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

I don’t know if its really comfortable to be restricting in one of these latex contraptions, but visually it looks great. And if I remember well, I think I saw some editorials in the past mixing latex/S&M props with some high fashion outfits…

HighGlossDolls presents a selection of their Fashion shoot for the Faulein Ehrhardt label – Shot by the designer herself Katja Ehrhardt – Take this as inspiration and think props, props !!

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Cent Magazine is a UK based, bi-annual publication that celebrates creativity in all its forms. ” We use no journalists, instead creatives themselves write about their own creative process.” Each issue is guest edited by a different creative who chooses a title that is core to their artistic process. Read the full story

Vampire/S&M style is the first impression I had of new UK based Womenswear label: Afira – The Collection is inspired by the strong, dark, archetypal woman, glamorous, passionate and heroic, from both past and present. Vamps, femme fatales and dominant women tell the stories. Leather, straps and some sheer are the main fabrics for their first collection, apparently they dont have any stockists yet, as they have barely launched…Stay tuned.

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Check out this American Psycho inspired fashion editorial for the upcoming June Issue of Dazed & Confused. Shot by Matt Irwin and styled by Robbie Spencer ,”There are obvious nods to American Psycho in the story,” says Irwin. “But what i really wanted to get across was a feeling of decomposition – of a situation degrading, becoming worse and irreversible.” Matt Irwin really likes to shoot these raw s&m inspired images. This editorial looks great!

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Check out this American Psycho inspired fashion editorial for the upcoming June Issue of Dazed & Confused. Shot by Matt Irwin and styled by Robbie Spencer ,”There are obvious nods to American Psycho in the story,” says Irwin. “But what i really wanted to get across was a feeling of decomposition – of a situation degrading, becoming worse and irreversible.” Matt Irwin really likes to shoot these raw s&m inspired images.  This editorial looks great!

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