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FELINE FESTIVE? 24 BEST-SELLING SECOND SKIN STYLES AT 10% OFF The latex catsuit must surely be the single most iconic garment in the the modern latex wardrobe, thanks to its strong associations with everything from hardcore BDSM and fetish interests to mainstream erotic glamour, not forgetting the worlds of superheroes and cosplay. Today’s latex catsuits are a world away from...

UK Fetish Awards 2024: Libidex’s award for Best Fetish Fashion Company was accepted on behalf of the label by Rogerio (3rd left) and Maz (2nd left). (Photo: @kanthonyphoto)UK FETISH AWARDS: LIBIDEX WINS BEST FETISH FASHION COMPANY In case you hadn’t heard, Libidex won the Best Fetish Fashion Company award (again!) at this year’s UK Fetish Awards, which took place earlier...

 LIBERATION AT 20: LIBIDEX STORE CELEBRATES 2 SHOPTASTIC DECADES!Last month, Liberation, the Libidex boutique at 49 Shelton Street WC2H 9HE in London’s Covent Garden, celebrated its 20th anniversary. Today, it can still claim to be the only latex store in central London.Famous as a 'must visit' destination for London's latex tourists, it has been featured numerous times on TV shows...

TORTURE GARDEN WINDS UP 2024 WITH SIX FESTIVE EVENTS IN THE UKFollowing four Halloween parties which the club has described as “two exceptional weekends” that “felt like TG at its best”, Torture Garden has confirmed details of its remaining UK dates between November 15 and the end of 2024.It’s a schedule that starts with a two-nighter in Edinburgh, followed in...

FETISH & KINK SUMMIT – LONDON: AWARENESS + UNDERSTANDING DAY The Fetish & Kink Summit – London is a one-day seminar organised for Saturday November 23 at Queen Mary University’s Arts Two Building (pictured below) in London E1. Hosted by Seed Talks, it will present talks, workshops and Q&As from world-leading experts, aimed at creating ‘a safe space to foster...

LATEX IN LATER LIFE? YOU CAN WEAR IT AT ANY AGE, SAY UK MEDIABy a coincidence that people might not find entirely surprising, several bastions of the UK media decided to run articles about latex fashion in the run-up to Halloween. But thanks to the timely appearance of photos featuring the likes of Tess Daly (55), Hannah Waddingham (50) and...

 HARRI STYLES IT OUT WITH SPRING/SUMMER 2025 LATEX COLLECTIONIn last week’s Virgin Atlantic Attitude Awards story, we referenced London-based latex designer Harri, saying we might now like to take a closer look at this man’s work. We had arrived at this conclusion because his Spring/Summer 2025 collection, launched at London Fashion week earlier in October, revealed signs of embracing more...

VIRGIN ATLANTIC ATTITUDE AWARDS INCLUDE WINNING LATEX LOOKS Winners at the 2024 Virgin Atlantic Attitude Awards held at London’s Roundhouse on October 11 included Mawaan Rizwan, Nemo, Elton John, The Blessed Madonna, Lulu… and some winning latex looks!Among those adopting latex wardrobe for their appearances at and around the event — hosted by top LGBTQ magazine Attitude in conjunction with...

BIRMINGHAM FETISH WEEKEND: 3 DAYS OF BRUM KINK IN NOVEMBERBilled as ‘a showcase of what the Birmingham and Midlands scene has to offer — the people, places and projects’, Birmingham Fetish Weekend returns on November 15-17 this year for a three-day programme split into five separate events.Although labelled a fetish weekend, and encouraging (though not insisting upon) a fetish dresscode...

RAIG: RUBBER AI GIRLS AND THE HARD WORK NEEDED TO CREATE THEMRAIG — an acronym for Rubber AI Girls — is the ‘pen name’ adopted by an AI artist who has gone to great lengths to keep his or her identity masked online (although we think it’s fairly safe to assume it’s a him!).For example, on Facebook, where the work...

HALLOWEEN SAMPLE SALE: LIBIDEX HOSTS LATEX BARGAIN WEEKENDIt’s nearly that time of year when Libidex hosts another Halloween Sample Sale at its London HQ in Islington, at 3 St Alban’s Place, London N1 0NX (which is just off Upper Street opposite Islington Green).The event will take place on Saturday and Sunday October 26 and 27 from 12 noon to 6pm...

TORTURE GARDEN HALLOWEEN: 4 NIGHTS, 2 WEEKENDS, 2 VENUES In just over a month, Torture Garden will once again celebrate Halloween — the single most popular fetish partying occasion of the year — by hosting no less than four Halloween-themed balls over two weekends at two of its regular London venues.TG will take over Scala, King Cross, for two nights...