The late Hugh Hefner is one of the most notorious men in pop culture history.
The home and surrounding amenities would go on to be called the Playboy Mansion.
The Playboy Mansion became a cultural touchstone.
Hefner used it as a venue for lavish parties and other unofficial Playboy business.
Here are the weird rules women living at the Playboy Mansion had to follow.
reality series “The Girls Next Door.”
While 9 p.m. seems quite early, for some women, the curfew was even earlier.
“I feel like I was very restricted,” she said.
One particular look he didn’t like was red lipstick.
Hefner didn’t just dislike red lipstick he would even reprimand certain girlfriends for wearing it.
Hefner’s persona naturally led people to wonder whether the women he was dating were having sex with him.
As many of his girlfriends have shared, they did.
Some women have mentioned drugs being part of intimacy with him, too.
Several women who dated Hefner have noted their own mental state while engaging with him sexually.
I had to be very drunk or smoke l lots of weed to survive those nights."
Some even did so to their detriment.
Hugh apparently preferred long hair, too.
Early in their relationship, Madison cut her hair, and the new look was not well-received.
“He flipped out on me.
They weren’t supposed to.
That was against the rule and Hef was super jealous.”
Interestingly, at leastone of Hefner’s girlfriends was marriedwhen she lived at the Mansion.
Perhaps surprisingly, Hef was okay with it.
Still, the women who lived at the Mansion were only allowed to spend so much.
“That part is true.
If you write it and make it sound sleazy, that’s easy to do.
But the girls got a clothing allowance,” Hefner told theDaily Beast.
It was money for the clothes that we needed to get, money for not working."
According to some women who lived at the Playboy Mansion, they were commonplace there, too.
“‘Only say good things.’
I was good at that, I had promised.
“Preparing took an entire day.
Mansion parties weren’t all they were cracked up to be for the women who lived there, though.
“[Parties] weren’t crazy like you might expect.
We would be expected to sit with Hef at his table for the entire time.
It was heavily discouraged sneaking off on your own to socialize,” she said.
Other holidays were important to Hefner, too.
Although they were expected to spend holidays with Hefner, there were perks.
Louis Vuitton bags and Gucci shoes were among the gifts the gals received.
“There were very specific rules about face, hair, makeup, body, clothes.
Hugh liked certain features, and he wanted the women he lived with to have them.
The women living with Hefner also had a schedule in the bedroom.
For some, the routine included taking drugs and showering again afterward.
“So there were a few factors that over time made me afraid to leave the Mansion.
