A Punk Provocateur Tries A New Tack

?We?ve done so much with punk culture,? Eddie Borgo said in New York this week. ?I wanted to do something outside of that.? Inspiration came by way of a particular friend?one who just happens to make leather harnesses, latex masks, and gear for bondage enthusiasts. And while that scene isn?t one that Borgo says appeals to him personally, professionally it?s proven to be a fertile inspiration.

He?s not the only one who?s gone to the manacled well. Provocateurs have long had a history of using the tropes of bondage in their work, from Mapplethorpe through Madonna. (The punks, too, it should bmammoth mountain austin collie peanut butter blossoms recipe best buy reward zone terrell owens