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UNDIES COMING DOWN WHEN THE LIBIDEX SAMPLE SALE HITS TOWNEvery Libidex sample sale is renowned for featuring fantastic price reductions on latex, and the next one — a lingerie sample sale set for Sunday July 13 at our Liberation store in Covent Garden — promises to continue that fine tradition!The one-day sale, taking place between 1pm and 6pm in the...

GERMAN FETISH BALL 2025: BEST YEAR YET FOR BERLIN’S FETISH FEST?With the dust finally settling and impressions coming in thick and fast after the five-day German Fetish Ball 2025 Weekend, the general view seems to be that this year’s Berlin fetish fest may well have been the best yet in its two-decade history.From the programme’s Kinky Cocktails launch party on...

FRESH HOSTS RELAUNCH LONDON FETISH WEEKEND FOR APRIL 2026After a decade-long hiatus, the legendary London Fetish Weekend brand is to make a comeback next year under new management. Madame Caramel (above right) and Mistress Tess (left) have just announced that they’ve joined forces to revive the three-day event, and have set the dates for this as April 3-5 2026.It’s no...

CANNES 2025: CELEBS GO HAUTE COUTURE TO HINT AT INNER KINKS The Cannes 2025 Film Festival — the 78th edition of the annual south-of-France glamathon at which films are also screened — officially began on May 13 this year. And since the 12-day programme is not scheduled to finish until Saturday May 24, it’s quite possible that you might be...

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...