#300314 - Exotique 14 Burmel Tana Louise

Exotique, Number 14
Burmel [Leonard BURtman/Ben HimMEL] Publishing Co.
New York New York
c. 1957

optimized
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At the age of 36, Mr. Burtman candidly describes his sexual interests in his nationally-distributed Exotique publications. He provided the magazine's direction and created content as well, writing some of the prose and taking many of the photographs.

While Mr. Hefner produced images of his own female ideal (innocent beauty), Mr. Burtman's dream goddess knew more about his sexuality than he did. She understood how to tease a measurable response from a nearby male (i.e., a fetishist) — dress in long stockings, tight gloves, high heels and a figure-shaping corset.

Exotique, Number 14, teems with fashion accents that a certain kind of man would characterize as intensifying the femininity of the wearer. A Fashion Fantasy tell the story of a fictitious Parisian fashion show. The prose names each of the models and describes the fetish footwear, foundation garments and hosiery they wear for their by-invitation-only audience. Three Gene Bilbrew illustrations picture the text.

Set in Mexico, the first installment of La Cabeza Humana (human head) by Allan Wilson smokes with atmosphere. It's a suspense yarn about an assassination plan, a famous bandit, greed, lust and subterfuge. The prose describes the female characters and their fetish attire in detail. Two early Eric Stanton illustrations show scenes.

In her From Me to You column, Miss Exotique Tana Louise gives us a candid tour of her Leather Closet while she selects what to wear to the ball. She provides history of her boots and compares heel heights. Photographs disclose her sexy countenance “trying to decide on the boots.”

Stanton and Bilbrew filler illustrations and photos show pretty posers in corsets, stockings and high heels. The issue ends with an episode of Gene Bilbrew's “Mistress” comic serial.

As many photographs and illustrations fill the original pages from top to bottom, the digital replica provides the visual value of an optimized ebook. This ebook presents the pictures full-size or a bit larger. Although tonality adjustments enhance clarity, some photos show graininess when magnified.

The original page sequence has been retained. A few page layouts were revised to avoid reducing picture size to fit ebook pages. All original scans.

To make the most of smaller illustrations and the comic panels, this product includes an optimized edition. All photographs and drawings are included in the optimized ebook.

In Exotique, 14, we find a fetishist's vision of femininity on 68 pages of prose and pictures. The digital iterations offer the best mechanism for enjoyment of all the sensuality the law allowed in the middle of the 20th century.

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