A Playboy Club, replete with "alluring Playboy Bunny hostesses" and a "sexy and sophisticated aesthetic" is set to open in New York City this week, in defiance of both the #MeToo era and Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, who more than 30 years ago declared Playboy Bunnies "a symbol of the past".

The venue, where a top-tier membership will reportedly cost $250,000, will throw open its doors to the public on 15 September, 32 years after New YorkCity's original Playboy Club closed.