High End Fashion and Erotic Couture

Wolford sets the tone when it comes to High Quality Stockings, Leggings, Knee Highs and Capri's.  With prices ranging from 50.00 to 350.00 and higher.  Only a certain type of woman can afford to wear these handcrafted nylons.  Usually the woman is sophisticated, highly educated with a sense of style power and grace that flows from her naturally.  This woman breathes an air of confidence and is not one to easily be trifled with.  And the Wolford brand is just a very elegant exclamation mark, subtly reaffirming to the world how fucking awesome she is! 

Wolford is a celebration of the modern woman and a celebration of the female figure.  Handcrafted nylons of the most meticulous quality...  You would swear that the creators are nylon fetishists.  Wearing Wolford's is the same status symbol to sensuality as the hood ornament of a Mercedes-Benz is to quality

The two Wolford pioneers were extraordinary characters.  The industrialist Reinhold Wolff from Vorarlberg and the retail businessman Walter Palmers from Vienna.  In 1949, they founded the company Wolff & Co. KG in Bregenz am Bodensee. With their own dye works and moulding shop, they also took up the manufacture of nylon stockings in the same year that nylon made its entrance in Europe. A year later – 1950 – the Wolford brand was registered for the first time as a protected trademark.

Born to a Czech father and a Spanish mother and born and raised in the Canary Islands (Spain), Blahnik graduated from the University of Geneva in 1965 and studied art in Paris. He moved to London in 1968 to work at fashion boutique "Zapata" and write for Vogue Italia. After showing his portfolio of fashions and set designs to Diana Vreeland, she told him that he should design only footwear.

In 1972, Ossie Clark invited him to create shoes for his runway show. With a loan of £2,000, Blahnik bought Zapata from its owner and opened his own boutique.
Manolo Blahnik's flagship store remains to date in Old Church Street, Chelsea London.

With prices for these shoes ranging from 400.00 to thousands of dollars, each one of these pairs of shoes are handcrafted and designed by Manolo himself.  Such a passion for the female foot.  I thought it fitting that the Worlds Best Shoe Designer should be right next to the Worlds Best Stocking Designer.  I really love this man for his gifts that he has brought into the world.  If the female foot is such a vision of beauty.  Consider a pair of handcrafted Manolo's to be it's Top Hat.

“I like women with style: actresses like Uma Thurman, icons like Audrey Hepburn. I like women with style to wear my shoes.” he revealed to VOGUE.COM.  I am sure that any woman would be honored to wear these masterpieces.

Ah, the intricate beauty of the simple corset.  ...Although nothing is simple about Meschantes Corsetry.  I love the designs of these corsets.  Both elegant and classical at the same time.  You know, corsets have a very long and sorted history in society, both as a point of eroticism and fashion. 

The word corset is derived from the Old French word cors, the diminutive of body, which itself derives from corpus - Latin for body. The craft of corset construction is known as corsetry, as is the general wearing of them. Someone who makes corsets is a corsetier or corsetière (French terms for a man and for a woman, respectively), or sometimes simply a corsetmaker. (The word corsetry is sometimes also used as a collective plural form of corset.)

The word corset came into general use in the English language in 1785. The word was used in The Ladies Magazine to describe a "quilted waistcoat" called un corset by the French. The word was used to differentiate the lighter corset from the heavier stays of the period.  The most common and well-known use of corsets is to slim the body and make it conform to a fashionable silhouette. For women this most frequently emphasizes a curvy figure, by reducing the waist, and thereby exaggerating the bust and hips. However, in some periods, corsets have been worn to achieve a tubular straight-up-and-down shape, which involves minimizing the bust and hips.

From the runway to the silver screen, Syren has set the standard for excellence in handcrafted, contemporary latex wear. One of the premier manufacturers of latex clothing, latex fashion, and custom latex/rubber originals, Syren Fetish Fashion designs range from basic latex fetish wear to fashionable latex dresses, rubber evening gowns, and formal latex military uniforms.

Not only is the company a well-recognized brand to fetish fashion enthusiasts, they also service the needs of the film industry with Syren Couture.
Expanding on the Syren Fashion aesthetic, and catering to their growing cinema clientele, Syren Couture focuses on providing studio services. Known for the unparalleled caliber of its designs and craftsmanship, all Syren Couture garments are handcrafted by skilled artisans using only the highest quality materials. Signature Syren Couture creations have been featured in major films from the Watchmen, Batman Returns, Batman Forever, and Men in Black II to Mr. & Mrs. Smith, on popular television shows such as Ugly Betty and CSI Miami, and in the music videos of Gwen Stefani and Eve.

In 2006 Syren resident designers J. Mysterioso and Jeff of L.A. refreshed and refined the Syren line, and October 2007 saw the re-launch of the Syren retail store, now teamed with Stockroom.com, resulting in a stunningly revamped interior decor in its new brick and mortar location.