IML/IMBB winner's podium (left to right): Jawn Marques, first runner-up IML; Geoff Millard, first runner-up IMBB; Jack Thompson, winner IML; Kriszly de Hond, winner IMBB; Fionn Scott, second runner-up IML; and Sparkie, second runner-up IMBB. photo: International Mr. Leather
June 9, 2019
Off to the market we go: International Mr. Leather explored
Race Bannon READ TIME: 1 MIN.
Every year for decades men have descended on Chicago over the Memorial Day weekend for an annual leather pilgrimage otherwise known as International Mr. Leather (IML), as did I this past week.
One of the little talked-about but main draws of the IML weekend is the immense leather and kink vendor market, which appears from the mist each year like Brigadoon to become the world's largest kink market of its kind for a few days.
Not only is the market big in terms of attendance, it's also one of the most popular aspects of IML.
