Strict Leather Black Punk Bondage Belt

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Etsy’s 100% renewable electricity commitment includes the electricity used by the data centres that host Etsy. These belts are usually made from sturdy leather, and many have metal rings and spring-loaded hooks that act as anchor points for restraints. com, its owners, designers, partners, representatives are not responsible for any action taken by members or visitors of this site. After Gaultier had his first runway show in 1976, featuring unconventional statements like pairing motorcycle jackets with ballerina skirts, it didn’t take long for his star to rise.

Keep in mind that anyone can view public collections - they may also appear in recommendations and other places. The punk youth embraced their singularity through fashion and music, often preaching their anarchist mentalities. He was absolutely peerless for the longest time in the late ’80s and early ’90s,” fashion editor Tim Blanks told the New York Times. If you’d like to file an allegation of infringement, you’ll need to follow the process described in our Copyright and Intellectual Property Policy. All three of the belts are fully adjustable and removable so it would be easy to get creative with the way you wear this.Gaultier began to work with Madonna during the late 1980s, and, at the pop star’s request, he designed the costumes for her 1990 “Blond Ambition” tour. He’s said that some of his earliest fashion work was for his teddy bear, and later he would send his sketches to designers he revered, including Pierre Cardin. When transporting prisoners, leather or nylon belts are often used instead of belly chains to secure the prisoner's arms at waist level. Liability for any content posted on this site is the sole responsibility of the person(s) who submitted it. We take intellectual property concerns very seriously, but many of these problems can be resolved directly by the parties involved.

But he loved to sketch and was drawn to clothing, citing the corsets in his maternal grandmother’s closet as having a formative impact on his creative direction. Gaultier began his career in 1970 as an assistant to Cardin, who admired the sketches the 18-year-old had sent for his appraisal. When they are used in sexual bondage plays they are commonly referred to as bondage belts, and also worn in fetish clothing. These restraint belts have a metal ring on the front, through which the handcuffs are plugged and then put on the detainee's wrists. Lengths of simple leather strapping with buckles are sometimes also referred to as bondage belts, because they can be used quickly to bind limbs.The belts are usually fastened with buckles and some by a locking mechanism, which enables quick release. This mantra is easily overlaid to the 1970/80’s Seditionaries punk rock movement, also known as the birth of bondage. All four bondage sets can be wrapped in unique ways, allowing for a variety of styling opportunities as well.

These 4 or 5-star reviews represent the opinions of the individuals who posted them and do not reflect the views of Etsy. Though it is not a physical restraint by itself, it can be used to provide an anchoring point for other restraints, such as bondage cuffs, rope, etc. The belt is then placed around the detainee's waist and secured with a buckle; some models can also be locked with a padlock. While one partner is restrained with the belt, the other partner can tease them to their heart's content. His playful but exquisitely crafted reimaginings of classic Parisian styles — the striped mariner shirt, the trench coat — soon became recurring themes of Gaultier’s eponymous house, which he founded with his life partner and business associate Francis Menuge in 1982.

Most bondage belts are made of fabric or leather as these materials tend to be more comfortable and better distribute pressure over the skin. While wearing a bondage belt, a submissive partner can be restrained by using rope or handcuffs to attach their hands to the anchor points. Endeavoring to tear down gender stereotypes and sartorial norms on the catwalk, making underwear outerwear, putting men in skirts and models of all shapes and sizes on the runway, the wildly provocative French fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier has created transformational clothing designs that draw on numerous influences and boldly merge haute couture with street sensibility. Gaultier has chose a silk and rayon textile blend as the base fabric, and utilized a high concentrate silk material for the inner lining. Leather bondage belts have been worn as a fashion accessory by subcultures such as punks [3] [4] and goths.