Common forms of sneaker fetishism are worshipping, licking and sniffing sneakers. The page informs us that most trainer fetishists, gay men and straight men, are based in France, Germany, Belgium and The Netherlands.
After a little bit of XX-browsing we found the Tumblrs Sneaker Fetish, Sk8terboy and a Dutch sneaker fetish wikipedia page. We were introduced to the term sneakerslaves via a friend. The iconoclastic twist of a sneakerhead making love to his sneaker could be the ultimate case of a shopper and a product becoming one, surrendered in manic mutual adoration. In the dark zones of the sneaker cult, fanatics enjoy intimacy with stylish kicks on their feet and in their mouth. Yet the persuasive power of sports footwear has caused the rise of darkrooms within sneaker culture. There is nothing scandalous about stilettos being marketed as sexy.High heels are a widely accepted vanilla expression of shoe fetishism. Shoes carry sexual connotations in mainstream culture. We all know that you can tell so much about a person by what they wear on their feet. When I meet an attractive boy, his shoes are the first thing I look at. This time we found beauty behind the hidden doors of the booming world of sneakers, one of the lasting veteran icons of American consumer culture. That's where the beauty and the horror of present time shines out in it's optimum. As artist and designers we're always attracted by cultural excesses. Under this Blog, they report on the emerging digital folklore from the wilds of the net.Įxtraordinary fanatical identities, lifestyle desires and corrupted commodities are some of our biggest inspirations. The Dutch artists Pinar & Viola’s practice is concerned with radical surface and new totalitarian decadence.