For some, running a multi-million dollar fetish empire would be enough. But for Peter Acworth, founder and president of Kink.com, more is never enough. After nearly a year of construction, Acworth has opened the Armory Club — a high-end cocktail lounge located in San Francisco.

It took over a year to design and complete the Armory Club, which features pressed tin ceilings, a lit onyx bar and cast-iron fireplaces.  And if the bar’s Victorian Industrial aesthetic echoes the sets from Kink’s famed Upper Floor, it’s no accident.

“For me, the Armory Club is just an extension of the Kink lifestyle,” says Acworth. “We may produce fetish material, but we’re also a member of the community — whether you define that by geography or sexuality or sentiment. We’re as much an ethos as we are a company.”

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New Site by Maîtresse Madeline is Kink’s Fifth New Site Launch This Year!

NOVEMBER 19, 2012 — Kink.com has announced the launch of FootWorship.com, their first foot fetish site. Foot Worship is the 29th subscription site in the San Francisco-based Kink network.

“Foot worship has always been included in our shoots,” said John Sander, VP of Marketing of Kink.com. “There’s been plenty of demand, but it was important for us to find someone who really believed in it — and had the skills to do it right.”

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