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I like to do a variety of bondage – really anything I think looks interesting and fits in with the storylines. But what would like to see more of?
Hywel.
I just voted for “equipment” But I’d really prefer a mix.
Lots of “equipment,” metal shackles, and leather cuffs.
Almost as much simple rope, silk scarf, and tape
Not so much complicated rope harness, saran wrap, handcuffs, or straitjackets/singlegloves
Also: some leather (or rubber) straps.
I’m a big fan of the metal I’m afraid. It’s what I come here for!
I voted for shackles too because they look best on the pseudo-medieval storyline type sets.
Handcuffs just as good though when appropriate!
The good thing about metal, in my opinion, is that the lovely captive can still move about and strike attractive poses. Something which quickly becomes impossible if they can’t move an inch in a boring rope ball tie or whatever.
I definitely get the message here- I will certainly be shooting a higher proportion of stuff with metal and equipment this month!
I also like the fact that metal can be utterly inescapable, but also allow freedom to move (and to pose sexily!). Rope ties are either escapable, or immobile. That has its own appeal but I think especially with the costume bondage stuff, metal is really awesome 🙂
Cheers, Hywel.
I voted for handcuffs because hey, I am a handcuff guy.
I prefer ladies cuffed in front, but a set that is half front & half in back is also OK.
Even for me, a handcuff guy, a whole set of a girl handcuffed behind her back is boring. A story line can change that though.
Hi, I’m new and came here for the beautifull women locked in steel. Regular handcuffs, and rope bondage are all over the internet.
Steel slave irons, cells, cages, steel yokes,are a lot rarer.
Whats especially rare is chasity belts combined with the above.Interesting point… anyone know of a good manufacturer of metal chastity belts that look elegant (and preferably are of adjustable size- so probably with leather straps or something to provide at least a bit of adjustment to fit different models).
Last time I looked I couldn’t find anything that looked nice, they were all very clunky and rough looking.
Hywel.
The best site I know of thats still active is http://www.chastitybelt.tk Here you can check out models wearing serious belts costing serious money from all the major makers.
http://www.tollyboy.com belts are made in England. There are others made in Europe, priced in Euros. 🙁 Ouch!
A real chasity belt is made to fit the wearer and they had better not gain any weight. :laugh: Also the model has to be really into it. It’s one of those things where the reality is a lot worse then the fantisy. Most of those models only wear them for photo shoots.
Here’s the budget method: Study the designs of the real thing, then make a few using aluminum or copper sheeting (cuts easily) from the hardware store. Line it with cut up computer mouse pads (neopreme). Line the edges with door edge molding from the auto shop. Done carefully you can create a couple of all metal belts for under $75, that would work fine for photo shoots. (and not at all in real life. I’ll e-mail you a photo manipulation I made with a home made one.
I voted for metal shackles too because that’s what attracted me to this site – the really good sets of naked girls shackled in combination collar/wrist/ankle chain sets.
Rope/leather/scarfs etc can be found on a hundred sites and police handcuffs are also very common, but the shackled sets on this sight are both distinctive and very well shot.
My ultimate set would be busty blonde models (natural girls please, personally I find implants unexciting) naked in shackle sets…mmmmmmm.
A lot of people seem to have been drawn by the metal bondage sets. I really like metal bondage because it is impossible to escape without the key… and I think it looks really elegant. I’ll make sure I lock up several busty blondes naked in shackles for you at my shoots netx month!
Cheers, Hywel.
sounds excellent
Kidnapped model with nice handcuffs can be a good idea
huge fan of rope bondage and red ball-gags. I loved the rope bondage is missey’s hair hogtie and some of the more recent rope bondage. Rope gives the sexiest look and gives the correct impression of bondage – inescapable.
Whats gotta be best is when they are tied to something (chair bed fence etc) and when do we get some more jasmine N her sets were awesome.
I voted for shackles for many of the same reasons already listed here. You have some nice ones. I particularly like the shiny ones with the “built inâ€
As long as the models are beautiful, they look good in just about anything! And here at RE you have some of the most beautiful models around, combined with excellent hi class photography.
But if I really can choose I like it simple. Ropes or handcuffs or else doesn’t matter, but quite simple. And then I’m a sucker for gags. Ballgags are always classic, and have the advantage of causing the models to drool a bit (yea, kind of like that to), but my favourite I must say is a tape gag. It really keeps the model quiet like no other gag, and I like the look of it to. But then it must be done properly, not like seen on some other sites where the tape almost falls of by itself…
And once in a while, why not wrap the models up in clingfilm/tape (mumification) just as a change. It´s fantastic how immobilized you get by a proper wrapping!
Let’s be frank: bondage art is all about stimulating erotic tension. It is the exploitation of a fetish that finds its delight in contemplating the discomfort and helplessness of the object of one’s sexual desire.
With this in mind, I have no preference for any particular type of restraint, whether it be rope, shackles, wooden stocks, or whatever. I do, however, greatly enjoy the erotic tension created by a stark aesthetic contrast between the smooth softness of a model’s skin or delicate silken garments and the stark roughness of her restraints and surroundings.
Much of the bondage art I see makes use of neat precision-manufactured restraints, which to my mind detract from this tension. For example: clean, white terylene cords are much less stimulating to me than coarse hempen ropes; weathered rough-hewn wood contributes more to the tension than neatly sawn pine boards.
Also, I would like to see more signs of distress. Often, models look far too comfortable. They should be encouraged to adopt expressions of fear, supplication and anguish, and discouraged from looking directly at the camera lens too frequently. Clothing that is disarrayed, or even torn, would contribute hugely.
For me, the ultimate in bondage art is a series of shots that tells a story: the model, dressed in elegant satin or silk, is stalked, captured, and put under coarse restraint in sleazy surroundings, with her clothing “roughed up” in the process. This epitomises the erotic tension that I mention above and is why the Japanese are the true masters of the art. Multiple shots of a model neatly tied and lounging on a sofa or a deep-pile carpet just don’t measure up.
I really like the way that you have turned your studio into a series of sets, with atmospheric decor. The photos of Paige in a white satin nightgown against a straw-strewn floor were great. If you could adopt a few of my suggestions above, you would be a hero!
@vortag999 wrote:
Let’s be frank: bondage art is all about stimulating erotic tension. It is the exploitation of a fetish that finds its delight in contemplating the discomfort and helplessness of the object of one’s sexual desire.
With this in mind, I have no preference for any particular type of restraint, whether it be rope, shackles, wooden stocks, or whatever. I do, however, greatly enjoy the erotic tension created by a stark aesthetic contrast between the smooth softness of a model’s skin or delicate silken garments and the stark roughness of her restraints and surroundings.
Much of the bondage art I see makes use of neat precision-manufactured restraints, which to my mind detract from this tension. For example: clean, white terylene cords are much less stimulating to me than coarse hempen ropes; weathered rough-hewn wood contributes more to the tension than neatly sawn pine boards.
Also, I would like to see more signs of distress.
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Allow me to offer a contrary view: For me, the turn-on is the “victim’s” helplessness and vulnerability – but *not* her discomfort or distress. I don’t find pain or humiliation to be erotic.So for me the neat, clean, comfortable, sumptuous, and *elegant* restraints & settings here are a big plus. The glamor-style photography is one of the major reasons why I’m a longstanding member here at Restrained Elegance – and why I’m not a member of any of the many sites that feature rough tough bondage in nasty grotty settings.
I have to be honest here and say that Vortag999, you may not find what you are looking for here at Restrained Elegance.
While I like the occasional damsel-in-distress set with rough ropes, fear, anguish and no eye contact with the camera, for the most part I actually prefer the opposite- the elegant stuff which you dislike.
I definitely like eye contact with the camera because I think it gives much greater emotional contact- whether pleading, submitting, teasing, challenging or just looking damn sexy.
There really are plenty of other sites which specialise in the “down and dirty” look- try Chanta’s site at ChantasBitches.com for example. She loves shooting in a disused boiler room with rusting pipes and broken tiles etc.. The simple fact of the matter is that I don’t like that setting or style much at all. I might shoot a set there once for fun, but I’d much rather my fashion-style shoots. I’m a romantic at heart, and I want the setting to look romantic too. I’m after something that looks like the cover of Vogue, only with bondage, or maybe those 1970s detective magazines where the girl was clearly in terrible peril but it was usually implied more than shown.
So while I agree with you about bondage art stimulating erotic tension, I find that tension much more erotic when it is glamorous, stylish, elegant, clean and above all beautiful. That’s why the models don’t look very dishevelled- an artistically torn blouse maybe, but looking like she has been roughed up in some alleyway, definitely not. You wll find that their makeup is usually impossibly impeccable, they hardly have a hair out of place except for dramatic effect. I work very hard to make it so.
That’s not to say that I don’t like the occasional storyline that goes all the way from elegant to dishevelled, in the same way that I like the occasional storyline that goes all the way into intense pain & punishment or to sexual slavery and orgasm. But Restrained Elegance is always going to be focussed more on the elegant start of the story with the end implied than other sites which always go the whole way with every set.
That’s just my personal preference, it is what I am good at imaginging: I just prefer to leave more to the imagination. It was always the same with Men’s Magazines: their spreads always started with three or four pics of the girls in clothes, then jumped straight to “legs-open here’s what I had for breakfast” shots for the other twenty shots in a set. I always wished they’d change the balance and show 20 clothed or mostly clothed and three or four nude at the end! (But they should be barefoot from shot number two for sure LOL :glare :heybabe )
Cheers, Hywel.
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I like bondage that is sexy as well as with women who are bound. I do like the clean style present at this site, and some of the women are very hot. I really like the blondes like Jasmine Sinclair.I am also a bit of a minimal list. I don’t like complicated knots and Japanese style severe bondage. I do like a minimal of clothing on the models and simple restraints. That’s what makes metal so good. It is minimal, strong, and strict. Handcuffs and shackles make a statement stronger than just rope.
Of course now that Chanta Rose is back you are going to use her talents with rope more. In that case I would like to see her doing what she does best, dominating women with her bondage. She is a powerful domineering package in a very cute blonde’s body.
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I like bondage that is sexy as well as with women who are bound. I do like the clean style present at this site, and some of the women are very hot. I really like the blondes like Jasmine Sinclair.I am also a bit of a minimal list. I don’t like complicated knots and Japanese style severe bondage. I do like a minimal of clothing on the models and simple restraints. That’s what makes metal so good. It is minimal, strong, and strict. Handcuffs and shackles make a statement stronger than just rope.
Of course now that Chanta Rose is back you are going to use her talents with rope more. In that case I would like to see her doing what she does best, dominating women with her bondage. She is a powerful domineering package in a very cute blonde’s body.
@lurker wrote:
“Allow me to offer a contrary view: For me, the turn-on is the “victim’s” helplessness and vulnerability – but *not* her discomfort or distress. I don’t find pain or humiliation to be erotic.”
I absolutely agree. I want the restraint to be completely inescapable and even fairly strict, but still reasonably comfortable. I’m turned off by real pain, distress or discomfort, such as “predicament bondage”. I want to see a look of “this is really turning me on, if you’ll just let me go I’ll make it worth your while”.
I’m fond of metal bondage, especially police handcuffs and leg irons. They look great and don’t hide too much. Behind the back is definitely best; I want the (nude) model exposed and unable to hide herself.
Handcuffs are quick and easy to use. Properly used, they’re completely inescapable, which is important, yet reasonably comfortable. They allow some movement to avoid cramping and to depict moderate struggling, which can be pretty hot. The custom steel restraints look nice but I still prefer police-style cuffs, plus chains and padlocks.
Simple “handcuffs behind the back” poses are still good, but my favorite position is probably the hogtie. It’s definitely strict, but done right it can still be comfortable even with handcuffs and leg irons. The important thing is to not pull on them at an angle, and in a hogtie this can be done with a waist chain or belt to take the stress from the ankles away from the hands.
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the models are invariably beautiful Hywel, but I am very much a chain and shackles person. Your chain sets are superb – the rope bound set today (Feb 1) sophia’s sit suspension was good, but would have been extremely good with chains in stead of rope, for example.
Please – more chain and metal
I’m afraid rigging that sit suspension with chain instead of rope would have been impractical from a safety point of view- chains are too hard, the links have a scissor action against each other, and they aren’t as adjustable as hemp rope. There’s just too much to worry about to be able to rig it and shoot it safely in a reasonable amount of time.
Chain semi-suspensions work well though 🙂
Cheers, Hywel.
Definitely shiny heavy metal shackles, especially on the ankles and neck. Metal cuffs are okay, but to me they just don’t seem as extreme as those thick, heavy ones.
Personally I like the metal bondage over the rope stuff.
There is just so many bondage with rope all over the net these days that I am starting to get bored of it!
Also another point I would like to add is that the reason why I like the metal bondage much more is because it gives the ‘dungeon’ effect of a true and proper captive imprisoned slave, with no chance of escape whatsoever.
With rope it is kind of like a kidnapped ‘temporary’ bondage.
@hywel wrote:
I really like metal bondage because it is impossible to escape without the key
Indeed, and also being chains they don’t give any free millimetres at all, and I like the sounds the chains make!
I am a major fan of suspension, which I unfortunately don’t see a lot of. The tautness of the female form as it’s suspended, especially with the play of light and shadows across the curves of her body, is exquisite. Suspended with arms wide, legs down, or spread-eagled, or with wrists together and ankles tight and pulled down, suspended upside down, legs apart, arms apart, suspended in the hog-tied position, breasts hanging down… I like spread-eagle done tastefully, that is, not like something out of Hustler magazine. I love arched backs, the breasts thrust out. I love the slave positions you dedicated a full page to, Hy, esp done in proper light. Women draped back across a table, back arched, head and shoulders hanging off one side, legs off the other, bent over the back of a chair, arms and legs tied to the four legs, bottom high…. but most of all, in all of these positions, the model has to be nude. For me, nudity and bondage are far more realistic, and thus erotic, than a woman bound fully clothed. And clothing interferes with my appreciation of the loveliness of ropes and shackles on her skin, and the way her breasts thrust out when her back is forced back… There is, in my opinion, not nearly enough nudity here. Oh I appreciate that clothing can have a stunning result, especially the brighter colours, but many entire photo sets have the model wearing the same outfit, not changing position a lot, and never disrobing at all. While I appreciate the art which went into such pictures they’re definitely not my idea of erotic.
One of the delightful things about chains is the rattle or clink.
More chains please, and movement.
JMKLToo bad the poll is not differentiated, I like nice rope work but also single glove – and please don’t forget the ballgag. But I could not select the option: “Clothes (straightjackets, single gloves, etc)” because I hate strightjackets, and don’t know what etc will bring 😉
I’ll try to find a sample… not the best but will do 🙂
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