When I think of early fetish pioneers, it’s names like John Willie, Charles Guyette and Irving Klaw that spring to mind. Their published work typically date back to the 40’s and 50’s. However, as this article describes, there was a French couple who were blazing the fetish trail decades before them. Named Nativa Richard and L Richard, they founded their eponymous company in 1914. With an in house photography studio and a talent for creating fetishistic outfits, they ran a successful mail order business from Paris up until WWII.
Nativa Richard modelled a lot of the clothes and accessories they created. This is an image of her from the article, wearing some particularly fetishistic boots. You can see a clear influence from this to the later work of Willie and Guyette.
Thank you, what a great post, lots to explore here.
Glad you liked it!
-paltego
Of course they were from Paris. Oooh, la la!
I generally think of Berlin and London as the main centers of European kink, but Paris definitely has it’s attractions and history!
-paltego
Thanks paltego. I love reading about kink over the ages.
Who wouldn’t want to worship the boots of that goddess hoping to be judged worthy of her attention?