The new issue of Marquis Magazine is out!

The new issue features exclusive photo series, meticulously researched articles from the scene, interviews and reports. The latest news from the world of fetishism, art, culture and fashion. In addition to erotic fetish stories from the best authors, beautifully illustrated by the scene's leading artists!

More details at Marquis website.

Just added a link to a new blog of an aspirational latex lifestyle fetishist. He tries to spend as much time as possible sealed up in latex. The blog details his attempts to spend more time sealed in latex, through a system of weekly/monthly goals and a points system based on Ataraxian´s "Pointz" System. Intresting read!

Visit: Sealed and Suffocating

The webmaster of www.Fetish-Girls.de sent me 32 lovely shiny photos of the sweet LatexTinka wearing... Yes! You guessed it!... LATEX!

In the three photos series you will see her is wearing a black latex cat suit and matching gloves, black and red dress with a light grey gasmask and nice skirt and top with a nice hood.

LatexTinka is a latex loving German live chat model.

The new pay'n'play site Rubber Asylum is a centre of correction for missbehaving latex males.

Nominated by wives, girlfriends, disgruntled employers etc, the victim (or that some of us calls - the lucky bastard) is sentenced to a stay inside the correctional facility. This stay can range from 1 to 7+ days and will be decided on by the Governor. Rubber Asylum is equipped with a prison cell and medical facility to accommodate the prisoner.

The members of the Rubber Asylum jury discusses each case and decide on any punishments to be met out. After the correction process is over, the prisoner is released back into society a better person.

Skin Two Rubber Ball 2005 is coming to Sydney, Australia! The party date is set to the 26th of February 2005. Doors open 9pm - party ends 3am.

The world's premier celebration of fetish glamour and style - Sydney's first international SKIN TWO party featuring the cream of new and established fetish labels ... The only things we take seriously are our fetish & costumes! Come and party alongside Sydney's fun loving fetishists and fashionistas!

Now in its 14th year in the UK the Ball is an amazing congregation of beautifully dressed fetishists providing a platform for designers old and new by incorporating fashion moments into the evening's events. In addition to all the colorful costumes from both the designers and guests, there will be performances by local & international divas. This fabulous event is coming to Sydney as part of the 2005 Mardi Gras Festival. It is not to be missed.

For further information visit: www.rubberball.net.au

I wish to strengthen my local latex community. Therefore I have decided to arrange a Latex Munch here in Copenhagen. Everyone is invited!

The Latex Munch will take place on the 2'nd Febuary, 19.00 hours, at a café in central Copenhagen.

I have created a invitation for my Danish readers. If you don't read Danish and are in the area and would like to attend, please contact me directly.

The new issue of Senze Magazine features great fashion from NoPainNoGain, Inner Sanctum, House of Harlot, Katja Ehrhardt, profiles of Kumi Monster and Kariwanz and a report from the Kink in the Caribbean and much, much more.

Senze Magazine is made by Stellan Stebe, a skillfully designer and photographer from Malmöe in Sweden. The best thing about Senze Magazine is that it's 100% free to anyone with a web browser. All the pages are published online as images.

I have updated the latex art gallery with five sexy latex pin-up's! The beauties where done by Krysztof Nemeth.

Krysztof Nemeth is a graphic designer and illustrator, specializing in pin-up art with fetish, gothic, and retro themes. Inspired by both classic and contemporary pin-up art and photography, Krysztof Nemeth creates clean, sharp, playful but dangerous illustrations in pen and ink. His works has also been featured in Skin Two.

If you want to see more of Krysztof Nemeth's works, please visit his website: Charm School - Art & Design.

I finally got my picture in a major fetish magazine! I have not seen the new issue of SkinTwo yet, but the word says it's the photo from the Torture Garden's SKIN TWO Special, where I dressed as a latex priest, is trying to preach some good behavior into Sway. I know. An impossible task, but I tried. The photo was taken by Martin Perreault. Thank you, Martin!

I also heard that Valentina won an award for "best medical themed outfit" during the SkinTwo Rubber Ball. Congratulation!

Lovely Shiny Aline, sent me 20 shiny new latex photos for the guest gallery. Enjoy!

Shiny Aline is a 22 year old single girl from Germany with a taste for latex, pvc, nylon, high heels and boots, corsets, long coats! I had the pleasure at meeting Aline at last years fetish ball in Berlin.

Other updated latex galleries...
The sweet Übergal sent me a x-mas present. Who can refuse a latex wrapped present? Better late, that never!

MissFuzzyBunny sent me some new latex photos too! Check her gallery for some fabulous shots of the Bunny in red latex!

Germany’s biggest fetish will return this May! Here is the program for the Weekend 13th – 15th May 2005:

Friday 13th

• German Fetish Fair - Day 1
  The fetish exhibition has doubled it’s size and will present a wide variety of national and international fetish brands, craftsmen, designers, suppliers, shops and so on.
  
• Official German Fetish Ball PreParty @ KitKatClub
  Wild kick off party at the legendary fetish club in Berlin.
  
  Saturday 14th
  
• German Fetish Fair – Day 2
  Another day of great exhibitors and various performances.
  
• Xklusiv Fetish Dinner @ h.h.müller
  Skin Two LateXtra rated the 2004 dinner the best fetish dinner ever seen. Surely an entertaining evening with extravaganza!
  
• German Fetish Ball – The Playparty @ DarkSideClub
  The DarkSideClub is a real cool place for BDSM play in Berlin. It has nice brick stone Arches and quality sm gear. It will be a perfect place for chilling and playing.
  
  Sunday 15th
  
• German Fetish Ball II
  The Ball 2004 became right from the start Germany’s biggest event and the guest came from all over the world. This years Ball offers a huge program, lots of fetish fashion, international show acts.

Further details will be announced soon at the German Fetish Ball website. All people interested in exhibiting at the German Fetish Fair should contact Xklusiv.

Bibatex is a new latex designer from the Netherlands there opened in December 2004. Bibatex offers everything from latex fashion to latex furniture and accessories.

Syren has added some new mens items to their online catalogue, mostly in the t-shirts section.

I noticed that Atelier Kunzmann has redesigned their website and it now comes in 8 languages. Kunzmann where one of the first companies to actually produce latex fashion. So if you want a lesson in latex history, the Kunzmann history website is highly recommendable.

Updated the latex artwork gallery with five new artworks from Poul, the guy behind the website Image-Machine.com". The artwork are made by combineing computer graphic and latex photography.

Here is what Poul has to say about his website and art:
"My website is an amateur site in the true sense - assembled simply for the enjoyment of the project. Our reward is the opportunity to learn techniques, to try a few new things and the satisfaction of watching visit counter going up. It's all in the early stages at the moment, but the projects will become more ambitious as I learn to use the tools (and invest in more clothes). But whatever we do, the plan is to keep it growing and to keep it free".

A major fetish event is comming during the Easter holidays (25th-28th March, 2005) in Germany, the Fetish Evolution Weekend:

• Friday 25th - "Nuit Bizarre Dinner & Party"
• Saturday 26th - "Fetish Soirée" - Leisure Fetish Dinner, which is presented by MARQUIS. Performance: sexy Emily Marilyn!
• Saturday 26th - "Church of Decadence" - Cybergothic Party im ConSum, Düsseldorf
• Sunday 27th - "Fetish Evolution" - (the Main Party Event) at the Mudia Art in Essen
• Sunday / Monday 28th - Fetish Expo at the House of Sports near Essen, including a fetish art and photography exhibition.

For the main party on Sunday, a fashion show is planned consisting of presentations by various designers. The last Fetish Evolution party attracted well over a thousand guests.

In addition, Fetish Evolution would like to invite latex designers and other fetish vendors to participate in the Fashion Show and the Fetish Expo. For more information please contact Miguel Infante from Fetish Evolution.

Trick or treat? I noticed this funny "latex gimp" hood, with what looks like a fake/painted straps and zip mouth, at regular costume shop called SillyJokes.co.uk for only £16.95!

They even got the description, just right:
"The texture of this mask is amazing. It is so soft and smooth. Light weight latex overhead mask which is like a soft flexible second skin".

"I am a lifestyle submissive latex fetishist. My submissive nature meerged in High School in th e1970's and I was taken by my Dom as his wife in 1975. I am bisexual and intersted in heavy rubber BDSM scenes. Recently, I have moved to California from texas, quit my job and I now live a rubber-centric submissive lifestyle 24/7."

- Latex Lady

Just added a new artist called "WARDOG" to the latex art gallery. WARDOG been illustrating his fetish obsessions for years now. He started with pencil and ink back in 1980 and has created new pictures, mostly for his own entertainment, ever since. WARDOG used acrylic paint and an airbrush for his early color work, but today he use photo manipulation, 3D rendering and Photoshop coloring.

Latex artists wanted!
Remember that the artwork gallery is open for any latex teamed art; drawings, paintings, 3D, computer graphic or composites. Please mail me your name, url and five samples of your best artwork.

Rubber is a familiar product in everyday life, used in car manufacturing, building, agriculture and clothing. Around the world, inner tubes and tyres from cars, motor bikes and bicycles are reused or reworked for secondary uses. Just look at Road Rash Rubber and
Zuss Fashion Design unique rubber fashions and the bags and other accessories from Used Rubber USA and Vulcana.

The same qualities that makes rubber strong and bouncy also make it difficult to break down and recycle. Worldwide, 25 million tonnes of rubber tyres are discarded each year, often in landfill sites where it can take over 100 years for whole tyres to disintegrate.

The 2005 Bloggies Weblog Awards are a set of 30 publicly-chosen awards given to weblog writers and those related to weblogs.

Not only, would I be extremely honored if my website got nominated, it would also promote the wonders of latex to the vanilla world, thanks to the huge media coverage the 2005 Bloggies Weblog Awards receives!

So please, help me make a differnce and nominate "3xL : Lust, Love & Latex!" at the 2005 Bloggies Weblog Awards website:

Nominee: 3xL : Lust, Love & Latex!
URL: www.lustlovelatex.com

In the following categories:
- Best European Weblog
- Best Non-Weblog Content of a Weblog Site
- Best Topical Weblog
- Best-Kept-Secret Weblog
- Weblog of the Year

Thank you so much for your time and help!