Nuit Élastique is the biggest regular fetish party of Paris! The second Saturday of every month, it is the rendezvous of all the tribal-punk-goth fetishists and pierced freaks in gas-masks or WWII uniforms.
The next party will be on may 13. The dress code is strict. DJ's Francis Wolf, Erick, Blonde and Maxence shake down dark goth, electroclash and techno.

Club DOM is the new regular fetish club in Amsterdam. It will be held 6 times a year, first time on may 27. at The Tower. Absolute Danny took the initiative to start Club DOM, because lots of fetish people thought that Amsterdam needed a small intimate play party.
It's a have fun and play party for a 'small' intimate group of pervey people (100-150). The SM/Fetish 'incrowd', and of course you...
Club DOM presents the Meet & Greet Bondage Café, chill out room, fully equipped play areas, dance area, performances and a lot more!
Be there to meet, to chill, to play, or just to have fun!

After moving operations from the UK to the US, latex label Delicia has launched a brand new website with a brand new collection of latex styles. Delicia clothing combines fetish inspiration, couture designs and custom creations. Incorporating ribbon patterns and painstaking applique detail, the new collection is feminine, creative and edgy; elements stunningly brought out by all the models and photographers featured on the site, including Darenzia, Ariel X and Kelly Lind.

Check out Viking Footwear if you like rubber boots. Their Urban line includes retro rubber boots in almost any color, some cool rubber cowboy boots and even rubber galoshes.

The London Fetish Weekend arranged by Torture Garden takes place may 19.-21. The worlds largest fetish club celebrates its new London Fetish Weekend with its legendary Birthday Ball as the showpiece highlight. The 4 event weekend is kicked off on friday with Club Flesh. The Birthday Ball is on saturday. There will be playrooms, DJ's, performances, stage shows and of course enforced dresscode! Tickets for the 4 events are available separately. Get an event pass if you are going to participate in all 4 events.

The Dominatrix Limited Edition Party in Utrecht on june 4. will surprise you with special shows, a spinning line up and a fantastic atmosphere. The urban underground location will change into a Fetish Paradise.
There will be seven catacombs as playground, three dance areas and a lounge where you can meet new people and chat in a relaxed atmosphere.

Sunday morning, up early and grab a quick breakfast. Time to visit the "Expo and Art Bizarre" - a fetish expo including art exposition and exhibitors with interesting fetish goods and bizarre fashion articles. The expo was located in the nearby town of Ratingen.

The expo consisted of two long narrow halls combined by a art gallery. The halls was had lots of space and exclusive feel to them. The fetish art section was good quality and variation. There was photos, illustrations, and sculptures. All the art was for sale. The artists was present and happy to talk about their works.

There was plenty latex clothing vendors represented; Demask, Marquis, HW Design, Rubbers Finest and Schwarze Mode to mention a few (see full list here).

The vendors I found most interesting where Maria Sander Latexdesign with her luxious latex handbags, Rubbermagic with simple but beautiful designs and Rosengarn for their fun and festive designs. Among the non latex vendors, Dark Garden and AMF Korsets had some really great stuff on display.

All in all, a good little fetish expo.

I wanted to visit the FetishEvolution Weekend for some time. It's one of the major German fetish events, with multiple parties, a Dinner, a Expo and a exclusively booked Hotel. So it was with great appreciation I arrived to Essen friday afternoon.

I booked my room at the Mercure Plaza hotel, the main hotel of the event. I knew that there was going to be a lot of familiar faces around, so I was not surprised when I found Kumi, Darenzia, Dante Posh and others hanging out in the Lobby, when I checked in.

The first event was the "Models & Makers reception" in the hotel bar. The reception gave the vendors, models, photographers and the makers of the event a chance to meet and exchange information. I used the time to catch up with Belgium Marc, Sway, Kumi, Sandra, Alexander Horn, Ancilla Tilia and Marquis' editor Sandra. Afterwards I went out for a dinner with some Danish friends.

After a few drinks, it was time for the pre-party. And then it happened! All geared up, I fell down the hotel stairs, hurting my right thumb in the process! I think it was a combination of too much Jack Daniels and stairway covered by latex shine. Ouch!

The pre-party was hold a at a new trashy location called Fiasco, located in the centre of Essen. There was several party levels with multiple bars, lounge and dungeon sections and a huge dancefloor. The place was well visited and the music was cool. I took some photos of some of the people there and had great night!

Saturday morning I woke up with painful reminder of my meeting with the stairs the night before. After a excellent breakfast, I was off to a nearby hospital to get a check up of my hand. After a 4 hour wait and some x-rays, the doctor say; not broken, just sprained.

In the evening I had dinner in a Indian restaurant with Valentina, Belgium Marc, Sway, Ancilla and others. The majority of the guests was going to the Nuit Bizarre, a stylish fetish dinner, followed by a fetish party in a fancy location. I took it easy and went of to bed early.

To be continued...

You can make it if you hurry: The first Variant Ball takes place in Boston april 22. The Variant Ball is presented by Variant Images, and it is going to be an annual event. The first ball is hosted by Emily Marilyn (picture), and there will be perfomances by her and many others.
Strict fetish dresscode! Doors open at 9pm, tickets are 20$.

The Eromorph fetishball takes place in Club CENTRUM in Erfurt april 29. Now on two floors, there's plenty of place for the buffet, showacts, playroom and dance floor.

Latex design manufacturer Syren has recently been acquired by JT's Stockroom. Stockroom is the oldest adult toy company on the internet, with it's own range of BDSM and Fetish gear.

Syren was founded more than 20 years ago by Andy Wilkes. He has decided to leave the company to pursue other activities, but he might work with Stockroom on custom designs from time to time.

The Syren production team will be maintained, and all operations will continue. New designs will be added to the Syren range in the future, according to J. Mysterioso, Stockroom’s production manager. Read more on AVN.

Montreal's Club Sin creates a new website to launch the third edition of the Fetish Weekend. Having staged their regular monthly Club Sin events since 2004 as well as larger scale performances to groups of up to 7000, they are ready to welcome you for the third edition of the Montreal Fetish Weekend.

My local fetish club, Mainfest, is holding it's next members party on May 6. The theme is "RUBBER", so I'm sure to be there! Oh, and Kumi Monster is performing! Visit the Mainfest website to learn more about how you get membership.

Answer a simple fetish/bdsm question and win in a pair of latex bondage gloves! It almost sound to good to be true, but that's just what KinkyQuiz.dk is all about!

Where ever you're from you can win quality prizes for your kinky games. It is 100% free, and you do not have to give any personal information to join the fun. All you need is an email. Answer each quiz once a day to maximize your winning chances.

German lingerie and fetishwear designer Fräulein Ehrhardt in Hamburg has just added some new latex bras, stockings and torsolettes to her webshop.

Blackstyle has added a heavy 1.20 mm latex dog mask to the section with new items. Their toe socks is now available in a transparent version as well.

A Stuttgart-based company called Schlauch manufactures belts made of bicycle rubber tubes. One version even with a rubberized buckle.

The very first issue of the world famous SkinTwo magazine was published in 1984. Only 1000 copies were printed, so it's very rare indeed, a true collectors item!

Issue 1, 2 and 3 is for sale on eBay right now. Each issue is sold separately. The auction of issue 1 links to the auctions of issue 2 and 3.

The auctions ends on Sunday 9th April in the evening.

I have added two new reports to my archives. The first is my report from the Skin Two Rubber Ball 2005, the second is Uwe Rose from alterpic.com report from Kink in the Caribbean 2005.

"After a long flight we arrived on a Saturday in Jamaica. We were immediately welcomed by some other kinky people we knew from last years vacation. We went to our room and unpacked all our nice stuff we brought with us: a lot of rubber, sex toys including electricity, but very little normal clothing."

Read the SkinTwo Rubber Ball 2005 report here!

Read the Kink in the Caribbean 2005 report here!

Issue 55 of the SkinTwo magazine contains a special report that looks at the crossover between the worlds of BDSM and mainstream porn, considers current legal issues affecting both industries, talks to movers and shakers including a celebrated director making a welcome return to fetish film-making, and previews a new British fetish movie.
There is also two hot latex fashion shoots from San Francisco, more rubber from London and Hamburg, two great leather (yes, leather!) fashion shoots and some wonderful retro-style fetish and bondage photography.
The cover is from this issue’s fabulous food and fetishism shoot by Paris-based photographer Gérard Musy.

LA's hottest local television network show Red Light was broadcast last year. Red Light offered an outlet for the unusual and the underrepresented that are shunned by the mainstream media. These mind-opening documentaries of alternative lifestyles, stores, clubs and events uncovered the LA that stays out of the public eye.

One of the episodes showed the Red Light hostess dressing in latex and trying a vacbed for the first time, and she also participated in a photoshoot by fetish photographer Christine Kessler. That episode can be seen here, in case you missed it on TV.

House of Harlot has launched their new website and online store.

The new website will be the primary outlet for their products as they no longer operate their own retail store in London.
The online store contains their full range of the House of Harlot standard size designs, information about their custom design service, galleries and a guestbook will be added soon.

The site will be updated much more regularly in the future, so be sure to check it out once in a while.

A photographer of striking versatility as well as one of the world's finest photographic printmakers is dead. Bob Carlos Clarke made a wide range of memorable images in his career. He specialised in erotic images of women; his models - who ranged from Jerry Hall and Rachel Weisz to teenage girls plucked off the street - were often clad in skin-tight latex, posing provocatively, even pornographically, and his images attracted both controversy and critical acclaim.

Read more about Bob's life here.

"Flight canceled? You got be kidding me!" The plane was grounded due technical problems... And I was going to miss the fetish party at the Rubber restaurant Saturday night!

We arrived over 48 hours later, Sunday evening. To late for the party, but not to late for all the other fun in the Japanese capital. Spend the last week visiting various amusement parks, shopping for cool stuff and meeting old friends. I found some really nice latex/rubber teamed manga hentai books (see photo) there will be added to my manga collection at home.

My friend, Hide a.k.a. The Rubber Ninja and his cute new girlfriend, meet us at airport to hand over some delicious gifts and say goodbye. My dear japanese latex loving friends don't have to worry, I will come to Japan again...