The Ugly Duckling by Dave Potter (Archive Link) I will not specifically address, endorse, or judge the portrayal of religion and the lifestyle associated with it as depicted in this story. The opinions and interpretations within the story are solely those of the author and may not resonate with all readers. I focus exclusively on other, more fetish related, aspects of the narrative, and I do not claim any expertise or offer opinions on the elements of religion and culture, as I am quite unfamiliar with them. Anne Christine had always been extremely insecure about her appearance and body. This going as far as attempting suicide, which finally alerted her parents to really do something about it. Her family had left England after the implementation of their new Veiling laws, but exactly these ideas were now proposed by her doctor to maybe help Anne with hiding her appearance under those veils. Taking the gamble, her family moves back to England and Anne begins covering herself in veils and attending quite a prestigious school, which had quite the restrictive clothing requirements. Generally separated into three categories, all increasing in how much they restricted and bound the wearer, the school required all their students and staff to wear the highest category III clothing. And when Anne finds out, that a popular underwear for the veiling layers was a latex catsuit, she quickly begins enjoying her new style of dress and even wishes to further restrict herself and upgrade her existing garments. Going from a simple corset to rather extreme tight-lacing, Anne wants to push further and further, building up some perfect image of beauty in her mind that she eagerly pushes towards…
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