Super rare, and very much sought after by collectors of fetish fashion design.
The EctoMorph 5 Collection. London: EctoMorph, 1996. Saddle-stapled, glossy fetish fashion catalog. Illustrated throughout with high-quality full-color and b&w photographs of the EctoMorph 5 collection.
A very good + copy. Top corners of some pages show barely visible blemishes.
Includes BoyGirl, GirlBoy, Zips & Studs, and Butch sections. Models show high-waisted boned shorts; cross-over strap dresses; long dresses with side lacing, catsuits; bodies with plunging necklines; high-cut briefs, high-cut bodies; skating skirts; fluted dresses; see-through trench coats; ankle-length dresses; military dress; strapless dress; kaftan, boned bodice, etc
All designs are in latex and/or PU. Colors: black, red, green, blue, purple
- Clothes designed by Krystina Kitsis.
- Photographs by Patrick Jackson.
- Models: Venus Eden, Tracy Clark.
Also included on ordinary paper:
- EctoMorph London, The Ectomorph 5 Collection Wholesale price list
- EctoMorph London Invoice to a customer
- EctoMorph London 1998 Letter by Krystine Kitsis to customer concerning their wholesale enquiry
From the introduction: 'EctoMorph Edition 5 is the culmination of eleven years of producing quality rubber and PU garments. EctoMorphv set out, through expertise in design, to merge the boundaries of fetish and fashion. This collection designed by Krystina Kitsis flirts with bondage themes to produce garment nog only fit for a fetish context but acceptable in conventional society.'
From the Ectomorph website 'about' section by Krystina Kitsis:
'Ectomorph started in 1985 as an experiment, spurred by the excitement generated by a new club in Soho, 'Skin Two' where I felt there was a need for fresh ideas in fetish clothing. I thought it would be interesting to take fetish into fashion. Subcultures, like Punk, had already flirted with fetish paraphernalia and I wanted to take it further. I was fresh out of college, having studied cultural history at the Royal College of Art and written a thesis on the connection between sexuality and fashion that took me into the area of fetish and the way it had evolved. I was determined to write myself into the history of fetishism by transforming its image through fashion, though I retained many of fetish's intrinsic elements, those of silhouette and detail like straps and studding, whilst applying a modern approach.'
'Since that date my work has frequently featured in prestige magazines, Vogue, Elle, Hunger, Marie Claire, Loaded, Playboy, Skin Two, Sky Magazine, 19, to name but a few. Ectomorph garments figure in promo videos by Snoop Dog, Siouxie & The Banshees and The Cors. I have worked on advertisements for David Bailey.'