It is always a privilege to be a part of history and 2017 sees the first ever Dublin Leather Pride - an event that builds on the tradition of leathermen heading to Dublin to start the New Year in the company of some of the friendliest and most welcoming company. Building on the [...]
Just like the spring sees the sap rising in trees, February sees fetish men from across Europe rise after the dark winter and come together in one of the biggest fetish events of its kind. Antwerp is the host city for Belgium Leather Pride, which from the 15th to 20th February sees [...]
LeatherWest has been voted the Best Club/Organisation of the Year in the prestigious annual European Leather X Awards in Belgium. The X Awards celebrate people, companies and organizations that contribute to the development and prosperity of the European gay fetish scene. Held as part of Belgium Leather Pride, the award ceremony saw hundreds of leather and rubber men [...]
The northern Belgium city of Antwerp is a city of contrasts and often overlooked as a destination. For leathermen it’s an important city to add to their travel plans, especially in February. LeatherWest Sam Berger explains. If you’re someone who likes truth and fact, then Antwerp’s name most likely derives from an 't [...]
The Countdown has begun... Here at LeatherWest HQ, we are putting the final touches to our plans for attending Belgium LeatherPride (Feb 13th-16th). We can’t wait for the road-trip as our contingent departs the West and heads across the channel for this annual February fetish fest - especially after our historic first trip last year. Just imagine [...]
Forget the Oscars and BAFTAs: think the European Leather X Awards! The X Awards are held annually at Leather Pride Belgium in Antwerp. This year, LeatherWest has been recognised and been nominated as Best Organisation of the Year.[no_toc] "It certainly wasn't expected", said LeatherWest Director Tim Black Arrow. "We had no warning this was coming. We received a [...]
Cerebral, Europe's leading fetish magazine with over 100,000 readers a month. Eyes turn to Bristol The New Year opens with LeatherWest's Bristol Leather Weekend featured in a leading leather and fetish magazine for all Europe. Sam Benger writes that "Leather in the West" is attracting attention from across mainland Europe and further consolidates [...]
Originally as an ongoing project exploring biker culture through intimate portraits, Sam Benger delves through the pages of the newly released acclaimed Bikershot: The Photo Book, a collection of bikers with their gear, their brands and their bikes. "Rebels without a cause" is a saying that conjures up images when thinking of the roots and history of biking culture. Of late [...]
Photographer Cedric Lefebvre of Brussels, known to many a motorbiking leathermen via biker networks, reveals the hidden subculture of bikers through a series of intimate portraits in his new book, Bikershot. Due for release in November, to some the new book will uncover a 'hidden' biker culture and to those in the gay biking community not surprised [...]
Based in the Flemish Capital of Antwerp (Antwerpen to be correct!), the Belgium Leather Pride weekend is an increasingly popular leather event held annually in February. Releasing dates for next year, the event has published their advanced video trailer. Certainly it is striking. It hits a new high mark in the professionalism of leather pride [...]
