Who can face yet another weekend of elbow jostling in the craze-fest that is Xmas shopping?

I’ve certainly had my fill of it, though I have to say it is slightly more tolerable when wearing rubbery garments concealed beneath long babushka style velvet coats… the other weekend I did venture into the Marks and Spencers foodhall in Brighton wearing my translucent governess blouse from Libidex. Oh how pervy I did feel as I stood next to the old grannies at the fruit counter sqeezing the avocados to test for ripeness…! The flipside of all this kinkiness however, was that I was wearing my thermal vest underneath. Don’t judge. It would’ve been distinctly nippy around the nips otherwise. This weekend though, I intend to do my last bits and bobs of shopping online.

For those kinksters who still have to fill the rubbery stockings of their fetish friends and family, there may still be time to order “The Rubber Bastards” 2012 calendar, available on the red bubble website at £15.40.

This calendar showcases some of the stunning, sometimes humorous, fetish photography of Lucas Messerer who is one of Sydney’s emerging new photographers . His work is a collection of photographs of personalities in the fetish scene in Australia and abroad. His style is often minimal, but always bold, with confident use of colour and strong contrast in lighting. Through his work, Lucas seeks to gain access to the private space of his subjects, all of whom are active in their exploration of the fetish lifestyle.

I’ve certainly got it on my kinkmas list.