German Fetish Ball 2016 preview update & 2015 report. German Fetish Ball 2016 Weekend begins its five-day run on May 4, once again climaxing with the Ball itself on Saturday 7. Tony Mitchell unpicks the schedule, compares it with last year’s, and with this April 6 update, fills in some of...
MadRubb bounces back with Delirium & Uber collections. MadRubb, the Spanish latex label, is back in the limelight with two more collections that promote the potential of latex as everyday fashion. Delirium, featuring tartan and lace prints, is on sale now, while the military-influenced Uber collection...
Boutique Bazaar Valentines: latex, leather, lingerie, love. The Boutique Bazaar Valentines special on Sunday January 31 marks the eighth time this alternative shopping event has popped up in London’s trendy Shoreditch. Produced by Torture Garden and Wasted Chic, it will present around 40 designers...
DeMask: a classic brand gets a second chance to sparkle. DeMask, the famous fetish label founded in Amsterdam in 1990 by Steve English, is in its fifth year under new management. Tony Mitchell talks to new owners Anton and Louva about their takeover of the company, how their efforts to revive the clothing...
Catriona Stewart: designing her way around disability. Catriona Stewart, disabled latex designer and model, took a decision at the end of 2014 to raise the profile of her brand by attending more events and doing more shows. The appearance of her designs on the catwalk at this March’s Dominatrix...
Cynth Icorn: Rubber Cultist, model, performer, slavegirl. Cynth Icorn is a young, multi-talented star of the London and international fetish and alt-cabaret scenes. A graduate of St Martin’s and co-founder of strict latex dresscode night Rubber Cult, she combines club-running with modelling and performing...
Atsuko Kudo: behind success is dedication to perfection. In the first of our new Classic Covers series, we revisit The Fetishistas’ June 2013 cover story in which Atsuko Kudo and partner Simon Hoare reveal some of the secrets of their success. They tell Tony Mitchell that prestigious collaborations...
Yummy Gummy: multicoloured latex sheets and off-peg styles. Yummy Gummy Latex was launched by Rebecca Allsop in 2013 to offer fetish designers a range of handcrafted latex sheets from which to create multicoloured, patterned garments impossible to produce from other latex. This May, her innovative approach...
Rubber Fifi: Ardifoto, Rachael and a blow-up dog make Art. Rubber Fifi is a latex photo-art project from Massimo van der Leeuw. He began fetish photography around five years ago as ARDIfoTO, doing promo shots for wife Barbara’s new latex label, Ardita Fetish Fashion. In 2014 he took a break before...
Psylocke: Swedish fetish queen of high style and heavy rubber Psylocke has become one of Sweden’s most bankable fetish models in her five years on the international scene, with Miss Rubber World 2013 and (the current) Miss Fetish Europe 2014 titles to her credit, and almost 300,000 followers on Facebook....
