Halloween approaches.
As much as I love all my costumes, Harley, Daphne, Velma, all the rest, there's one character I'm always drawn back to.
Selina Kyle, the Catwoman.
I have six Catwoman costumes but head and shoulders above the rest comes my favourite of all her outfits, the one Michelle Pfeiffer wore in the 1992 movie 'Batman Returns'. In my opinion it's the perfect fetish outfit of all time.
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Skin-tight rubber (Michelle claims a pump and tube was used to vacuum the last of the air out), an Edwardian corset and Betty Page boots, dark eyes and scarlet lippy, everything about it is fetish perfection. In interviews Ms Pfeiffer said she felt she couldn't move, couldn't breathe, couldn't hear, couldn't act.
She's right, you put this lot on
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and it's almost unbelievable, incredibly intense. Even just laying the costume out on the bed knowing what's coming next has me in tremors. It's almost a spiritual experience, becoming the character you regard as the sexiest in the history of the world. OK, it's painful too, the boots hurt, the corset hurts, the cowl hurts and yet it all feels sooo intoxicating, I can hardly stand up for shaking.
It's going to happen again on Tuesday.
Edit: As I was asked elsewhere, yes, I did take screen shots to try to get every stiitch exactly right. It took over thirty hours.