Brides in Bondage

Wedding dresses you have probably never seen presented like that — A captivating bondage (fashion) show by Brazilian designer Samuel Cirnansck at the São Paulo Fashion Week 2011.

Photo credit: Agência Fotosite | Marcelo Soubhia

Hi, Brazilian designer Samuel Cirnansck knows the ropes of a captivating fashion show, literally.

The show was comprised of semi-transparent latex, satin and tulle wedding dresses with an extra amount of erotic lace. But the really shocking exciting part was that some models had their arms tied at the back, some were gagged, and some both bound and gagged.

Is it only a kink or has the show some deeper meaning? I have thought about it, and into my mind came this "exclusivity thing" – being bound to one partner – which can be both captivating and romantic. I think, I still believe in it (assuming it is possible to find the right partner), but there are also other concepts which might work better, or not.

There is social exclusivity (living together with exactly one partner, some call it marriage), sexual exclusivity (quite obvious. According to Wikipedia 12–26% of married women and 15–43% of married men in the U.S. are unfaithful though, or optimistically read: more than 50% are faithful) and genetic exclusivity (having babies with the same partner only).

If you want to learn more about the exclusivity thing, I found the monogamy article on Wikipedia quite interesting and also the speculation of an evolutionary/cultural advantage when investing all the energy and resources into one relationship (at a time) and a fewer number of babies.

But now back to our exclusive wedding fashion:

Defilée Samuel Cirnansck São Paulo Fashion Week

Video credit: FFW

Photo credit: Agência Fotosite | Marcelo Soubhia

Semi-transparent latex

Gagged, bound and veiled wedding dress

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