Penthouse: Fashion & Fantasies

'Fashion & Fantasies' has a high quality box cover, but the synopsis of an "inside look" into how a photo shoot comes together had me hoping I wasn't about to watch a photographer shoot an actual pictorial. This video is legit scenes thankfully. Nikie St. Gilles (PotY 1999), Alexus Winston (Nov 1997) and Aimee Sweet (Aug 1998) are the featured Pets. More importantly the visuals are pretty good.

Standard intro (1.5 mins) and then "Three on a Couch" with Alexus in a red dress, Nikie in a black and Aimee in blue. Your typical girl/girl where they all get moments to shine. Aimee has her tight looking kitty spread wide early on. Spends time with her legs up in the air on display. Lots of kissing, boobs being sucked on, oral where tongues make contact. Very nice shot of them with their behinds popping out for the camera to end things wonderfully (12.5 mins).

"Princess of Darkness" is Julia Garvey done up very devilish as she gets naked, pours hot candle wax over herself. Uses small candles to light up and highlight parts of her body particularly her pierced kitty (3.5 mins). "Every Man's Dream" is Samantha Stewart wearing a full bodysuit with stylish holes in it and her boobs visible. The camera is too far away as she's being naughty pulling her thong panties between her kitty, but then it gets closer where she spreads multiple times. Her butt then gets a lot of attention as she's on all fours. I've always liked Sam (blonde here) and this is a solid (6 mins). "Freeze Frame" is Nikie in 'n out of a dress and the lady knows how to pose with a quick spread (5.5 mins).

"Live" is a stylish scene with Alexus on a staircase but subpar lighting doesn't always allow us to see all of her (4 mins). "Far East" is Aimee's themed solo where the clothing barely cover her body which is really apparent when she bends over (4 mins). "Cool Satin & Hot Wax" has Nikie getting sexy on a bed hitting a lot of angles which is great but then once again candle wax comes into play. It's not my fav concept. She gets a bit messy especially with a dark candle (9 mins). "Workin' It" has the three ladies all oiled up and in matching one piece thong bikinis. Going for a construction themed vibe, they're standing on a catwalk. Unfortunately it never realizes its full potential. Oiled up is a sexy look - a staple of nude modeling - but you don't get many good shots (5.5 mins). They include some "Outtakes" at the end (30 secs) and the credits fill half the screen leaving the other half for more BTS footage (2 mins).

Might be suffering from burnout or sat thru too many subpar titles as I went into 'Fashion & Fantasies' expecting a poor concept, but this is solid Penthouse. Especially if you're a big fan of either Nikie, Aimee or Alexus. You get a few interviews with them & some insight into how photographer Earl Miller does his work between segments plus the explicit shots fans love from the brand.

This video reunites a lot of penthouse pets who were really fantasies in my silver age of adult material, the one in which i had a subscription to the magazine and my Internet collection was still modems and floppy disks ! So here we have Nikkie Saint Gilles (august 1995), Alexus Winston (november 1997), Aimee Sweet (August 1998) and Julia Garvey (June 1996) : Aimee is still among the hottest redhead i have seen and Nikkie and Alexus are just totally stunning natural blonds with cat eyes : the only way to differentiate one from each other is that Nikkie is more hard than the really soft Alexus. Here they strip solo and they have lesbian play all together ! What makes the difference in the video is the involvement of the great Penthouse photographer Earl Miller who was among the best ever to grasp eroticism and sensuality in each woman ! So it's not dumb massage like Blake but really poetic erotic fantasy with inspired Gothic sets and high fashion ! It was so good that i had the feeling that the magazine came alive ! (NB : the opening scene was indeed published in the magazine !)