"The response was even better than we expected," said COLT Studio head of marketing and events, Kristofer Weston, in a press release announcing COLT Leather's debut at the recent Venus Fair in Berlin, Germany.
A co-production by COLT Studio Group and Clonezone UK, the new line features leatherwear, accessories, harnesses, BDSM gear, and toys.
Clonezone, a British company, is gay-owned and the United Kingdom's largest gay retail chain. "They offer a huge product range and everyone the world over knows how British leather and British craftsmanship are the best," said Weston.
The line, introduced by Clonezone and Bruno Gmünder to distributors and retailers across the UK and Europe, includes vests, shorts, jockstraps, briefs, chaps, wrist straps, collars, cock and ball straps, and cat o' nine tails.
At the moment, the weak dollar vs. the strong pound makes large-scale distribution to the U.S. market impractical — the products are manufactured in the UK — but COLT Leather items are available to U.S. residents from Clonezone's COLTleather.com site.
Wholesale inquiries in the UK should be made to Iain Fraser, [email protected], and in Europe to Mario Zieroth, [email protected].
