Latex in focus, left to right: Designs from Filth, Amsterdam; Angelika Darkling, Athens (photo: Velissarios J George for The Common Pages magazine); and ElinHarness, Ukraine LATEX IN FOCUS: 3 EUROPEAN BRANDS CURRENTLY IN THE SPOTLIGHT Everyone who has dipped anything more than just a big toe into the world of latex fashion will have their favourite designers. And it’s gratifying...

Taking place just before this Spring Fetish Fever round-up was published, Wasteland’s Institute Edition at Northsea Venue, Zaandam (near Amsterdam) on April 6 still deserves a shout-out. The reputation of these big Wasteland parties is legendary, and this one was also the first major European event of spring 2024. (Promo image concept & photo: Romy Treebusch) SPRING FETISH FEVER: OUR...

Flirty girls & bondage boys! Left/centre left: Tiffany Nurse Dress in Turquise/White and Red/Black with detachable apron. and shaped cutaways exposing the breasts and buttocks – a Best Seller, £247.46 (ex-£274.95). Centre right/right: Houdini Straitjacket in Black & White – a traditional style with back zip and strap closure and wrap-around sleeves, in heavy 80mm latex, £344.95. Also shown: Pouch...

Celebrity Latex Fashion: Cardi B in the Nyx Cosmetics commercial screened during February’s Super Bowl. Somewhere under all that posterised colour, she’s wearing latex by Venus & Violet CELEBRITY LATEX FASHION: DOES IT BENEFIT THE WIDER LATEX SCENE? If you follow the Libidex blog, you will probably have noticed that the phenomenon of celebrity latex fashion has not diminished with...

‘Rock n Roll Cobbler’ Terry de Havilland, who died in 2019, is celebrated in ‘Icons of British Fashion’ at Blenheim Palace (photo: Gordon Hawtin) TERRY DE HAVILLAND: EXHIBITION CELEBRATES LATE SHOE DESIGNER Terry de Havilland, the designer whose iconic shoe and boot creations straddled the worlds of haut couture, high street fashion and fetish/goth fantasy, will be celebrated in an...

Ayra Starr, Nigerian recording artist, flew to one of our featured Capitals of Kink to attend Paris Fashion Week’s Balmain show, for which she wore this very cute, retro-inspired Balmain latex ensemble CAPITALS OF KINK: FETISH STYLE ON DISPLAY IN PARIS AND LONDON Normally at this time of year, we expect to examine the state of celebrity fetish fashion as...

Hood vibes! Latex hoods, including best-sellers, feature in our latest round-up from the Libidex range, which covers men’s and women’s hoods for fashion and play (shown: Swine Mask and Sakura styles – see below) HOOD VIBES: LATEX FASHION AND PLAY STYLES FROM LIBIDEX If you haven’t yet discovered the joys of latex hoods, you’re surely missing out on one of...

Three of the powerful images in use on the Expo Erotica website to promote the Birmingham NEC event set for September 27-29 EXPO EROTICA KINK-FRIENDLY EVENT SET FOR NEC IN SEPTEMBER Word slipped out earlier this month that a big new adult expo called Expo Erotica, with an apparently substantial focus on fetish and BDSM interests, is planned for Birmingham’s...

Liberation-X Valentine’s Sale includes artisan pieces such as this Figure of A ‘Mune’ Harness, Red, with Detachable Choker: £130.33 LIBERATION-X VALENTINE’S SALE: LAST CHANCE TO GRAB A BARGAIN! Great news for bargain-hunters: our sister company Liberation-X, which specialises in online sales of toys and accessories to enhance your fetish fun and games, has extended its Valentine’s Sale through this weekend...

Masuimi Max posted this New Year’s Insta selfie from Oklahoma City, where she was performing, to wish her followers a Happy 2024 MASUIMI MAX: FETISH WORLD MOURNS LOSS OF LEGEND, DEAD AT 45 International fetish and alt communities have been mourning the loss of Masuimi Max, the US fetish supermodel who has died, aged 45, in Las Vegas. Police found...

Latex on screen: Poor Things star Emma Stone in the ‘condom coat’ designed by Holly Waddington and made by Vex (image: Yorgos Lanthimos) LATEX ON SCREEN: POOR THINGS MOVIE + BBC DRAMA DOMINO DAY Latex fashion’s influence on mainstream culture is already appearing in fresh places in 2024, with the use of latex notable in costuming the lead actresses in...

Extra latex layer time can come in many guises. From left to right: Libidex Aviatrix Jacket, Governess Bolero and Bacall Raincoat EXTRA LATEX LAYER TIME? LIBIDEX COATS, JACKETS AND SUITS As we head into February, the weather in the UK and many other locations around the world will very possibly be at or near its wintery worst. But ironically, this...