Written by Daniel P Dykes on 5 Dec 2012
It’s likely that you’ve skipped your dosage of hackneyed Internet culture over the past fortnight if you haven’t encountered Liu Xianping. For those who need a refresher on Xianping, he’s the 72 year old cross-dressing gent with Yoda good looks and a penchant for modelling the clothes sold through his granddaughter’s online store. That descriptor makes Xianping sound only slightly better than listening to Rebecca…
Written by Daniel P Dykes on 28 Apr 2012
Their leather work has never failed to capture our attention. Whether its for their finesse at making bondage mainstream or their ability to craft leather into shapes of intrigue, whenever we hear the name Fleet Ilya we’re bound to turn our heads. And turn our heads we did to gaze over an iMac screen in order to take in their spring / summer 2012 look…
Written by Allan Barger on 27 Apr 2012
View the Fleet Ilya spring / summer 2012 look book.
Written by Tania Braukämper on 20 Nov 2011
Fashion is, for many, a fetish. A construct of objects of desire. It’s a natural fit, then, for the desire for fashion to be projected onto traditional notions of sexual fetish. It’s why that little hint of the taboo, of the creeping desire that pushes the boundaries of like and lust, carries on as an undercurrent, a sub-plot, of every season. In this shoot for…
Written by Tania Braukämper on 13 Apr 2011
In the fast paced world of fashion, you don’t want to be left lagging. Not only can you fall behind, but you might also fall off the edge of the earth and into the void below, with only ex-season stock sitting forlorn in discount bins as the debris that remains to prove you ever existed in the first place. Fleet Ilya seem to know it.…
Written by Tania Braukämper on 14 May 2010
If fetish fashion meets old-school Madonna is your thing then this Fleet Ilya leather bra may be for you. Underwear as outerwear? We certainly think so, given it would be hard to fit your clothes on top of it. Constance Jablonski sweetens up lots of leather in this shoot by way of milkmaid braids and the woodland setting.
Written by Daniel P Dykes on 11 Sep 2009
To say that I’m not always a fan of Rihanna‘s fashion choices could be putting it lightly, but today will definitely be an exception. Hitting the streets of New York the singer was spotted with a very standout Fleet Ilya handbag side-slung across her body. With a shoulder feature that fuses leather with a hint of the medieval, the Fleet Ilya leather bag not only…
