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LONDON ALTERNATIVE MARKET IS ALL SET FOR GLORIOUS 1ST OF JUNELondon Alternative Market, aka LAM, is looking forward to a Glorious First of June when it reconvenes on June 1 at Sway Bar in London’s Holborn, at the start of Pride Month.Historical note: June 1 gets its ‘Glorious First’ nickname as the anniversary of a famous 1794 victory by the...

 STEVE DIET GOEDDE AT 60: 12 FAMOUS US FETISH MODEL PORTRAITS Steve Diet Goedde, the veteran Los Angeles-based fetish photographer, began documenting the stylish aspects of kink culture — with a very substantial emphasis on latex clothing — in 1990.Goedde (it’s pronounced ‘Geddy’ if you weren’t sure) just turned 60 in February, so we thought it would be nice to...

LIBIDEX LATEX LOVERS: OUR PICK OF FANS’ RECENT SOCIAL MEDIA PIX This May Day Holiday Weekend edition of the Libidex Blog takes a colourful look at Libidex’s presence on social media, focusing specifically on a selection of the photography Libidex latex lovers have shared in the last couple of months for our Facebook, Instagram and X pages.We’ve chosen a dozen...

COACHELLA 2025: KINK-ADJACENT STYLE AT APRIL’S TWIN WEEKENDS Coachella 2025, which just occupied two consecutive weekends (April 11-13 and 18-20) at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, CA, continued this year to be almost as important for showcasing edgy and kink-adjacent fashion as for its mix of rock, pop, hip-hop, electronic and indie music styles.Quite a few of this year’s...

BIG SPRING EVENTS: 5 MAJOR FET/ALT GATHERINGS IN UK, EU & USAMany fetish folk probably consider that spring has only well and truly sprung when we reach the period from late April to early June when a concentrated sequence of big spring events are staged annually by some of the fetish/alternative scene’s biggest international players. And this year we’re possibly...

VENUE FACELIFT NEWS: UK ALT/FET MARKETS’ LATEST PROGRESSTwo of the UK’s popular fetish/alternative shopping events found themselves facing a venue facelift earlier this year. And by complete coincidence, both were aiming to stage their respective ‘comebacks’ on exactly the same date: April 13. But while that date looks like being lucky 13 for one of them, for the other, the...

SPRING SALE: LIBIDEX REDUCES LATEX PRICES BY 25 PERCENTThe Libidex Spring Sale, which has just started, offers 25 percent off the full price of virtually all latex on the Libidex website. Spring is a time of hope, where flowers bloom and we come out of a long hibernation. And as long as you’re not too affected by the feeling that...

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...

RIGHT ON TRACK: SPORTY LATEX STYLE FROM ADIDAS AND LIBIDEX The launch of a latex collection by any big clothing brand naturally provokes a range of reactions from latex enthusiasts. Some welcome it as a sign of the ever-growing mainstream acceptance of latex, which they feel can only be a good thing. Some regard it as cynical, short-termist cultural appropriation...