Erik von Gutenberg announced the Cyber Sin Party from Eric Paradis in Montreal December 2 with DJ Kommandant! A great fetish party announced here on the Blog! See you there!
Erik von Gutenberg is proud to present the Von Gutenberg Fetish Ball 2011 in Tampa Florida! November 11 and 12 will be a great weekend and the last chance to escape before the holiday season!
Great DJ’s and the top performance from MiMi Cheery from Montreal in addition to the Von Gutenberg Couture Fashion show! In a nutsshell an event not to miss as always at Von Gutenberg Magazine!
More Information:
Nov 12th Vongutenberg/Secretroom Fetish Magazine Ball
Annual Art Fashion and Erotica Event for the
Fetish Magazine VonGutenberg by Jsin of Secretroom.Net
at the Amazing Castle Club in Ybor city
… Headline performance by;
International Star Mimi Cherie (pictured)
of Montreal Canada
Guest DJ Steve Woodman of the KitKat Club in Germany !!!
much more t.b.a. Asap
Djs Danny Bled – Ft.Lauderdale
Nemesis
Sean
Tom Gold
GoGo dancers;
Maus
Sheena
Defenzmechanizm
Ladee Danger
M.C.Host ; J-Sin
Erotic Art show
Vending by Synthflesh
$15 Before Midnight if dressed in;
Latex Fur Feathers Leather Vinyl PVC Lingerie Apocalypse Cyber Gothic Steampunk Edwardian Uniforms Tokyo Glampop
$20 everything else~
Castle Dungeon has a strict dresscode to enter !!!
Private Mayan Sacrifice Show Fri 11/11/2011
~ in the Dungeon Only ~
Defenzmechanizm , Xzanthia, and JSin sacrifice multiple victims and eat their hearts ..
Hotel – Hampton Inn & Suites Tampa/Ybor City/Downtown
1301 East 7th Avenue, Tampa, Florida, USA 33605
Tel: 1-813-247-6700
For the Special Hotel Group Block say passcode;
“Secretroom”
Hotel is a $5 cabride from the Castle
there were 50 rooms available as of Oct 5th
Castle Club
http://www.castleybor.com/The_Castle/Home.html
2004 North 16th St Tampa/Ybor
tickets here: www.vongutenberg.com/shop
Erik von Gutenberg is proud to present the upcoming www.dommetrips.com event in Tampa, Florida next moth.
The kinky global holidays for everybody who likes to play and have a great time. Every night has a different theme and the details are right here:
http://dommetrips.com/tampa-oct-2011-events-themes/
It starts on Wednesay October 12 with a big Meet & Greet and Cocktails and WEAR THE HAT! In Tampa of course pool activities are fun the whole week and the resort Caliente is just the ideal venue for that.
Friday, Saturday and Sunday are the top nights with VG Latex Fashion Show, Performances and secretroom.net and subversion UK bringing great entertainment to you!
The Events features:~ Exclusive events for our group
~ A full dungeon set up in a villa with furniture and there’s a hot tub at the dungeon.
~ poolside djs mashing up a mix of hip hop and sexy international house music for that south beach vibe
~ water and sand volleyball courts
~ outdoor BBQ grill · hamburgers · hotdogs etc
~ poolside drink service and servers
~ vip cabanas · daybeds · bottle service – For VIP Cabana or Bottle Service Reservations please call (813) 675-4465 after booking your trip
~ a massive 250,000 gallon pool and a relaxing waterfall with a 23,000 gallon pool and hot tub on the upper deck.
~ RAIN or SHINE – an indoor nightclub adjacent to the pool (if it starts to rain, we simply move the party inside)
~ Fitness Room including Yoga, Pilates, Aerobics Classes etc.
~ Spa Services
~ Pool tables
~ Disco
~ Tennis Courts
~ Piano Bar
~ Karaoke
~ Water Volleyball Courts
~ Sand Volleyball Courts,
~ Fully Stocked Liquor Bars with Happy Hours Specials
~ 2 Restaurants
To book call 00-1-980-613-2294
Feel free to leave voicemail there for a return call for booking info. We accept paypal, wire transfer, checks, and money orders.
The price includes your hotel room on the property, admission on the grounds with all of the pools, the disco, all the fetish parties, fashion shows, and access to ALL the dungeon parties. Airport transfers are $65.00 each way per couple (unfortunately its the same for a single) or $130 for the round trip and must be paid in advance (a cab will cost approx $90 each way) . We would advise that hiring a car would be more cost effective. Please be aware that this resort is NOT all inclusive. You can put money on a room debit card to carry around with you for food and alcohol purchases and the money is refundable if you don’t use it all. You MUST book via DommeTrips.com not the resort to gain entry to the parties and be part of the event.
Erik von Gutenberg is proud to announce the London Fetish Weekend from Sept 30, 2011 to October 2, 2011! Check the website and get your tickets now! Weekend Packages now under 70 British Pound!
Here the website: www.LondonFetishWeekend.com
Shop until you drop at the London Alternative Market during Saturday daytime then get yourself dolled up on Saturday night for Torture Garden, the world biggest fetish club, who will be rolling out the big guns for a spectacular event on Saturday night.
Sunday will start at a leisurely pace offering a quintessentially British Sunday roast lunch alongside an optional rope dojo/workshop, aptly titled Rope and Roast. Sunday evening will get a little darker to round off the weekend with a special Club Subversion Play Party where you can sit and chill with friends or get busy playing in the extended dungeon.
All the events will be bringing their unique style and expertise to a full weekend of the very best of UK fetish clubbing, entertainment and shopping.
Erik von Gutenberg is proud to announce Fetish Con Tampa, Florida next week July 28 to July 31! Check out the website: www.fetishcon.com
Erik von Gutenberg is proud to announce Subversion again June 4, 2011.
Erik von Gutenberg is proud to announce the next Fetish Royal Amusement Dinner with the Baroness in New York!
Sunday, June 5th, New York City: The Baroness’ Royal Amusements XI is an intimate, decadent, haute-couture event for those who believe that “Any Occasion to Dress is an Occasion to Overdress!”
The evening begins with a private, intimate, fetish dinner (seating is limited to 30) with a strictly-enforced dress code of latex, leather, fetish, formal, fantastic, steampunk, Victorian, burlesque, wearable art, or wherever your fantasy takes you (as long as it includes dressing up). Held at Affaire (formerly China 1), 50 Avenue B at 4th street. Followed by a fetish parade to the season finale Fetish Retinue play party!
Festivities begin at 7 p.m. with an hour for cocktails. Mingle and meet fellow revelers over appetizers and unlimited champagne, then sit down for dinner, with choices of entrées (including short rib a la bourguignon, grilled salmon in sherry reduction, and a vegetarian entree of steamed vegetables with pasta), followed by desert and coffee.
Included with their ticket, guests receive complimentary admission to The Baroness’ special Season Finale Fetish Retinue party (immediately following dinner,) a fetish goodie bag with special treats, a raffle ticket, and the chance to win awards for best outfits! Plus a 10% discount on The Baroness’ Elegant, Provocative, Latex fashions to help them with that goal!
After dinner is the Fetish Parade spectacle as the Royal Revelers strut a few short blocks (turning heads along the way) to The Baroness’s season finale Fetish Retinue party, (at White Noise, 225 Avenue B, between 13th & 14th streets) where there will be special entertainment along with the usual play and madness!
Royal Amusements tickets are $100 per person and can be purchased online at http://www.baroness.com/Tickets/RA2011.html, by phone after 2pm: 212 529 5964, or at The Baroness boutique: 530 B East 13th Street, (between Avenues A & B) New York City, Monday-Saturday 2-7 Thursday 2-9. For those coming as a group or wanting a private table, arrangements can be made.
Erik von Gutenberg is proud to present the Torture Garden Weekend in London May 6!
Torture Garden 20th Birthday Weekend Presents:
TG Fetish Ball – Launch Party
10pm – 5am
@ Mass (2 Room Layout)
St Mathews Church, Brixton Hill London SW2 1JF
Club Room
Performances by:
Suka Off (Poland)
Roxy Velvet
Fancy Chance
DJs: Allen TG, Jimmy Mofo, Scottee
Electro House, Dirty Electro, Ghetto House, Booty Breakz, Drum n Bass
Dungeon Arena
Music: Atmospheric, Ritual, Erotica, Film Soundscapes
SM & Medical Play Equipment
Multi-screen Body Mutation Visuals
Enforced Fantasy Dress Code – Explore Your Imagination!
Fantasy * Fetish * Latex * Body Art * Drag * Burlesque * Uniform * Medical * Militaria * Berlin Kabaret * Boudoir * Moulin Rouge * Venice Carnival * Circus Side Show * Top Hat & Tails * Surrealism * Electro Fashion Freak * Steam Punk etc
Full Costumes Only / No Cheesy & Cheap Fancy Dress Copies / No Casual Street Wear / No Street Camouflage / No Jeans / No Cotton T -Shirts!
No Cameras / No Refund If Not In Dress Code!
Advance Tickets: £15 TG Members / £20 Non Mem
Online www.torturegarden.com (+ booking fee)
Shop Outlets:
Torture Garden Clothing @ House of Harlot – 90 Holloway Rd, London N7
Cyberdog – Unit 14, Stables Market, Chalk Farm Road, London, NW1 8AH
Liberation – 49 Shelton St, Covent Garden WC2
Regulation – 17a St Albans Place, Angel N1
Tickets On Door: £18 TG Memb / £23 Non Mem
www.torturegarden.com / TG Office Info Tel: + 44 (0)20 7613 4733
Von Gutenberg Media with Fetish Blog, Couture and Magazine: www.vongutenberg.com
Von Gutenberg Magazine is extremely proud to be presenting the FIRST East Coast Event held for VONGUTENBERG.Com Magazine with Secretroom.Net!
The newest and hottest Fetish/Fashion/Art & Fantasy Magazine to be domestically available in Borders and Barnes & Noble, and in Europe & Australia!!
2 Headspinning Performances by MOSH!!! of Russia/L.a.
Covergirl Model for Bizarre Magazine 3 x, Legshow,
SEXY Latex Fetish Show by Idelsy of Miami
Latex Fashion Show by Maggie Delena of Miami
Latex Couture Fashion Show by Vongutenberg Couture
Fetish performance by Lady Lethe and La Gata Negra of Miami
Tickets here: http://www.vongutenberg.com/shop/Event-Tickets/
Hosts;
Mc Kip
J-Sin
Vortex
Erotic Art Show by Ikaros Art Collective;
http://www.ikarosartcollective.com/index2.php?v=v1#/info1/1/
Location: Fantasy Ball at Quad at 714 Spring Street NW 30308 until 5am
Erik von Gutenberg is proud to announce the Fetish Film Festival coming up in Los Angeles April 14 to 16. Don’t miss the LA event of the year.
URL: www.losangelesfetishfilmfestival.com
Erik von Gutenberg is proud to announce Freaks and Fetish
Back for its third year in a row, the Lizard Lounge and Allen Falkner Presents brings you the freakiest fetish event Dallas has ever seen, Freaks and Fetish! This party promises to be crazier and hotter than either of the previous years with the following performers:
Swing Shift Sideshow – Las Vegas’ Most Astounding Troupe of Extreme Circus Freaks – From the streets of Sin City come a team of performers guaranteed to shock and amaze. Andrew S., Kelvikta the Blade and Jenn O. Cide bring classic carnival entertainment screaming into the 21st Century. Witness ancient and deadly feats of skill along with jaw dropping “never before seen” original stunts. World Class sword swallowing, belly dancing and Mind Over Body demonstrations are just the beginning. What other sideshow performers would consider a grand finale is only a warm up for these innovative and fearless performance artists.
Mosh – Los Angeles –Like most phenomenal talents, Mosh took the alternative scene by storm. Within just a few years this petite-sized Russian beauty is now one of the most recognizable and sought after models in the industry. In the fetish universe dominated by Betty Page look-alikes, Mosh shines brightly with her platinum blond locks and an angelic expression reflecting the state of perpetual ecstasy. Her performance at last year’s Dallas Fetish Ball was such an overwhelming success, that she’s being brought back once again.
Genne Laakso – Using a post-industrial aesthetic, the artist pushes the boundaries of jewelry by exploring ways to create rituals of wearing, marking, and recovery through the creation of objects that make physical demands upon the wearer. The audience is confronted by a contradiction: the visual elegance, and intricacy to each piece: beauty; and the threatening psychical attributes of the found objects: pain. The culminating pieces of the series knit together contemporary practices of ornament, piercing, the physical attributes of flesh suspension.
Southtownbaby – Arkansas – A beautiful young woman hanging from hooks in her flesh. Need more be said?
Håvve Fjell – Oslo, Norway – The Headmaster provides a power packed rollercoaster of breathtaking entertainment, taking the audience on a ride trough beautiful and bizarre sideshow acts, pushing the limits of body and mind, making every performance a visual experience of brutal aesthetics and extreme body control that never ceases to shock and amuse! Every show will leave scars on the body and give the public a thrilling sensation never to be forgotten.
For more event information visit the Lizard Lounge Website – http://thechurchdallas.com/
Doors open at 9:00 – 18+ $10 over / $15 under 21 / $5 off with dog tag or Church VIP
Von Gutenberg Magazine is extremely proud to be presenting the FIRST East Coast Event held for VONGUTENBERG.Com Magazine with Secretroom.Net!
The newest and hottest Fetish/Fashion/Art & Fantasy Magazine to be domestically available in Borders and Barnes & Noble, and in Europe & Australia!!
2 Headspinning Performances by MOSH!!! of Russia/L.a.
Covergirl Model for Bizarre Magazine 3 x, Legshow,
SEXY Latex Fetish Show by Idelsy of Miami
Latex Fashion Show by Maggie Delena of Miami
Latex Couture Fashion Show by Vongutenberg Couture
Fetish performance by Lady Lethe and La Gata Negra of Miami
Tickets here: http://www.vongutenberg.com/shop/Event-Tickets/
Hosts;
Mc Kip
J-Sin
Vortex
Erotic Art Show by Ikaros Art Collective;
http://www.ikarosartcollective.com/index2.php?v=v1#/info1/1/
18-20 admitted $15
21+ Discounted admission $10
Latex, Vinyl, Steampunk, Costumes, Superheroes, Cosplay, Crossdressing, Drag,
Clowns, Apocalyptic, Circusfreaks, Cyber, Lingerie, Etc.. Be Creative!!
more t.b.a. soon!!
Saturday, April 9 at 10:00pm – April 10 at 5:00am
Event is being held at the Amazing New Nightclub;
Quad
714 Spring Street NW
Atlanta, GA 30308
Quad has 5 rooms, on 2 levels.
plus Outdoor Patio/Smoking Area
Vip Area $200 top shelf Bottle Service
4 people minimum, ($50 each)
w/ all Mixers, + a server included!!!
Drinks – $5 Wells till last call @230 A.M.
Club stays open till 5am !!!
Erik von Gutenberg is proud to announce the Return of RUBBERDOLL tonight at the Mist Nightclub in San Francisco!
Theme: Grande Fetish Ball
Time: 9pm to 2 am
Location: MIST Night Club, 316 11th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
Performances by Rubberdoll, Jean Bardot along with a great presentation & demonstration by Atelier Gothique. Top DJ’s will spin all night and get dressed in your best Latex. VIP area upstairs, play stations, and gogo dancers throughout the club.
Grande Fetish Ball San Francisco, Saturday,March 11, dresscode strictly enforced!
Tickets: www.vongutenberg.com/shop
First pictures from last night:
Erik von Gutenberg is proud to announce the second night at Von Gutenberg Fetish Ball weekend:
Friday, March 11 at the Mist Night Club
Theme: Fashion and Fantasy Night
Time: 9pm to 2am
Location: MIST Night Club, 316 11th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
Performances by Jewell Marceau and Sin Fisted and much more, come and dress to impress, top DJ’s will spin the whole night. Play stations throughout the club.
See you tonight!
Erik von Gutenberg
Erik von Gutenberg is excited to have the Fetish Ball next week in San Francisco March 10, 11 and 12. The official box offices are:
Mister S
Cafe Wicked Grounds
Thursday, March 10 at Mister S in San Francisco
Theme: X treme Rubber Play Party
Time: 9pm to 2am
Location: 385 8th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
Performances by Mina de Sade and SIN Fisted and much more, play and bring your toys and Heavy Rubber encouraged. Top DJ’s from the Bay area will secure the right “Ambiente” for Play & Dance and Fun
There will be no tickets sold at the door Thursday Night, only weekend pass holders allowed and tickets pre purchased online or paper tickets at the box offices at Mister S store and Wicked Grounds Cafe in San Francisco.
Friday, March 11 at the Mist Night Club
Theme: Fashion and Fantasy Night
Time: 9pm to 2am
Location: MIST Night Club, 316 11th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
Performances by Jewell Marceau and Soma Snakeoil and much more, come and dress to impress, top DJ’s will spin the whole night. Play stations throughout the club.
Saturday, March 12 at the Mist Night Club – THE RETURN OF RUBBERDOLL
Theme: Grande Fetish Ball
Time: 9pm to 2 am
Location: MIST Night Club, 316 11th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
Performances by Rubberdoll, Jean Bardot, and SIN Fisted along with a great presentation & demonstration by Atelier Gothique. Top DJ’s will spin all night and get dressed in your best Latex. VIP area upstairs, play stations, and gogo dancers throughout the club.
Grande Fetish Ball San Francisco, Saturday,March 11, dresscode strictly enforced!
Sunday, March 13, Cafe Wicked Ground Social
Meet for Cafe at the Cafe Wicked Ground at 2pm in latex and play. The friendly staff will make sure that some bowl for the puppies and rope is available.
Event tickets: www.vongutenberg.com/shop
Erik von Gutenberg is proud to announce Atelier Gothique as a premuim sponsor for the Von Gutenberg Fetish Ball March 10, 11 and 12 in San Francisco.
Von Gutenberg Fetish Ball March 10, 11, 12th 2011
VIP Raffle Grand Prize Event
Donated by
Atelier Gothique
If you do not have a VIP Ticket Now Is the Time To Get One!
The “Event” will be held at MIST Night Club on Saturday, March 12th 2011 at 10:00PM.
Limit one raffle entry per VIP ticket holder
The event will start off with a very erotic Violet Wand with Atelier Gothique’s Master & servant© demonstration performance conducted by Atelier Gothique’s Beautiful Models:
Lacy Black, Jordan Solaris, and Seraphina Black
After their demonstration anyone wanting to experience a violet wand whether it is your 1st or 50th time is welcome to come up and let our models have their way with you!
Then at 1:00AM. one very lucky VIP ticket holder’s name will be drawn.
The winner will receive the custom “Master & servant© Kit”
Combined Value $2,550.00
Master & servant XL©
By Atelier Gothique (www.ateliergothique.com)
The finest “Flogger” necklace ever made, leaving all others submissively cowering!
With its solid, rounded stature, free sliding hidden bail, and graceful silky smooth free moving tendrils this pendant looks as amazing as it feels while worn against the skin and better yet run over the flesh. This version of our luxurious slide / pendant is manufactured in our custom hypo allergenic surgical implant grade stainless steel alloy and contains 14 burnish set round brilliant cut black diamonds in the “Handle Orbs”. when paired with a high end violet wand & body contact probe turns this necklace into the 1st ever high end jewelry / fetish toy that will bring your submissive to shocking new levels!
A Violet Wand kit specially assembled by 100 Proof Lifestyle Toys specifically for Atelier Gothique’s “Master & servant©” Flogger Slide / Necklace.
The kit contains (1) Fitted case (1) 50,000 volt Violet Wand with a high performance upgrade kit
(1) Custom high performance body contact probe with ball chain core (1) Stainless Steel Wartenberg Wheel (1) Stainless Steel Branding pick (1) Spiral Glass electrode with violet gas
(Value Master & servant Necklace© $2050.00 Value Violet Wand Kit $500.00)
Erik von Gutenberg is proud to be presenting the 2011 VG Fetish Ball again in San Francisco March 10,11 and 12! Please see below the video from the last event which will give you a good idea what is happening:
Fantasy, Fashion and Fun pure over 3 days with RUBBERDOLL, Jean Bardot, Mina de Sade, SIN Fisted and many more Fetish highlights!
Get your tickets now here:
Erik von Gutenberg is proud to announce the next subversion in London, UK. It will be a blast again!
Erik von Gutenberg is proud to announce the program for Club SIN in Montreal for first quarter 2011. If you plan a trip to Montreal make sure it is on the weekend with a club SIN event.
Comfortable seating areas are aplenty making this a fabulous place to meet new fetish friends. Admission is $10 at the door and a fetish/goth/glam dress code is in effect. Best player/outfit run a chance of winning top prixes every month! Join us and discover the birthplace of the Montreal Fetish Weekend. Club Sin @ Cabaret Cleo’s, 1230 St-Laurent (2nd floor), Montreal, QC. www.clubsin.ca
CLUB SIN : REDLIGHT : February 4th … A true celebration of Montreal’s RED LIGHT district featuring shows, dance and play … Malefice burlesque … Sir Kira BDSM … DJ Miss Lydie & Kommandandt Jack
Erik von Gutenberg is proud to announce the program and the locations of the Von Gutenberg Fetish Ball 2011 in San Francisco. March 10, 11 and 12 will be the second VG 3 day event THE Fetish Ball in San Francisco 2011.
Thursday, March 10 at Mister S in San Francisco
Theme: X treme Rubber Play Party
Time: 9pm to 2am
Location: 385 8th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
Performances by Mina de Sade and SIN Fisted and much more, play and bring your toys and Heavy Rubber encouraged. Top DJ’s from the Bay area will secure the right “Ambiente” for Play & Dance and Fun
There will be no tickets sold at the door Thursday Night, only weekend pass holders allowed and tickets pre purchased online or paper tickets at the box offices at Mister S store and Wicked Grounds Cafe in San Francisco.
Friday, March 11 at the Mist Night Club
Theme: Fashion and Fantasy Night
Time: 9pm to 2am
Location: MIST Night Club, 316 11th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
Performances by Jewell Marceau and Soma Snakeoil and much more, come and dress to impress, top DJ’s will spin the whole night. Play Stations throughout the club.
Saturday, March 12 at the Mist Night Club – THE RETURN OF RUBBERDOLL
Theme: Grande Fetish Ball
Time: 9pm to 2 am
Location: MIST Night Club, 316 11th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
Performances by Rubberdoll and Jean Bardot and SIN Fisted and Great Presentation & Demonstration by Atelier Gothique and great lottery for winner of the Great Price donated by Atelier Gothique. Top DJ’s will spin all night and get dressed in your best Latex. VIP area upstairs, Play Stations and gogo dancers throughout the club.
Grande Fetish Ball San Francisco, Saturday,March 11, dresscode strictly enforced!
Get tickets here: www.vongutenberg.com/shop and more information to follow in the upcoming weeks about performers and sponsors and program … stay tuned for updates here at the Von Gutenberg Blog.
Box offices in San Francisco:
Mister S, 385 8th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
Cafe Wicked Grounds, 289 8th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
“A woman whose smile is open and whose expression is glad has a kind of beauty no matter what she wears.”
~ Anne Roiphe, American Feminist and Author
The numeral “five” … is a very good number. It is one of the easiest for grade school students to ‘compute’ when doing their multiplication tables. It’s a convenient unit of currency – eclipsed perhaps only by a nice, round $10-spot or, in some cases, a fatter, newer $20 dollar bill. The number “five” holds significance in most of our daily rituals: everything from designations of degrees on cooking ranges to telling time on clocks are essential, if not completely taken-for-granted, everyday, natural occurrences. “Five”, or multiples thereof, is also an important designation when marking annual events such as birthdays, anniversaries, award ceremonies … and cherished annual events.
Naturally, a 75th Anniversary of a recurring event is a tremendous cause for celebration. Perhaps a 5th Annual Celebration may seem tame by comparison. That is, unless that 5th Anniversary happens to be celebrating the growth and continuous evolution of an exciting new event. Just such a circumstance transpired in New York City, during the Martin Luther King holiday weekend of January 14 – 16, 2011.
It was a little over five years ago, in New York City and in November 2006, that a small but dedicated group captained by long-time latex enthusiast, designer, promoter and New York fetish fixture The Baroness and an ambitious gentleman named Unit1421 decided that the time had come to create a competition that celebrated the allure and sensuality, and advanced the awareness of latex as a truly viable garment medium (and not just for Fetishists). Over the past five years, the competition has been fortunate enough to have had some stellar individuals compete for the title of Miss Rubber World – including such known latex personalities Steffy the Rubber Doll (2008 winner) and Jean Bardot (2009 winner).
According to The Baroness, the competition “really came of age” in 2010. That year was notable because it had “less attitude and more substance”, she said, and featured the work of (then) up and coming latex enthusiast Dawnamatrix, a well-liked and very well respected latex garment designer who calls Rhode Island home. Her journey into rubber life unto itself is incredible: Dawnamatrix spent years teaching in Japan and has become world-renown for her latex Kimono designs, and is viewed within the latex community as the “authority” on producing latex appliqués and overlays on her pieces.
It isn’t a stretch to suggest that Dawnamatrix brought some real positive attention, and some very welcome credibility, to Miss Rubber World in 2010 – she did, in fact, outright win the title. This year, she returned as one of the judges for the 2011 Miss Rubber World competition. Dawnamatrix, according to several sources, was the first contestant who clearly outshone her peers in all three competition segments: the Traditional Catwalk, Question Period, and the piece of latex performance art called Latex Fantasy.
Of the three components to the competition, it is the Latex Fantasy portion that the judges tend to attribute the heaviest opinion regarding their overall decision as to who will become Miss Rubber World. The Catwalk segment, as suggested, does include an element of fetish modeling – but what makes it unique is that it gives the contestants a chance to exhibit creations of their own making, and many Miss Rubber World competitors have manufactured many of their own outfits for the show. The Question Period is vital as it gives the competitors a chance to relate to the judges, and the audience, important answers as to appropriate latex-themed questions – and provides a valuable insight into each of the contestant’s attitude and comportment. The Latex Fantasy, however, is the segment that provides the best opportunity to impress the gathering. This point will become critical to our story a little later on.
The contestants this year for the crown, as outlined above, assembled in New York City amidst an icy, snow-filled cold weather snap. More than just a few of the participants had to battle the ill effects of a determined, and particularly nasty, winter virus. They came together from different parts of the world (mostly the United States) in order to vie not only for the coveted rubber sash traditionally given to the winner of the Miss Rubber World competition, but for an array of impressive prize packages that had been generously donated from admirable fetish fashion and accessory houses across the globe. The list of donations for the Prize Packages reads like a veritable “who’s who” within the global latex community, with corporations from Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, South Africa, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States all supplying lucrative and impressive prizes for the Crown Winner, as well as the First and Second Runners-Up.
Initially, there were supposed to be eight competitors for the Miss Rubber World sash. Sadly, due to a variety of reasons (mostly illness but in one case because of lost luggage), three of the contestants had to withdraw on the eve of the competition. That left five very beautiful and talented young ladies to figuratively tussle for the covetted Crown. One of the competitors, Toronto’s Archean, had more than just an ugly flu bug to battle. Traveling with her entourage, she had an array of competition outfits and items that she would later admit she was terrified was “going to give them some serious grief at the USA/Canada border.” Needless to say, Archean (and her travel companions Mad Scientist and their lovely and incredibly talented minion, Droidsy) had some anxious moments with Customs Agents once they arrived at the Border Crossing.
“The journey could generously be described as completely miserable,” Archean said. “Not only was I sick the entire way but it seemed like the entire universe was conspiring to make sure we didn’t make it to New York City.” The temptation to relate the entire, sordid details of their epic journey to New York City within this narrative is very strong – but it’s really too good a story for a third-party to relate. Truly, a more horrifying but hilariously-related travel tale related to Miss Rubber World 2011 simply doesn’t exist – but thankfully, Archean (and her beloved life and business partner, Mad Scientist) will be relating that story in its entirely within the pages of their new venture: a fantastic new latex-based website named Rubberlesque. Part of the new website, which will be devoted to introducing new enthusiasts to the joys of rubber life as well as taking an active role in educational opportunities and (somewhat) activist causes by expanding their highly-respected “Knockoff Knockdown” (wherein Archean and Mad Scientist aggressively take to task any number of so-called “designers” who very clearly steal the design ideas and techniques of others) and “Rubber Relationship Advice” concepts, will feature the video footage from Archean’s impressive Latex Fantasy competition segment.
Remember: earlier it was mentioned how important the Latex Fantasy segment was in determining who was crowned Miss Rubber World. It would be a serious disservice to reveal exactly what Archean’s Latex Fantasy performance actually consisted of – suffice to say it was definitely a “wow I didn’t see that coming” moment for all who witnessed it – but what we can say is that, in essence, her performance told her story of her growing interest, and eventual immersion into, rubber fetish expressionism. In short, it was polished, it was professional – and it was brilliant. (Note: The performance will be available for viewing in its entirety soon on the new Rubberlesque website. It will be well worth the wait!) Archean was aided in her performance by talented, well-known and respected rope and bondage artist, the incomparable Lotuslily, who graciously volunteered her time in the spirit of friendship, to render some much-appreciated assistance.
Her performance was also more than enough for the judges to crown Archean as Miss Rubber World 2011 – the first time a contestant from Canada’s largest city has won the sash. Popular New York latex performer Jade Vixen, for the second year in a row, was First Runner-Up and the irrepressible Lydia Lael was Second Runner-Up. The other contestants were Mistress Killspree, a popular club fixture from Boston and Sienna Aldridge, a classically-trained ballet dancer and fetish model/performer from New York City.
“Any of those girls would have been a worthy Miss Rubber World,” The Baroness said. “Lydia Lael was so incredibly cute with her performance! The combination of water with latex always has a lovely appeal. Jade Vixen’s performance was so incredibly intricate, so beautiful. She played to the crowd’s strengths – wearing a hood, putting on stockings, doing some simple things which crowds just love. It was a really close competition.”
“The political part of a competition like Miss Rubber World is unavoidable, but it’s also necessary and very important,” The Baroness continued. “That has been reflected time and again, during Miss Rubber World and in other important competitions. In order to be an effective ambassador – as any title holder is expected to be – you need to be able to play the politics game well. It takes a really exceptional person to overcome some of the solid connections that people can and do make in this life.”
“In the end, Archean might well have not won the sash, it was really that close – but she clearly won everyone over, especially with her performance in the Latex Fantasy. It’s easy to call the Latex Fantasy portion of the competition a ‘talent component’, and to a degree it is – but she showed us something very unique and certainly worthy of being Miss Rubber World. There was no question at the end of her performance, who rose to the top and who the real sash winner would be.”
This year undeniably was special. The Miss Rubber World Competition has evolved – and the bar continues to be raised each and every year. It is becoming one of the “Must Not Miss” fetish events on the annual New York City fetish calendar. The competition is drawing more talented and certainly more complete candidates. “The judges and I felt that this year, the competitors showed us a complete package,” The Baroness said. “Archean’s use of her equipment and her choice in color palette overall was really exquisite. She showed us something that, believe it or not, people in New York City don’t see a lot of especially at fetish events. People don’t want to sit and watch just a beauty pageant: they want to be entertained. Archean was absolutely entertaining.”
One of the most important aspects, and most significant consequences sure to come from Archean’s being awarded the 2011 pink latex sash as Miss Rubber World, is her awareness of the responsibility in becoming an actual ambassador within the entire latex community. “I believe what Miss Rubber World should be is a way to bring new creative people into the spotlight, and I think it’s a big stepping stone. It’s really important to give people an outlet like Miss Rubber World in order to showcase their own creativity.” Archean is also interested in helping to ‘coach’ other potential latex models and enthusiasts who may wish to follow a similar path and compete for such a prestigious sash. One of the things she and her life mate Mad Scientist plan to do to continue to raise a positive footprint and provide a comfortable roadmap for fellow latex fetishists is to continue to write about their own experiences and share their own knowledge with anyone interested. In addition to continuing her exhaustive work schedule as a full partner in Kink Engineering, the company she started with Mad Scientist that manufactures simply the most intricate and expertly-crafted Vac-Beds on the planet, Archean also plans to continue to put the pressure on those unscrupulous design houses who blatantly and unprofessionally expropriate ideas from reputable, good people. “I cannot tell you how impressed we all were, especially me, with Archean’s Knockoff Knockdown efforts,” The Baroness said. “That endeared her to me – it is such a welcome surprise, watching someone else want to take up that challenge.”
The Miss Rubber World 2011 competition was Archean’s first excursion to New York City – and she simply can’t wait to go back. “I knew no matter what happened, the outcome was going to be magical and an amazing story”, she said. While she and Mad Scientist didn’t have a tremendous amount of time to sight-see in The Big Apple, she did profess amazement with the myriad of Art Deco architecture and fixtures they were able to see. “New York is certainly the perfect city to be in and be in love,” she said. “Next time, I will get my carriage ride in Central Park!”
When she does return and claim that carriage ride, it will be as a Queen – and may her reign be spectacular, glorious … and indeed, memorable.
(All photos courtesy of Miss Rubber World 2011 and Photographer Judith Stephens. All Rights Reserved.)
Erik von Gutenberg is proud to announce the event hotel in San Francisco for the Von Gutenberg Fetish Ball in March10, 11 and 12, 2011. We are proud to announce the W hotel in the heart of San Francisco.
In the heart of the SoMa district, the city is in reach. Neighbors with the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, W San Francisco faces the beautiful Yerba Buena gardens and is blocks away from Union Square’s shops, the Financial District & the Waterfront.
Your oasis beckons. Unwind in the heated lap pool, Zen on our cabana-ringed outdoor terrace. Melt in Bliss Spa’s 5,000 square foot tension-banning oasis. Then relax with the perfect XYZ elixir & warm to Paul Piscopo’s delights at XYZ Restaurant.
Panoramic views of the Bay Bridge and the city skyline fill each of the 404 guest rooms. Take in the view from the SoMa district’s newly renovated W San Francisco combining whimsical Asian influences like Chinese checkers and origami butterflies with the cloud-like comfort of our W signature bed.
For all Von Gutenberg Fetish Weekend attendees please follow this link to book rooms at the W Hotel for the discounted rate:
http://www.starwoodmeeting.com/StarGroupsWeb/booking/reservation?id=1012214620&key=D8D72
Erik von Gutenberg is proud to announce that Atelier Gothique put out a huge price for all VIP ticket holders and weekend pass holders at the Von Gutenberg Fetish Ball in San Francisco March 10, 11 and 12, 2011.
VIP Raffle Prize Event
Donated by Partners Atelier Gothique & 100 Proof Lifestyle Toys:
If you do not have a VIP Ticket Now Is The Time To Get One!
The “Event” will be held in San Francisco on March 10, 11 and 12,2011 at 9PM every night. Limit one raffle entry per VIP ticket holder
The event will start off with a very erotic Violet Wand & Master & servant demonstration performance conducted by Atelier Gothique’s Beautiful Models:
Lacy Black, Jordan Solaris, and Seraphina Black!
After their demonstration anyone wanting to experience a violet wand whether it is your 1st or 50th time is welcome to come up and let our models have their way with you!
Then one very lucky VIP ticket holders name will be drawn.
The winner will receive the custom “Master & servant Kit”
Combined Value $2,550.00
Master & servant XL©
By Atelier Gothique (www.ateliergothique.com)
The finest “Flogger” necklace ever made, leaving all others submissively cowering!
With its solid, rounded stature, free sliding hidden bail, and graceful silky smooth free moving tendrils this pendant looks as amazing as it feels while worn against the skin and better yet run over the flesh. This version of our luxurious slide / pendant is manufactured in our custom hypo allergenic surgical implant grade stainless steel alloy and contains 14 burnish set round brilliant cut black diamonds in the “Handle Orbs”. when paired with a 100 Proof’s high end violet wand & body contact probe turns this necklace into the 1st ever jewelry / fetish toy that will bring your submissive to shocking new levels!
Value $2050.00
Violet Wand Kit
By 100 Proof Lifestyle Toys
Special Violet Wand kit made for the “Master & servant©” Flogger Slide / Necklace.
The kit contains (1) Fitted case (1) 50,000 volt Violet Wand with a high performance upgrade kit and ceramic core. (1) Custom high performance body contact probe with ball chain core (1) Stainless Steel Wartenberg Wheel (1) Stainless Steel Branding pick (1) Spiral Glass electrode with violet gas
Value $500.00
So get you ticket now before the end of the year and enjoy the early bird discount at www.vongutenberg.com/shop
It is true that large fetish and SM communities have been around for a very long time. There has been a great deal written about some of these communities: most of it utter nonsense, and fabricated solely in the minds of self-effacing, somewhat narcissistic folk who make grandiose and ridiculous claims of “having been trained within a European Great House” in some bizarre equivocal attempt to justify their experience and/or expertise levels (admit it, dear reader: you’ve met at least one such individual).
Some of these communities have even been featured – exaggerated and fictionalized extensively though they may be – within the pages of popular fetish and SM ‘modern’ literature. The most famous example of this would invariably be the Great Estates of Roissy and Samois, so central to the fictionalized, but based in absolute fact, account of Pauline Reage (pseudonym for the late French journalist Ann Desclos) in her taboo-shattering, epic erotic novel, Story of O – the work which will continue to be the benchmark by which all other SM-related works shall be forever weighted against.
Therefore the oldest Communities, and most respected and revered, are typically assumed to be found in some major European centres, most notably London, Berlin, Amsterdam and Paris (Note: Roissy actually existed at one point: the Chateau described in Story of O was demolished to make way for construction of Charles de Gaulle Airport in 1966, some twelve years after the publication of the novel). Others, such as The Society of Janus in San Francisco and The Eulenspiegel Society (TES) in New York, have been functioning relatively blissfully for decades in North America. While these larger, more matured social organizations still rely on a degree of extreme privacy and adhere to their rules – some very old rules – regarding acceptance of new members and observation of some very near Mason-style Code of Conduct and disclosure policies, the availability of information to the masses (and instantaneously) through the wonders of the Internet Age has forced some of these revered “institutions” to begrudgingly adapt to new recruitment and retaining methods
There are two distinct and large differences that are invariably considered in any discussion of “new wave” versus “old guard” variety Fetish Nation building: One, naturally, is how revered the somewhat secretive and private nature of our chosen life continues to be within the ranks of the people, contrasted with how open and readily available inclusion is to virtually anyone willing to pay entrance fees to events, or even in some cases membership dues. The vast majority of new Fetish/SM based Community groups actually don’t charge membership fees at all – which means the ‘screening’ process that used to be so integral for acceptance within a like-minded SM-focused peer group is, now, virtually non-existent. The discussion, therefore, centers on how “new wave” or “next generation” groups actively police themselves. In the “old days”, an enthusiastic potential new Community member literally was made to jump through a series of exasperating figurative hoops in order to just secure an interview with a Community representative, who would in turn take their membership nomination to a higher authority. That potential new member, almost universally, had best have a respected sponsor already within the Community, too – or their chances for acceptance and inclusion would become a whole lot more difficult. In essence, potentials had to “prove” that they were responsible, honest and generally upstanding people worthy of everyone else’s respect. It just wasn’t very easy to get in through the front door in those days: you were made to work hard to secure your inclusion. This process had several advantages, the most obvious being that those who had selfish agendas, or were shown to not have the temperament or emotional stability to complete the process just weren’t inevitably invited to join the collective – and this made for a near-harmonious social structure. Everyone knew, and loved, everybody else, in time: The issues of ego, unbalanced behavior and what we refer to today as “drama” rarely needed to be dealt with. When something came up that was considered a grave injury or disservice to the Community as a whole, the offender was generally ostracized completely, and not allowed further participation in Community events and functions. The fear of that severe a punishment alone was enough to generally keep those with agendas of their own quite “in line.” In the 1960’s and 1970’s especially, and to a lessening degree in the 1980’s and 1990’s, if you were ostracized from one Community, it was likely you weren’t going to find very many people to play with. Now, in the New Millennium, and thanks to the advent of instant access to any information via the World Wide Web, it is very easy for an “outcast” member of one community organization to latch onto another one – and without any kind of vetting process what so ever.
Second, and far more of an issue, is what can only be described as the “fracturing” of entire Communities into smaller, more “specialized” practitioners. For “old guard” SM folk, there was a sense of “we’re in this together”: It wasn’t (and still isn’t, in some old quarters) the leather crowd holding court over the latex crowd; who in turn cast a contemptuous but curious eye to the spandex or PVC people. There wasn’t so much a sense of superiority of the large tribal-influenced Body Modification contingent over the straight out-and-out whip-bottoms and pierced pure masochists. There was a sense of “your kink isn’t my kink, but we’re all in this together – and united we’re stronger.” I can personally attest, during the 1980’s in particular, to the strength of the Society of Janus in San Francisco as a prime example. Strangely, the Society of Janus started to come apart at the seams the moment a “younger element” voiced a desire to have more of an active say in how the Society conducted business. When the ‘old guard’ objected – cracks began to appear in the old Community’s framework, and eventually an inevitable series of splits occurred. Some of those now-decades long wounds have failed to completely heal, and some of the splinter groups have long since vanished. The Society of Janus has survived, though – and is currently regarded as the second-oldest, continuous communal SM Organization in the United States (The Eulenspiegal Society being the oldest – which has had “fracturing” issues of its own over the decades of its existence).
(Note the Second: It should be noted that “old guard” is used here as a metaphor, not as a de facto title. The reverence to “Old Guard”, those that paved the way the way for literally every one of us to be able to freely express our sadomasochistic tendencies and desires, is an entirely separate storyline, and is too intricate and glorious to do justice to within the paragraphs of this particular piece.)
It is a very old maxim that people are afraid of change. It is far more comfortable to live – sometimes blindly so – in a comfortable, familiar manner. In the case of the Society of Janus, an argument could be made that the community elders were, more or less, dragged kicking and screaming into the modern electronic age. Those organizations and businesses that embrace new methods of communication and technology are certain to continue to prosper and grow their ranks and loyalties. Those that resist change soon find, sadly, that they just don’t have a playground (or even playmates) around to explore the wonders and joys within this particular expressive lifestyle that we’ve collectively chosen. To the unending credit of both the Society of Janus and The Eulenspiegal Society, they have found ways to embrace the tools of the digital age (websites and social networking especially) and have figuratively weathered the thundering storms of lightning-quick change – and survived.
If there is a downside, though, it’s that the ‘storm weathering’ in both of these important, historically-significant large community groups in North America was (more or less) solely undertaken for the benefit of existing, long-term members, and as a potential ‘recruitment and contact tool’ in the same sense and manner that any aggregator in the modern age reaches out to potential new members (or customers). That is to say, the use of the Internet to educate the masses of the people about the existence and offerings of these large communal groups is both a bane and a boon: In the shotgun approach to recruitment, the “screening” or vetting process has virtually disappeared – and the contact information (which used to be so incredibly difficult to obtain, as mentioned above) is oh-too-easily available, right down to contact names, (Email) addresses and telephone numbers, with a simple click of a button. Shotgun approaches are sure to bring interest and new, enthusiastic members to respective communities – but that approach has absolutely zero positive effect upon weeding out the quality, community-minded people from the opportunistic, mercenary, narcissistic and potentially destructive poisonous types. Sadly, as ever-growing examples of aforementioned “drama” continue to populate our communal messaging systems and digitally megalithic gathering places (such as the popular website Fet Life, for example), the latter appears to be far more the “norm” than the “exception”.
Which is exactly why the New York City Fetish TRIBE is so incredibly, wonderfully unique.
The main movers and shakers of what is called the NYC Tribe - Mike B., Kelley Dane and an amazingly engaging, alluring and supremely magnetic personality known locally as Powder – have managed to create, and promote, an exceptional, large new Community that is based on a perfect blending, or balance, of “old world” ideals with “new age” methods. In essence, what the troika has managed to deliver to the Fetish and SM world at large is a hybrid: they take the best of what made the “old world” groups (such as their distinguished older ‘cousins’ in New York, TES) perfected in the way of a true Community bond and “self-policing” system, and combined it with all the advantages and glamour that the positive exploitation of digital media can provide. Working in concert with a young, Mohawk-sporting, engaging and enthusiastic Education Coordinator who goes by the moniker of Rocky Horror, the foursome produced – and entirely succeeded – in bringing something quite new, and in the opinion of many in attendance, revolutionary weekend-long event to North America’s largest social stage.
The New York City Tribe Experience was held, for the first time, in early October, 2010. It ran for five, virtually full days – from October 7th to 11th, and by all accounts there simply wasn’t a down moment to be found during the entire time. “Tribesters” from all parts of North America – Los Angeles, Washington D.C., Florida, Arizona, Montreal and Toronto – gathered for several feverish days of unparalleled Fetish and sadomasochistic delights that, without a word of bias or favoritism, culminated in the absolute best (the majority of attendees agreed) experience in their lives.
Did it have the unending eye candy that a Montreal Fetish Weekend brings? No, not really. Was it as deliciously performance-laden and eye-popping as a Torture Garden event always is? Absolutely not! Was it as well-attended or as truly spectacular as either the huge annual Northbound Leather events or the Von Gutenberg Fetish Balls? Not even close! Neither, it must be said, was the NYC Tribe Experience designed to resemble as such. Naturally, there were four entire evenings of near-exhaustively paced parties – but there were other factors in play throughout the weekend that simply set what Mike, Kelley, Powder and Rocky were able to accomplish far above anything most of the attendees had experienced before.
What is even more impressive: they managed to accomplish four entire days of all-inclusive absolute revelry for an astonishing ticket price of only $75.00. That’s $75.00 for VIP access to all four large parties and all day-trips and excursions. The organizers also set up a billeting system for out-of-town guests, in order to defray the cost of attendance and spare visitors (who may not have been able to attend the Experience otherwise) the sting of having to pay somewhat ridiculous hotel room rates. This was an exceptionally welcome, and fantastic, idea: our little group spoke to a few people who took advantage of this billeting system (in which Tribe members volunteered a room, or a bed, or a couch even, for a night or more in their own homes) – and fast made new, solid long-term friendships from these arrangements. All in all, many precedents were established during this initial New York City Tribe Experience – and with few exceptions, the organizers managed to make it all click meticulously.
It wouldn’t do the Tribe organizers any justice to delve into deep, detailed and intricate dissections of each of the four main parties – three of which exist on their own merits as “separate but connected events” within the New York City fetish scene (Impact, Dress to {xcess and Suspension). The main distinguishing feature of all three of these “Main Events” is that they were held in three unique venues. Other weekend-long events tend to be limited to one, and in some cases (like the Fetish Weekend and Torture Garden, for instance), two, main locations. Having the three main evening gatherings in three separate, but relatively central locations enabled the organizers to present somewhat of a fresh atmosphere to each themed party. For instance, in order to get a sense of what is being described, some weekend long Fetish events will have two large-scale parties, on consecutive nights, at one appropriate club or event hall. What one of the criticisms of this format has been, is that in reality, the second-night’s gathering in the same locale tends to be a virtual ‘carbon copy’ of the previous night’s fun – even though the entertainment line-up will invariably differ. There was no sense of déjà vu at the Tribe Experience. Each party – while attended by the same people, featuring the same equipment to play on and featuring an inordinate amount of the same costuming – nevertheless felt like a “new”, and quite vibrant, titillating separate event. Whether this was done by accident, out of necessity or completely be design, it absolutely worked.
What also worked, and were themselves delightfully quirky and unique events, were each of the “sideline day trips” that the Tribe brain-trust organized. Ranging from an afternoon of Croquet in Central Park (wearing nothing but the finest knickers and lingerie, of course) to an awe-inspiring witnessing of the “dawn’s early light” (complete with bagels), on the walkway of the Brooklyn Bridge, each little day excursion was intended to – and succeeded in – recharging the metaphorical ‘batteries’ that had been drained from exhortations and excitations at one of the large parties the evening previous. These “day trips” were an exceptional and very welcome idea: it is without question that similar, somewhat gimmicky events will be planned for other Fetish weekends in other large centres heading into 2011. They were reported to be extraordinarily fun – and eminently succeeded in bringing new-found friends much closer together in so short a time span.
Which leads to a necessary few words in regard to the participation of other identifiable groups that collectively thrive under the translucent “Tribe umbrella”: It is rare – even unheard of – for so-called “competing organizations” to come together, let alone work together, to give the vast populace a truly encompassing, communal experience. The “day trips”, and several of the “official” functions connected with the NYC Tribe Experience were all encouraged to be, and actively were, sponsored by entirely outside and separate entities. For instance, the Kinky Jews group were responsible for hosting the early-morning Brooklyn Bridge sunrise breakfast excursion on Sunday morning, and the NYC TNG crowd were responsible for hosting the unforgettable Lingerie Croquet in Central Park (an event, I may add, that was featured on several morning NYC news magazine shows and prominently in at least two major New York daily newspapers – you can’t purchase that kind of free publicity in New York so readily). Without question, never since the late 1970’s and early 1980’s in San Francisco has there been such an immense and successful collaboration of large, Fetish and SM community-focused organizations joining forces, and resources, in an effort to just bring their New York City residents and respective guests such an undeniable good time.
I cannot go any further without mentioning the professionalism, dedication and indeed the pure class of Mike B. in particular. This in no way casts a dispersion on the other three organizers mentioned within the body of this piece, but something happened on Friday evening that was extraordinary, and should be held as an example of what the definition of a “responsible event organizer” can be.
At Friday night’s big event (the Impact play party), there were some glaring safety issues regarding the placement of equipment and monitoring staff that our little “entourage” immediately viewed as areas of extreme concern. Without going into exorbitant and unnecessary detail, it must be said that Mike B., when quietly informed of our concerns (he had just arrived a few moments before and therefore had not had even a chance to take his coat off, I might add – a bit of a social faux pas on my account admittedly) immediately leapt into action and within a few minutes had directed his staff to rectify the potential dangers. The rest of Friday’s festivities proceeded without incident – much to the happiness of the huge crowd. This is the mark of a dedicated man who obviously cares deeply for the quality of experience that he plans to present to each and every one of his guests.
By extension, the other organizers are equally worthy of laudability. In an area of our Fetish world where it is usually the work of a single person, or a duo at best, that reaps the praise of a grateful community for their event-running efforts, it is remarkable that four and more answerable individuals can work to create such an awe-inspiring great experience with such total comprehension, and so little tension, between them. Regardless of whatever issues, troubles or “drama” any of these organizers may have had to face prior to the commencement of the Tribe Experience weekend, they didn’t allow those issues to cloud their abilities to present to their people a world-class, and first-rate professional Fetish and SM affair.
It was a masterstroke of pure genius to host the weekend’s educational component – the Tribe Workshops – in the same venue in which the final soiree was going to be produced. Lady J, my beloved life mate, and I were guests of the irrepressible Mistress Lyn and sjoe for the entire week (a week in which saw Your Humble Narrator finally be able to pay respects to a childhood hero – Ulysses S. Grant – who lies within an immense, magnificent tomb at Riverside Park), and for most scheduled events our intrepid foursome made the long drive from Long Island into the City in order to partake in the festivities. I say “most”, sadly, because one of our troupe became quite ill with a serious infection and ended up missing all of Saturday’s fun (yes, it was me). But I digress slightly: Lady J and I were asked to conduct two basic single-tail whipping seminars on the Sunday afternoon, and I readily admit that in my weakened, sickened state, my first impression of the venue wasn’t entirely favorable.
It didn’t take us long to warm up to the place, though; this unassuming little edifice known as The Delancey. Skeptical first impressions quickly gave way to silent admiration as we realized this four-level nightclub was, in truth, the absolute perfect venue in which to host all of Sunday’s educational seminars. Our own two seminars were conducted with great joy and without a single hitch, and all of the classes were well-attended and enthusiastically participated in by the Tribesters who chose to come out. Because of the aforementioned illness, our foursome simply could not stay for the Suspension event that was held in the same venue later on that same evening – but reading the concerned and heartfelt notes left for me by many of our new Tribe friends the next morning, it was absolutely evident that we’d had to pass on a history-making occasion. At the time of this writing, over an entire month after the final doors closed on the Tribe Experience, there are still excited stories being swapped about the grandeur and hedonistic delight of Sunday evening’s Suspension – such so, that it is without question that the event is certain to become a long-running, essential ‘staple’ on the Fetish party circuit for New York City (and area) dwellers for years to come. I am still wondering how all four of the organizers pulled it off, and so amazingly well: Mike B., Powder and Rocky in particular were so obviously exhausted they collectively resembled something from a George Romero Zombie feature by Sunday afternoon. And yet, all of them (joined by Kelley) somehow managed to suck it up, and then pull off, a highlight worthy, signature event to cap an unbelievably sumptuous weekend of great fun and glorious decadence.
That, my friends, is what every event organizer in every major town should aspire to create. The New York City Fetish Tribe is a revolutionary concept. It is the evolution of the “old” perfectly enhanced with all the advantages of the “new”. It is a community of fantastic, joyful and dedicated, responsible people enraptured within breath-depriving, sensual experiments in ecstasy during some of the best-planned, and best executed, large-scale event gatherings on this side of the Atlantic Ocean. The Tribe is what many of the ‘old’ communities had aspired to be, and for reasons that limited those eras legally and socially, could never truly be.
The Tribe Experience is a hopeful gaze towards the future – and a shining example of what other large alternative-lifestyle communities should aspire to be.
(All photos courtesy of Aeric Meredith-Goujon Photography and NYC Fetish Tribe. All Rights Reserved.)
Erik von Gutenberg is proud to announce the Von Gutenberg Fetish Ball 2011, March 10, 11 and 12 in San Francisco, California!
Erik von Gutenberg is proud to announce the Holiday Extravaganza Fetish Retenue Party in NYC with the legendary Baroness. It’s the holidays, lets party!
Sunday, December 5th, New York City. It’s The Baroness’ Holiday Extravaganza Fetish Retinue party! So fabulous that the super sexy latex Mrs. Clause and a bevy of shiny red and green elves have taken time from their busy schedules to join in some festive cheer! Keeping with the Yuletide spirit, They will decorate the human Christmas tree, indulge in bondage gift wrapping, and dole out candy canings!
New York’s longest running fetish party, The Baroness’ Fetish Retinue, decks the halls at the decadently seductive White Noise, 225 Avenue B, between 13th and 14th streets (above the liquor store), New York City. Doors open at 9 pm. Remember, bring your toys and come prepared to play!
Dress code: FREE for elves, snowmen, and santas of either gender, full Fetish $7, all black $20, $30 in street clothes, absolutely NO blue jeans or sneakers.
The holidays are the best opportunities to buy a nice latex outfit for your loved one and book already the next fetish event for 2011. At Von Gutenberg we offer both, you can have a look at out Couture line at www.vongutenbergcouture.com and our big event in San Francisco is in March 2011 and you find the tickets in our online shop already right now: www.vongutenberg.com/shop . So use your holiday to start shopping for 2011 and travel to San Francisco in march and enjoy the beautiful romantic city and visit the Von Gutenberg Fetish Ball March 9,10 and 11. The latest updates about the event you will find here on the Fetish Blog.
If you need a great outfit for the Extravaganza party or for the Von Gutenberg Fetish Ball 2011 go here in NYC: www.baroness.com
Erik von Gutenberg recommends EROTICA with Dita von Teese in London November 19 to 21. See more details at the Erotica Website http://www.erotica-uk.com/
International style icon and burlesque sensation Dita Von Teese is Erotica’s headline honey this November. Having entranced audiences with her Martini Glass routine in 2006, and quite literally dazzled them with her Diamonds in the Buff costume in 2007, Erotica 2010 visitors are to be treated to the UK premier of Dita’s opulent Opium Den show.
Don’t miss Dita’s polished perfection at 6pm each evening. The delectable diva will also be signing books and photographs for her fans. Dita’s public appearances are rare. Book your tickets now!
Erik von Gutenberg is proud to welcome Rubberdoll at the Von Gutenberg Fetish Ball March 11,11 and 12 2011!
3 days of Fashion, Fantasy and Lifestyle, 3 days of Fetish experience pure.
Ticket sales and more info always here on the blog from Von Gutenberg.
We are looking forward to seeing you next year in San Francisco.
Tickets here: http://www.vongutenberg.com/shop/Event-Tickets/
Erik von Gutenberg is proud to announce the German Fetish Film Festival coming up in Kiel October 28 to 30!
Kiel in Germany 2010 Oct 28 – 30
Exciting Films about the subculture
www.fetisch-film-festival.de
Canada 2010
English w german subtitles
Dir: David Philip
MISTRESS SUPERIOR
Starring: Elektra Harris, Jacob Breen, Alexis Greenwood, John David Philip, Alexander Wilson
78 Minutes
Satire about a dominatrix
Worldpremiere !
Guests in Kiel:
Elektra Harris
J. David Philip
Deborah McGerrigle
Sloan Garrett
www.mistresssuperior.com
+ shortfilm HOUSEKEEPER directed by Ben Lumpkin
http://www.bigtoefilms.com/press/housekeeper_press073009.pdf
Oct 28 8.00 p.m. Traum-Kino 1
WIR LEBEN SM
Documentary about the german subculture
featuring Matthias Grimme, Axel Tueting and Carlos Peron
German language
www.wirlebensm.de
Oct 28 8.00 p.m. in Traum-Kino 2
surprise film
Voyeuristic voyage into cuckoldry
US-version without subtitles
+ shortfilm tied by Nathan Strausse
http://nathanstrausse.com
Traum-Kino 2
Oct 28 10.15 p.m.Documentary about a professional dominatrix and two mature prostitutes
German language with english subtitles
http://www.berlinale.de/external/de/filmarchiv/doku_pdf/20102809.pdf
+ shortfilm The sheep and the ranch hand
by Loretta Hintz
http://www.sheepranchhandmovie.com
Oct 28 5.45 p.m. in Traum-Kino 1
FRAUENZIMMER
D/s
Documentary about a mature professional dominatrix
Directed by Jacques Richard with Maitresse Leia
French with english subtitles
84 minutes
http://www.rendezvouspictures.com/bizarre.html
+ a shortfilm from http://www.femdom-austria.com
Traum-Kino 1
Oct 29 5.45 p.m
AMERICAN FETISH
USA 2009
English language
Dir: Michael Simmons
Visual Stylist: Eric Kroll
90 Minutes
Erotic-Crime-Dream
www.americanfetishfilm.com
+ shortfilm ANTI SAMARITAN HOTLINE by A. Tad Chamberlain
www.anti-samaritanhotline.com
Traum-Kino 1
Oct 29 10.15 p.m.
SHOULD I REALLY DO IT ?
German and turkish with english subtitles
86 minutes
Directed by Ismail Necmi
http://www.shouldireallydoit.com
Oct 30. 1.00 p.m.
VENUS IN FURS
Leopold von Sacher-Masoch’s novel
played on theatre-stage
in Rostock
German language
www.venus.dedio.org
Traum-Kino 1 Oct 30 3.00 p.m.
LIBIDOLAND
Five shortfilms:
HANDCUFFED by Erika Lust
www.erikalust.com
INTENSIV by Mirko
http://www.s-s-c.org/
KAKTUS (danish with english subtitles) by Anna Treiman
LIBIDOLAND (english) by Julie Keck and Jessica King
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOaEutnh0Hw
WALKING THE DOG (englisch, 11 Min.) von Luigi Campi
http://www.karinandraoul.com/blog/2009/08/18/walking-the-dog-directed-by-luigi-campi-2/
Oct 30 5.45 p.m.
Lecture by Swetlana H (german language, free entry)
Oct 28 5.45 p.m. in Traum-Kino 2GIRLS AND LEGENDARY US-CARS 2011
Photo-Exposition by Carlos Kella in Traum-Restaurant Oct 28. – 30.
BDSM
http://www.carloskella.de
Party FETISCH-TRAUM
Oct 30 10.00 p.m.
http://www.traumgmbh.de/fetisch.htm
Fetisch Filmfestival virtual
http://de.groups.yahoo.com/group/fetisch_film_festival/polls
Erik von Gutenberg is proud to announce the 6th birthday of Club Subversion in London November 6, 2010.
DOUBLE CELEBRATIONS! We are delighted to announce that not only are we SIX YEARS OLD on the 6th November we also move into our NEW VENUE! We can’t promise we won’t move or get moved again but hopefully we will be here for a while. What we can promise is that you will love this venue. For those of you who love to play we have a huge dungeon area including a separate medical room and a separate couples room and for those of you who like to dance there is a basement dance room….and it is just down the road from where Subversion used to be held so you should know the area well!
As you would usually expect from Subversion the playrooms will be crammed full of lovely equipment from Playpenz and we will have our lovely resident DJs kicking ass on the decks. If you are a regular Subversion goer then you have to come and help us celebrate this double whammy, if you have only been a few times then this is an event not to be missed and if you have never been before then what are you waiting for? This is bound to be a seriously kinky event.
The theme for the birthday month is 666 to tie in with our 6th birthday being on the 6th, feel free to make up where the last 6 comes from! So think dark twisted thoughts and with it being so close to Halloween you should be able to come up with some fun outfits. Please remember Subversion has a strict fetish dress code, in fact we are renowned for it and it is even mentioned in the Subversion review for the London Fetish Weekend Special on the Fetishistas site……there are lots of photos on there from the weekend too.
Website: www.clubsubversion.com
