GARTER BELTS & STOCKINGS Men's Magazines 1960s

In the early 1960s what was emerging from the publishers of men's magazines was to desire for much more than nudity. The response was a variety of titles from major publishers focusing on models initially posed in very sexy lingerie: garter belts, stockings, panties, bras, girdles, corsets and high heels. To that end Sampson, Selbee, Health Knowledge and Parliament created titles that brought the contents, first explored in the "fetish" digests (Exotique, Bizarre) of the late 1950s, into full-size magazines.

Here is a sampling of some of the best titles of the the era, circa 1963 ~ 1965. Above the penultimate Focus on Bettie Page featuring Bettie cover to cover plus French Spice, Pepper, High Heels, Scarlet, Nylon Mood, Satana, Go and Black Satin.

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 Margaret Middleton cover

 Brandy Long cover

 Francine Young cover

Vickie Kennedy (aka Margaret Nolan) cover

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GLAMOUR GUIDE 1957 Busty Latina Anita Ventura

Rarely seen Glamour Guide Semi-Annual #1 published by Selbee in New York City, circa 1957 featuring Joann Bliss on the cover and the always marvelous, voluptuous Latina, Anita Ventura throughout. Ventura's long black hair, streaked white in the center, her gorgeous face and seductive figure made her a stand out of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Where is Anita, her daughters and grand daughters today?

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BIZARRE LIFE Magazine: Fem/Dom Fetishism S/M 1960s

Spinning out of the universe of the New York based specialty publishers like Selbee and Burmel came Bizarre Life. The first issue, inspired by both Bizarre and Exotique magazines, was published by Unique Publications in Toronto. The content but was harder edged leaning towards fem/dom photo stories, fantasy articles and illustrations by Eric Stanton and Gene Bilbrew. Issue two came from BiLife Publications in Delaware, which eventually changed to Condolidated Publications. Bizarre Life's "fetish fashions" photographs were greatly influenced by the English magazine Atomage, published by John Sutcliffe. Early issues have contributions that are clearly from Atomage and similar English rubber and leather fetish publications. Here's a taste of the first few issues.

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Adult Bookstore Magazines 1960s ~ 1970s

East coast/west coast publication and consumption of "adult bookstore" magazines started  in early '60s and by the end of the decade had exploded due to the efforts of Parliament, Selbee, Health Knowledge, Marquis, Press Arts and other publishers who found their specialty within the genre and expanded as pop-culture and censorship laws changed. 

Here's a preview of what will be available for purchase soon in my eBay store: Pepper, Hip & Toe, Rendezvous With Pleasure, Girls! Girls! Girls!, Sneaker World Of Elmer Batters, Like Wild!, Hippie Girls, U.S. Sex & World Views, Nude Mood, High Heels and Bizarre Life. 

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Fetish Digests Part 3: 1950s~1960s Exotique Klaw Eneg Stanton

Part three of the Fetish Digest post from the archives comes from a recent acquisition of an excellent collection of 1940s ~ 1970s magazines. Most of this material is available for sale in my eBay store and can be found by clicking here. This post includes covers as well as illustrations published in the magazines, including artworks by Eric Stanton and Gene Bilbrew (aka Eneg).


The publishers of these magazines (Klaw, Burmel, Selbee) discovered that there was an audience for "fetishism" revolving around the fantasy of the dominate female. Using this basic concept of female domination and the submissive male and female, a fantasy world was created filled with images of bondage, fetishism (especially of legs, feet, shoes and boots) and an ongoing interest in female impersonation, frequently of the "forced femininity" variety. 


Scans of covers and internal illustrations and photographs from the recently purchased collection follow. 


First section, all are Exotique magazines.

Issue #1 with a stylized portrait of Bettie Page by Gene Bilbrew.

 Meowwwww!!

 Ultra, ultra, high heels!

 Seen on the streets of New York City.

 Terri Barton

 Metal waist cinch with screw and wingnut. 

 Boys will be girls.

Miss Exotique, Tana Louise. 

 German photograph, circa early 1930s, possibly pirated from London Life.

The Spider Pool, Los Angeles.

 The marvelous Barbara Pauline on the left.

 Miss Exotique, Tana Louise. Extraordinary photo was the inspiration for one of Robert Blue's most iconic paintings. 

A rare bit of turn about.

Irving Klaw Mutrix/Nutrix publications...

Plus a few others...

 Two above: self published by Eric Stanton with his illustrations. And below, probably published by Stanton with illustrations by Gene Bilbrew.

 Conqueress Club Magazine. A circa early 1960s "celler job" published in Los Angeles with wonderful, amateur style illustrations. 

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