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21 May

Latex fetishists discuss the joys of a second skin

Latex fetishists discuss the joys of a second skin
Atsuko Kudo, Dressing for Pleasure10 Images The first time somebody zips you into a latex body bag, you get this feeling of intense relief. It’s so acute most people cry. Designed like a human-sized sock with arms, part of the emotion comes from the fact you can’t move in it at all: you’re no longer responsible for making a success of your life – you’re free – and whatever happens next is in the hands of the person doing the unzipping. Then there’s the nature of the material itself: latex on your body is the closest you can get to putting on a second human skin. It’s so tight you have to apply lube to get it on. It bruises like flesh. It cools and heats...
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25 Mar

Older faces at Ninamounah’s show discuss age and share

Older faces at Ninamounah’s show discuss age and share
The Amsterdam-based brand just presented its latest show on a various range of models The sweetness industry has come a great distance with reference to its attitudes towards age. While previously brands like Dior has made missteps, hiring 25-year-old Cara Delevingne to front its anti-ageing campaign, more recently the likes of Gucci solid a gaggle of older models for its Memoire d’un odeur fragrance campaign. In fashion, things are even higher, with a slew of older faces like Joan Didion, Patti Smith, and Joni Mitchell fronting campaigns for Céline and Saint Laurent respectively.  Over in Amsterdam, upcoming Dutch fashion label Ninamounah just presented its latest collection that featured a various solid of older and younger models. Entitled Metamorphosis, the gathering featured delicate distressed...
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23 Dec

Bala Founders Discuss Wearable Wellness – WWD

Bala Founders Discuss Wearable Wellness – WWD
In 2020, the Bala bangles revolutionized the wearable wellness space, as consumers were searching for a convenient approach to get fit through the pandemic. With design on the forefront, the brand has continued to excite consumers by launching luxurious, elevated workout equipment. During WWD’s Wellness Forum last week, Bala founders and husband-and-wife duo Maximilian Kislevitz and Natalie Holloway sat down with senior beauty editor Kathryn Hopkins to debate the long run of the brand, and the important thing aspects behind its explosive growth.  Since its launch in 2018, the corporate has continued to expand and diversify its product offerings, with design and functional fitness being top priorities. The unique Bala bangle was a classy update to traditional ankle and wrist weights. For...
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9 Jun

‘As an athlete, it’s so intense’: women pro footballers

‘As an athlete, it’s so intense’: women pro footballers
England goalkeeper Mary Earps and Birmingham City’s Siobhan Wilson open up concerning the pressures of being a lady athlete, and the way they learned to feel comfortable in their bodies Body image is something that lots of us spend our lifetimes grappling with, and once you’re an athlete it may well often add a fancy layer to the already about-to-burst can of worms. Sports and movement allow our bodies to develop into the doer, taking us farther from being the inanimate, disempowered subject that our image-obsessed culture can often make us feel like. Nevertheless it’s a double-edged sword, with sports making us much more aware of our body’s limits and hyper-focused on its...
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