3. What is this newsgroup all about?
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This article is from the Fetish Fashion FAQ, by Per Goetterup pg@login.dknet.dk with numerous contributions by others.
3. What is this newsgroup all about?
First of all: To spread the knowledge about fetish fashion and dressing
for pleasure; what it is, why we wear it, where to get it and so on. To
show that we're not perverts, weirdos, psychopaths or worse, but only
regular people with a special taste in clothing and/or footwear -
people, that are dressing for pleasure. And finally: To create a forum
where we can meet and talk about our common interest more or less in
private.
As the UseNet fetish hierarchy developed, I observed something I found
pretty peculiar: There was no newsgroup for perhaps the biggest fetish
of them all: Fetish clothing and dressing for pleasure. The
alt.sex.fetish.feet newsgroup did partially cover the topic of high
heels but most people there was more into bare feet and painted
toenails than anything you might put on a foot; some even expressed a
dislike of high heels due to the possible 'damage' they could cause on
a foot.
But there was no newsgroup for the connoisseurs of sexy, skintight
clothing in leather, PVC, latex-rubber and Spandex, and the art of
enhancing the posture and sexiness of a womans legs and body by her
wearing high heels, or ditto for men.
This all made me propose and subsequently create this group, which has
the following major topics:
+ The materials: Leather, PVC, Spandex and rubber.
+ The sexy footwear to match the clothing: High heels - shoes and
boots.
+ The fashion designs using the above mentioned materials and the
designers.
+ The art of depicting these fashions, the models, the photographers
and the publications.
+ Bodypainting (by request, not welcome in rec.arts.bodyart (see
below)).
+ Stories relating to some or all of the above; your own (!)
experiences or fiction. Do share your experiences and fantasies
with us!
+ Literature, comics, music, movies and TV with a fetish fashion
element.
Please refer discussions about tatoos and piercing to the
rec.arts.bodyart newsgroup, and pure B&D and S/M stuff to the
alt.sex.bondage newsgroup where it belongs.
Some B&D and S/M are welcome here (in particular stuff like bondage
clothing, straightjackets and so on), but as a general rule it must
relate to the main topic as well, i.e. it must have fetish clothing or
designs in some form as a central issue.
About bodypainting: Discussions are welcome here until they get their
own forum, but alas, this document has already grown to monstrous
proportions and I've decided not to include anything relating to
bodypainting in this FAQ, other than these words.
Bodypainting isn't really considered to fall into the
category of bodyart for the purposes of rec.arts.bodyart,
unless you're talking about something like henna that will
last for a long time (weeks?). Part of the enjoyment of
bodyart is the permanency, and involvement of either the pain
or ritual of getting a permanent piece done on your body.
From: Lani Teshima-Miller <teshima@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu>
(Maintainer of the FAQ for rec.arts.bodyart)
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