Digital Covergirls review

Much to the chagrin of Bettie Page fans and hipster “alt models”, gone are the days of the pin-up. Suggestive but never too explicit or too crass, the pin-up started with Betty Grable and culminated with the Playboy Centerfold and can’t seem to be able to find a place in todays high-tech, always online society. Instead of rushing over to your buddy’s house and staring at his newspaper-print Rita Hayworth poster or pilfer your sister’s copies of Cindy Crawford-era Cosmopolitan you can now sit at home and ogle all the babes you want from your desktop or laptop or mobile device. Digital Covergirls aims to deliver every delectable morsel of feminine sexuality your eager sexual appetite can handle, presenting these wondrous specimens of beauty, poise, and unbridled carnality in high resolution photographs that will leave you breathless. Costing its members $24.95 a month, Digital Covergirls might not be a fulfilling substitute for the Maxim Magazine collection your mother finally found and disposed of, but, hey, it’s a start.

Pros:
The exclusive collection of glamourous erotic photography gathered here at Digital Covergirls offers members a chance to witness some of the most exquisitely beautiful women Europe has to offer. From the tattooed goth girl, Jennique, to Cathy, a busty redhead from Germany, there are twenty-five gorgeous models online and waiting for your attention.

Photos routinely hit a peak resolution of 2000x3000 pixels and can be viewed either from your browser window or by way of downloadable zip archives. There’s even an automated slideshow to facilitate hands-free enjoyment of these photographic riches.

A sharply designed website from top to bottom, Digital Covergirls presents its content in a clean, concise fashion. Your browsing experience is aided by a handful of navigational features and each model has her own profile page, where you’ll find biographical information and links to all her Digital Covergirls work.

Cons:
The most recently added “issue” of Digital Covergirls is dated April 2008, meaning that almost two-and-a-half years have passed since anything new was added to the site.

Content is not tagged with the date of upload, only a brief piece of text labeling the issue; e.g.: “Issue 40 - 03. April 2008”. This makes it rather difficult to figure out how often updates were arriving before they cease completely and gives no indication as to whether Digital Covergirls would have a worthwhile schedule even if it were resurrected.

Although the model profile pages do offer some good information on each of Digital Covergirls’ featured women, there’s definitely room for interviews, Q&As, or even just an expanded biography section. The more info we have on these delightful ladies, the better.

With just 74 galleries online at the time of review, Digital Covergirls really has very little offer anyone, even the most ardent fan of erotic adult photography. The women might be attractive, sure, but there’s so little content online, and almost no hope of the sites resurrection, that membership should be reserved for only the fiercest collector of this kind of content.

Conclusion:
Instead of focusing on Digital Covergirls’ numerous technical, administrative, and creative missteps, perhaps it would be a good idea to, at this stage, direct our attention to the sites plentiful assets: gorgeous models, high-resolution photos, multiple viewing options, uh, well, fuck, I guess that’s it. Having ceased updating in early 2008 with just 74 galleries in its archives, Digital Covergirls has somehow managed to keep on keepin’ on without actually doing anything of note for almost three years. Is the site as good as dead? Pretty much, bud, but if you’re flushed with cash, feel free to sign up to Digital Covergirls and gorge on the 74 galleries.