Original Skin Two Club: ISMS talk by Tony Mitchell & insider guests FORTY YEARS AGO this month, the original Skin Two Club first opened its doors at basement venue Stallions in Soho, heralding the beginnings of the modern fetish scene. To mark this anniversary, Fetishistas editor Tony Mitchell and two other...
Janette Slack: Torture Garden DJ/ producer dies suddenly, aged 42 BELOW: Janette with Garry Vanderhorne and Kat Toronto at LBB, Dec 2019 (photo: Tony Mitchell)
Steve Beech London talk: from Der Putsch to die Kunst* (*art) THE STEVE BEECH London talk at September’s Museum of Sex Objects exhibition at Bloomsbury’s Horse Hospital was an event not to be missed for Tony Mitchell. Not only was it a chance to catch up with a pal from the earliest days of the London...
Emma Delves-Broughton: Deadly photo project bears sweet fruit AFTER 15+ YEARS photographing gorgeous models in latex and other fetish attire, Emma Delves-Broughton embarked on a change of direction in 2014 with Deadly, a more personal project using a wider range of her creative talents. It gradually...
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...
Beyond Bizarre: John Willie documentary in pre-production. SEPTEMBER COVER STORY: Pioneering fetish artist and photographer John Willie is the subject of Beyond Bizarre, a documentary in pre-production in Paris and due for release by September 2022. The project boasts the participation of New York’s...
The predators who exploit kink to abuse – and the women calling them out. Report: Faith Roswell. OUR MAY COVER STORY is a disturbing look at predators in positions of power who misuse terms and practices from kink to abuse women. Author Faith Roswell first saw this in her ‘Roswell Ivory’ latex...
Beyond latex: how social media woes fit into the bigger picture THIS COMPANION PIECE to our Latex vs Social Media March cover story came about because, while researching the latter, other stories kept popping up that seemed to be part of a wider issue. Some events, such as last year’s new latex...
Latex vs social media: a year of purges, persecution and panic. OUR MARCH COVER STORY is a major three-page investigation into how increased censorship by social media platforms has unfairly targeted the latex community. From Instagram’s ‘unrelated’ latex hashtag ban last autumn to the ‘14 years...
Impermeable Delectables shop from Meatface and Vanderhorne. NOVEMBER COVER STORY: Photographer Kat Toronto, alias fetish self-portrait artist Miss Meatface, has just launched online shop Impermeable Delectables with her partner, Resistance Gallery’s Garry Vanderhorne. The store offers a range of fetish-related...
