FetHistory: Charles Guyette, the "G-String King," in the film "Professor Marston and the Wonder Women"

Professor Marston and the Wonder Women, Charles Guyette: Godfather of American Fetish Art

Charles Guyette image, one of several, featured in the film, Professor Marston and the Wonder Women.

Charles Guyette in the film, "Professor Marston and the Wonder Women," Charles Guyette in real life, Sept. 1948

Charles Guyette, the G-string King, godfather of American fetish art, at last has his first fictional widescreen exposure in the film, Professor Marston and the Wonder Women. In fact, he appears as the costumer for Wonder Woman's real-life inspiration, Olive Byrne.

With the knowledge that Charles Guyette is the first person to produce and distribute fetish art in America, his presence in the narrative is meant to be symbolic—an interesting conceit on the part of writer/director Angela Robinson.

Charles Guyette in the film, "Professor Marston and the Wonder Women," with Olive Byrne as Wonder Woman

As described in the review of the Hollywood Reporter:

“People are happiest when they submit to a loving authority,” believes Bill Marston [Wonder Woman's creator], who later stumbles onto the world of bondage and S&M in a Greenwich Village specialty shop belonging to a gentleman known as the G-String King (JJ Feild in a suave cameo). In a beautifully shot scene that stirs Marston’s imagination (as it will stir the audience’s fantasies), Olive dons a silver burlesque costume, thigh boots and a tiara. Backlit against a golden light with large bracelets flashing at her wrists and a thick bondage rope looped over her hand like a magic lasso, she is a thrilling foretaste of the future Wonder Woman."

This scene even appears in the movie trailer, visible > here ... along with a few tight-lacing clips:

Charles Guyette tight-lacing a corset in the film, "Professor Marston and the Wonder Women," with Olive Byrne as Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman or Sweet Gwendoline—what do you think?

"Professor Marston and the Wonder Women," Olive Byrne as Wonder Woman roped by Elizabeth Holloway Marston

Of course, you can read about the "real" Charles Guyette right now. If you haven't already.

I hope you'll join me in promoting American diversity, spreading the history of a unique culture, and celebrating the life of an unsung hero.

Charles Guyette: Godfather of American Fetish Art by Richard Pérez Seves

Charles Guyette was a sexual fantasist, who earned his living as a costumer. He sold photos of his "costume studies" on the sly. He produced custom-made high-heel boots and shoes, sold corsets, opera gloves, and other eccentric accessories. He understood the transformative power of clothing, particularly "bizarre" and theatrical fashion. He is also referenced in the new film on Wonder Woman's creator, Professor Marston and the Wonder Women, as the costumer for Wonder Woman's real life inspiration, Olive Byrne.

Charles Guyette: Godfather of American Fetish Art

One of the reasons I put this book together was to honor the fetish community and one way to do this was to recognize and celebrate individuals who contributed to it. Charles Guyette was the first person to produce and distribute fetish art in America. This is his story, this is his contribution to the diversity of American culture.

Charles Guyette: Godfather of American Fetish Art, Expanded Second Edition

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Reviews:

"If New York collector, writer and fetish historian Richard Pérez Seves had not decided to assemble what he knew about Charles Guyette (along with a substantial selection of images) into this paperback, this influential forerunner of the genre's better known exponents would have continued a lot longer as the great unsung hero of American fetish art."—Tony Mitchell, thefetishistas.com

"If you're at all a fan of fetish art ... then this book will be right up your alley." —kinkweekly.com

"I've often cited John Willie's gals as my biggest fashion inspiration but I'll have to start tipping my hat to Guyette as well."—Dita Von Teese

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Charles Guyette, the "G-string King," referenced in the film of Wonder Woman's creator, Professor Marston and the Wonder Women, and costumer to Bettie Page, is rightly considered the godfather of American fetish art. His fetish art operation was the first of its kind in America, dealing in what was then generally regarded as “deviant” European-inspired material. In 1935, he was arrested and sent to federal prison. But what should’ve been the end was just the beginning. Although rarely credited by name in his lifetime, he influenced everyone who would follow him, particularly the publishers Robert Harrison, John Willie, Irving Klaw, and Leonard Burtman. The aim of this book was to evoke the spirit of Guyette—to collect surviving fragments of a decimated catalog largely by referencing vintage fetish publications from the 1930s through the 1980s and reconstruct a lost history. This portfolio of images is followed by biographical information seen nowhere else, and serves as a substantial introduction to the birth of American fetish art and the cultural impact of an unrecognized pioneer.

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