Fetish model

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A fetish model is an erotic performer who appears in fetish fashion or bondage photography (sometimes glamour photography), in particular in bondage magazines. Many porn stars and glamour models also act as fetish models. Most fetish models in heterosexual erotica are female.

1 Types of fetish models
2 Popular culture
3 Markets
4 Males
5 Awards
6 See also
7 References

[edit] Types of fetish models

There are multiple categories of fetish models such as: bondage models, latex models, corset models, tattoo/body piercing models, shoe models, shibari models, and Nyotaimori / food models.

Fetish models are distinct from gothic or alternative models, and may only involve themselves in the aesthetic aspects rather than the sexual. Nonetheless, fetish modeling is considered a part of the adult industry.

[edit] Popular culture

Famous bondage model and pin-up girl, Betty Page posed for photographer Irving Klaw for mail-order photographs and was subsequently featured in Playboy. <ref name=Essex>Essex, Karen, and James L. Swanson, Bettie Page: The Life of a Pin-Up Legend. Los Angeles: General Publishing Group, 1996. ISBN 1-881649-62-8</ref><ref name=Foster>Foster, Richard, The Real Bettie Page: The Truth About the Queen of the Pinups. Secaucus, N.J.: Carol Publishing Group/Birch Lane Press, 1997. ISBN 1-55972-432-3</ref>

[edit] Markets

There are specialized publications fetish models are featured in. Some print magazines are: Skin Two, Secret, A Magazine, and Marquis (magazine).

Fetish models may run personal adult pay websites and are featured on fetish adult pay sites.

There are also fetish fashion designers. Most of these designers employ fetish models for their clothing line. There are even fetish fashion shows hosted several times a year, worldwide. Some fetish fashion designers are: Vex, The Baroness, Skintwo, and House of Harlot.

[edit] Males

There are also a few male bondage models in heterosexual erotica including Peter Holmes of BoundDomination, but most male bondage models appear in homosexual erotica. A small yet profitable niche of male-in-bondage erotica includes men cross-dressed and in bondage that caters toward heterosexual men. Harmony Concepts, Inc. was among the first and few to capitalize on the realm of the cross-dressing bondage pornography in the early 1970s. Today's expression of cross-dressing bondage is mainly limited to internet based porn. A notable model of this genre includes Delilah Knotty.

[edit] Awards

In recent years, the annual SIGNY awards have been awarded to the bondage models voted as the best of that year. The SIGNY award winners for best bondage models to date have been: