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Mr.Riegellio is one of the most well known                     Although there are other companies
     fetish fashion houses in the world, super                      out there such as TWINKX and even
     popular in Europe focusing mainly on their                     Mr B who are adopting PVC within
     iconic PVC range of clothing their tracksuits                  their own fashion lines as they drop
     being a classic example of their work with                     each season I think it is Important for
     the medium, recently BUDDY.net the UK’s                        us not to forget who the        pioneers
     fastest growing online fetish social media                     are what stage they have set for
     platform teamed with Mr.Riegillio to create                    those now inspired by Mr.Riegellio to
     a kinky twist on a classic, this tracksuit is a                go onto create their own companies
     classic black slightly holographic reflective                  with
     PVC material embroidered on the seams                          their own aspirations,  and its not just
                                                                    companies like BUDDY that are the
     with the BUDDY branding, the concept they
                                                                    only ones seeing growth and faith in
     were going for here was to extend the
                                                                    aspirations, the UK scally and EU Proll
     existing motto for BUDDY which is “live
                                                                    scene is growing massively thanks to
     your kink” now you can wear it! On our trips
     out around Manchester pride in 2023 we                         the pure availability of Mr.Riegillio, in
                                                                    the past guys would show up at the
     saw a lot of MR.Riegillio products mainly at                   Eagle bar in Manchester or G-A-Y in
     events such as Alert, we did however spot
                                                                    London donning their Adidas Chille
     one of these BUDDY tracksuits in the wild,
                                                                    suits
     you will definitely stand out, being a lower                   the line between a curious straight lad
     price than most of the tracksuits that
                                                                    and a fully gay scally lad were blurry
     Mr.Riegillio offer it makes for an excellent                   and somewhat dangerous limiting to
     starter into your PVC world of fetish, it has
                                                                    start conversation build connections,
     a full back to front zip which is very handy
                                                                    the same thought crosses my mind
     we imagine for darkroom situations at                          when I think of gay guys in the gym, in
     events like SNEKR a scally event where the                     the
     theme is tracksuits, tracksuits, trainers!.                    past it was an awkward ‘is he gay?

                                                                    Hmmm maybe idk does he look gay?’
     We think its fabulous to see brands like
                                                                    but the second I spot a Nasty Pig hat,
     MR.Riegillio embracing something different,
                                                                    socks etc I'm like BINGO! What you
     with so many fetish themed social media
                                                                    wear is an extension of yourself and if
     apps out there and even just LGBT apps like
                                                                    yourself happens to be gay AND kinky
     Grindr, its good that the little guys who are                  then having options like Mr.Riegillio to
     really working for the community are                           drop those hints are what you need.
     pushing to create a uniquely diverse yet
     familiar online space that inclusive of all                    The BUDDY tracksuit isn't the last I
     fetishes and scenes, we call them the little                   think we will see from this
     guys but with almost a million users                           collaboration between the two
     worldwide BUDDY.net is growing and fast!                       companies, with big
                                                                    things on the horizon and Darklands
                                                                    2024 fast approaching lets hope we
                                                                    get some more sneaky and cheeky
                                                                    Apparel soon!
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