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George Lucas may have come up with Princess Leia in slave garb for this films, but he could have never imagined Storm troopers in white corsets and garter belts or Chewbacca as a hot chick in a fur bikini. And if anyone in Los Angeles can take credit for making siths sexy, it’s gotta be Courtney Cruz and her Star Girls burlesque shows at the Dragonfly. It’s no Jedi mind trick, Star Wars fetish-ism is a thing. Star Girls at Devil's Playground Burlesque ( Tim Hunter Photography) The next event, an Independence Weekend blow-out, is this Thursday. In fact, it’s the self-proclaimed “biggest quarterly fetish event in America.” And the hodge podge of promoters (the Evil Club Empire, Bar Sinister, Bat Cave and Noize Factory-see more on these below) means that all are welcome, from freaks and furries, to steampunks and burners, to doms and subs, to voyeurs and vamps. Here are the best bondagey bashes, fetishy fetes and alt-sexy shindigs going down in Los Angeles right now.įor 11 years and counting, The Bondage Ball has been satisfying the latex-loving, whip-wielding masses with its mega-mashup of L.A. The fetish community is a loyal bunch and clearly they like to stay tied in (and up!) with like-minded denizens. Some have been short-lived, but most continue to thrive to this day. promoters have stepped up and thrown spanking good soirees in his wake, incorporating DJs and dancing with kinky performance art and envelope-pushing imagery.
He passed away last year, but had ceased throwing his parties several years prior. Widely recognized as bringing the S&M lifestyle and aesthetic above ground, promoter James Stone (Club Fuck) and The Fetish Ball (with Joseph Brooks) is often cited as its first and foremost champion in Los Angeles. While fetishism has been around for decades (Bettie Page being one its biggest stars in the '50s), it wasn’t until around the early '90s when its presence in the nightclub scene became prevalent.