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Charles Guyette, the G-string King, referenced in the film of Wonder Woman's creator, Professor Marston and the Wonder Women, and costumer to Bettie Page, was the first person to produce and distribute fetish art in America. In 1935, he was arrested and sent to federal prison. But what should've been the end was just the beginning. Although rarely credited by name in his lifetime, he influenced everyone who would follow him, particularly the publishers Robert Harrison, John Willie, Irving Klaw, and Leonard Burtman. The aim of this book was to evoke the spirit of Guyette -- to collect surviving fragments of a decimated catalog largely by referencing vintage fetish publications from the 1930s through the 1980s and reconstruct a lost history. This portfolio of images is followed by biographical information seen nowhere else, and serves as a substantial introduction to the birth of American fetish art and the cultural impact of an unrecognized pioneer. ** 2018 Expanded Second Edition ** contains 25 additional pages, 30+ newly discovered, uniquely beautiful Guyette images. Many not seen in over 70 years. ====> Make this collection yours today! Reviews: If New York collector, writer and fetish historian Richard P rez Seves had not decided to assemble what he knew about Charles Guyette (along with a substantial selection of images) into this paperback, this influential forerunner of the genre's better known exponents would have continued a lot longer as the great unsung hero of American fetish art. -- Tony Mitchell, thefetishistas.com If you're at all a fan of fetish art ... then this book will be right up your alley. -- kinkweekly.com I've often cited John Willie's gals as my biggest fashion inspiration but I'll have to start tipping my hat to Guyette as well. -- Dita Von Teese > Peek Inside with Dita Von Teese (copy & paste) > instagram.com/p/BbC7Aw8BjRW > Peek Inside NEW Edition (copy & paste) > fethistory.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html From the Author: Fetish art (although the word fetish was not used in those days as that term came into fashion in a non-clinical way in the 1970s) was about testing the boundaries of freedom. Some of it had to do with unconventional sexual expression ... but more of it had to do with fashion because of how identity and gender are connected to what we wear. Charles Guyette was a sexual fantasist, who earned his living as a costumer. He sold photos of his costume studies on the sly. He produced custom-made high-heel boots and shoes, sold corsets, opera gloves, and other eccentric accessories. He understood the transformative power of clothing, particularly bizarre and theatrical fashion. He is also referenced in the new film on Wonder Woman's creator, Professor Marston and the Wonder Women, as the costumer for Wonder Woman's real life inspiration, Olive Byrne. * * * * About the author: He is also the author of the upcoming hardcover illustrated fetish art history and biography, Eric Stanton & the History of the Bizarre Underground. =============== Available now on Amazon for pre-order =============== Tags: Charles Guyette, the G-string King, vintage fetish, fetish fashion, Yva Richard, Diana Slip, 1930s, John Willie, Irving Klaw, Eric Stanton, Professor Marston and the Wonder Women, The Secret History of Wonder Woman, My Beauty Mark, Burlesque and The Art of The Teese, Betty Page, boots, corsets, Dita Von Teese, Bettie Page Queen of Curves, Bettie Page Reveals All, Voluptuous Panic, The Erotic World of Weimar Berlin, Weimar, Vivian Maier, Annie Leibovitz, Jill Lepore, Alexander McQueen Savage Beauty, Bizarre magazine

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Collector and writer Richard P rez Seves is obsessed with American vintage fetish art--and the work of underground pioneers like Charles Guyette, John Willie, Irving Klaw, Eric Stanton, Steve Ditko, Gene Bilbrew, and Bettie Page. He is also the author of the upcoming hardcover illustrated biography, Eric Stanton & the History of the Bizarre Underground.

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