What is the collective noun for a group of dommes? A dungeon of dommes? A deviance? A discipline? I kind of like the idea of it being a ‘perfection’. It’s a little more abstract and has less obviously kinky roots than those previous suggestions, but it captures something of the dynamic for me. Both in terms of the pedestal their submissives put them on and the high standards they expect in return.
Whatever the appropriate noun, October seems to be a popular month for dommes to get together. In New Orleans there was Dom Con. In DC there was the Fetish Ball. And in London there was the Femdom Ball. I sadly didn’t make it to any of them. However, if I were to make arbitrary judgement calls based on social media – which is exactly what I’m about to do – then I have to the Femdom Ball certainly won when it came to style and fashion. Fancy fetish wear is all very well, but nothing is sexier than glamour and elegance. As a case in point I give you this, this, this, this, this and this. I love getting dressed up to go out and I often wish Seattle was less flannel shirts and more French cuffs. Clearly I should check out the Femdom Ball in future years.
I finish the post with another shot from the Ball. My suggestion of a perfection of dommes is sounding pretty good about now, right?
You can see a lot more shots from the event on the twitter feed.
There are some fabulous fascinators in there (I think they’re technically fascinators rather than hats, although some of them are marginal).
Well I learnt something new today. I’d never heard of a fascinator before. I just assumed they were all called hats, no matter what the design. Thanks for increasing my knowledge!
Wikipedia also tells me that if the base resembles a small hat, then they’re called a hatinator. While a fascinator seems like an appropriate and neat name, hatinator just sounds silly.
-paltego
That’s hysterical! I, in turn, have never heard of a hatinator. Who knew?
I only knew because I go to the (horse) races at Cheltenham and fascinators are a big thing, particularly on Ladies’ Day. (There’s at least one pro dom who is a member and very glamorous she always looks, too).