THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE FASHIONS.

  1. The designers.

    2. Jean-Paul Gaultier

    Allison Thurman <athurman@phoenix.cs.uga.edu> writes:

    French designer, considered to be the "bad boy" of Paris fashion. He's best known for designing Madonna's "bullet-cone" corsets for her videos and Blonde Ambition tour, and for designing similar clothes for the movie "The Cook, the Theif, his Wife, and her Lover".

    Vivienne Westwood

    Allison Thurman <athurman@phoenix.cs.uga.edu> writes:

    English designer who created the PVC and rubber "punk" look at her shop, Sex, in the 1970's, and one of the first women to use lingerie as outerwear.

    Pam Hogg

    Allison Thurman <athurman@phoenix.cs.uga.edu> writes:

    I dont know much about her work but ive read in some English magazines that some of her clothing is PVC.

    Lip Service, Inc.

    Allison Thurman <athurman@phoenix.cs.uga.edu> writes:

    A Los Angeles label that (if its still in business) does lots of lycra-spandex wear, usually with lacing and/or little daggers on it. I've not seen much of the mens wear, but the womens is moslty leggings and minidresses.

  2. The models.

    3. Anette Kellendonk:

    Born 1965 in Wuppertal near Düsseldorf, Germany.
    She's 1.70 m (5'6") high (without heels!) and weighs around 50 kg (112 lbs).

    She used to work closely with Peter W. Czernich, publisher of "Skin Two, Deutsche Ausgabe" then <<O>>, as photographer but now works with several others. Her pictures has been in Playboy, Bild and in particular in early issues of <<O>>.

    She released a techno-dance maxi-single entitled "The Fetish" in 1991. The video for this song have been shown on MTV and in it she shows a wide selection of her PVC and latex wardrobe...

    About this maxi-single, Ido Amin writes:

    The label is BOO RECORDS. I have "The Fetish" on BOO 00512 (12") and on its cover it mentions it's also available on BOO 00507 (7"), BOO 00515 (12"PD), BOO 00505 (5"CD). On the cover it also says GEMA LC 6559. Distributor is Discovery, Pf 1255, 4044 Kaarst., Germany, which is also A.K.'s fanclub.

    Quality? Not rec.music.materpieces stuff, being two years old, and not up to current MTV or dance standards. I kinda like it anyway.

    Has now begun a career as a fetish fashion designer with a shop appropriately named '    Anette K. Fashion' in Dusseldorf, Germany.

    Info on other models much appreciated!

  3. The photographers.

    4. Peter W. Czernich:

    Very active. Has worked primarily with Anette K. but now works mostly with varying models. He's the editor and publisher of "Maquis Magazine", the successor to <<O>> of which he also was the editor and publisher of for several years.

    Trevor Watson:

    British photographer who works primarily with black & white photography. Among his best works are the series he made for Ectomorph.

  4. Advocacy groups.

    5. These are organizations or groups of equal minded people who work actively to communicate our interest and way of living to the rest of the society, fighting for it in court or on the battlefield of the media if nessesary.

    National Leather Association.

    knewt@world.std.com writes:

    They promote the "leather lifestyle", which includes DFP and some BDSM. It is the only sort of U.S. Nationwide advocacy group, so it is important for people in the US to know about it.

    Jeffrey Hurwit <jhurwit@netcom.com> writes:

    NATIONAL LEATHER ASSOCIATION
    STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

    • To establish and maintain a national/worldwide communication, information, education, and support network for sisters and brothers of the Leather/SM/Fetish community.

    • To promote with power and pride the right of all adults to engage in Safe, Sane, and Consensual sexual expression.

    • To increase communication and understanding among women and men in Leather/SM/Fetish.

    • To facilitate political activism, visibility, and education in order to destroy stereotypes, misconceptions, and media misrepresentation about the Leather/SM/Fetish family in the community at large.

    • To provide, through our publications, educational material, and "LIVING IN LEATHER" conferences, a forum for the sharing of knowledge, viewpoints, and practices of a diverse network of women and men.

    • To build, strengthen, and defend individuals, organizations, publications, and businesses within our community, especially against threats to their freedom of expression, freedom of the press, right to free association, and right to equal protection under the law.

    • To develop outreach to women, people of color, transgenderals, the deaf, the physically challenged, and other minorities who have traditionally been discriminated against or poorly represented in the Leather/SM/Fetish community.

    • To facilitate fund raising for deserving projects, clubs, organizations, defense funds, and/or charities which have given direct service to the Leather/SM/Fetish community. To fight for decriminalization of all sexual acts between consenting adults.

    • To preserve a record of our history, traditions, and culture.

    They publish a periodic newsletter (I don't know how frequently) called FIRST LINK. As of the date of this brochure, which is dated November 1990, their mailing address is:

    P.O. Box 17463
    Seattle, Washington, 98107
    USA.
    Tel: (206) 789-8990.

    Annual membership dues are $25.00 US, or $30.00 US outside of North America.

    SMil

    SMil
    Sorgenfrigade 8b, 2.
    DK-2200 Copenhagen N.
    Denmark
    Phone: (+45) 3181 0550

    They are an organization for BDSM and fetish oriented people in Denmark. They provide counselling, club facilities in four major danish cities (Copenhagen, Aalborg, Aarhus and Odense) which are open 1-3 days a week, parties (both theme-oriented and more regular social gatherings) and both an internal newspaper and an external magazine (called SMil-bladet).

    (myself, with additional information by Heikko Levanto)

    AXIS

    Monty <Monty@random.demon.co.uk> writes:

    AXIS,
    P.O. Box 27,
    Stalybridge,
    Cheshire SK15 2ED

    AXIS provides a newsletter 10 times a year of around 30 - 40 pages which contains advice, reviews, stories and anonymous personals. Subscription is 45 pounds sterling for a year.

    The stated aims of the society are "To assist our members to fulfill their dreams and fantasies through contact with others or merey by reading about the subject dealt with by other enthusiastic members."

    Further information about AXIS can gained by sending a SAE to the above address.

    ESENCIA S/M

    Mariano Baselga <MBASELGA@vm1.sdi.uam.es> writes:

    This is a small spanish language magazine, made by interested contributors, which is sold and distributed only on an individual subscription basis and has no profit interests, its main aim being to serve as a discussion forum and information interchange between Spanish alternative sex amateurs. The magazine is:

    ESENCIA S/M
    Ediciones PLG
    Apartado 7.053
    28080 Madrid (Spain)

  5. Fetish Ball organizers.

    6. These are the people or organizations setting up fetish theme balls/parties locally or in specific areas.

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