IT'S TRICKY THE TWO, with each one being mistaken for the other and more and more clothing styles designed to combine both.
And with fashion constantly blurring the lines, I find that a good way to differentiate bandage from bondage is to step out of fashion and run, arms flailing in confusion, to the nearest dictionary. Basic definition is always enlightening.
And while the fabulous runway fashions we've come to love neither serve to protect injured parts of our bodies, enslave our beings nor restrain our sexual partners, it's safe to assume that we're sophisticated enough to determine which one inspired which style; does it look more like medical bandage? Or does it look more like something out of an S&M fantasy?
At its most basic, a bandage dress is characterized by strips bound or wound around the body. Think gauze bandage or better yet, mummy. Bondage on the other hand is inspired by either the ropes and cords of slavery and abduction or the ropes and cords plus leathers, chains, harnesses, etc. of our more experimental friends and neighbors.
What about body-con?
Yes boys, that's what they're called.
A bandage dress is a body-con but unless it is made with wound/bound strips resembling bandage, it is not a bandage dress. Likewise, a bondage dress can be a body-con but unless it is fashioned with roping, cording, harnessing, leather, metal and the like, it is not a bondage dress.
In doubt? Turn to Google. Any item available online should have an accompanying description. If not, go with your gut. If you're sucking it in, you must definitely be wearing a body-con.
Hervé Legér bandage dresses, Zana Bayne leather harnesses, Naza Yuzefi leather harnesses and Thakoon bondage dress, images from www.bcbg.com www.zanabayne.com fashiongonerogue.com www.style.com
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