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26/08/2025

Coming in mid-September, Michelle Mildenhall: Sixty-Nine is the renowned British latex artist’s biggest ever exhibition – a retrospective of her 15 years of creating pop art from sheet latex. The show in St Leonards will open with an evening at which dressing-up will be encouraged and prizes awarded! In this preview, The Fe**shistas celebrates Michelle’s oeuvre, featuring examples of pieces on exhibit.
https://thefetishistas.com/michelle-mildenhall-sixty-nine-show/

03/08/2025

THE ORIGINAL Fe**shistas August cover story previewing Chicago’s new Lash! party — co-hosted by photographer Alejandra Guerrero on Aug 9 — has been reinstated after a short period offline for some minor adjustments. You can find it here: https://thefetishistas.com/lash-chicago-guerrero-party

Meanwhile, Tony M’s better-late-than-never review of Guerrero’s Auto Erotica photo-book, which temporarily assumed cover story duties, has now returned to its earlier home in the reviews section here: https://thefetishistas.com/alejandras-auto-erotica-photo-book/

30/07/2025

BETTER LATE THAN NEVER: We finally received a review copy of photographer Alejandra Guerrero’s 2023 Circa Press monograph Auto Erotica, so we’ve reviewed it. In summary, it turns the cliché of “chicks ’n’ cars” on its head. The cars here might be cool and powerful — but so are the women! Incidentally Alejandra is also about to co-host a new event in Chicago, which is the subject of The Fe**shistas August cover story, live now. Look out for separate FB post about it or just go straight to The Fets!
https://thefetishistas.com/alejandras-auto-erotica-photo-book/

27/05/2025

German Fe**sh Ball Weekend reconvenes in Berlin on May 28 with 5 days of festivities. TheFe**shistas has a 3-page preview of the full programme, including the two-day Fair, Friday’s Fe**shGuerilla Revolution, Saturday’s headlining Ball and more. Banner image: Ada Zanditon Couture (model: ; photo: )
https://thefetishistas.com/german-fetish-ball-2025-preview/

19/05/2025

Fe**shistas May Cover previews Pleasure Bay 2025, the fourth annual edition of the new ‘sun, sea and sand’ getaway that will happen on the island of Crete this October. The article gets the story behind the event from its German co-hosts Marquis and SubRosaDictum, and details all the booking options including the new XXL extended-stay package. Banner image from Pleasure Bay 2024 by
https://thefetishistas.com/pleasure-bay-2025-preview/

06/05/2025

Well this year’s Met Gala certainly inspired some fab outfits (writes Tony Mitchell) although there didn’t appear to be a square inch of latex anywhere to be seen! There were a few fet-adjacent styles but even the most confirmed rubber-lovers like Megan Thee Stallion were sporting more conventional fabrics this time.
For my money, the overall winner was Janelle Monáe, below, in this amazing (and possibly Picasso-inspired) piece of optical illusionary styling. Again, not latex (which Janelle has been known to favour) – but you can’t have everything, I suppose!
You can check out 146 of the Met Gala’s amazing looks at Entertainment Weekly’s Red Carpet album page here:
https://ew.com/met-gala-2025-red-carpet-photos-11727880

18/03/2025

To the stories of Camden Stables Market’s FAB.London closing in April for redevelopment, The Fe**shistas can add the news that the shop will have a month-long closing-down sale until its last trading day on April 19, while the business will continue online. Banner: FAB.London owner Max Deviant and partner Marnie Scarlet. Photo: Tony Mitchell
https://thefetishistas.com/fab-london-closing-down/

17/03/2025

FORGET ME NOT is a new Circa Press book project currently funding on Kickstarter, and featuring the photography and art of New York-based Helena Calmfors. The Fe**shistas presents an overview of the campaign content, including a selection of images from the book and details of the rewards on offer for those who pledge their support.
https://thefetishistas.com/forget-me-not-helena-calmfors/

14/03/2025

FETISHISTAS MARCH COVER: Fade in Decay is a new artistic collective led by Iris Trika, designer behind latex labels House of Harlot and Iris Thespider. FID launched during London Fashion Week with Metamorphosis, a couture fashion performance, and afterwards, Iris explained to Tony Mitchell how the latex scene, the wider fashion scene and current world events have shaped the project and her thoughts about the future. Banner by TonyM: Iris in front of the mural she painted on her studio wall
https://thefetishistas.com/iris-trika-fade-in-decay/

11/02/2025

Charmskool Showroom, the first permanent retail venue for Charmskool, soft-launches in E London on Weds Feb 12, just in time for Valentine’s Weekend. Alexandra Houston tells us what to expect from the initial opening and longer term plans.
Banner: .babe models Sorayama Goddess Set by Ada Zanditon (photo: )
https://thefetishistas.com/charmskool-showroom-opens/

03/01/2025

FETISHISTAS JANUARY COVER STORY: Originally published on Dec 30 and now re-published with revisions to Page 4, this is Tony Mitchell’s overview of Jane Garrett’s revealing new biography of pioneering artist John Willie – creator of Bizarre magazine, Sweet Gwendoline and much more – combined with an extensive interview with the author. An absorbing long read for the New Year! https://thefetishistas.com/john-willie-a-bizarre-life/

31/12/2024