inner doll model

i still model now and then in second life and the most recent place u can find me parked in a lovely bell jar glass case at 'Inner Doll'.

and no i'm not for sale.

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german fashion with a latex edge

i just pop'd over to mahret's excellent fartguide blog and found a new entry on german fashion designers which featured a bit of latex as detailing. she commented:


Germany is slow - we already knew that. And it's absolutely unfashionable - with some exceptions. We don't have proper fashion blogs and no cathy horyn, suzy menkes or whoever... just a bunch of more or less boring magazines (some exceptions here aswell) and... anyway. I was surprised to find an interview of Marios Schwab in the current issue of the Spiegel's (major German news magazine) supplement Kulturspiegel. Unfortunately it's - surprise - in German, but I simply had to post it...

go to her blog to see more of the fashion scans from teh feature and the rest of her comments.

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issue number 10 is full of dolls

sometimes i need to go through my junk folders on both yahoo and google too see if the filters have gotten carried away and deleted some actual emails from friends and readers. one peice of spam i did check out (as i don't remember signing up for it) is the online magazine chic today.

i did spend a bit of time visiting the magazine's website and found one of the older issues - number 10 - is packed full of doll like motifs with a very doll-ish model on the cover. though hardly suprisingly it was the one on burlesque.


and more of the fantasy fashion spread is on the inside of the downloadable issue.

what caught me by surprise was that there's an actual makeup collection called 'doll face'! i'm not even making tenous connections here - its an actual set of products. i've not found the company's homepage (well i didn't look past page 1 of google search to be honest) but i did find this blog.



further into the digital magazine is coverage on burlesque with the inevitable shot of betty page and dita von tease. sadly the pussy cat dolls had more space than both of them and personally i don't see the connection.

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rubber sex - the book

is due out sometime in May 2008 as i discovered when i tripped over it when bouncing from wordpress blog to blog over the weekend.

the single entry on the blog is here.

and it says for the most part:

Rubber Sex: Erotic Stories coming in May 2008, edited by me, from Cleis Press

Rubber, latex and PVC all cling to the skin and have the power to make their wearers feel sensual, sexy, and aroused. In this collection, the world’s hottest erotic authors make the most of the sensual potential inherent in getting suited up. Hang out with a "Tire Stud," learn "How to Liven Up a Boring Party," and go "From Solid to Liquid" in these tantalizing adventures. From latex body paint to the smell of rubber tires, pretty dresses that beg to be touched to clingy catsuits worn by powerful mistresses, and men who want to show off every inch beneath the allure of latex. Get ready to enter a world where the most sensual material gets slipped on tightly, then polished, stroked, and caressed while the bodies inside heat up with desire. These stories focus on the look and feel of rubber and latex, eroticizing them to the fullest. Find out why everything, from flirting to spanking to going all the way, is better in rubber.

hopefully more information as it becomes available. wonder if there's any stories in it about becoming a latex doll? i'd better write the author to check ;-)

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a catalog of australian dolls

thanks to the legendary Gromet for this find from australia. seems an online retailer peteralexande.com.au has themed some of they're catalog around living dolls and has a collection of spreads to prove it.

some of the shots can be found here, here, here and here. do post any more links in comments when you find them.

a neat behind the scene documenation of the shoot is here.

now i wonder what would happen if they used realdolls for a shoot and offered to sell those as well as the clothing they'd be wearing?

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acquo boots or mis-translation?

in the latex fetish community, both old school makintosh types and the newer fashion oriented ones there's sub group fixated on the fetish of high heeled rain boots. i raise my hand and say yes thats me too!!! i need a pair!

besides the more recent but still very rare Patrick Cox rain boots are the 60's - 70's rain boots called Acquo's which were pure soft rubber lined with fabric. these were the for runner of the synthetic knee high boots and did the same thing by clinging and shaping to your calfs but with rubber instead of some form of pvc. they came in a range of block heel heights as well as shaft lengths, from knee high, just over the knee like the current revision of pirate boots as well as a tight thigh high.

the only thing thats remotely close is the Siger Morrison Rain or Shine boots which i do have a pair of but with my heel training i've not been wearing them. those too are now highly sought after and go for double their original price if and when they come up.

on another recent ebay hunt trying a load of variations and languages i found this interesting pair in france's offshoot.


looking at them i'm not convinced they're real acquo boots at all, but they do seem to have a large part of their uppers made from rubber or latex. and waterproof too.

apparently they're were made or owned for Ginger Rogers. besides the label i'm not sure how you could prove it. they're listed here on ebay.fr with 5 days to go. have a look for more photo's even if your not going to bid.

also on ebay but this time in the UK is an actual pare of Acquo Met boots which have started at 500£'s... thats 1000US$ for a pair or rubber boots. its a relist as the original buyer bailed when the total reached 800£! they're here.

i did read there was a person in the UK who bought up the remaining stock of acquo boots when the company closed in the late 80's. he's not on the internet but does a flyer like catalog. does anyone know more or have seen real ones?

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the rare patrick cox rain boots

these came and went from the stores and i totally missed them. or i my latex fetish hadn't developed to the point of an obsession and definately wasn't heel training in at all when they were sold. still the only place to find them is specialist vintage shops and garage sales along with of course ebay. i've never seen a pair up close but i think they're some sort of molded plastic which is just fine with me and sort of reminds me of a boot version of melissa's which i still think they should be doing.


these ones sold yesterday on ebay.de (germany) for 121 euros. they weren't my size but i do like the deep black gloss for them. maybe i need one of those shoe piggy banks and start saving till they re-appear.

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leather and latex leggings being discussed

with photo's and links at the Fashion Spot and its running up to 18 pages now and i've only had a look at a few of the pages so far.

it is rammed full of advertising so be warned.

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2 years old today

well actually on wednesday so u can see how distracted by work i've been of late.

the blog has managed to reach 3/4 of a million hits but i'm not going to get a cake till it hits a million. ;-)

i feel i want to be introspective here but can't really muster any deep thoughts at the moment so will come back too this later

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latex leggings are back...

on the fashion blogsphere radar with an entry by Wendy Brandes Jewelry's blog here.


she explained and posed for a photo:

Meanwhile, I broke down and bought the American Apparel leggings. They're all weird around the waist so I'll have to send them back ... but of course I took photos first. Or at least I tried to.

and with a fair bit of interest too with loads of comments so far. pity she's not had too much luck with the leggings. she should of gone for the 1/2 price real latex tights from Libidex's email list. my pair just arrived last week and they're made from the thinest latex imaginable.

wendy apparently is a secret lover of things tight and shiny and she even has a tag for latex on her blog here to make finding the individual entries easy.

and it comes up again in her top list of obesessions with no 5 is Latex, PVC and patent leather.

some of the other fashion bloggers with coverage of latex or latex like leggings include

- The Coveted - spots an Austrian designer who used them in her collection


-Style Bubble - susie wears skinny pvc jeans from topshop (uk £40) here and complains about being predictable - but finds they really work well in all her shots mixed with summer tops

i must say susie has come up with a rather trade mark way to being seen on a highly visible public blog and yet not seen at the same time as you can tell from her signature self portraits where she shows off clothing and style.


meanwhile on I Spy, Thrift Eye - the blogger managed to find mango 16$ here. does that mean they're on the way out or that the local population isn't really up to speed style wise?

back to wendy's blog; do have a look at her Obesssion no 4 fish "My old standby obsession: fish feet" shoes made by Christian Louboutin - though not in her size. sadly i know how she feels about shoes.

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the high price of rubber heels

thanks to the XuXu who sent these links in for high heeld rain boots on german ebay. wow are they pricey!


sadly no matter how much googling i do i can't seem to find where they were actually sold or where to get them other than the occasional pair popping up on ebay now and then. a similiar pair was spotted earlier in the year with pink trim but sadly not in my size.

also found on german ebay is a nice pair of tall flat soled ones which sold for alot of money and the current listings for the vogue boots - which would match my catsuit very nicely but the euro and the shipping costs make it too expensive too get at the moment,


the same german ebay seller who from looking at their listings, specialises in medical latex clothing and equipment also had a pair of ultra rare 'acquo' boots with a decent square heel. the autions now finished and they sold 129 euros! but do have a look at the listing here to see a rather comprehensive and well photographed set of images of these extremely rare boots.

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it was a photo shoot too

Bimbo box by ~AncillaTilia on deviantART

and just not a fashion / fetish performance as detailed in an earlier entry.

thanks to roen for emailing me the find.

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Bimbo girl by ~AncillaTilia on deviantART

no its not me, but maybe i wish it was? - update

i was sent this link to a yahoo profile in from a regular reader and asked if it was me.

no its not, though in some ways i wish it was. there's alot of common grounds even if i wouldn't like breasts that large.

what it it also illustrates that there are other people doing this and successfully too it seems.

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update: apparently its not even the person's profile image, rather it was lifted from Darkwing Zero's homepage here.

besides the lifted image i think what i was illustrating what i liked and disliked and that someone else seemed to share the same vision and claimed they were doing it.

so really the question is, if anyone is seriously doing something so extreme - would they ever put it on there yahoo profile (or myspace or facebook - yadda yadda)????

black and shiny is in

i was revisiting alot of the fashion blogs i had bookmarked, some of which i found when i was googling for information on the americal apparel leggings and found this rather lovely jacket. it reminded me that for christmas to myself i do plan on getting a PVC styled rain coat but made in latex.

this one is on sale now at bergdorf goodman here for 605$ and says its patent leather but on closer examination i think its really just plain pvc. wonder how many they made and how many sold. one thing i'd venture about this particular cut is that you'd need to have the model like body shape to pull it off.

meanwhile there's alot of black and shiny accessories this fall, big bags and glossy heels being the main focus.

still i'd prefer it in latex though pvc is way more acceptable in the public.

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the commisioned dolls

some people can't draw, some can't write. i definately can't do the first and there's a bit of debate about the second. one way to solve this problem is work with someone who can and act as a sort of producer / director to realise your vision and this is exactly what a reader's done with the help of dkstudio05.
DW explained his vision

I liked her art style so I commissioned a dollies picture from her. I asked DKSTUDIOS05 to use references from Jay Petto and this lightspeedimages photo set (I happen to own this photo set too).

I'm going to get a second commission from her and the idea is that uh, the doll on the left will be dressed in a tuxedo and act like a ventriloquist, while the doll on the right is her dummy (in reality, both of them are being manipulated by an unseen power).

more of the back story is with the image and story.


and for the second commision DW wrote this teaser:

Title: The Show Must Go On
Story:

Tragedy! A thief broke into Madeline the Ventriloquists’ trailer and kidnapped her dummy. Madeline had to cancel her show while she pursues the criminal responsible and rescues her dummy. As a last minute replacement, the King of Toys Land prepared Melissa and Veronica for a surprise live performance.

Toys Land is the pinnacle of puppet technology and the King utilizes wireless technology to manipulate both of them. The Queen also lends her voice in this mischief and does the voices of Melissa and Veronica. The audience found the show to be so entertaining, the King and Queen decided to make this opening act a solo road tour; indefinitely extending the ladies stay in Toys Land.

Professor Greene’s Fetish Journal, Entry #14, contd.:

The puppet show tour was a remarkable way to visit different parts of Toys Land. As entertainers of the Royal Court, we were guaranteed sold-out audiences wherever we toured. Although we were stage props, Veronica and I received an almost reverent respect from our handlers. In Toys Land, it is considered an honor to be used as a puppet or a doll in any capacity by the Royal Court.

so if your a frustrated writer with loads of ideas but can't draw or vice versa, then find someone to collaborate with. i'm still really looking forward to people making short comics and possibly even films with second life.

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thanks to Ronald

a regular reader for this link here to an amazing photoshoped model.

you'll need to click the link due to rights and use issues.

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from 'A's to 'DD's

no, not batteries but breast size.

this is an interesting experiment from uk newspaper 'The Daily Mail' where a journalist with small breasts, was fitted a pair of perfect 36DD silicone breasts by a spfx expert.

this road test was inspired by a skinny flat chested tv presenter Trinny.

it starts:

Had all the men in Oxford gone mad overnight? The postman started it. When I opened the door, he stood there grinning like a Cheshire cat, and lingered rather longer than necessary while I signed for a package.

Worse – or was it better? – was to come. In Sainsbury's not one but two men offered to let me go ahead of them in the queue. Another wanted to know if I needed help packing my groceries away. Another still wanted to open my car door for me in the car park.

In my local delicatessen, Gluttons, the man behind the counter smiled and nodded like an eager puppy as I bought such mundanities as olive oil and courgettes. But it was the (male) librarian at my local library who really seemed to have lost his marbles.

Only a few days previously, he had processed my son's books in the nursery section, and he had seemed like a perfectly normal, capable, soul.

Now, though, he was a man on the edge.

He stuttered when I asked him to show me how to use the new IT system. He flushed beetroot as I sat down. As he pointed to the screen, I noticed that his hand shook. He seemed incapable of a simple sentence. Eventually, muttering something about going to find his assistant, he fled completely, and sent a (female) colleague back in his place.

Not that the women of Oxford were behaving normally either.

contiues and article in full is here.

if your breast size is that small then those chicken fillet things won't do any good at all and this sounds like an option. wonder how long it will before something similiar will drift into the mainstream as a dress option? its almost like this is the making of a doll suit. what will be next?

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i need to take better notes

two images from a blog that was loaded with latex. and now i can't find the link. poop

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sm mannequin in NYC club

i remember a fairly long time a go, maybe early 90's that some super club opened in downtown NYC and according to the media reports it was decked out with kinky mannequins contained in full sized plastic tubes.

i just found this image from my hd, and i think its from the club in question. though any more information on the club i simply can't remember.

still i can see that being exposed to such overt kinky imagery in a normal club would hit something in some people. wonder how many would like to trade places with her. i know i wouldn't hesitate.

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america's next top model is a doll?

spotted on stuckposing and apparently from Cycle 6, Episode Eight. pitty they were so small.

it was posted by DJDojo who has a made the offer of writing up peoples story ideas. needless to say i forwarded one i had been sent and had been fleshing out but never got around to actually completing.

he has a deviant art page here as well as a collection of youtube videos here. do have a look.

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