Fetish and BDSM Industry News and Blogs by Rachel May
Photo Shootout at the Clock Tower Sth London
I'm excited to announce that I have booked this magnificent location for a photoshoot on the 27th and 28th May 2019. The Clock Tower is based in the heart of south east London in the Crystal Palace / Gipsy Hill area and can be reached within 20-25 minutes from London...
Rachel May : Fetish Beginnings
Fetish.com were curious about how I became the Fetish Webmistress, and invited me to an interview about my humble beginnings, running a business in the fetish and BDSM industry and my experience with the fetish scene, in general. When did you get the idea to start a...
BDSM and Fetish Dating with Fetish.com
Online dating for the BDSM community has a new home and it’s on prime real estate at Fetish.com. When the guys over there contacted me wanting to featuring me in an article called Our Top Erotic Art & Alternative Businesses in the UK I was flattered and also a...
Photo Shoots for Dommes and all kinksters in London – June 2018
London is my most favourite place in the world and as we're already at the halfway mark of 2018 it's time, once again, for me to visit the capital of kink and creativity. I am currently available to shoot on June 17th, 18th and 19th. If you'd like more information...
Erotic and straight up kinky gift ideas!
I've been meaning to write a post about kinky gift ideas for years, and since Christmas is fast approaching, I thought I'd take the opportunity to suggest some quality erotic items produced by my very dear friends and clients. Some are great ideas for last-minute...
Blogging Ideas for the Femdom Community
All websites across the www are, in general, seeking to grow and engage their online audience and the Femdom community is no exception. Blogging is a great tool for boosting the SEO of a website that Google may be dismissing as too sedentary and not only does it...
New website and photos for London’s Mistress Evilyne
London is seething with professional Mistresses and I am lucky to be closely acquainted with some of those whom I consider the best. Mistress Evilyne is no exception; this lady is at the top of her game and it was an honour to have her bestow on me the revamp, and...
Personal Style according to Quentin Crisp
The object of having a style, as opposed to merely being stylish, is not to be different from other people but to be more like yourself than nature has made you. A really good portrait is more like you than your own face. ~ Quentin Crisp
Personal Branding and Photography Workshops, London
Who needs a Personal Brand? You do. How do you present yourself to the world and are people taking notice? Does your website and online persona really reflect YOUR unique personality and values, or something else? I have teamed up with Kim Rub to create an incredibly...
Erotic Boots by Ainsley-T
Some time ago, whilst in the midst of designing an old issue of Skin Two Magazine, I realised that the photos I was laying out, were portraying something very special. Not just a gorgeous pair of handmade Italian red leather boots but a...
Helmut Newton
“I still believe that the perfect fashion photograph is a photograph that does not look like a fashion photograph. It’s a photograph that looks like something out of a movie, like a portrait, maybe a souvenir shot, maybe a paparazzi shot, anything but a fashion...
Last Minute Special Offer: £300 photoshoot Monday 20th June 2016 on location in LONDON.
I will be in London for a very short stay next week and so I am offering a two hour, on location shoot, for £300 on Monday 20th June. You’ll receive all the photos plus at least 3 retouched final images. Two weeks turn around on final images. Contact me...
Miss Velour and our Heavy Rubber photoshoot on Westminster Bridge in London
My April 2016 trip to London meant copious amounts of client meetings, socialising (i.e alcoholising), family and friend catch-ups and, my current favourite activity: photoshoots. Not just kinky photoshoots either! I am moonlighting as a mainstream photographer and...
The launch of HeavyRubberDominatrix.com
London Mistress, Lady Bellatrix and I spent quite a few good months working towards the launch of HeavyRubberDominatrix.com the International Glaminatrix; Lady Bellatrix herself, came to Paris to celebrate. We had a series of intense latex-filled days with some...
Tart Cards and a very brief history of adult web design on the WWW
Some of my first regular sex industry clients came about after the Tart Cards were banned in London's phone boxes in 2001. The escorts and professional mistresses who relied on these for their clientele became my first clients who really needed a strong internet...
Photo shoot with FemDom Goddess Anastaxia Draganova
Here's a selection from the photo shoot I did with Goddess Anastaxia last June when she was in Paris. This Goddess is well known as one of the most beautiful female wrestlers on the planet! Yes! She will wrestle you into submission - be warned! I had a great day with...
Antebellum Gallery presents THE DOG & PONY SHOW
An erotic art exhibit featuring the work of ten artists – Michael Manning, Jon Macy, Dorian Katz, Midori, Brooke Kent, Rachel May, Rick Castro, Victor Lightworship, Shun Yamaguchi, and Idella Spann – exploring the theme of human pet play – specifically canine and...
Mistress Absolute’s The Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Domination
Work in the months of April and May have so far mostly been busy with projects for my fellow Taurean lady clients - happy days, as I really love the Taurean no-nonsense yet open-minded work ethic. I'd already designed Mistress Absolute's logo for "The Absolute...
Welcome
Welcome! I am Miss May aka the Fetish Webmistress: I offer bespoke web and graphic design services for the global Fetish, BDSM and erotic industry. With over 14 years of experience in this wildly creative profession, I boast an expertise unrivalled by any other. For...
Madame Caramel’s Femdom Ball
As always, it is a great pleasure to work with the lovely Madame Caramel. This project was to develop the brand and website for the upcoming celebration of fetish, BDSM and female domination; the first ever FemDom Ball which will take place in London, June 2015....
Belle et la Bête illustrated by Nicole Claveloux
The first time I stumbled across Nicole Claveloux’s work was at a children’s book illustrator’s exhibition! I was very drawn to her style, there was something mysterious about the subtle...
Fetish Photographer de Paris!
An opportunity to indulge in a fun fetish photo shoot presented itself last July when la Maitresse formidable, Lady Bellatrix came to Paris. Bella sent me a photo of her gorgeous hotel suite, sumptuously decorated in deep red and gold in a style celebrating la Belle...
Fetish Social Networks and Dating Sites
There’s a multitude of fetish and BDSM Social Networks and dating sites but do they really work? Well it depends on the way you want them to work for you, I guess. I’m on several; Facebook (not originally intended for us perverts!), Fetlife (aka dirtydollbaby) and a...
Lady Bellatrix
My latest and, perhaps even one of my greatest web designs of recent, is the new site for professional mistress and fetish model; the one and only: Lady Bellatrix Bella had seen some of my other design work and had heard good things about me :). She said she wanted a...
Maternity Leave 🙂
My working hours are currently very reduced due to ^^ the above ? . I still welcome all enquiries, however, my response may not be as instant as usual. I will return to full-time work in September. Many thanks for your understanding and, to my current clients – who...
London Fetish Scene Websites
Two great projects that have kept me busy over the last 6 months are the new look websites for, the well-loved London fetish events; Club Subversion and London Alternative Market. Club Subversion has been a favourite club for the London scene since it first opened its...
Leda and the Swan, part 2. Leda’s revenge.
Prelude: These images are subject to copyright and you do not have permission to use them ANYWHERE without written approval. I have a contact form and you are welcome to send me a message with regards anything on this website. In Sydney Australia, December 2012, I had...
Mistress Directory London
This is a brand new project, a joint effort between your Fetish WebMistress and Madame Caramel. We hope to become one of the best and most useful Mistress Directories on the internet. There are alot of directories online, it’s true. I’m not a professional dominatrix...
Paris Photo 2012
Have realised that I am addicted to art. I need a hit quite regularly, of really good, intense, well executed art and preferably of an erotic nature, and if I don’t get, it leads to a kind of despair. Happily, Paris Photo this year at the Grand Palais, was an art...
Cindy Sherman at Gagosian
http://www.gagosian.com/exhibitions/cindy-sherman–september-14-2012 My first experiments in photography were self portraiture; it simply seemed a natural place to start and it was something my art teacher encouraged for my final year art project. I never delved too...
Dirty Show Detroit September 2012
Totally chuffed to have had artworks accepted to this internationally acclaimed erotic exhibition. My biggest thanks to Jan and Gaelle who both assist and influence me in the best ways possible and whom without neither of these works would exist. Here’s to more wicked...
Steven Klein does AtomAge (perfectly)
In 2010 Jonny Trunk published Dressing for Pleasure The best of AtomAge 1972 -1980 >> I love Tim Woodward’s homage to John Sutcliffe and AtomAge on Skin Two Anyway, Steven Klein who is continually using sexually evocative imagery in his fashion oriented...
Brand identity for KFS Media
A new online store for fetish and BDSM magazines, books and e-books, brought to you by the doyen of BDSM, Tim Woodward himself :). Logo development, website design and a double page advert to kick off the campaign – see below. Yes, that’s me relaxing in my extreme...
What’s the point of making art if no one is going to see it?
I’m struggling with the concept. Dear Friends and Family, if you are reading this (doubtful), I have a confession: I make erotic art. But you will probably never see it. Nor will probably alot of people. So why do it? I recently did the Enneargram test and turns out I...
Madame Caramel – one of London’s finest Mistresses
What a great pleasure to work with this charming and charismatic woman. Having the freedom to work in my own way, with her complete confidence, I have designed perhaps one of my best sites yet. Madame Caramel, with already a well established web presence and plenty of...
Fetish Webmistress Advert in Skin Two magazine
Issue 62 of SKin Two magazine is due out very soon and I have a full page advert featured. Eye catching, I hope it is.
Waist training corset project with Suzanziballetheels
Very excited to be involved with Suzanziballetheels aka the Saucy Ballerina aka Heely Golightly’s latest project – production and distribution/sales of custom made (made to measure under strict conditions) and affordable (proper) waist training (not off the rack...
Maid for Service? Rubber Maids in precarious situations
In this latest blog post, I proudly present, Dirtydollbaby (aka moi), Cynth Icorn and Larvatus Prodeo’s most recent photo shoot. Inspired by old ye French maids, my Parisian apartment, the art of John Willie and Eric Stanton and of course by my cohorts Cynth and LP....
Mistress Sixx Professional Domina in Glasgow Scotland
The divine Mistress Sixx came to me wanting a complete revamp of her site, the brief was to make something she could truly be ‘ashamed’ of and not too “dungeons and dragon” ? So here it is, discreet, classy and elegant, just like her.
Fetish websites for pervy girlies
I recently worked with two of my girlfriends – both truly perverted inside and out – on their own personal sites: Miss Cynth Icorn destined for fetish fame, now the world can keep up with her art, outfits and performances on PurelyPerverted.com and Fetish...
Recent websites by Fetish Webmistress
Three brand new websites that are all but finished: DommeTrips.com – I’ve known and worked with Mistress Absolute from the start of my fetish career so I was very happy to be asked to design this website for her newest venture – exclusive holidays...
Asking for a spanking, no?
My fave photo of the week by Juergen Teller.