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S PLUS ASSOCIATION: NEW UK TRADE BODY FOR SEX-POSITIVE EVENTSA new trade body, S Plus Association, launched in London earlier this week with the aim of representing sex-positive event organisers in the UK. Supported initially by a group of event promoters including well-known fetish brands Torture Garden and ZDR Events, S Plus will campaign to raise awareness of the industry...

LATEX ON SHOW: LATEST CELEBRITY APPEARANCES IN FETISH LOOKSLatex has made some notable celebrity-worn appearances in the last few weeks — not least at the Cannes Film Festival — and was also among the fetish-inspired looks modelled by actress Anya Taylor-Joy (above, and below left) for her in-depth cover interview with Olivia Ovenden for British GQ magazine (published May 22).Although...

SMALLS FOR ALL! LATEX KNICKERS & SHORTS + MEN’S HARD & HEAVYLatex underwear — generally one of the most affordable categories in any latex clothing range — is very often the initial purchase made by those intent on exploring the world of rubbery dressing-up for the first time. And with a range of women’s and men’s latex undies and shorts...

LONDON FETISH FILM FEST: AWARDS + CALL FOR 2024 SUBMISSIONS If you’re a budding or established filmmaker who has created work that fits broadly into the fetish genre, the annual London Fetish Film Festival (LFFF) provides an opportunity for you to showcase your work to a London audience and potentially win an LFFF award too! Since January, the festival organisers...

Nightlife Crisis: ZDR Events host Zara DuRose, above, has postponed London’s Blade Runner party from June 1 to August 3 at Union Club NIGHTLIFE CRISIS: ZDR AND LUCHA BRITANNIA LATEST TO FEEL PINCH The UK’s nightlife crisis means that a number of events — especially but not exclusively of the more alternative kind — are finding it increasingly hard, even...

SUMMER NIGHTS: 12 UK, EU & US/CANADA EVENTS FOR JUNE/JULY Just as German Fetish Ball Weekend — widely considered the most prestigious festival on the international fetish scene — reaches its climax in Berlin with this Friday’s FetishGuerilla party and Saturday’s headlining Ball, we find ourselves thinking about the summer nights to come that will bring more great partying opportunities...

LATEX LEGWEAR: WALK ON THE WILD SIDE WITH LIBIDEX! When the Libidex clothing brand was launched in London in 1989, one of the innovations of its founder, designer Helen Saffery, was her use, for latex legwear such as tights and stockings, of a thinner gauge of latex than generally considered viable for that purpose by other latex designers. Her rationale...

Denber Rubber was known for dip moulded latex items such as corselets, gloves, stockings, dresses, bra tops and shorts DENBER RUBBER: A CHAPTER CLOSES ON 50 YEARS OF LATEX HISTORY Denber Rubber Ltd, the long-established British producer of dip moulded latex garments and accessories, has closed after trading for just over 50 years, bringing to an end a distinguished chapter...

Libidex Spring Sale: 100s of latex styles at 25% off! Bargains include, left-right: Slim Fit Jeans £149.l96 (ex-£199.95); V-Neck Leotard £149.96 (ex-£199.95); Waspie Corset with Trim £172.46 (ex-£229.95); Ray Vest £86.21 (ex-£114.95); De Sade Spanking Skirt £116.21 (ex-£154.95) (Background: Miguel Á. Padriñán/Pexels.com) LIBIDEX SPRING SALE: 25% OFF 100s OF LATEX STYLES – ENDS SOON! The Libidex Spring Sale, with 25...

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...