ABOUT US
I learned
how to stamp and tool leather while I was in the Army at a craft shop on
base. In 1991, I made a friend a southwestern style belt for
Christmas. She asked if I could make her a leather bikini (she was a
dancer). I told her I never tried, but I remembered seeing a pattern
for one. I bought the leather and the pattern, cut it out and sent it
to my mom to sew. My friend loved her white leather bikini. Then
another dancer asked me to make her a red one. That’s how I got
started.
I was in
grad school at the time, so I had either my mom, my sister or a friend
sew for me. After a year, I taught myself how to sew, mostly through
trial and error. I would make a couple outfits and sell them at strip
clubs to dancers. I started to expand my designs to include chokers and
wristbands.
My wife,
Jayne, joined me in 1995 and we continued to expand our fashion designs
to include skirts, dresses, vests, halters, and more. We have been
making leather clothing either full-time or part-time ever since. This
web site shows where we are at this time with most of the designs our
own creations. Even as we began shooting the photographs for this web
site, we were still adding new things. (Many customers are surprised
when Jayne tells them that I do the sewing.)
Check out
www.fabulousfurryfetishes.com for Jayne’s whimsical leather-dressed
plush bears!
We still
travel around to do direct sales at strip clubs, but with the advent of
this Web site, we hope to be on the road regularly to vend at Fetish
Show events. Check back often to see where we’ll be, and come say hello.
Jim Bennett
