FHM Magazine August 1999 Kelly Brook Rhys Ifans Eddie Irvine SKU 1545

Original FHM Magazine, August 1999 – Issue 115, featuring Kelly Brook as the main cover star.

A great late-1990s issue from the classic era of British FHM, combining celebrity photography, interviews, entertainment, fashion, humour, motorsport and lifestyle features. The cover uses a distinctive Union Jack-themed FHM masthead and is marked as a “Special Brit Babes Collectors’ Cover – No. 1 of 4”, making this an especially interesting issue for collectors of vintage FHM and 1990s British pop-culture magazines.

Kelly Brook Cover & Feature

Kelly Brook dominates the front cover and is also heavily featured within the magazine. The contents identify the main feature as part of FHM’s “Best of British” section.

The interior photography shown includes a mixture of studio, fashion and location-style images of Kelly, while the magazine describes the feature as a 20-page British celebrity showcase.

The cover itself is particularly distinctive because it is designed as a collector-style opening cover, with the front stating:

“Special Brit Babes Collectors’ Cover! No. 1 of 4 – Open here to reveal our plucky quartet.”

This makes the issue more unusual than a standard single-cover FHM.

Notable Contents

The photographs show a strong selection of recognisable late-1990s personalities and features, including:

• Kelly Brook – main cover star and major interior feature
• Rhys Ifans – substantial celebrity feature/interview
• Eddie Irvine – F1-related feature
• Louise Nurding
• Cat Deeley
• Catherine Zeta-Jones
• Salma Hayek
• Laurence Fishburne
• FHM Sex Survey for Women 1999
• “Best of British” celebrity section
• Hospital-disaster feature
• Fashion and summer clothing
• Barbecue technology
• Watersports
• Men’s Health answers/advice
• FHM letters, humour and regular editorial sections

The contents pages give this issue a particularly strong late-1990s British television, film, celebrity and fashion feel, with the combination of Kelly Brook, Rhys Ifans and Eddie Irvine making it appealing across several collecting areas.

Condition

Pre-owned vintage condition with visible age-related and handling wear.

From the photographs:

• Front cover remains bright and colourful with strong print quality.
• Noticeable edge and corner wear is present.
• There is some creasing and surface handling wear to the front cover.
• The right-hand outer edge shows visible wear/damage, including an area of splitting/roughness around the middle-to-lower section.
• Bottom edge and lower corners show general shelf and handling wear.
• Spine remains attached but shows rubbing and age-related wear.
• Interior pages shown appear generally clean, bright and well-preserved.
• Some page-edge ageing, light marks and natural curvature are visible.
• No major internal page loss is apparent from the supplied photographs.
• Rear cover is present and attached, with expected general wear from storage.

Overall, this presents as a genuine used 1999 collector’s copy, not a mint example, but the magazine remains complete-looking and highly displayable.

Important – Original Extras

Any free gifts, loose inserts, promotional items, supplements, cards, samples or other additional items that may originally have been supplied with the magazine are no longer included unless they are clearly shown in the photographs.

Please study all supplied images carefully, as they form an important part of the condition description and show exactly what is included.

Packaging

UK orders: Magazine will be securely packaged and sent in a hardback envelope.

International orders: Magazine will be securely packed in a cardboard mail-size box for additional protection during transit.

SKU: 1545