For this TrendWatch we are focusing on a designer: Fleet Ilya and a actual trend: Fashion Bondage. Lately Fleet Ilya has been getting a lot of hype and exposure in the UK, the Central Saint Martins graphic design graduate developed what is widely regarded as her signature line: Restraint – a collection of hand-crafted luxury accessories for the sexually playful. Read the full story

You may recognize the work of designer Gabriella Marina Gonzalez from a feature we did on her earlier this year (see here), or perhaps you have seen her pieces on one of the many editorial features throughout pretty much every forward thinking publication in the last year. The hype is growing as she continues to develop collections and signature style. For SS 2011 Gonzalez has named her collection “The Cyclops Apprentice”.

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Bondage Ready to Wear has got to be one of my greatest weaknesses, and new upcoming British designer Hasan Hejazi has hit the nail on the head with his SS 2011 Collection. His playful and sexy frocks were photographed by Rankin and inspired by 90′s supermodels Cindy, Christy, Eva, Helena, Linda, Naomi, Kate and Claudia.
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Luxury lingerie label Bordelle is back with its latest serving of high-class fetishism for SS 2011. Inspired by the sexual confidence of great icons of the 50’s such as Bettie Page with a modern twist of Brigitte Nelson and Helmut Newton strong feminine imagery, the SS11 collection is a perfect blend of modern fetishism and retro silhouettes.

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Yesterday while I was running around the city I stopped in to peep the status at Opening Ceremony NYC, and after looking through racks and racks of private label Opening Ceremony collection, which is a very well edited collection of must have items of the season, I got to a collection that made my mouth water. G.V.G.V. is a Japanese label whose SS09 collection concentrates on hyper bondage/constructed graphic dresses which are Read the full story

I remember having a hard time trying to categorize this brand when I first introduced it in January (see here). British designer Alex Pop calls her collection Bodywear, a term more commonly associated with yoga or work-out clothes, but welcome to a whole new world! Bordelle’s absolutely refreshing and equally innovative designs have won the Read the full story