21 Comments

1. POSTED BY jerseygurl  |  September 23, 2009 @ 3:31 pm

   Now where will I go for my fetish wear?
2. POSTED BY Mrs. Martta123  |  September 23, 2009 @ 3:33 pm

   There’s always K-Mart.
3. POSTED BY Generically named Mike  |  September 23, 2009 @ 3:35 pm

   It’s a shame whenever a local business folds (especially one that’s been around as long as DFP).
   Here’s hoping Mr. Dougherty’s health problems work out in his favor.
4. POSTED BY jerseygurl  |  September 23, 2009 @ 3:54 pm

   I also wish Mr. Dougherty the best with his health problems and hope his business can remain successful as an online entity.
5. POSTED BY profwilliams  |  September 23, 2009 @ 4:03 pm

   I was hoping their “back to school” sale would bring in enough business.
   Sadly, no.
   I too, wish ‘em well– GnM states the reasons why…
6. POSTED BY nochooches  |  September 23, 2009 @ 4:04 pm

   I hope the town didn’t drive him out.
7. POSTED BY Conan  |  September 23, 2009 @ 4:11 pm

   I suspect there might be one or two places in NYC that would offer a full range of fetish wear. They probably have wear there for fetishes we’ve never heard of, for that matter, so the trip might even turn out to be educational as well as kinky. I can visualize the heads spinning on the DeCamp Bus when they see all those little shopping bags from The Pleasure Chest. Very kinky.
8. POSTED BY Pork Roll  |  September 23, 2009 @ 4:18 pm

   Well, you know what they say about the difference between erotic and kinky: erotic uses a feather, but kinky uses the whole chicken.
9. POSTED BY doyouhaveanygreypoupon  |  September 23, 2009 @ 6:31 pm

   All future stories about any Baristaville proprietor should always have their name preceded by “Owner/master.”
   :->
10. POSTED BY cathar  |  September 23, 2009 @ 7:01 pm

    So all those vociferous protesters, plus the “doctors and lawyers” the protesters claimed also patronized the shop but were afraid to admit so publicly, all of them together weren’t enough to keep this shop going? Hmmmm….
    Jerseygurl, you’re simply not thinking things through if you truly seriously despair of where to buy fetish wear. There are, for example, western wear and saddlery shops. Plus a police equipment store in Paterson near the courthouse and a uniform supply shop on Rte. 46 in Clifton. And those seasonal Halloween stores often have clearance sales for a day or so after October 31.
11. POSTED BY appletony  |  September 23, 2009 @ 7:59 pm

    Of all the stores in Montclair, you would expect that this one could withstand a hard hit. While the media was whipped into a frenzy and posters here thought it was a gag, the domination of the store by the town was demeaning in the eyes of many. There should be a probe!
    (in all seriousness, I wish luck to the owner — it’s a shame to see a bit of nonconforming Montclair fade away)
12. POSTED BY croiagusanam  |  September 23, 2009 @ 10:06 pm

    I’m with you, tony.
    With a brand spanking new facility, perhaps this business could have been saved. The erection of a new building might have saved things, but in these flaccid times that was not to be.
    Butt alas, it seems as though the township masked its true agenda. That gerbil who complained stirred up the anal-retentives on the commission, who then brought all of the civic power down on an inoffensive business. Saddled with diminishing services, the townsfolk bent over backwards to find a way to help the store. Hard on the heels of a tax increase, this was more than sufficient evidence of goodwill.
    Still, there is hope. Not since the heady days of the Johnson administration has the country been so enthused about the coming days. I predict good times for all, and woe to him or her that blows it this time.
13. POSTED BY frankgg  |  September 23, 2009 @ 11:10 pm

    “…hum….East Hampton….you can’t even wear red shoes on Sundays…..”
14. POSTED BY walleroo  |  September 24, 2009 @ 12:01 am

    Is it okay to post offensive, vulgar or hateful language if it’s also funny as hell?
15. POSTED BY cathar  |  September 24, 2009 @ 11:13 am

    My own favorite place for fetish wear and accessories, by the way, is Home Depot.
    Really, walleroo, if you can’t say it without obscenities or vulgarisms, perhaps it’s just not worth saying.
16. POSTED BY Mrs. Martta123  |  September 24, 2009 @ 11:26 am

    “My own favorite place for fetish wear and accessories, by the way, is Home Depot.”
    Yes, nothing says “kink” like a man wrapped in duct tape.
17. POSTED BY SM1965  |  September 24, 2009 @ 3:25 pm

    Why is this a bad thing?
    You have to draw the line somewhere when it comes to taste.
    Don’t you?
18. POSTED BY Mrs. Martta123  |  September 24, 2009 @ 3:29 pm

    Whose taste? Glenn Beck’s taste? Mackenzie Phillip’s taste? Tuli Kuperferberg’s taste? That’s kind of a broad statement.
19. POSTED BY cathar  |  September 24, 2009 @ 6:16 pm

    Mrs. Martta, may I suggest that, in matters of taste, much is okay as long as it neither scares nor brutalizes the horses. I have a hunch those funsy dungeon evenings at Dressing For Pleasure at least qualify in the first designation. Closing the place, whatever else one makes of it, is hardly occasion for cultural crocodile tears.
    And if you think I was jocosely suggesting simply that one purchase duct tape at Home Depot, then you have not seen near enough of those Italian-made “gallo nero” movies from the 70′s, often made by either Dario Argento or Mario Bava.
20. POSTED BY frankgg  |  September 24, 2009 @ 8:12 pm

    Dario Argento is SO scary! SCARISSIMO!
21. POSTED BY SM1965  |  September 24, 2009 @ 11:01 pm

    I would be happy if Glenn Beck and Mackenzie Phillips – and their respective ilk – disappeared entirely.

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