The first Europerve was many years ago in Amsterdam, hosted by Steve English from DeMask and Tim Woodward from Skin Two. Fast forward to 2023 and Europerve is transformed into a very exclusive, high-end invitation-only fetish party on Sunday 1st October, from 4pm to midnight. A top restaurant near Dam Square is transformed into a fetish nightclub, with exquisite food and cocktails. Strict rubber/leather dress code. A few snapshots from the party are below. (Photos by erikfoto.eu) We always have a great time…

STOP PRESS – Next comedy show provisionally scheduled for Sunday 28th January.
Watch this space for confirmation and line-up

Sunday 18th June 2023, 7pm, at a fabulous hotel in the heart of the West End, between Piccadilly Circus and Oxford Circus. Two hours of kinky comedy from FIVE top performers – how’s that for a night out!

Doors open at 7pm – there’s a cash bar, of course. Get a drink before the show, which starts around 7:30. Drinks in the interval too. The show ends around 9:15, giving you plenty of time to get a late supper in the West End. Book here

Meet our kinky comedy stars…

Gabrielle Killick, The Girlfriend from Hell gabriellekillick.com

Mark Cram, The Bisexual Bruiser https://linktr.ee/markcramcomedy

Arielle Souma, French, Filthy and Fabulous facebook.com/soumaarielle

Jojo Bellini, New Zealand’s Kinky Cabaret Queen  jojobellini.com

John Robertson, the Human Hurricane https://www.thejohnrobertson.com

Our compere is the award-winning Ivor Dembina, the comedy circuit’s leading SM Jew, renowned for his brilliant solo show Sadojudaism plus “Editors Pick of the Fringe” at the Edinburgh Festival https://www.ivordembina.com

Tickets are only £20. This event always sells out – book now here

(In the unlikely event that any tickets are available on the door, they will be £25)

Meantime, questions are welcome – email Tim at chardmoresociety@icloud.com or call 07941 506 922

Saturday July 22nd, 2023, 3pm-10:00pm

The 2024 Fetish Barbecue will be announced as soon as possible. If you would like to get the news as soon as it is confirmed, register your interest by emailing us at chardmoresociety@icloud.com

This is one of our occasional very special private invitation-only parties. Some of you may remember our exclusive dinners at the hotels in Berkshire and Soho, our country house parties, the fetish dinners at Steve’s chateau in the Auvergne and at Gérard’s medieval chapel near Versailles. Well, this is our Summer barbecue in a luxurious studio, deep in a private 4-acre wood in the beautiful Sussex countryside

The wood is totally private, with no public access – it’s just for us. The views of the Sussex countryside are lovely. Hidden in the wood is a vey well equipped studio. There’s a super sound system, underfloor heating, a shower, room, a changing room, atmospheric lighting, a big gas barbecue (burgers and veggie burgers provided) and a large outside gazebo, just in case of rain

We will bring our own dungeon setup, which many of you will know! (As always, please bring your own personal toys, for obvious reasons.) The studio has a professional level suspension system

All around us are the woods – full of very private spaces for play, trees for bondage and suspension, etc…

HOW TO GET THERE & WHERE TO STAY
We recommend you take the train or drive to Arundel, Pulborough or Amberley station, stay there and get a taxi to the wood. (Only 10-15 minutes away – All ticket holders will get the address.) Taxis must be pre-booked. A couple of numbers for taxi firms are Pulborough 01798 874321 & Arundel / Amberley 01903 884444 

CAMPING
You are welcome to camp in the wood. You can use the shower, electricity and changing room in the studio. Bring a towel! It is possible to reserve a parking space by the wood for campers only.
Email to organise this here

DRESS CODE
Anything you like – fetish warmly encouraged

CHANGING
Guests must not arrive or leave in fetish gear. They may change at the studio. 

PARKING
There is no parking at the wood (unless you are camping)
We are planning private parking only 1.2 miles away, for a small charge, with a shuttle taxi service on Saturday
Parking at the stations – Amberley, Pulborough, and Arundel (check prices)
If you stay at the Arundel Premier Inn, you can park free and get a taxi to the wood

THE RULES
No smoking or recreational drugs of any kind. (We mean it!)
No photography. (If you would like a photo, Tim will take one for you in the woods.)
No outdoor shoes in the studio, due to expensive flooring!
(We suggest you bring flip-flops or ballet pumps for indoors.)
Here is a link to out dungeon etiquette page, which applies to all our events  https://chardmoresociety.com/dungeon-etiquette/

BOOKING IS BY INVITATION ONLY

Scroll through the pictures below and imagine a stroll through the wood, with views of the lovely Sussex countryside. You pass part of a cage, then a log just right for bending over. Then, in a clearing, a newly built studio. Step inside and there’s a top class suspension rig, a kitchen, a shower, a dressing room, underfloor heating, a super sound system. You have arrived…

Riding a spaceship named Kurage

Text by Rei Hourong
https://www.instagram.com/reihourong/

Special Thanks Kid’O & Kurage

Rubber is a material that has undergone great changes due to the spread of the Internet and the advancement of technology. AZZLO, a store selling authentic imported rubber wear in Japan, closed in 2000. Four years later, Kurage & Gummiba, the predecessor of Kurage, opened in Nishi-Ikebukuro in Japan. Kurage & Gummiba is the only shop in Japan that offers original Latex wear designs that can be fully ordered. Then, in 2012, it took the helm as “Kurage”. Kurage’s activities have been diverse, both in Japan and abroad, and they have established a position as the go-to brand for rubber in Japan. In this interview, we talk with Kurage’s designer Kid’O about various topics.

I founded “Kurage” at 35. This year, 2022, will be its 18th year. Based on my age, it may seem that I had a late start, but I have constantly made things since I was child, and I’ve known since my teens that this is something I would do. It started as a select import shop.

When I was in Cologne, Germany to buy imports, the owner of a fetish shop had said “Why don’t you make it out of latex?” I also thought “oh, yeah.” I’ve never bought latex clothing for myself, and at the time when I looked at latex clothing, they were not made very well. 

So, I thought I could do it better myself. That was the beginning of Kurage.

My fashion has always been influenced by music.
 I have listened to rock music like KISS and western music like ABBA and JAPAN(David Sylvian) a variety of different genres and artists.
since I was in elementary school. When I was 12 my friend’s sister had invited me to a “Stray Cats” concert at Nakano Sunplaza in Tokyo, 1981.

 It made quite the impact on me. It was a time when we didn’t have the Internet like we do now, I wanted to imitate their style, so I collected their music and records. 

Anyway, I watched a lot of movies such as “Grease”, “American Graffiti”, and “Growing up”. The week after the concert, I joined the Rockabilly Club in Harajuku and danced around with my hair in Regent style and wore a leather jacket.

In my early teens, I was completely into Rockabilly. 

Then I started going to clubs and was exposed to a variety of fashion styles and materials. I spent my 20s with hippies in India. All these different experiences have made me who I am today. It was like the music and cultures were coming in and accumulating. 

It’s not that I wasn’t listening to the old stuff anymore, it’s just that my world was expanding. I had a lot of friends who were into various genres, I absorbed and learned as much as I could of what was cool and interesting. 

Malcolm McLaren may have been the first person who introduced latex to me. I loved his clothes and music. Back then, I used to play around wearing my World’s End clothing then.

This led me to “SEX” boutique and “SEDITIONARIES Bondage Style” clothing by Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren, and working with materials such as latex. 

That’s why it was no big surprise that latex would be the primary material when I launched Kurage, and it didn’t really feel like anything different. To me, I feel fetishism when image, sound, and the space all mesh together. Latex and bondage have always been a part of fashion. The sound just naturally comes along with it. I have no interest in fetishes or eroticism without it.

Why latex? With latex, you can do anything from fashion to BDSM, fetishism to art, inflatables to fits. It can be sexy ,kawaii, dark, pop, traditional, futuristic, speculative, and on and on. Latex is the only material in the world that can express everything.

It works and moves my imagination like magic.

What I value most is the collective nature. In my shows, there are many models. There is something about a group, or rather, a gathering of like-minded individuals, that I feel. 

There’s a sense of dread that comes from being in a group, or an unfamiliar atmosphere. Even the Japanese “Awa Odori” is a fetish in this sense. I’m still pretty confident in myself about the potential of rubber. I’m always thinking of possible ways of applying it in reality. But to be honest, I don’t have much of an attachment to what I have created in the past. I know I can do more now, and I’m still not completely satisfied. I feel I’ve only reached 10% of what I want to do. There are things I understand from making them, but it’s more of a learning experience, not a masterpiece. It’s not even close to being a masterpiece. I’m not interested in masturbatory shows to stroke my ego or looking for approval by proclaiming “Look at my outfit!” or, “Look at my skills!” Having people who happen to be there saying, “What’s this? I’ve never seen this before, it’s great,” is good enough for me.

I’ve gained experience, so I feel like it’s finally time to start creating the utopia I originally set out to. I’m thinking of working toward a Kurage tribe show based on the concept of imagining a small village called Kurage.

I’m always looking inside myself to find where I will land in the end. What would satisfy me? I think especially about scenes from movies, manga, and other media that surprised me or made me feel sexual attraction for the first time when I was a child. 

A lot of those have stayed stuck in my head. For example, some of Kurage’s hoods have no mouth. This is inspired by Maetel, a character from an older anime called Galaxy Express 999. She was the first character I ever felt sexually attracted to in an adult way. This look comes from the way her eyes are so big, but her mouth is only a line.

I find and incorporate elements that I have seen, heard, and experienced that I think are good, regardless of genre, and put my own spin on them. Of course, tastes change over time, so the designs change along with those. I call it “design,” but I don’t actually draw any designs. I just start with building parts for different ideas I want to express and try to maintain a balance as I put the whole thing together. So even I don’t know what it’s going to be until it’s finished.

One of my fetishes is the world created by Peter W. Czernich. It has a big influence on my work.

It was his early work “Rubber Sports” that first struck me in amazement, but it wasn’t unJl the “Fetish Academy 3” that really inspired me to work with latex. The military nature and the cold gaze peeking from the masks shocked and excited me.

For example, in the world of reggae, artists are still using old rhythm tracks to create new sounds, and young bands are inviting great artists of the past to join music sessions. There is a sense of respect there. Similarly, it had been my dream and aspiration to work with Peter and to have my work published in his books. And when I first opened my doors, I never imagined that we would be working together today. Rather than dismissing the old as “old school,” we incorporate it in the design and create something new.

When Kurage is introduced abroad it is said, “Kurage picked up ancient and traditional elements and created something brand new.”

I think that is why it is well received overseas. There are many reasons why I really started my own brand, but if it weren’t for Peter there would have been no KURAGE.

One of my favourite rubber brands is Sebastian Cauchos. I like that his work is not commercially based, but has a clear idea of what he wanted to do. I also liked Absolute Danny and Schwarze Mode. I especially liked the stitching and tailor work in Schwarze Mode. Also, the early work of Inner Sanctum.

One of the ways that Kurage has gained a cult following and popularity over the years is through being a part of a number of extravagantly styled fashion shows.

Since 2010, the oldest fetish event in Japan “Department H” began hosting a “Rubber Festival” every May. The showcase began with Saeborg (https:// saeborg.com ) as the main focus, but without it I don’t think it would have been possible to hold a show overseas.

Each time it got bigger and bigger. I did all the preparation, progression planning, presentation, meeting with the performers, video and sound editing by myself. It did not always go to plan, but I’ve learned a lot from the experience. There are no events in Japan that have a full- scale stage like that. This COVID-19 disaster has taken a toll on events. I hope that the world overcomes it and that more events will be held soon. Events can influence the younger generaJon in many ways. It can also be the spark that starts something new. Because we are moving forward, the past is coming alive. I also like the traditional style of LATEX and I would like to mix it well into today’s designs and create a new environment with young people. That’s where it starts, because the times are changing rapidly.

The pandemic has got me thinking that I’m old, and I’m going to get older. When you drive in the countryside, you see those freaky houses decorated with scarecrows and such. That’s where I think I’ll end up. I can imagine myself becoming a crazy old man. Doing what I want to do is natural, but in order to do that, I need to support myself financially. No one is going to help me with that. I’m sure it’s different for everyone. I can’t go abroad due to the pandemic. So, this might just be the right time to build that financial base.

Kurage is like a spaceship. It’s my ideal world that I strive to reach. To achieve this goal, there will be many detours, but I never stay in one place. Along the way, some people get on, some people get off, and the next destination point changes. In order to get to the next planet, we will need to refuel, and the aircraft will wear down over time. It will be necessary to stop for repairs and recovery. Now is that time.

Kurage Latex Designer / Kid’O 

Designer at Ikebukuro Kurage. Specialising in latex art. Also designer for fashion magazines, advertisements, and music videos. Consecutive recipient of “Best Fetish Fashion Designer” Award at “The European Fetish Awards” in 2015 and 2016. Amazingly skilled creative with a unique sense for design and fans all over the world.

Kurage: Specialising in Latex art 

Latex Haute-Couture Quality Latex Clothing made in JAPAN. beGLOSS Japanese agency

●Shop Adress Tokyo Hakuyo Excellency 1F 2-20-6 Ikebukuro Toshima-ku 171-0014 Tokyo Japan 

●Opening Time 13-18 hr. Shop closed Tuesday 

●Contact +81(0)3-3988-5818 

info@kurage-shop.com 

FaceBook https://www.facebook.com/kurage.latex

Twitter https://twitter.com/KurageKidO

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/kurage_latex_art/

OFFICIAL WEB WWW.KURAGE .TOKYO

Skin Two is still a clothing brand based in England. Find original Skin Two designs at
skin two.com

Gérard Musy

The Red-Hot  SM/Art Event. Saturday 10th September 2022
« Mephostophilis : (…) and his (Dr.Faustus’) labouring brain
Begets a world of idle fantasies 
To overreach the devil; but all in vain:
His  store of pleasures must be sauc’d with pain. »  
sc. XIX  v. 13-16
Doctor Faustus (1594) Christopher Marlowe

Starring Lady Mephista (Berlin).Co-starring Mistress Audrey Fatale (Melbourne), Mistress Isabella Sinclaire (New York)

Red attire is the theme of this new event.

THE INTERNATIONAL HIGH-SPIRITED FETISH EVENT 

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The party takes place in a medieval chapel in the grounds of a beautiful country home, South of Fontainebleau, just outside of Paris. 

The event will begin at 5pm, with champagne in the garden, and appetisers in the house where a photography exhibition will be held. 

We will proceed to an atmospheric candlelit dinner in the chapel with distinguished guests (40 persons max.) dressed in fetish costume (dinner jacket and full evening gown optional), with top dominatrixes.

After dinner, four different spectacular and original photographic shows will be projected on the wall of the chapel :Lady Mephista Show,The Red-Hot Mistresses Show *, Mistress Isabella Sinclaire Show and the traditionnal and legendary Beyond  Show**. 

All these unique shows can only be seen at this event.

To crown the night, The Devilish Mistress of the Night  Lady Mephista will start the play with perverted BDSM scenes… 

The event usually ends late at night around three in the morning

*All the Mistresses attending the event will be offered a previous photo-session and the photos will be included in this Show.

**Beyond is a collection of 108 photographs depicting BDSM scenes captured from 1981 to 2014. The photographs, mainly black and white with only the occasional swirl of red, depict scenes in clubs, mistress’s dungeons and intimate surroundings. The already powerful scenes are amplified by an inner narrative that transcends the screen and throws the observer’s mind into a vortex of light and shade. The Beyond Show is driven by a specially composed music score, in surround sound, that will further enhance the viewer’s experience of total immersion in the scenes depicted and propel them into a world of vivid imagination. 

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Champagne + three course dinner + wine + photo shows + play

€ 500 per couple  (€250 per person)  

• A special and unique case including The Lustre  DVD-Book  and the  four Photo Shows HD files – only available at this party.
• For couples who previously attended my party, a unique and original RC  (18x24cm) vintage print  from de series Lustre will be given instead.

€1,200 per couple  (€1,000 per one person)    

• + A 30×24 cm unique and rare vintage silver gelatin photograph from the Lustre series (150 images), printed by myself, according to your choice if still available. The very same print is worth twice as much at gallery price.
• + The Lustre DVD-Book case +The four Photo Shows HD files.

A 12 PHOTO PORTFOLIO OF MISTRESS ISABELLA SINCLAIRE AND ONE OF LADY MEPHISTA WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE DURING THE EVENT.

It’s easy to reach the house: one hour by car from Paris, just a little longer by train. Orly airport is nearby. A special car service will be available to and from the house. If needed, taxis can be booked too.

There are many different places nearby to stay after the event, from extravagant suites in a castle, to charming Bed and Breakfast inns. Please ask for the list.

For further information and to book tickets to the dinner and shows, email to gerardmusy@gmail.com or call  +33 6 20 66 67 70

See a video from the 2019 party here: https://vimeo.com/378807161

See a video from the 2020 party here: https://vimeo.com/507896528

See Gerard’s work here: gerardmusy.com 

The Black Man’s Fan Club

White women who love to be used by black men. White husbands who love to watch. What’s this all about? 

Tim Woodward had no idea, but reports from the front line…

I’d never even heard of anything like this until one day my friend Charlotte asked me to go with her to a club, just to keep her company and see that she was all right. Now, I’m fond of Charlotte and I know that she is hardly a wilting violet. In fact, Charlotte is rather more familiar than most with alternative sexual behaviour and – if we are being frank – this is based on a decade or two of enthusiastically gathered experience. So I wondered just exactly what kind of club it was that could possibly make a woman like her nervous. 

Black men. Now what is the fetish for white women having sex with black guys all about? Well, all right, apart from the obvious. Is it based on the thrill of flouting some ancient social taboo? There’s a doctoral thesis or two there, but I propose to gloss over all that here, on the grounds that it’s boring and I want to cut to the chase. As did Charlotte, for she had taken me to The Black Man’s Fan Club. 

Around half of the people at the club were white. They were mostly couples, more or less middle class and pretty obviously married. They were ordinary folk, chatting about schools and holidays, the kids at university, traffic on the M4, that sort of thing. The only thing you’d remark on was that the women were dressed in outfits their kids would have no idea their Mums owned. The short frocks and high heels were presumably kept hidden away at home. The white husbands looked pretty ordinary.

The other half of the people in the club were black. All men, all on their own. They hadn’t brought their partners with them. Funny, that. The black guys were a friendly and relaxed bunch. The atmosphere was cool and the evening began to take shape. I discovered later that the organiser, a charming woman called Helen, policed everything carefully. These guys had to be members; they could not just turn up at the door. This worked well; Helen had put together an atmosphere that was sufficiently sexually charged – but not at all pressurised and very welcoming to newcomers like us.

The purpose of the club was to allow the white couples to interact with the black guys in this pleasant atmosphere. After a glass or three of Pinot Grigio, the women began to interact with mounting (sorry) enthusiasm and we watched to see how it all worked…

The women had their fun, without having to sneak off behind their husbands’ backs. The husbands mostly stayed chatting at the bar while their wives went off to play, although some accompanied their wives, watching or sometimes joining in. The thrill of being cuckolded was obviously a big attraction for many of these husbands – and without the danger of the wives having affairs of the heart.  As for the wives, they had a great time, believe me. (I felt it my duty to observe closely, you understand.) You just knew they would be driving home afterwards in their Vauxhalls and enjoying the horny stories together.

You could see them thinking… Kids off to uni, still in love with husband, but he’s getting a bit older and not the dynamic lover he was. But look in the mirror – I still look pretty good in a short dress. Time for fun before I collect my pension. Here’s fun all right and no danger of romantic entanglement – in fact hubby absolutely loves it. Result!

My favourite was a lovely woman in her late forties, good humoured and well spoken. She mentioned that she was a Bank Manager. Later on, I wandered off around the club and spotted her in a dark corner, enthusiastically obliging several young, good looking black lads. At the same time. Some time later, she appeared back at the bar, smoothing her dress, and re-joining her husband for another white wine, chatting about the government and the weather. Twenty minutes later, there she was again, in a side room with a couple of other guys, this time with her husband present, watching happily. 

Meantime, Charlotte was chatting with a handsome black man and I could see that they liked each other. As they wandered off to a side room, she caught my sleeve to indicate that she wanted me to come too. Never one to disoblige a friend, I tagged along, not too sure exactly what my function was supposed to be. Charlotte quickly discovered that what they say about black men was certainly true in this case and soon she was a very happy bunny indeed.

Later, as I dropped her off at home, I asked what she had made of it all. Had she had fun? All she said was “Can we go again next month!” and that’s exactly what we did.  It was all such fun that I wondered on what basis I might continue going, as Charlotte didn’t really need looking after any more. Could you approach it as a guy who is not into being cuckolded? After some thought, it turned that yes, by all means you can.

The way I found to enjoy this stuff was to do it an an SM context Now, anyone with any real understanding of SM will understand that the dominant partner is there to please the submissive. The trick is to find out exactly what the sub is longing to be “forced” to do and then “force” them to do it. After some research, I found that quite a few women are very turned on by the thought of being taken to a safe and secure environment, to be used by handsome and hung young black guys, under the care of a responsible and caring dominant. Enter Diane…

Diane is a tall, cool blonde with a professional career, teenage kids, and a penchant for giving up control now and then and being told what do to. From the start, she is instructed to wear her highest heels. Having very long legs, she looks stunning – and feels deliciously vulnerable. Diane is not allowed underwear for this, so she feels vulnerable as soon as she sneaks out of the house, her long coat concealing her shortest dress. 

At The Black Man’s Fan Club, Diane is bent over a whipping bench and spanked until she is nicely warmed up. She drifts away into an abandoned state; I love to see her like that. By this time, several black guys have gathered round to watch. Ken is young enough to be Diane’s son, handsome, fit, a nice guy and seriously equipped. I invite Ken and a mate to use her. I supervise closely, taking great care of her. 

Afterwards, Diane is a very happy woman. If you like a bit of role play, you can approach the BMFC as a “hotwife” and her cuckold or as a dom and his sub. Having said all that, though, you don’t really need any pre-set agenda at all; you can just go and have fun. 

Why black men? As I said, I don’t agonise about this. There are many flavours of sexuality. Some of us are gay, some of us are straight, some like to be spanked or dress up in rubber and some of us like red hair and glasses… or is that last one just me? Maybe it’s because black men are said to be well hung. Maybe generations of racism have created a taboo that’s exciting to break. Theorise as you will, but Charlotte and Diane don’t worry about that and neither do Ken and his friends. 

The Black Man’s Fan Club is at www.blackmansfanclub.co.uk 

This article was originally published in KFS Magazine issue 1, available at www.kfsmedia.com