A woman wearing thigh-high boot

So, thigh-high boots are this winter’s fashion trend, hmm?

What was I saying the other week about femdon-inspired fashion that keeps its inspiration quiet?

"Cyberchic" from Karen Millen

The latest post on the Karen Millen blog cheerfully informs us that their new look is “cyberchic”.

Take a look at the picture (left).

Cyberchic?

Or Mistress chic?

I think we all know the answer…

However, my mistress and I are in the process of taking some tentative steps back into a more “interesting” relationship, and I’ll do my best to share that here…

Incidentally, this blog is in a brand new home, as I was approached by the Wordpress.com guys for http://subscribe.wordpress.com to use for their new comment subscribe functionality. I’d planned on moving to self-hosted Wordpress anyway, so welcome to the new digs. Do you like ‘em?

Scary. Sexy. Cool.

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Originally uploaded by la_fenia

Just enough haughty confidence to press all the right buttons.

The FetLife social network

While browsing my favourite blogs, I found a mention of FetLife, a new social network for, well, kinky folks.

Try thinking of Facebook or MySpace, except with more kink and chains. It looks promising. It’s easy to find people in your basic geographic area, which would be great for forming friendships or relationships, and the rapidly growing group areas look like they’re turning into mini-forums. Could be a lot of fun.

Anyway, feel free to check out my profile and add me as a friend.

BBC News covers Britain's S&M scene

Our little pastime has attracted sudden interest in the UK. All it takes is for one micro-celebrity to be caught in a little paid submission, and suddenly everyone’s interested in what we do.

The article’s enough to make one laugh out loud, though:

“Most clients I see are submissive – they want me to be in control,” she says. “When a client walks through the door I will have them strip and kneel on the floor in front of me – they will not even question that.”

What follows depends on what has been previously agreed, but Faith is adamant that she offers not just the indulgence of a fantasy, but therapy that helps those who are distressed by their fetish – or disappointed when the reality of their fantasy fails to live up to expectations.

Now, perhaps I’m biased, because I’m very much a relationship-based submissive, and the idea of going to see a pro-domme just does not appeal, but this seems a rather narrow view of a much more complicated subject…

To be fair, the article goes into more depth later on:

In such cases, both people consent to a longer-term master-slave relationship, based on mutual trust, and on the condition that either can pull out at a time of their choosing. But lurid reports of BDSM sessions that have gone wrong – such the brutal murder in 2004 of film agent Rod Hall during an S&M “game” – have helped create a difficult environment in which these relationships can flourish openly.

The first part sounds more like the Femdom I’m used to, but again with the link between S&M relationships and murder? This is a bit like mentioning the fact that people are sometimes stabbed with kitchen knives every time they publish an article about cooking…

Zoë Hong: leather dress w/ silk charmeuse top and paniers

I can’t be the only one who finds some of the normal leather “mistress wear” a little, well, predictable, can I?

I do like looking for alternative suppliers to suggest to my mistress, and Zoë Hong’s new range, as shown on her website, are simply stunning: sophisticated, fashionable and sexy.

Is it me, or do BDSM blogs have an even shorter shelf life than normal blogs?