her outfit begins with pink-patterned knickers, garters, and heels, with pink seamed, tan stockings (her bra is already off and sitting on the couch). Each photo has her removing an article of clothing one at a time: undoing her garters, removing a stocking, then the other, until finally she is reclined, in the nude, stretching her stockings out. It is a clever and fun set that captures a burlesque act in a sequential style.

Stella leans back against a wooden dresser, that has an old rotary phone, a bottle of brandy, and a Tiffany desk lamp. She is wearing a pearl necklace, a garter with lots of strops, and black stockings. — Nylon Nightcap #2 promo photo of Stella St. James, provided by Java.

The sixth star of the issue is Stella St. James who makes her Bachelor Pad debut with her photo set. St. James has been gracious to talk about her appearance in the magazine:

This is indeed my first appearance in Bachelor Pad! I really jumped into the deep end by starting with a Nightcap issue – this is also my first topless publication, and I can think of no better home for it than Bachelor Pad. I’ve been a fan for a long time, and when I had the opportunity to work with Jason Kamimura [photographer], I jumped at the chance! The Nylon Nightcap happened to be the next upcoming issue, so it was mostly serendipity that led me to submitting for this specific issue, but I will also say I’ve always loved the aesthetic of stockings, especially with a back seam (as the ones I’m wearing in this set have). I just feel like they perfectly encapsulate the fantasy of vintage femininity, and I love that the line of the back seam draws the eye from the ankle all the way up. As a burlesque performer, I incorporate stockings of various types into almost all of my costumes!

St. James’ photo set takes place in an old study, with a red leather chair and a wooden dresser decorated with a rotary phone, a decanter of spirits, and a tiffany desk lamp. St. James’ attire consists of opaque, black seamed stockings, connected to a garter belt that is a network of black straps coming in at different triangular angles:

I [specifically] choose poses that highlighted the legs and stockings themselves, since they’re the star of the show! So, you’ll see me in poses that have me tugging at my garter straps, bending over to extend the legs, etc.

For her debut in Bachelor Pad, St. James knocks it out of the park with her fun and glamorous photo set:

I’m just happy to be here! I know that sounds trite, but as I said, I’ve been a fan of Bachelor Pad for a while, so being able to be a part of it is a dream come true. I’m hopeful that this will be the start of a long and beautiful collaboration. As a burlesque performer, I’m of course also hoping to introduce myself and my art to a new audience, and if this photoset leads to stockings coming back into fashion, I wouldn’t be opposed to that either!

The penultimate pinup of the issue is Heather Marie, another returning model from the first issue of Nylon Nightcap. Marie has an aura that projects strength and commands attention, like the Italian maggiorata fisica actresses from the 50s and 60s. Marie, as with Brittany Jean, goes for an intimiate-luxurious look, with golden hued and flowered garters, knickers, and seamless stockings. The flavour text for Marie’s pictorial has her regaling a tale of her and her paramour having a passionate get-together on their way to Caesar’s Palace.

Leela Minx sits atop a tiki bar that is lit with red lights. She has a big smile and is wearing black seamed, tan stockings. — Nylon Nightcap #2 promo photo of Leela Minx, provided by Java.

Nylon Nightcap #2 concludes with Leela Minx, the cover model of the first issue of Nylon Nightcap. Minx has the biggest, epic smile, and just radiates “fun” with her photos. As with Penelope Pink, Minx’s set is a tiki bar: red hued, filled with rum bottles, tiki mugs, and a bar that is decorated with a zebra print and wooden masks. Wearing leopard print heels, tan-coloured stockings with a black back seam, and sometimes a black floral print pair of knickers, Minx brings a variety of poses in her pictures: sitting on the bar, leaning over a stool, doing a Yoga plow pose, and so on. Because of the sheer (pun intended) variety of poses, Minx’s is the most kinetic pictorial in the issue.

In addition to the eight pictorials, issue two of Nylon Nightcap contains one fiction story (“Glorious Revenge” by Bachelor Pad mastermind Java himself) and numerous single panel comics whose punchlines revolve around stockings. The funniest one is by Dennis Davis, which depicts a woman hanging up wallpaper and wearing brown seamed stockings. Her Romeo steadies the ladder, with her proclaiming “Hold it steady, I don’t want the seams visible”, referring to the wallpaper of course, but to readers, her stocking seams are quite visible.

All in all, the second issue of Nylon Nightcap continues with the successes that the first issue brought. All eight pinups are lovely to behold, and their respective emphasis on stockings is extremely welcomed by nylon enthusiasts. Bachelor Pad certainly publishes great issues, themed or not, and the Nylon Nightcap series is definitely a high watermark.

Sincere appreciation to Christina Michelle and Stella St. James for letting me ask them a few questions to add to this interview. More information about Bachelor Pad, the models featured within, and other contributors can be found at the below links:

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My review of Nylon Nightcap issue #1

Since 2007, Jason “Java” Croft has been creating and publishing the digest-sized pinup magazine, Bachelor Pad (for more information about the history and production of Bachelor Pad check out the interview with Croft in Vilioti Vintage. My review of this book can be read here). Filled with comics, reviews, articles, and of course, many images of pinup/cheesecake/glamour models, Bachelor Pad is the de facto leader in literature for the “mature” and “sophisticated reader.”

Cover shows Leela Minx sitting on a black chair, leaning back, legs in the air. The carpet and wallpaper are all purple. — Cover art of Nylon Nightcap #1. Provided by Bachelor Pad.

With almost twenty years of publication, the need to innovate and experiment with Bachelor Pad has led to the creation specialty lines of issues: spotlight issues, Nightcap Edition (which focuses on topless pinups), and Tattoo Nightcap (which focus on topless tattooed models). Nylon Nightcap is the newest endeavor from Bachelor Pad to deep dive and showcase an iconic component of pinup photography and history: the stocking. Per Croft

“I am always looking for new ideas or new themes to expand the Bachelor Pad brand. I like to mix things up. I like to give myself a challenge every once in a while. Nightcap editions have always been our most popular issues (nudies girls, who knew?). Several years back we started doing our Tattoo Nightcap and way back when we did a X-mas Nightcap. This [Nylon Nightcap] seemed like a natural addition to the lineup. And, when you think of the types of retro pin-ups we feature, the classic stockings and garter look are right at home with what we do. It really is the foundation, if you will, to most pin-up looks.”

The inaugural issue of Nylon Nightcap showcases eight models (Heather Marie, Annette Coquette, Abby Dandy, Leela Minx, Peach Venom, Alaina Rose Lee, Lady Gold Moon, Miss Penelope Pink) and a story + photoset from Miss Corsair Debonair. If these names sound familiar, they should be, as most have appeared in prior issues of Bachelor Pad Magazine, with many of them making their Nightcap debut in this stockings-centric issue, an aspect that Croft is proud of:

“Most of the models had been in regular issues of the magazine. Three had been in other Nightcap projects. Six made their first Nightcap appearances with this issue. I don’t think we’ve ever had that before. I think that says something when lots of folks want to make their Nightcap debuts with this particular issue.”

For veteran readers of Bachelor Pad, seeing their favourite pinups in their (debut) appearance in a Nightcap iteration provides a more intimate venue to appreciate their craft. For brand new readers of Bachelor Pad, Nylon Nightcap provides an excellent introduction to these retro-inspired models.

Since Nylon Nightcap’s focus is on stockings, the photosets contained within showcase a variety of stocking colours and styles that guarantee an appeal to everyone. Colour-wise, Marie Heather is blue, Annette Coquette is white, Abby Dandy with black-brown, Leela Minx with transparent, Peach Venom and Lady gold Moon with black, Alaina Rose Lee with red, and Miss Penelope Pink with tan-brown. Style-wise, all the models wear stockings save Peach Venom who sports a pair of French-cut pantyhose. Abby Dandy, Leela Minx, Alaina Rose Lee, and [especially] Heather Marie all show off their seams while Annette Coquette’s white stockings feature small white flowers on down her ankle sides. With all this variety and emphasis on hosiery, Croft made sure to account for this in designing the issue:

“Fundamentally, it’s still your standard Bachelor Pad Nightcap issue. I still try to give each layout its own personality and try to write fun copy for each model. The big difference this time was to keep in mind that we were doing an issue focused on nylons and the legs that wear them. So, in the layouts, you see a lot more full-length photos as well as shots of just legs. Had to make sure the nylons were the focus of what people were looking at.”

To further cement this nylon philosophy home, the last comic in Nylon Nightcap (by Becca Whitaker) depicts a pinup wearing layers of different stockings, stating “I didn’t know which ones to pick, so I wore them all!”

Heather Marie promo picture provided by Bachelor Pad.

The first pinup in Nylon Nightcap, Heather Marie, wears a killer colour combo of black gloves and blue-seamed and blue topped stockings with matching blue garters, posing on a blue sofa. She appeared in Nightcap #14.

Annette Coquette brings a cabaret vibe with her gemstone garters and seductive teacher glasses while posing in front of a piano. This is her debut Nightcap appearance, but she previously appeared in Bachelor Pad #50.

Abby Dandy promo picture. — Abby Dandy promo picture provided by Bachelor Pad.

Abby Dandy is the third model showcased in Nylon Nightcap and she projects the classic Irving Klaw/Eric Stanton fetish vibes with her black corset and seamed black-brown stockings that look delicate with a vintage vibe. The presence of a floor length mirror ensures readers are treated to double Abby Dandy. While this is her Nightcap debut, her prior appearance was in issues #69 and #68, sharing a photoshoot with the iconic Bernie Dexter in the latter.

Three issues of Bachelor Pad magazine. Thentop one is for issue 68 and it shows Bernie Dexter in a see through yellow top. It is signed in pen "Bernie Dexter". The two issues under are obfuscated. — Three issues of Bachelor Pad magazine. The center one is signed by Bernie Dexter.

Following Abby Dandy is the photoset for cover model Leela Minx who brings a radiant Claire Sinclair vibe. Leela Minx’s outfit is a translucent black nightie with transparent black seamed stockings. The purple background goes with the purple ribbon that she uses to tie herself up with while sitting on a chair, recalling retro-bondage photography, but with a much more feminine touch. She previously appeared in Bachelor Pad #64.

Next, Nylon Nightcap takes a slight break from the singular photoshoots to showcase a collection of different photos of Miss Corsair Debonair along with a short missive of her’s. Debonair is a veteran of Bachelor Pad and sums up her experience initially becoming featured in the magazine:

“In 2020 as I was testing the waters with pinup photography and using myself as a subject, I sent a submission to Bachelor Pad as my biggest goal. Bachelor Pad has high standards for image quality and doesn’t churn out issues as fast as photographs come in, so I knew if I could make it into Bachelor Pad, my images were on the right track. Those first ones weren’t accepted, but Java gave me some great tips and I continued to improve until I made it in.”

Two issues of Bachelor Pad side by side. — Two issues of Bachelor Pad, #58 and Nightcap #12.

Debonair’s prior appearances include the Christmas themed issue #58 and Nightcap Edition #12.

The photos of Debonair in Nylon Nightcap include bonus photos from her prior appearances in Bachelor Pad which had not been published before. These photos are coupled with a short commentary piece about wearing hosiery written by Debonair.

“I’ve been so busy that I wasn’t able to do a whole new set of photos for this issue, and Java said it wouldn’t be right to do a Nylon issue without something from me. So, I wrote about what first attracted me to nylons and how I wear them now.”

Following Miss Corsair Debonair’s section is Peach Venom who previously appeared in Bachelor Pad #65. Peach Venom has a fun set, with her black pantyhose and elbow length gloves, and a powerful look underscored by her yellow eye makeup, all giving her a distinguished aura.

Burlesque performer and tiki aficionado Alaina Rose Lee dominates the colour red that emit from her seamed stockings, heels, straps, hair, and bedroom-boudoir set with fluffy blankets and valentines’ pillows. Lee can also be seen in Bachelor Pad #57.

The second to last pinup is Lady Gold Moon, who like Abby Dandy, channels a retro-dominating look with her black stockings and top. Lady Gold Moon enhances the vibe she is going for by using props such as whips while her set echoes an old school “man cave” with wood paneled walls. It would not be hard to imagine that there is a camera club outside frame taking pictures of her sultry poses. Nylon Nightcap is Lady Gold Moon’s Nightcap debut, but she can be previously seen in Bachelor Pad # 69.

Three issues of bachelor pad. The top one shows Miss Penelope Pink on the cover. The bottom two are slightly obfuscated. — Three issues of Bachelor Pad.

The final model showcased in Nylon Nightcap is Miss Penelope Pink, complete with her iconic look of pink hair and sporty tattoos. Miss Penelope Pink made her Bachelor Pad debut in Tattoo Nightcap #6. Miss Penelope Pink recalls:

“I’ve been a long-time follower and fan of Bachelor Pad for many years. I was so excited to see that Java added a special Nightcap edition specifically for tattooed models. It blended my love of vintage/pinup and tattooed look perfectly, I just knew I had to be part of it!”

Miss Penelope Pink brings her love of vintage and hosiery to her photoshoot, wearing a pink corset that matches her hair with garters that connect to old school solid brown stockings. For Miss Penelope Pink:

“I wear stockings for most of my shoots, nothing beats the look of nylons! I’m inspired by classic pinups of the 50s and have quite the collection of stockings: seamed, Cuban heel, different color stocking tops. For this shoot, I wanted to pair my nylons with a corset, as I have several and just love being cinched down.”

Between the photosets, Nylon Nightcap features stockings-centric comics by Jaimie Filer, Misha Pinup Art, Jerry Carr, Carlos Carrillo, and the aforementioned Becca Whitaker. An erotic short story by Sasha Dahl about a display worker at Marshalls working on a lingerie display who winds up attending to a peculiar customer’s needs rounds out the features of the magazine.

Overall, the inaugural issue of Bachelor Pad’s Nylon Nightcap is a tremendous success. The photoshoots are professionally shot with interesting and retro sets. The pinup ladies are all exciting and gorgeous to look at, with each one showcasing a different facet of the allure of stockings. Aside from the nylons continuity, the issue in its entirety is adventurous and fun, as was the intent of Croft:

“With all my issues I want it to be fun for the readers, and I want for those people who are involved to be proud to be in it. I think I accomplished both of those. On top of that, I got to see a lot of models who weren’t in the issue get excited about the concept. So, we made a showcase for those who were in it and inspired others to want to be in future issue. I would call that a success.”

With the publication of Nylon Nightcap, Croft reflects on its impact of readers and models and the future for the new line of the themed magazine:

“The response has been amazing. Besides other models and photographers being inspired, our readers have really taken to it. It really struck a chord with pin-up fans. But, I’m really not surprised. It’s fun to have themes every once in a while. Sometimes folks need a creative prompt. And I’m happy to supply it. […] I already have people asking about the next [issue of Nylon Nightcap]. My hope would be to be able to do another at the end of 2025. All I need is for folks to start sending me those photos!”

Sincere appreciation to Jason “Java” Croft, Miss Corsair Debonair, and Miss Penelope Pink for their time providing quotations to use in this write up. For more information on Bachelor Pad, Nylon Nightcap, or the models, artists, and writers featured within, check out the following links:

Bachelor Pad Links

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My review of Bachelor Pad Nylon Nightcap #2