A Look Back on the Retro Playboy Bunny Costumes _ UK Time Capsule

The Playboy Bunny costume -- with its shiny satin bustier and floppy-eared head gear. Ever since Hugh Hefner and Playboy executive Victor Lownes recruited Zelda Wynn Valdes to design the rabbit-inspired outfit, it's morphed into a recognizable symbol for Hefner's formidable media empire.

24th April 1966: A group of British Playboy Bunny girls (Kathleen Bascombe, Dolly Read, Catherine MacDonald and Doreen Allen) arriving at London Airport on a BOAC plane. (George Stroud / Express / Getty Images)

30th September 1974: Champion British boxer John Conteh is lifted by Playboy Bunny Girls. (Monty Fresco / Evening Standard / Getty Images)

Rock and roll singer Jackie Wilson autographs the cuff of a Playboy Bunny at a dinner for the Motion Picture Pioneers Association at the Playboy Club on November 19, 1962 in New York, New York. (PoPsie Randolph / Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images)

The 'Singing Bunnies' - Bunny Girl waitresses at the London Playboy Club - perform a song during the club's 'Showtime In The Playroom' spot, circa 1972. The group have recorded an album and are, left to right: Elaine Tulley, Heather Colne, Rosemary Lamb, Julie Ann Smith, Jo Anne Wigley and Karen Parkinson. (Keystone / Hulton Archive / Getty Images)

11th February 1963: Bunny Girls taking an order in a club restaurant. (Victor Blackman / Express / Getty Images)

A troupe of Bunny girl dancers including Maureen Hayden and Marianne Hunt during a performance at London's Playboy Club. (Victor Blackman / Getty Images)

Millionaire publisher of Playboy magazine Hugh Hefner poses with a bevy of bunny girls at one of America's chain of Playboy clubs. (Helmut Kretz / Getty Images)

A group of Playboy Bunny Girls from London's Playboy Club waiting for Hugh Hefner, the American owner of the 'Playboy' business empire at London Airport. (Dove / Getty Images)

Playboy editor and tycoon Hugh Hefner is greeted by a group of bunny girls from his Playboy Clubs, upon his arrival at London Airport. (Dove / Getty Images)

22nd June 1976: Bunny Girls in costume pose on the roof of the Playboy Club, London. (Aubrey Hart / Evening Standard / Getty Images)

20th December 1967: A bunny girl croupier at the Playboy club supervises a roulette wheel. (David Cairns / Express / Getty Images)

24th March 1970: Three Playboy Club Bunny Girls practice their serving during a training session for the All-London Waiter and Waitress Race to be held for charity in Battersea Park. (Central Press / Getty Images)