So, what is holding so many people back? Sex toys are the future! A study conducted by the sex toy brand We-Vibe took 1,000 men and women between 35-and 55 to see how sex toys could help them in the bedroom. They found that 52% of couples thought sex toys were the reason they had a passionate sex life. Sex toys are more relevant than ever with 45% of couples who use them claiming it keeps things more exciting and fun.

One of the main ways that sex toys can affect your relationship is by improving stimulation between the sheets, helping you and your partner both physically and emotionally. Sex toys help to heighten moods through increased hormone levels such as serotonin and dopamine which help to combat stress and anxiety. Using a sex toy may even help you ease into the sexual experience. When it comes to sex it is a two-way street, you both want to leave feeling satisfied, with the wide variety of adult toys this can be made a lot easier and far more achievable.

The Mystery Vibe crescendo:

The Mystery Vibe crescendo is an award-winning vibrator, with its sleek design and variety of colours, it attracts a multitude of different audiences. This sex toy is the first toy to mimic your fingers as it fits perfectly to your body and allows flexibility to stimulate both you and your partner. Precisely targeted vibrations for easy and enjoyable use to stimulate all six erogenous zones, why not try and bend it into new shapes to discover infinite toys in one.

£ 149

Mysteryvibe Crescendo

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Lelo Tor 2 couples vibrating Ring:

This ring is designed to give complete comfort whilst using, designed from silicone and coming in a tasteful palette of both green and black. The pronounced body of the product allows both you and your partner to experience pleasurable external vibrations. Six vibration patterns with variable strength promise intense stimulation in whichever position you choose.

£ 97,58

Lelo Tor 2

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Dame Eva II Hands-Free Rechargeable Clitoral Vibrator

The Eva is a small light and easy to use sex toy, with a silocone design to mimic the feel of skin. The three speeds are sure to get your heart racing, as it is completely hands free to use when, and with who you want. The unique design ensures that it will never get in the way of you and your partner, and can also be used during foreplay to add that little bit of extra spice.

£ 135

DAME EVA II – Quartz

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Words by Seraphina Volpi

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In Rick Owens’ words: “clothes are fundamentally about sex”. Or rather, the self-expression component of fashion clothing almost definitely leans towards it. But if it’s true that the sex matrix is a leitmotiv for the fashion system and sales indexes, it can take many forms that say a lot about the sign of the times and the evolution of our society. Working in a separate way from seasonal trends, the sexuality crave in fashion will always have an audience.

The question is: is this audience interested in generating a non-conformist, daring wave like in the past, when sex took the form of outrageous looks aimed at generating an “outrage!” reaction among the prudish façade of society, or is it evolving towards embracing a more subtle, non-vulgar exaltation of a type of sexuality and femininity that can be part of our everyday life?

If in the past seasons, sex in fashion was often synonym of latex, leather, leopard print and bondage references, designers are now playing with a more minimalist version of sensuality: geometric figures sculpting and exalting the forms, a see-through approach rather than a “bare it all” mood and, most importantly, a look back to designs from the 90s, with Gianni Versace leading the way for inspiration and reminding us all of his ideal woman, which is the epitome of an audacious, never vulgar femininity.

As fashion is glancing towards a more minimalist approach, sex is also turning to its purest, almost raw representation, unadorned from excessive aesthetic constructions and constrictions. Nadège Vanhee-Cybulski at Hermes saw sexuality in a leather apron matched to bare skin: the simplicity of this mannish look was the designer’s ideal of purest sexuality.

Alessandro Michele instead, introduced the world to a romanced idea of sexuality which, despite being interpreted by mistresses characters carrying whips, was subtle and left space for imagination to take over.

What Tom Ford did for Gucci and the world in the early 2000s, was demolishing a taboo and teaching us all that sex is an important aspect of the human nature, a beautiful component that needs to be celebrated. But if the pubic hair reproduction of the Gucci monogram generated mixed feelings and worked on a marketing point of view at the time, today’s audience has seen it all and is not ashamed by raw and unfiltered sexuality.

In times where little is left to the imagination and audiences are openly acquainted with all forms of sexuality, a step back to subtlety playing around the unspoken and lingering on a more intellectual, introspective and even romanced interpretation of sex might be key to winning an insatiable consumer audience that is tired of craving for sensationalism and is slowly rediscovering the simplicity and purity of flawed human nature.

So, does sex still sell? The answer is yes. It is in the human nature to look for it in every aspect of life, including fashion. It is up to designers to decipher its evolving power over the decades and interpret their own unrestrained, unfiltered version that best fits a certain sign of the times.

Words by Beatrice Buschittari

Graphics by Katie Janes

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