A taste of leather: Portraits from Chicago’s IML

Another Memorial Day weekend has come and gone, and in Chicago that means dry cleaners are suddenly backlogged with enough bovine apparel to cover the Sears Tower. Yes, the 2011 International Mr. Leather was another roaring success, and the unseasonably warm weather got things to an especially sweaty pitch. Luckily for us, Colin Davis (davco9200 on flickr) was around to capture some of the finer stock.

And check out our interview with Tyler McCormick, last year’s Mr. Leather winner and this year’s main judge.



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