LEATHER!
Why One Artist Tattoos Bittersweet Ink on Fruit
Sought-after tattoo artist Amanda Wachob applies her art to various surfaces for different reasons.
Seaweed Could Help Clean Up Our Dirty Garment Industry
Fashion and clothing is one of the least sustainable industries in the world. Could these biofabrics be the answer?
Leather Landscapes as Self-Portraits of Fetish and Devotion
In her first LA solo show, Tamara Santibañez presents her latest series of large-scale fetish studies at Slow Culture Gallery.
DNA Analysis Reveals the Fashion Sense of a 5,300-Year-Old Mummy
Here’s your fashion guide to the Copper Age.
Leather Pants Are Bad, and The Stone Roses Do Not Like Them
Apparently Slash offered to join group after John Squire left in 1996, but Ian Brown and company decided "we’re not going to work with a guy with leather pants, are we?"
Inside Up Your Alley, the Filthiest Leather Festival in America
There's no wrong way to show your kink at this mecca of sex on the fringe.
Inside a Fetish Kennel in Upstate New York
A pup invited me to his sprawling "kennel" near the coast of Lake Ontario to photograph him wearing his functional fetish gear and get a rare look inside his pup haven.
Tender Photos of an NYC BDSM Street Festival
At the annual fetish fair Folsom Street East in NYC, all of the kinksters came out to have some old fashioned fun in the sun, which, for a group used to dark bars, dingy hotel rooms, and makeshift dungeons, was a welcomed change of scenery.
Laurice’s ‘Big Boy’ Is Not For the Prudish or Those Allergic to Leather
“His pole went straight through my heart”
Luxembourg Is Set to Become the Most Animal-Friendly Country in the World
Proposed new animals rights legislation — which states animals are sentient beings with certain rights, who can experience anguish — has been described as the most progressive in the world.
This BDSM Consultant Teaches Famous Actors How to Use Whips
For the past decade, Olivia Troy has been consulting for TV shows, film sets, and Broadway plays to help actors and writers get it right when it comes to portraying kink on screen or stage.
A Brief History of the Leather Jacket in Rock n Roll
The leather jacket in the 21st century is in a curious place.