Amanda Lepore & Others
Partial sample from a TMZ gallery: Leather and Lace
August 18, 2008
April 3, 2008
Contemporary Corsets
Scroll to the bottom for link to a gallery: Sexy Women Still in Sexy Corsets
August 30, 2007
Dolce & Gabbana : Dominatrix Drag
We can look forward to yet another burst of photos from Dolce & Gabbana’s advertising to flood femdom blogs in the near future.
Given that in the new campaign the women are weilding whips and not just using guys as human furniture the latest batch may prove even more popular.
With autumn/winter 07 a wash with body conscious designs, knee high boots and patent leather, it comes as no surprise that the advertising campaigns are going to be, well daring.
Bitchy Jones might have something to say about that dream. For some of us those whips are a mite more than a symbol. (I do remember when as a young man Michaelangelo was my idea of porn.)
“It’s the vision of a dream more than reality, where the whip symbolises women’s power and where the naked models refer to a classic beauty inspired by Michelangelo,” explains Stefano Gabbana. “We wanted to place this artistic reference above everyday reality, but there was no intent to be vulgar or offend anyone’s human dignity.”
Aside from the expensive couture these things are part of the reality of some of us.
“Since these images have offended someone, we want to stress that we wanted to represent a strong and dominatrix woman, as is today’s woman,” … “We wanted to place this artistic reference above everyday reality, but there was no intent to be vulgar or offend anyone’s human dignity.”
Another risque ad campaign from Dolce & Gabbana
The first time I saw something like this I thought it was a bit neat. After all the saturation it just seems like another species of banality to me.
February 28, 2007
From Fetish Club to High Fashion Runways
Brandishing riding crops and chains, model mistresses from Dolce & Gabbana brought sado-masochist style to Milan's catwalks yesterday.
"She's a dominatrix woman," designer Stefano Gabbana quipped backstage after showing the season's most sizzling collection of fetish fashion for autumn-winter 2007-08.
Women will have to whip themselves into shape to wear the curvaceous clothes, which combined Domenico Dolce's impeccable tailoring with Gabbana's irreverent, provocative styling.
D&G parade their preference for S&M
From a talk with Valerie Steele author of Fetish: Fashion, Sex and Power:
What do you think about this emerging bondage/S&M theme at the Milan shows? Steele: It seems to me that many S&M things in fashion just act as a kind of shortcut or signal for 'This is ultra-sexy fashion'. It's not even perverse anymore. It's very visual and theatrical and conveys easily to the public that it's about sex. Most things like body exposure don't - that sort of ho-hum, underwear-as-outerwear doesn't but if you do really flagrant S&M references then Jo Average will go 'Oh yes right, that means it's sexy and hot'. I remember when, after Versace had done all those things back in the early 90s that were sexy and sort of fetish-y [a case in point, Liz Hurley's famous safety pin dress], I talked to real fetishists and I said, 'So, what did you think of Versace?' and they said, 'We hate it - because now you can't tell if someone's really into it or if they're just making a fashion statement'. And I think at this point it has spread so rapidly into just being vernacular for 'This means sexy'.
December 24, 2006
High Heel Shoe Museum
Retifists' paradise:
The High Heel Shoe Museum features many of the most beautiful exotic high heel shoes, extreme high heels, ultra high heel stiletto shoes, sandals, fetish shoes, spike heels, unique shoes, designer shoes, couture high fashion styles, pumps, mules, court shoes, platform shoes, wedges, hand painted shoes, custom made shoes, trendy new styles, unusual styles, and extreme platform shoes from around the world. The museum has links to go online shopping for high heel shoes at fine shoe stores worldwide. We also feature shoe art, shoe sculptures, shoe books, shoe links, shoe magazines, shoe museum directory, shoe museum gift shop, shoe facts and history, shoe paintings, shoe related videos, shoe fanatic gifts, shoe furniture, and fine art sexy high heel shoe photography.
June 11, 2006
History of the Corset
LISA feels that much in the way of primary (first hand) information is missing from the Corset Community, and that some many of us would be interested in the perspectives of those who actually wore them, all the way back to the Victorian era.
We find that, in many cases, history is more amazing than fiction.
So, with that in mind, this area is devoted to actual experiences from the people who wore our favorite garment.
These range from the results of interviews, to antique letters, to actual writings from those ghosts of the past.