Fetish model

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Bianca Beauchamp modelling a latex corset

A fetish model is a model who models fetish clothing or accessories that augment their body in a fetish-like manner or in fetishistic situations. Fetish models do not necessarily work exclusively in that form of modeling.

Fetish models often wear

sci-fi
fantasy suits.

Bondage models appear in various forms of

uniform fetish (e.g. French maid, nurse, etc.). As well as modelling for photography, fetish models also make public appearances at events such as BDSM
fairs and parties.

Some

glamour models
also work as fetish models.

Types of fetish models

A model prepares for a suspension bondage scene

Fetish modelling covers a wide range of fetishes, including those involving

latex and PVC, corsets, tattoos, body piercings, shoe fetishism, food fetishism and nyotaimori. Fetishes may also involve body parts, such as breast fetishism, navel fetishism and foot fetishism
.

Fetish models are usually considered to work in a different category from

aesthetic
aspects of the work rather than involving themselves directly with sex and sexuality.

Popular culture

Bettie Page is tied and spanked in an image from Bizarre.

There have been several notable performers and producers of both the bondage and fetish area who have attained mainstream notability. The most recognized is the 1950s bondage model and

pin-up girl, Bettie Page, who posed for photographer Irving Klaw for mail-order photographs and was subsequently featured in Playboy.[1][2]
She was the first famous bondage model.

In the 1960s, the popular

thigh-length boots and leather evening gloves
.

The neo-burlesque performer Dita Von Teese started her career as a fetish model and stripper.[3] Other notable fetish models include the Russian-American performer Mosh[4] and the Canadian photographic model Bianca Beauchamp.[5]

Markets

There are specialized fetish magazines that feature and promote fetish models, including Skin Two, Secret, Italian A Magazine (not to be confused with the now defunct A(sian) Magazine), and Marquis.

Fetish models may run personal adult pay websites and are featured on fetish adult pay sites.

There are also fetish

fashion designers
. Most of these designers employ fetish models for their clothing line. Fetish fashion shows are hosted several times a year, including Vex, The Baroness, Skintwo, and House of Harlot.

Awards

The SIGNY awards were awarded each year between 2000 and 2005 (except 2002) to the bondage models voted as the best of that year. The SIGNY award winners have been:

  • 2000: Eve Ellis, runners-up Ashley Renee, Andrea Neal
  • 2001: Ashley Renee, runners-up Andrea Neal, Eve Ellis
  • 2003: Jasmine Sinclair, runners-up Amber Michaels, Ashley Renee.
  • 2004: Jenni Lee, runners-up Jewell Marceau, Emily Marilyn (Molly Matthews)
  • 2005: Jewell Marceau, runners-up Ashley Renee, Christina Carter

See also

References

  1. ISBN 1-881649-62-8
  2. ISBN 1-55972-432-3
  3. ^ Gibsone, Harriet (25 June 2022). "Dita Von Teese looks back: 'Going into that fetish store sparked my entire career'". The Guardian.
  4. ^ "Model Spotlight: Mosh". Pin Curl Magazine. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Top 10: Modern Fetish Models". AskMen. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
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