Resources and Links

There are many places to find great BDSM gear both in The Windy City and online.

Chicago is a BDSM city--no doubts about that. There are plenty of events to attend and things to do.

The following resources and links are simply the ones that I, myself, tend to favor and I thought that they could be helpful for you..................

*Where To Get BDSM Gear and Fetish Clothing in Chicago (quality gear, affordable prices, nice people):

-Cupid's Treasure and Leather Sport on Halstead in Boystown

-Mephisto Leathers store on Clark in Rogers Park, close to Andersonville

-Belmont Army Surplus (3rd floor!) store at Clark & Belmont


*Order BDSM Gear and Fetish Clothing from Anywhere Online (legit, professional, dependable, great stuff):

-Mr. S Leather based in San Francisco, CA

-Mr. Hyde's Custom Leather based in New Orleans, LA

-Stockroom based in Los Angeles, CA

-Fort Troff based in Atlanta, GA

-Slick It Up based in New York City, NY

-SpandexMan based in New York City, NY

-N2N based in Los Angeles, CA

-Leather Etc. based in San Francisco, CA

-Semmerling and Schaefer Masks based in Chicago, IL

-Extreme Restraints online supplier only


*Socialize (the sites to meet new friends and fellow kinksters online; FREE memberships):

-Fetlife (think Facebook for Masters, Mistresses, slaves, and perverts. Intelligent and a great source for event notifications)

-Recon (for gay and bi guys only)

-Collar Me (men, women, trans, gay, straight, bi, etc.)


*Leather Bars and Bath Houses in Chicago:

-Touche a leather bar in Rogers Park, Chicago

-Jackhammer and The Hole leather/kink/regular bars (2 in 1!); right next door to Touche

-Cellblock a leather bar in Boystown, Chicago

-Steamworks a bath house with occassional leather events and S&M rooms in Boystown, Chicago

-Mans Country a bath house with S&M rooms in Andersonville, Chicago

-Exit a punk/goth/alternative bar for men and women; straight, bi, whatever. Great atmosphere, great music. Hosts weekly kink/BDSM events.


*Go Visit in Chicago:

-Leather Archives and Museum

-1901 Gallery


*Annual BDSM Events in Chicago (while they occur around the same times every year, the specific dates change year by year, so please visit their respective sites linked below):

-IML (end of May)

-Shibaricon (end of May; same weekend as IML)

-LGBT Pride (end of June; signifigant Leather presence and dependable S&M parties)

-Market Days (beginning of August; signifigant Leather presence and dependable S&M parties)

-Crimson Moon (big play parties every July and October--see website)

-Kinky College (mid to end of October)

-Halloween (there are always a ton of BDSM events in Chicago at this time of the year)

-Mr. International Rubber (early November)

-New Years (you can depend of there being plenty of kinky events to choose from on NYE))


*Suggestions:

-join Fetlife. STRONGLY suggested. Keeps you perfectly up-to-date on local BDSM events and play parties at bars, dungeons, etc. Fantastic social network and surprisingly no-fuss.

-join Recon. Enthusiastic kinksters as well as international BDSM events listings.

-visit this site, BrownBearsSW, to see what's going on night-by-night for BDSM kinksters in the Chicago area (which bars to go to, what parties to attend, special events, etc.).