The imagery focused heavily on the French Riviera lifestyle, blending classic Mediterranean architecture with minimalist luxury fashion.
This issue featured writers and personalities central to French pop culture and intellectual debate. Notable contributors included TV host and essayist and controversial author and journalist André Bercoff , whose presence highlighted the magazine's intent to engage with serious social and political topics beyond its "charm" reputation. For example, a later 2024 interview with the far-Right polemicist Jean Messiha referenced the kind of boundary-pushing content Playboy continued to publish. In July 2021, the magazine also announced an NFT collection called “Liquid Summer” with artist Slimesunday, showing its early exploration of blockchain technology. Playboy France - July August September 2021
