I started selling corsets and fantasy fashions in 1996 online and in my home. I opened my shop (formerly known as Fetishes Boutique, and now known as Passional ) in 1998.
In 1996 there was not one single store in Philly selling decent sex toys, and my friends started asking me to order silicone and glass for them to "sexcessorize" their wardrobes. Who guessed that the sexual health products would be the ones that keep the store in business while I romp around the country selling corsets? Combining passion with fashion has been an adventure for me, a person who is "fashionally challenged" in my home life, but who loves to dress up to play a part.I love every product that I sell, but not nearly as much as all the amazing folks I have worked with in the last 10 years!
Now PASSIONAL has grown to an extended family of passional people with a magazine and all sorts of crazy fun projects like our PASSION 101 Workshops on sex, health, fashion and fantasy the annual Libertine Ball and Diabolique Ball Fantasy Masquerades and more.
In October of 2007, I moved all of the sexy stuff from the back room of my store into its own tri-level retail SEXPLORATORIUM just up the street from the main clothes store (see myspace.com/sexploratorium, or search "sexploratorium" on twitter.com, livejournal.com, and Facebook.com. This means that there is more room for men's fashion, kilts, and leather in the clothing store and now three plus rooms of sexuality products, fantasy accessories and more just down the street and at passionaltoys.com
I love my work and play even if it exhausts all of my energy from time to time-- I always seem to bounce back once I get the chance to work with other inspired people.
Could it be you? If you're inspired, creative, driven and organized, you can always email me a resume or check out our current listing of internships on www.careerphilly.com
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