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The Fetish Subculture Documentary Hits A Milestone

Director/producer/director Carl Simard has also been working the festival circuit with the movie. It is presently lining up for, or has been shown, in four festivals around the world. There was a the Fetisch Film Festival in Kiel Germany where the movie played in Nov. 2014, the Roma Fetish Film Festival in Rome, Italy, where it was showed in February just passed, at the Copenhagen Fetish Film Festival just this week and an upcoming showing at the Best of German Fetish Film Festival 2015, in London England on May 13th.

Dawnamatrix Featured on T. V Show “Why Did you Come to Japan?” “YOUは何しに日本へ?”

“Why Did you Come to Japan?” “YOUは何しに日本へ?” is broadcast on TV Tokyo in Japan and is watched by Japanese and non-Japanese around the world. Hosted by Osamu Shitara and Yūki Himura-a comedy double act known as “Bananaman”- the vibe of the show is certainly light hearted, with some good nature jabs coming at our expense, always with the intention of making everyone laugh and feel comfortable.

As the small crew followed us during the day, Dawn was wearing a Harajuku-inspired design with a unique water marble print and Mihoko and Youko wore our Galaxy Mermaid Gown in Black Galaxy and in Black respectively (see here.) with the latex sheeting custom manufactured for us by Yummy Gummy Latex. We caught lots of stares and were the subject of plenty of pictures and whispers of people passing asking, “Is That lady Gaga?” We reveled at all the attention (really, when do you get a T.V. crew to follow you round for day and pick up the tab on such unusual delicacies?)

Wedding Bells Are In The Air

For over twenty years, the latex elite of the world have gathered at the Texas Latex Party in Houston for fashion fun, themed gala dinners, and boutique shopping. It’s great to get out and canoodle, party and strut in our finest with such gregarious like-minded folk, all celebrating their love of latex. This year, as you see by the photos included here, we enjoyed an especially high spirited nuptial few moments on high seas during an adventure cruise on Clear Lake.

Robert Durst And…Latex? Say It’s Ain’t So!

Durst, who is the subject of the H.B.O. documentary The Jinx; The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst certainly comes across as one of the more enigmatic public figures of late. His connection to such a wealthy family, his odd way of non denial denials-even allowing the documentary interviews to be conducted in the first place-adds such a depth of mystery to this guy who actually was brought to trial for murdering (though he claims in self defense) his next door neighbor who he then dismembered! Details like his cross-dressing on occasion to elude spying and capture, and now the ‘smoking gun’ for us latex lovers, make the guy just perfect for tags of pervert and weirdo, when all we might just be seeing here (and admittedly what we might be seeing is a lot) is a multiple murder.

Game of Thrones Takes Over The World: Fantasy Couture Lovers Rejoice

According to pictures from Entertainment Weekly and what seems to be confirmed in the various trailers, Arya Stark has a new look-new costume and hair style-seeing as she is not so much on the run anymore. And we get great views of the Sand Snakes in their open cleavage bodices trimmed with leather, dark brown tunics, ready-for-action-wear (it makes us dream of… https://dawnamatrix.com/shop/classics/basic-halter-2/). This is the one show the fans consistently come to complimenting its attention to detail and how, in very many ways it betters the sprawling multi-editor voice apparent in books. The sets, those costumes, the acting, is truly top notch and what has made this the only ‘game in town.’

A Fashion Week Make Us All Weak

True to her usually news-making wily ways-and giving all us fetish wardrobe wearers a warm feeling while looking at all the mainstream high couture-good old internet breaker Kim Kardashian stepped out during Paris Fashion Week sporting platinum blonde locks, and on one day a strapp-y see thru cage-of-a-dress, on another, latex leggings (with a fur jacket). As we have noted before, Kim seems to be championing the fantasy styles we all love (we have latex leggings here: ) and regardless of how one feels about the curvy lass, one has to applaud her very left-of-mainstream fashion choices.

A Celebration of Cosplay In Atlantic City

The upcoming Atlantic City Boardwalk Con, the first ever full service comic book convention to be held in that famous seaside resort town, will feature not only a wide range of comic book names and celebs-Marvel Entertainment, Top Cow, Michael Rooker, Phil Jimenez, Stan Lee, to name but a few-but will “celebrate” cosplayers as the convention’s CEO and founder, Michael D’Alessio promises.

Rihanna Gets Kinky With Alexander McQueen

The thing with alternative fashion is that, in the mainstream, it does rear its naughty head in loudest of ways. Recall all the controversy over Madonna posing and prancing in what was considered at the time ‘racy’ couture-mostly blindfolds, full black shiny catsuits and long gloves-(like these: https://dawnamatrix.com/shop/accessories/opera-length-gloves/) in her videos for songs like “Human Nature” and “Exotica.” Often celebs lead the charge in what they wear or in their actions…did you hear that Dakota Johnson admitted to stealing her underwear from the set of Fifty Shades, it was so delicious? Or we get little hints of what could really be on a costumers’ or directors’ mind when they slip-in decidedly naughty accessories like a latex leopard cincher that even the most novice latex fashionista notices of.

Modcloth Models Are Like You And Me

But this is not say everyday men and women can’t wear our clothes-in fact nothing could be further from the truth. Anyone can snuggle into one of our or show off in one of our . And we also believe everyday men and women can model. Modcloth, an online retailer has been proving this well in their campaign to stop photoshopping their models and even further in a most recent add where they use their own employees to model their latest swimsuits.

Two Big Lifestyle Events In NYC: LGBT Expo and CineKink 12th Annual Film Festival

From February 24-March 1, 2015 CineKink NYC returns for its twelfth year. Opening Tuesday, February 24th@ 8 PM, with a fundraising kick-off extravaganza at Taj (48 W. 21st Street, NYC), the festival moves to Anthology Film Archives (32 Second Avenue, NYC) from Wednesday, February 25 through Saturday, February 28, and then there’s a DIY filmmaking workshop, awards celebration and an “AfterGlow” play party to end everything on Sunday, March 1.
Fans as we are of all kinds of cinema, but especially films of a decidedly ‘edgy’ sensibility, the list of what will be shown this year reads to us like quite the scrumptious shmosregboard. On 2/25 (just two days from now, so be quick and get your tickets here) the festival opens with films “Inside Her Sex” and “Air Sex: The Movie.” Other titles spanning the end of the week and across the weekend are: “Love Hard,” “Body Of God” “A Tribute To Club 90” documentary, “High Shine: 15 Years Of International Ms Bootblack” (something lots of Dawnamarix fans might be interested in?). On the last day a course will be presented for making your own naughty movie, FROM FANTASY TO FILM as well as the annual Cinekink Awards and a party to follow to close-out the event.

Dawnamatrix Gold Latex Gown In Kelly Padrick’s New Video “Radiance”

Director/editor/producer here, Patricia Chica uses the wonderful talents of cinematographer Martin Bouchard DOP to the fore at both inside and outside locations in the Laurentian Mountains of Quebec, to make this 8th video of Kelly’s really something special. Chica is well known for her creative documentaries of often alternative subjects and in this video you see her creativity taking hold. In fact, as is made clear in an anecdote written in the notes of the video, a huge dragonfly just happened to light on both Kelly and her costar and Chica decided to use the happy accident to make a most delicious scene.

The Mainstream Has Its Fifty Shades Of Fun While The Latex Fashionista Sits Back Bemused

Ellen DeGeneres trotted out another ‘homage’ to “Shades,” debuting a video clip of none other than Today show weather guy Al Rocker giving a weather report dressed in red nipple tassels, black leather shorts, a bondage harness and knee-high laced boots. Given the fact that DeGeneres works for the same network, that Roker-and the rest of his Today show hosts-are as much T.V. personalities as well as broadcasters and that DeGeneres pulled a Fifty Shades Of Dress-Up with Rocker’s fellow host Matt Lauer only a few days before, this all fit the theme and mood of what has been going on in and around the movie.

Constantly Considering Your Latex Wardrobe Groove

As these shots of our various Latexclothing will show, putting together an outfit, adding to your ‘look’, or even just fantasizing about what you want to wear, is something that can be easily pieced together (and to be sure, men’s clothing choices can be just as easily ‘considered’ from our wares ). These pictures were taken during the Montreal Fetish Weekend, where people were wearing/considering/enjoying their wardrobes to the fullest, utilizing the lovely model and woman-of-mystery Lalka Dollar Doll of Geneva Switzerland. Lalka walked for us for the debut of our Space & Time collection at MFW 2014 and Philip Faith, our photographer for these photos, has himself ‘considered’ many a fetish avant-garde pose and outfit in his celebrated career.

Valentine’s Day Latex

Yes, flowers and chocolate are all the rage on Feb. 14th (and usually overpriced for the day) and you will catch any number of couples scrambling for a table at their favorite bistro. But really, why not settle down (which most of us will be doing come the end of the evening anyway, no?) and unwrap yourself to reveal some couture that’s sure to get the blood pumping red, or present your lady with some under things you’d just love to see her in. Come on, we’re not above a little sexy talk and pricking of our naughty natures, there would be no way to sell latex and not admit to it being used as much to show-off at lifestyle events as for some decidedly naughty, even downright kinky play at times.

Space & Time Butterflies Fly Over To Germany To Flutter Across The Lush World Of Posh Fairytale Couture

As you well know our Dawnamatrix Space & Time butterflies have fluttered across the runaway at Montreal Fetish Weekend, sailed to great heights buoyed from applause at the Latex & Lace Winter Fashion Show; just recently they flew across to Germany. We provided our garments for a shoot with notable headdress designer and makeup artist Rachel Sigmon of Posh Fairytale Couture. German photographer Sonja Saur shot model Luthieen (as these photos attest) in a perfect collaboration of our butterfly latex and Rachel’s beautiful and sculptural headdresses.

Bigger, Bolder, Better…for Sports Illustrated?

Models with last names like Benhati, Teigen, Lima are regulars to the Sports Illustrated Annual Swimsuit Issue. But Ashley Graham, the first ever plus-size model to be seen in the infamous issue, will be cutting a historic figure indeed when she appears in the yearly bikini edition hitting new stands next week.

Katy Perry @ The Super Bowl

If you are unaware, The “Firework” singer is presenting the halftime show this year. Judging by Katy’s past performances her costumes for Sunday-deigned by Jeremy Scott-could be wild indeed. At a Super Bowl XLIX press conference Miss Perry assured us all that her opening costume would be “flaming hot,” that she is bringing a lion and some sharks to her performance “creating three or four different worlds” and that though she knows nothing about the latest ‘Deflategate’ controversy “nothing in my performance will be deflated.”

Dawnamatrix and Sharon Stone

With Twiggy ‘returning‘ at 65 to front a “L’Oréal Professionnel” campaign, acting roles for women over 40 gaining accolades at the latest award shows and the obvious allure of ladies like Sharon Stone, beauty is obviously well available and timeless on women of any age, of any station and wearing whatever she damn well pleases…though we couldn’t be happier that Ms. Stone is wearing Dawnamatrix here in L’Officiel Australia’s February 2015 issue.

Amber Rose’s Monokini: Big World Problem

Amber claims her post birthing bod is the result of a regiment of good dieting and yoga, so it could be said she is inspiring a host of mom’s worrying about baby weight gain. But celebrity is about consistent visibility and these pictures Amber took-at least the first round of the bikini pics-were also about the lady keeping herself in the constant public eye.

The Dawnamatrix Runway @2014 Montreal Fetish Weekend Video Is Here

Looking back at this video shot by André Rousseau, featuring models Mira LaFleur – Alt Model, Kerri Taylor, July August Model, Marina Igorevicz, Holy Scar, Crimson Heavens , Carl-Andre Gerard, Nea Dune, Veronique Marcoux, Naida Black, with their hair and MUA expertly rendered by Eva Guida, it is amazing how quickly I can recall all the wonderfully sexy details of those three days by just looking at this great runway showing we had. I can literally feel that warmth and acceptance from the enthusiastic audience all over again.

A Personal “Fifty Shades Of Grey” Movie Review

We’re all adults here, let’s speak plainly. There is a certain alternative lifestyle approach to wearing latex for lots of us who wear it. Within that lifestyle sometimes fits cosplay, role-play and fetish…among fashion and high couture wardrobe needs and wear. Yes, there are those of us who as much enjoy wearing something like our latex micro ruffle skirt (see here) as there are those of us who would want it lifted up ever so slowly to receive a right solid smack on the fanny while wearing it (of saints be praised, say it ain’t so!) Yes a long latex cape might just be the sexiest accessory you own, but it certainly can cut either quite the sub or dom look in how its worn. Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson may not be anything like what you picture Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey to look like and the action in Fifty Shades far unlike anything you ever experienced (or simply not as intense) but let’s face it, for lots of us latex aficionados the happenings in E.L. James’ trilogy are not unknown to us, at least in concept, if not in actual practice.

Rapper Wale, Collaborator Ashley Rose and a packed Cure Lounge Boston: The Amazing Latex & Lace Winter Fashion Show

The club was packed (always a good feeling) with lines around the block due to a surprise guest appearance by hip-hop recording artist Wale, our co-host for the evening. Wale has worked with Jay Z and Kayne and can boast (if he was that kind of a guy to do so) a rabid fan base. My collaborator for the event Ashley Rose Couture Designs and I couldn’t have been happier to have Wale there with us. His star presence really made the evening.

2015 CES Fashion Innovations

Nervous System revealed a second dress in their Kinematics 4D line (some people are just not happy with 3D.) The first Kinematics dress featured thousands upon thousands of interlocking pieces 3D printed as one piece, allowing the very best in visually arresting bespoke couture with the wearer making what they want right from their printer. The new dress has a thousand added panels (that’s a total of 3,212) and is much lighter than its predecessor, a huge selling point when it comes to attempting to sell wearable 3 or 4D to the masses.

Dawnamatrix Designs & Ashley Rose Couture Designs “Latex & Lace” Winter Fashion Show

6one7 Productions & Manic Panic present the Dawnamatrix Designs & Ashley Rose Couture Designs “Latex & Lace” Winter Fashion Show at Cure Lounge Boston on Sunday, January 11, 2015. This latex and lace extravaganza will feature Dawnamatrix Designs “double featured” with the elegant sexiness of Ashley Rose Couture. The Ashley Rose sensual lace bodysuits and dresses ‘fit’ as the perfect counterpoint to our tight and shiny latex creations. We couldn’t be happier to be paired with the creative folks of Ashley Rose Couture and just know this event will be one of the premier must-attends of the New Year.

Smart, Sexy, Fashionable Marvel’s Agent Carter

Sure, we have lots of super smart, proactive ladies populating T.V. presently-Kerry Washington’s “Olivia Pope” in Scandal, Archie Panjabi’s “Kalinda Sharma” on The Good Wife, those sassy smart young women on The Big Bang Theory-but add in a touch of the superhero and period piece couture and any fantasy wardrobe-r is bound to salivate. Hayley Atwell, who we first met as Peggy Carter in the superhero period movie Marvel’s Captain America: The First Avenger, will be working for SSR (Strategic Scientific Reserve) while managing her covert ops on this new show. ABC promises the series will be a mix of “Indiana Jones” and “Alias” with action swift and intricate and worth tuning in for.

3 Quick Tips For Building Your Fantasy Wardrobe

Sure, we’d be the first to champion buying that https://dawnamatrix.com/shop/dresses/asymmetrical-ruffle-minidress-2/or one of our signature kimonos and jumping right into fantasy couture. But the reality of the situation is that one should take baby steps when changing or adding to one’s wardrobe with latex or any other alternative fashion pieces. Maybe you can start with a pair of latex pants, a shirt, or some lingerie (something only a few people might see.) Start simple for your first salvo across the bow of your fantasy wardrobee

Post Holiday Festive Latex?

Have you survived the eight days? Did you manage to get through the nog and the cookies? Gearing up for Kwanzaa? Did you happen to catch The Hobbit: The Battle Of Five Armies or Take Five? Tuckered out from all the visiting and gift exchanging? Did you steel your courage and actually venture to the mall? Surely, the last thing you might be thinking about right now is squeezing yourself into our https://dawnamatrix.com/shop/corsets/galaxy-corset/ or a pair of https://dawnamatrix.com/shop/bottoms-m/straight-leg-trousers-2/ ,but that festive feeling swirling around you still should always be present in your latex wardrobe choices.

The Stars Show Off For LOVE Magazine’s Advent Calendar

No one is going to label Kris or Kendall Jenner world class dancers, but dance they try to, in sexy black Philip Plein pieces, for LOVE Magazine’s Advent Calendar. Kendall cavorts in black bra, stockings and high waist panties (see our basic one here) while her mom wears a black suit jacket over tights (which she adds a skirt to in another scene in the video later.) The women shimmy with antlers on their heads in one set-up but mostly they set about destroying a pink Christmas tree.

Black Color Fashion

This past week American fashion seems to be have run ‘in the black’…good and bad. Jennifer Aniston donned the classic LBD at the People Magazine Awards in L.A and was applauded for her fashion sense (and figure) in blog-o-sphere headlines and online pictures. While Kim Kardashian blasted her mom Kris Jenner for wearing her signature black, what the Kim called “Omish sh—t” outfits of late (she probably meant Amish, right?).

Holiday Movie Kink Couture?

Still, with what we’ve seen from Madonna (throughout her career actually) or from Kim Kardashian or so many other stars of late, latex is alive and well and in the mainstream of fashion more then ever, So we can all sit back with a bucket of popcorn on our lap and enjoy our holiday movies this year, even if there isn’t exactly lots of latex in this recent offering.

The FETISH Subculture Documentary

Hoping to demystify fetishism by using the fetish community’s p.o.v. Carl’s documentary-which team Dawnamatrix is part of-is aimed to serve as “a first contact between the fetish world and the educated general public.” Begun in spring 2011 and completed this year, Carl truly lets the people in our community-models, designers, photographers, event producers, painters and filmmakers –speak for themselves about their lives, their ideas and their particular passions.

Dawnamatrix Classics

With all the kink that seems to be coming at us in mainstream culture of late, from celebrity wardrobes and certainly the buzz that Fifty Shades Of Grey birthed (the books then the movie) we realize more than ever before that there is a wide range of wares people could possibly want. Not everyone is familiar with or is looking to purchase jodhpurs or Ben Wa balls, so there has to be alternatives for those looking for alternatives, for the novice and even the well-seasoned fantasy fashionista. Yes, Victoria’s Secret has the angel wings, jewel-encrusted push-up bra contingent covered, still a good many of us want a simple naughty outfit or subtle accessory to add to a good old fashioned sexy wardrobe. We feel that these days, a designer who does what we do, need create outfits from the mild to the wild.

The Dawnamatrix Cyber Monday Sale

All catalog items are being offered at 20% off, just enter CYBER when ordering (this sale doesn’t include custom orders.) Is it time you bolstered your fantasy wardrobe with gloves, pasties or any number of other accessories? Maybe you’ve had your eye on one of our unique latex kimonos, or are planning holiday festivities you absolutely need a new catsuit for. How about surprising that special someone with latex lingerie (for you or them) for a truly unique holiday surprise? Whatever your want, whatever you’ve been dreaming of, this will be the very best day to grab it from Dawnamatrix.

Kathy Griffin Has Your Latex

Not that we’ll see a dominance of latex couture crossing such a mainstream pop show, but one has to wonder if Kathy Griffin actually takes the hosting job of E’s Fashion Police, how things might change? Griffin has been hinting to a few entertainment outlets that she might indeed take over for the recently dearly departed Joan Rivers on the infamous fashion call-out celeb show.