March 2025

JANELLE MONÁE PUTS LATEX CENTRE STAGE AT HIGH PROFILE EVENTS Singer, songwriter, rapper and actress Janelle Monáe put latex centre stage in March with appearances at two high-profile US events. She wore it at the Human Rights Campaign’s 2025 Los Angeles Dinner on March 22, and before that, for her headlining slot on March 08 during the three-day BlerDCon event...

MISS MEATFACE MARKS 10TH BIRTHDAY WITH NYC SHOW & MEMOIRLondon-based artist Kat Toronto, originally from Vallejo, California, is currently celebrating the tenth birthday of Miss Meatface, her much admired fetish alter ego. Meatface’s self-portraits are characterised by masks, latex, corsets, kitch decor and, frequently in more recent times, the obedient company of her Meatmaid, gamely played by hubbie Garry Vanderhorne...

LONDON STORE NEWS: FAB.LONDON AND CHARMSKOOL SHOWROOMLess than a month after the opening of London’s newest kink-orientated store, Charmskool Showroom, comes sadder London store news — that the popular Camden Stables fetish boutique FAB.London has announced it is to close in April.The impending closure of the FAB.London shop — at Unit 99a, First Floor, The Stables Market, Chalk Farm Road...

HALSEY SAFEWORD VIDEO: A LESSON IN MUSICAL OBEDIENCEWith previously latex-loving artistes and celebs shunning rubber for other fabrics at early 2025 red carpet events such as February’s London Fashion Week and this month’s Brit Awards and Oscars, we surely owe a debt of gratitude to the Halsey Safeword video for single-handedly ensuring that latex, leather and, indeed, BDSM were placed...