Snip from a NYT article by Guy Trebay on the growing influence of fetish culture on popular fashion. For many adult connoiseurs of kink, superheroes in distress — "underwear perverts," as Warren Ellis dubbed them — were the beginning:
Cartoon Superman never amounted to more than that for most people. But for a select group, early encounters with the Man of Steel wearing a molded bodysuit, knee boots and a shiny cape helped set the course of an erotic life. "Batman and Robin and Superman were all really exciting," said John Weis, the chairman of the Folsom Street East street fair, an annual event that kicked off Gay Pride Week in New York on Sunday. "Batman was always tied up or in some peril, and I thought that was really great."
