Strictly Speaking – With Mistress Karen

I was going through online catalogs looking for a new bedside lamp when I meandered over to the Nordstrom site. Next thing you know, I was drooling over this straight wool skirt that had the lines of the 1940′s but had been updated with a little tighter cut and an earth-tone herringbone pattern. I could see that skirt with a crispy white blouse and some insanely high mustard-colored mary janes that have an extra thick strap across the top of the foot. Needless to say, I had to have that skirt. But… AKKKKK! It was $485!! Okay, at least I have good taste. So in an ultra masochistic move, I decided I could do without the bedside lamp and apply that money toward the skirt.

A couple days later, the FedEx guy showed up with my box. I immediately opened it and found that the fabric felt even better than I imagined. It was seriouly high quality with a silk lining over felt padding. I tried the skirt on, and even just with my bra, it looked amazing on me. So I grabbed my mustard mary janes from the closet and put them on. So now with the super high heels on (kind of a chunkier classic heel, not a stiletto), it looked like a million bucks.

The next day, I wore the whole outfit to work. It’s amazing how a high end skirt can give a girl some confidence. I really felt sexier and more powerful. It’s like how a little kid puts on a super man cape and they really think they can fly. Suddenly, all these compliments from both men and women were coming at me.

Four days later, the credit card bill came… and that skirt instantly lost its luster. Crap. So much for my self esteem. It was kind of like a bad hangover. Sure the night before was great but the next day you feel like crawling under a rock.

As I was making some tea to sit down and drown my sorrows in a Netflix movie, this major light bulb went off in my head. What if clothing were like Netflix! In other words, what if I could return the skirt, get the credit back on my credit card, buy a new skirt, wear it, get compliments, and return it and keep them coming just like my DVDs. Wow, I would never have to wear the same outfit twice. For that matter, I could order all kinds of couture kinky clothes from Neiman Markus or Barneys New York, let my slaves experience them (of course, I would need a slave for that first) then return the garments and have no credit card charges.

In a second flat, I was working hard to carefully re-insert the tag back into the fabric of the wool skirt. Luckily, I didn’t spill coffee on it at work that day. I sent the skirt back and prayed that the money would go back on my card. So much for the hangover.

The genie was out of the bottle. For the next 4 hours I was drunk with ordering from the high end web sites like e-luxury.com and all the big department stores. First I found some killer shoulder length opera gloves for $395. They are hot!!! Though I’m mostly dominant, I was couldn’t help thinking how sexy that would feel to be handcuffed in those gloves that have buttery leather going all the way up to my shoulder. The mental image of the steel cuffs against the chocolate brown leather makes me want to handcuff myself with my arms behind my back and sleep like that. I’m serious.

Then I ordered about 5 more skirts, each costing over $600 and then about 3 dresses that were over $800. Then it was off to BlueFly.com where I started creaming over all the shoes! I’ve never been able to afford thousand dollar shoes… until now. But I realized that shoes are different and are more difficult for the Netflix model because you can’t wear them on anything except carpet. That kind of puts a kink in the plan. But at least when Candice comes over on the weekend, I will be able to impress her around the house. If she’s tied up, I can visit her throughout the day in different couture outfits and she will think I’m the baroness that I feel like in my own mind. Or I can have her dress me in all the different outfits and shoes for a little game. I just have to be damn careful (or she does) because if I get a coffee stain on anything, I’m screwed!!! My formerly zero balance credit card now has a whopping balance of $14,215. Shit! Let’s pray I don’t lose a tag. I sure as hell won’t be eating any spaghetti in any of those clothes.

Catherine Applefeld Olson reviewed “Strictly Speaking With Mistress Karen” in Billboard Magazine (Feb. 21, 1998) and wrote:

“Kudos to the creators of this unusual documentary, which manages to present sadomasochism as a compelling subject without being offensive and educational without trying to conform. The S&M community couldn’t have asked for a better spokeswoman than the delightful Mistress Karen, a 20-something dominatrix who looks like the girl next door. She hosts this journey into the world of whips, chains, and leather with the charisma and poise of a TV news anchor. While it leaves no stone unturned in the areas of bondage, hardware, cyber S&M, fashion, and just about every other aspect of this subculture’s lifestyle, the cleverly filmed tape is about as disturbing as a PG movie.”

“Strictly Speaking” was fortunate to cast screen siren, Monique Parent, as the fetish model throughout the film. Originally released in 1997, this documentary is a historical snap-shot of the S/M culture of Los Angeles . It also features rare clips of vintage bondage. Monique was thrilled to be tied up in an arm binder and also loved trying to walk in 6 inch stilettos and a hopple skirt.  Of course, her dominate side really shined through once she put on the corset and thigh high leather boots.

You can check out Monique’s home page here.

Mistress Karen is a girl-next-door who happens to have a dark side.

Mistress Karen, a dominatrix demands respect from a slave in the documentary “Strictly Speaking”

Mistress Karen, usually a dominatrix, sometimes likes to be at the receiving end of a whip as a submissive