German Fetish Ball 2023: A user guide to all the events in Berlin MAY COVER STORY: As German Fetish Ball 2023 prepares to launch on Wednesday evening (May 17) at Berlin rooftop bar 260 Grad, we launch our comprehensive user guide to all the individual events of the official five-day GFB programme. This...
Original Skin Two: real story of the club that launched the scene APRIL COVER STORY: The original Skin Two club opened in Soho on January 31 1983, kickstarting the modern fetish scene. But the real origin story of the club only had its first airing 40 years later, when Tony Mitchell and two other original...
Yummy Gummy Latex for sale: why owner Rebecca is quitting In late January, Yummy Gummy Latex boss Rebecca Allsop surprised the latex fashion world by announcing that she was closing the business after ten years. In this exclusive interview by Tony Mitchell, she explains just what drove her to the point...
Party like it’s 2023: Worldwide events NYE 2022-NYE 2023 JANUARY 2023 COVER STORY: Since our last global party round-up in October, fetish event organisers have been working on their 2023 schedules. As a result, our new worldwide roundup lists a great many new dates spanning a full year from New Year’s...
Harness & Mane: the fetish hair salon right at the cutting edge! OUR NOVEMBER COVER story features award-winning north London hair salon/ fetish boutique/event venue Harness & Mane, brainchild of master hair stylist Gunel Kelly and her husband Hughie. Tony Mitchell ventures out to the wilds of Walthamstow...
GFB 2022 Report Part 3: The Ball at Club Ost, then Indian and gin for last night in Berlin! SEPTEMBER COVER STORY: Here at long last is GFB 2022 Report Part 3 – our final account from the German Fetish Ball Weekend’s return to Berlin. Part 3 starts with Saturday May 28’s daytime exploits pre-Ball,...
GFB 2022 Report Part 1: An unexpected journey, a hotel fire scare and a Sonic Boom! JULY COVER STORY: Late May saw the return of the German Fetish Ball Weekend to Berlin, and Tony Mitchell, keen to cover the event in person for a Fetishistas GFB 2022 report, decided to make the GFB his own return […]
Circa Party: Doroushi latex show opens London Fashion Week JUNE COVER STORY: June 10’s Circa Party – known formally as the Circa Press Summer Party – started out as a promo for Circa photo-book authors Ifa Brand and Vestholm that included a fashion show by latex designer Nina Doroushi and burlesque...
KEN returns, ready to continue as Hull’s ‘London-worthy’ fet party. MAY COVER STORY: KEN – Hull’s quirkily-named fetish party/cabaret night – returns this month after a two-year hiatus. Organised by Valen Vain with partners Kate Sway and Lylia Jane, KEN is set to resume its biannual blend...
Mark Bennett, 1965-2021: some sort of spy from the future?. APRIL COVER STORY/TRIBUTE ISSUE: The extraordinary life of Mark Bennett, who died last November aged 56, will be formally celebrated next month in his adopted home of Brighton during the city’s famous Fringe arts festival. Bennett was a uniquely...
